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Saturday, May 11, 2024
A man convicted of sexual activity with a teenage boy has been jailed.Jack Vincent Lane, aged 23 and of Hangersley, Ringwood, was sentenced at Bournemouth Crown Court on Tuesday 8 December 2020 after being found guilty of three offences of sexual activity with a child following a trial at...
Detectives are appealing for witnesses to come forward following a street robbery in Christchurch. At approximately 11pm on Wednesday 29 August 2018 a local man was walking on a pathway in Chewton Common when he was approached by an unknown man and punched in the face, causing him to fall...
Truth Amir Saadi, 47, of Bournemouth, was sentenced to nine years in prison at Bournemouth Crown Court on Friday 22 March 2024. He was found guilty following a trial on Thursday 22 February 2024 to three counts of sexual activity with a child and one count of paying for the...
Officers from Dorset Police have executed two warrants as part of a proactive operation to tackle suspected drug use and supply.  During the warrants, which were carried out in the Weymouth area on Tuesday 28 March and the Bournemouth area on Wednesday 29 March 2023, officers seized a quantity of...
Officers are issuing an image of a woman they would like to speak to following a racially aggravated public order incident on a bus between Bournemouth and Wimborne. At approximately 3.45pm on Thursday 14 December 2023, it is reported that a woman racially abused a young woman aged in her...
Detectives are issuing an image of a man they would like to identify as they investigate a robbery at a jewellery store in Christchurch. At around 12.40pm on Thursday 9 March 2023 a man entered Christchurch Jewellers in Saxon Square and asked to look at two high value watches –...
Officers are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward as they investigate a report of sexual assault in Bournemouth.It is reported that between 1.15am and 1.45am on Saturday 16 December 2023 a woman in her 20s was touched inappropriately by a man at the Bar SO...
Thomas Betteridge, aged 18 and of Southsea in Portsmouth, was sentenced at Bournemouth Crown Court on Friday 5 April 2024, having previously been found guilty at a trial at the same court of manslaughter and possessing a bladed article. He was sentenced to nine years in custody, with an extended...
A total of 55 people have been convicted of drink driving related offences over a six week period by Dorset Police as part of a summer crackdown. Dorset Police announced in June that anyone charged with a drink driving related offence during the campaign would have their name and photograph...
A man has been jailed for attempted rape and assault offences involving the same female victim in Bournemouth. Kieran Cooper, aged 28 and of St Leonards-On-Sea in East Sussex, appeared at Bournemouth Crown Court to be sentenced on Friday 1 December 2023 after being found guilty at an earlier trial...