Detectives are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward as they investigate a report of an aggravated burglary in North Dorset.
It was reported at around 7.25am on Wednesday 28 June 2023 that a male suspect had knocked on the door of a property in Lower Street...
A serving Dorset Police officer who was found guilty of gross misconduct after posting inappropriate and offensive messages on a WhatsApp group has been dismissed without notice.
His former colleague, who was a serving police officer, and posted sexual, pornographic, misogynistic, homophobic, racist, bullying, abusive, offensive and inappropriate messages on...
Officers investigating a burglary at a hotel in Shaftesbury are issuing CCTV images of a man they would like to identify.The incident happened at around 5am on Friday 2 June 2023 at the Grosvenor Arms in High Street.
It has been reported that an unknown man entered the kitchen and...
Officers are investigating a third-party report of an assault in Sturminster Newton and are appealing for the victim and anyone with information to come forward.At 11.48pm on Monday 5 June 2023 it was reported that a man had been seen assaulting a woman outside One Stop shop on Station...
A man has been sentenced to 27 years in prison for the repeated sexual abuse of two girls.
Andrew John Butler, aged 54, appeared at Bournemouth Crown Court on Friday 2 June 2023 and was sentenced for seven offences of rape, two further charges of rape of a child under...
Officers are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward after an attempted burglary at a business in Blandford.
Dorset Police received a report at around 3.20am on Tuesday 30 May 2023 that the window and door glass had been smashed in Offcamber in Salisbury Street.
No entry was...
Officers investigating a serious road traffic collision north of Shaftesbury are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward.The incident on the A350 near to the Littledown Business Park involving three cars was reported at 3.08pm on Thursday 25 May 2023.
Local and Roads Policing officers as well...
Officers investigating the theft of a purse and subsequent fraudulent use of a bank card are issuing a CCTV image of a man they would like to identify.
Some time on Tuesday 18 April or Wednesday 19 April 2023, a purse was stolen from the Poole or North Dorset area.
A...
A motorist has been jailed after he admitted causing a fatal road traffic collision near Beaminster that also left two other people with serious injuries.
Shane Bovey, aged 41 and of Yeovil, appeared at Bournemouth Crown Court to be sentenced on Tuesday 2 May 2023 after admitting causing death by...
Dorset Council’s Waste Enforcement and Legal teams have successfully prosecuted another fly-tipper.
David Barney, 37 of Wiltshire Road in Salisbury, was found guilty of fly-tipping soil, ground workings and green waste on land at the former Askers Hotel near Dorchester without an environmental permit, contrary to Section 33 (1)(a) of the Environmental...
