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By Court Reporter A FORMER school cook has been charged with a number of historic child abuse offences. Michael Norman Smith, of Willow Way, Sandown, appeared before the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court on Tuesday (May 11). The 57-year-old is charged with two counts of indecent assault on child, between January 1, 1997, and December 31, 2001. He is also charged with three counts of gross indecency with a child, during the same period of time. His case was adjourned to June 14 at the Isle of Wight Crown Court. He was granted unconditional bail.
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A RYDE man arrested for being drunk and disorderly has been sentenced. Kevin Lawrence Gallagher, 58, of Newport Street, appeared before the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court on Tuesday (March 30). He admitted being drunk and disorderly in a public place on March 14 of this year. Prosecutor, Liz Miller, showed the court CCTV footage of the incident, which captured a drunken and slurring Gallagher exchanging words with police. Gallagher, who represented himself, said he had been taking clothes to a charity shop and admitted he had consumed a couple of drinks. Footage showed Gallagher refusing to go home at the behest of several police officers.
She said this was the second breach of his suspended sentence. Oscar Vincent, defending, said Bradshaw had been at the vaccination clinic in Newport getting his first Covid jab when he received a call from police. He said Bradshaw responded immediately and was at the police station 15 minutes later, telling them he had forgotten and apologising. Mr Vincent said Bradshaw has a number of ongoing medical issues, including one which affects his memory, and another which affects his mental health. He said Bradshaw suffers from increasing memory loss on a daily basis, recently leaving the cooker on and going to bed.