Detectives investigating a reported knife-point robbery in Dorchester are appealing for any witnesses to come forward.
At around 1.45am on Sunday 5 November 2023 it is reported that the victims, two local men, were inside a parked car in School Close when two males approached the vehicle. It is alleged...
Simon Anthony Jeff, aged 47 and of Dorchester, appeared at Bournemouth Crown Court on Tuesday 26 September 2023 and was sentenced to two years in prison after admitting an offence of inflicting grievous bodily harm.
At around 7.30pm on Friday 2 September 2022 the victim, a man aged in his...
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...
Detectives are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward following an alleged assault in Dorchester.
At around 10.50am on Sunday 24 March 2024, officers received a report that a woman had been assaulted earlier in the morning at an address in Damers Road.
The victim – aged in...
According to the Ministry of Justice, disgraced rock artist Gary Glitter (real name Paul Gadd) will soon be released from The Verne prison on Portland, having served barely half of a 16-year sentence. Glitter is presently incarcerated for an attempted rape, four counts of indecent assault on girls under...
Officers are continuing to investigate a serious injury road traffic collision in Lytchett Matravers – with one man arrested.
Dorset Police received a report at 4.08pm on Monday 21 March 2022 of a collision in Wareham Road involving a bus and a pedestrian.
Officers attended, along with the ambulance service, and...
Detectives are appealing for anyone with information to come forward after a man was charged with burglary offences in the Sherborne area.
Dorset Police received a report at 1.20am on Thursday 14 July 2022 that a man had been disturbed as he attempted to access a first floor bedroom window...
Officers carrying out enquiries to locate a wanted man from West Dorset are appealing for information from the public.
Reece Wilson, aged 24, is wanted on a prison recall after failing to comply with the terms of his licence following his release from jail.
He is described as white, six feet...
A man who robbed a Wimborne store at knifepoint has been jailed
Luke Eamon Charig, aged 34 and of Littlemayne near Dorchester, appeared at Bournemouth Crown Court on Tuesday 3 October 2023 to be sentenced after admitting offences of robbery and possessing an offensive weapon in a public place.
He received...
Detectives investigating a report of rape in Dorchester are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward.
Dorset Police received a report that at around 10.30pm on Friday 13 August 2021 a woman – aged in her 30s – was raped in an alleyway in the town centre.
Cordons...
