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...
Officers are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward after a burglary where two vehicles were stolen near Dorchester.
Between 6pm on Wednesday 12 April and 9.30am on Thursday 13 April 2023 a black Ford Focus and a white Vauxhall van were stolen from the Enterprise Park...
Detectives have launched an investigation following the death of a man who sustained injuries during an incident in Dorchester – with three people arrested.
Dorset Police was called at 9.05pm on Saturday 18 March 2023 to reports of an assault at an address in Milford Road. A man aged in...
In 1999, following the murder of Stephen Lawrence, the black teenager stabbed to death by a white racist gang in Eltham, South East London, an investigation was set up by four years later by the then Labour Home Secretary. Under the chairpersonship of Lord Justice Macpherson the report, published...
Officers investigating an assault at a rugby match in Sherborne are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward.
It is reported that at around 3.30pm on Saturday 4 March 2023 a male rugby player was assaulted during the first half of a match between Sherborne RFC and...
Officers are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward following a burglary at a bike shop in Bridport.
Between 5pm on Friday 24 February and 2pm on Sunday 26 February 2023 entry was gained to Bridport Cycles off Mill Lane in Symondsbury.
A number of bikes were stolen,...
Officers investigating a reported robbery in Dorchester are appealing for any witnesses to come forward.
On the afternoon of Saturday 25 February 2023, the victim, a 13-year-old boy, was in the town with three friends when they were approached by four males. Two were wearing balaclavas.
The males spoke to the...
A landlord of a home with unsafe electrics has been issued with a significant financial penalty of £7,500 by Dorset Council.
Following a complaint about the property, officers from the council’s Housing Standards Team found the property to be in serious disrepair with an electrical system so dangerous it had...
Officers are appealing for witnesses or anyone with relevant dashcam footage to come forward after a bag containing class A drugs was recovered from the site of a road traffic collision near Dorchester.
Dorset Police received a report at 1.18pm on Wednesday 15 February 2023 of a single vehicle collision...
William David Lewis, 25 and of Bridport, previously pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply a controlled drug of class B, possession of a controlled class C drug, possessing criminal property, two counts of possession with intent to supply a controlled drug of class A and two counts...
