Officers are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward after an alleged burglary at a school in Dorchester.
Dorset Police received a report at 12.16am on Tuesday 13 June 2023 of a burglary at the Thomas Hardye School in Queens Avenue.
Officers attended and two boys, aged 16...
Every person who is confronted by the police, magistrate, judge, prosecution barrister, HMRC, ticket inspector... now has a defence that is guaranteed to fool some for most of the time.
It is called the Boris Johnson defence.
Here it can be applied to Emma Smart, the environmental activist, refused bale...
A serving Dorset Police officer has been found guilty of sexual offences including two counts of rape.
Following an eight-day trial at Winchester Crown Court, Police Constable Ravi Canhye was convicted on Wednesday 4 October 2023. The jury found him guilty of eight sexual offences – two rapes, one attempted...
In recent months Dorset Police has seen a rise in reported stalking offences reflecting a national increase in domestic related incidents.
The increase in offences is likely partly due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. In April 2020 there have also been changes to the way these offences were...
A former Dorset Police officer has been found guilty of gross misconduct after he was jailed for a fraud offence.
A misconduct hearing was held at Dorset Police Headquarters in Winfrith on Monday 11 April 2022 to consider the allegations against former Police Constable Matthew Littlefair, who was sentenced on...
A former constable has been found guilty of gross misconduct after he removed wooden barrier posts from a training store belonging to Dorset Police and subsequently lied to his supervisors.
On Monday 14 February and Tuesday 15 February 2022, a misconduct hearing was held at Dorset Police Headquarters in Winfrith...
Detectives investigating a report of a shooting incident near Dorchester involving a BB gun have made an arrest.
Dorset Police was called at 9pm on Sunday 9 May 2021 by the ambulance service to a report that a man had been shot with a BB gun at an address on...
