Officers are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward after around 50 sheep were stolen from a farm near Blandford.
At around 7am on Wednesday 18 April 2018 it was discovered that the sheep had been taken from a field in the area of Hayward’s Lane near...
It’s three years since the last National Rural Crime Survey revealed the huge financial cost of crime to rural communities and issues of chronic under-reporting.
The National Rural Crime Network produced a series of recommendations and, in many areas, steps were taken to improve matters. So, now, the National Rural...
A man has been charged in connection with a reported attempted robbery in Weymouth. At around 10.45pm on Tuesday 12 September 2017 it was reported that a man approached two other men as they walked in the area of Crescent Street and Derby Street, repeatedly demanded money and threatened...
The conduct of a former Dorset Police officer amounted to gross misconduct a special case hearing has concluded. The allegation was that the former officer, who cannot be named for legal and safeguarding reasons, conducted a sexual relationship with a vulnerable witness who he had met in the...
Three men who admitted poaching offences in East Dorset have been sentenced at court. Shane David Manny Chapman, 27 and of Bingham Road in Verwood, Maurice Cooper, 45 and of Addison Close in Gillingham, and Peter John Nurdin, 48 and of Corner Close in Marnhull, appeared at Poole...
A public consultation launched by PCC Martyn Underhill to gain an insight into Dorset residents’ views on the drink drive limit has found that a majority of people would like to see a lower threshold introduced. 2,098 people shared their views in a survey, with 72% supportive of...
A man who provided false medical documents to the courts as he faced legal proceedings has been jailed for three years. John George Berry, aged 53 of Fontmell Magna, was sentenced at Bournemouth Crown Court on Thursday 5 April 2018 after admitting two offences of perverting the course...
A motorist who admitted causing a collision in Sherborne that left a teenager with a serious leg injury has been sentenced. Peter Long Quach, aged 19 and of Yeovil, appeared at Bournemouth Crown Court on Friday 6 April 2018 after admitting offences of driving without due care and...
Dorset Police has been alerted to reports of individuals being contacted and told that a loved one has been involved in an accident and is in need of surgery, for which they have to pay for. Two reports have been received in which the caller, described as foreign...
In December 2017, Dorset’s Police & Crime Commissioner launched a public consultation seeking residents’ views on lowering the drink drive limit. There is just one week left to have your say before the consultation closes.While Scotland saw its drink drive limit lowered in December 2014 to 50 milligrams per...
