AN EAST Cowes man who tormented his local Isle of Wight councillor has failed to pay his financial penalty.

Simon Paul Wheeler, 55, of Albany Road, was sentenced at the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court in August, 2021, after he was found guilty of using threatening, abusive and insulting words with intent to cause fear of unlawful violence towards Cllr Karl Love.

The court heard Wheeler had called Cllr Love "Mr C**t" in front of a passer-by.

Wheeler was made subject of a restraining order to have no contact, direct or indirectly, with Cllr Love and to not go to Old Road, East Cowes.

When handed the sentence Wheeler, with two previous convictions, said: "That's fair enough."

He was also fined £300, ordered to pay a surcharge of £34 and prosecution costs of £680.

However, the case was brought back to court this month.

A total of £984 had not been paid and a summons issued.

An application was made to deduct the money from benefits payments.