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...
Officers investigating a disturbance in Lyme Regis are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward.
Dorset Police received a report at around 1.20am on Wednesday, 1 January 2025, of an altercation involving up to 20 people, mainly teenagers, in the area of Marine Parade.
It was reported that...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The recent sentencing of Cade Robert David Adams at Bournemouth Crown Court raises serious concerns about the message being sent regarding violent and persistent criminal behaviour. Despite a series of alarming offences spanning nearly a year, Adams was handed a mere 14-month prison sentence—an astonishingly lenient penalty given the...
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...
