A former Dorset Police officer has been sentenced to 16 and half years in prison after being convicted of eight sexual offences, including two counts of rape.
Ravi Canhye, aged 47 from Poole, was sentenced at Winchester Crown Court on Thursday 5 October 2023 after being convicted the previous day...
A serving Dorset Police officer has been found guilty of sexual offences including two counts of rape.
Following an eight-day trial at Winchester Crown Court, Police Constable Ravi Canhye was convicted on Wednesday 4 October 2023. The jury found him guilty of eight sexual offences – two rapes, one attempted...
Update:
Officers searching for a dog reported stolen in North Dorset are able to update that she has been found.It was reported on Sunday 10 September 2023 that Jessie, the German Shepherd, had been stolen from her home in rural Gillingham.
Following enquiries by officers, she has been found safe and...
Officers are appealing for witnesses to come forward following a hate crime incident in Bournemouth.
At around 8pm on Tuesday 5 September 2023 the victim, who is aged in his 60s, was leaving an address in Wakely Road when he noticed two men stood outside of the gate. Unprovoked, they...
A car trader from Essex has pleaded guilty to selling an unroadworthy car described by the magistrates as a ‘death trap’ to a Dorset consumer.
Adam Hussain, 33, of Hornchurch, Essex who is the sole director of The Car Company Essex Ltd., ran a second-hand car sales business trading as...
Six weeks have passed since Zayna Iman made a startling revelation, claiming that she had been sexually assaulted in a Manchester police cell. However, more questions than answers have arisen in the aftermath.
Inconsistencies have emerged between the statements released by the police after the broadcast and what officers had...
A drink driver who caused a serious injury road traffic collision in Blandford has been jailed.
Holly Ann Davies, aged 36 and of Milborne St Andrew, appeared at Bournemouth Crown Court to be sentenced on Tuesday 22 August 2023 after admitting charges of causing serious injury by dangerous driving and...
Officers are appealing for anyone with information to come forward after an alleged sexual assault and affray on a bus journey between Poole and Blandford.
It is reported that at around 3.50pm on Tuesday 15 August 2023, a man approached a number of people who were waiting for a bus...
Following sanctions handed out to four other officers, a serving Dorset Police inspector who was found guilty of gross misconduct after posting offensive messages on a WhatsApp group and failing to challenge the behaviour of colleagues he supervised has been dismissed without notice.
Inspector Nicholas Mantle was found to have...
Officers are appealing for witnesses or anyone with dashcam footage to come forward following a serious injury collision in Sherborne.
Dorset Police received a report at 12.36pm on Monday 24 July 2023 of a collision involving a blue Audi A5 and a concrete mixer lorry in Bradford Road near to...
