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Monday, November 25, 2024
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Detectives investigating a serious assault in Gillingham are issuing CCTV images of the suspects. Between 11.30pm on Friday 8 October and 12.30am on Saturday 9 October 2021 a serious assault occurred in an alleyway near to the Red Lion pub on the High Street. It is reported that around 10 men...
Officers investigating an unprovoked assault on a man in Sturminster Newton are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward. At around 8.35pm on Saturday 30 October 2021 the victim – a local man aged in his 40s – was walking his dog along the trailway when he...
Two masked burglars who forced their way into a Gillingham home and assaulted the owner with an imitation firearm have been jailed. Nathan Samuel Jones, 33 and of Vale View Road in South Newton in Wiltshire, and Aaron Carl Winzar, 32 and of Horsefields in Gillingham, were sentenced at Bournemouth...
A man who assaulted his pregnant partner, leading to the death of her unborn baby boy, has been found guilty of causing child destruction and inflicting grievous bodily harm. Asa Davison, aged 35 and of Gillingham, was convicted on Thursday 4 November 2021 following a trial at Bournemouth Crown Court....
A former Dorset Police officer has been sentenced after admitting to fraudulently claiming to be unfit for work. Matthew Littlefair, aged 36, was sentenced at Salisbury Crown Court on Wednesday 3 November 2021 to two years and three months in prison after admitting a charge of fraud by false representation. On 30...
A former superintendent has been found guilty of gross misconduct relating to the inappropriate use of hire cars and false expenses claims while he was serving with Dorset Police. Michael Rogers, who retired as a superintendent in May 2021, appeared at a misconduct hearing at Dorset Police Headquarters in Winfrith...
Officers are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward following a burglary at a community centre in Poole. Dorset Police received a report at around 3.15am on Sunday 31 October 2021 of a burglary at Bourne Community Hub portacabin on Arne Avenue. A window was smashed and entry...
Five police officers from four different forces are facing disciplinary action over messages about Wayne Couzens. Couzens received a whole-life prison sentence last month after admitting to the kidnap, rape and murder of Sarah Everard.Now, two officers from the Metropolitan Police, and one from each force in Sussex, Dorset and Avon and Somerset...
Detectives investigating a series of distraction thefts are appealing for witnesses following another incident in Shaftesbury. The victim, a man aged in his 60s, was in the Bell Street car park in the town at around 3.57pm on Saturday 16 October 2021 when he was approached by two women, who...
Officers are appealing for witnesses and anyone with dashcam footage to come forward following an attempted theft of a bicycle in Poole. At approximately 3.40pm on Monday 27 September 2021 a 16-year-old local boy was cycling home from school and was crossing the bridge over Dorset Way, which leads from...