HERE is a round up of some of the cases heard at the Isle of Wight Magistrates' Court, for the week commencing January 8, 2024.

Joseph McKenzie, 46, of Pier Street, Ventnor.

Driving without insurance.

Fine £300, surcharge £120, driving record endorsed with six penalty points.

Mitchell Dent, 23, of Dall Square, Freshwater.

Drug driving, using a passenger vehicle with tyres with insufficient tread.

Costs £85, surcharge £48, fine £120, 12-month driving disqualification.

Billy Chilcott, 29, of Green Street, Ryde.

Theft from a shop.

Compensation £60.

Jack Tregoning, 30, of Alexandra Road, Ryde.

Driving while disqualified, driving without insurance, possession of cannabis.

Costs £85, 12-month community order, to include a nine-month drug rehabilitation programme and 30 rehabilitation days, six-month driving disqualification.

Daniel Kilshaw, 43, of Barton Road, Newport.

Theft from a shop.

Compensation £286, eight-week prison term.

Donna Moore, 43, of Fort Street, Sandown.

Theft from a shop.

Costs £40, surcharge £16, fine £40.

Lorelei Fisher, 18, of Carter Avenue, Shanklin.

Sent an offensive/indecent/obscene/menacing message, burglary, two counts of theft.

Compensation £38, 18-month community order, to include 40 rehabilitation days.

Warren Russell, 40, of no fixed abode.

Four counts of theft from a shop, two counts of attempted theft from a shop.

Compensation £105.19, 10-week prison term.

John Benjamin, 52, of Chinchen Close, East Cowes.

Criminal damage.

Compensation £197.36.

Kevin Leonard, 55, of Corbett Road, Ryde.

Failure to provide a specimen for analysis.

Fine £120, costs £85, 18-month community order, to include a nine-month alcohol treatment requirement and 15 rehabilitation days, 20-month driving disqualification.

Lee Whiteland, 56, of Church Lane, Ryde.

Breach of a sexual harm prevention order.

Fine £80, costs £85, surcharge £114, 12-month community order, to include 20 rehabilitation days.

David Miles, 35, of Cedar Drive, Shanklin.

Assault by beating, two counts of common assault.

Costs £85, surcharge £114, 18-month community order, to include a 60-day alcohol abstinence requirement and 80 hours of unpaid work.

Max Rowley, 19, of St Michaels Avenue, Ryde.

Driving while disqualified, driving without insurance.

Fine £300, costs £85, surcharge £120, driving record endorsed with six penalty points.

Zachary Fever-Norton, 29, of Alexandra Road, Cowes.

Failure to provide a specimen for analysis.

Costs £85, surcharge £114, 12-month community order, to include 240 hours of unpaid work, 20-month driving disqualification.

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