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Dorset
Saturday, May 18, 2024
Detectives investigating a reported aggravated burglary at a business property near Sherborne are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward.It is reported that at around 8.55pm on Tuesday 16 April 2024 two men attempted to force entry to the TK Maxx store at Babylon Hill south...
A man has been charged following a fatal road traffic collision near Beaminster. Dorset Police received a report at 8.13pm on Wednesday 8 February 2023 of a collision in A3066 Main Road in Mosterton involving a blue Mercedes and three pedestrians. All of the pedestrians were taken to hospital by air...
Four teenagers are due to appear in court in connection with a report of an assault in Sherborne. It was reported that at around 5.30pm on Friday 15 July 2022 a 14-year-old local boy was assaulted by a group of male teenagers in Pageant Gardens in Station Road. The victim attended...
Dorset Police is releasing footage of an attempted theft of a keyless car to raise awareness and help protect motorists. Offenders are using a device from outside a property to connect to a car key’s signal and trick the vehicle into thinking the key is nearby, meaning it will unlock...
A former Dorset Police constable who carried out unsolicited physical contact and made sexually explicit comments to female colleagues has been found guilty of gross misconduct and would have been dismissed from the Force had he not already resigned.On Tuesday 21 September 2021 Dorset Police held a Special Case...
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...
Operation Snap catches irresponsible drivers across Dorset
Are you or people you know on the following video? A three minute exposure of irresponsible driving across the county. Dashcam footage submitted to the Force is being released in a bid to encourage more people to get involved with the scheme.  Operation Snap is a secure online facility that allows...
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...
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...
Four men have been jailed after a man was kidnapped from outside his home in Bridport then assaulted and blackmailed. Leslie Richardson, also known as Leslie Ades, aged 53 and of Westcliff-on-Sea, Lewis James Needham, aged 29 and of Dorchester, and Nigel Geoffrey Moors, aged 51 and of Puddletown, were...