Who is Isle of Wight councillor Daryll Pitcher guilty of child rape?

Pitcher is officially serving the second of his two terms on the Isle of Wight Council, standing for the Vectis Party, which he founded.

It was launched during Covid-19 in January 2021 stating homes for Islanders and sorting out the troubled floating bridge were among its main aims.

The first time he stood, it was under the UKIP banner — and also on the mainland, for UKIP, in a General Election.

Daryll Pitcher, right. (Image: Isle of Wight County Press)

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He is currently chair of the Isle of Wight Council's licensing committee and is a Wootton Bridge parish councillor who has campaigned against the gravel extraction plan for the village.

Pitcher has also been involved with the Royal British Legion, being an Isle of Wight County Committee member and a Cowes branch committee member, according to information held by the Isle of Wight Council.

Cllr Daryll Pitcher. (Image: Isle of Wight County Press)

Daryll Pitcher playing the bugle at a Remembrance Day service on the Island. (Image: Isle of Wight County Press)

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The information states he is also a member of the Milestone Society (Isle of Wight Regional Rep).

The trial judge, Recorder Richard Onslow, subsequently ordered a report on Pitcher and has not ruled out handing him a prison sentence.