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Berkowitz sought after breaching prison licence

Police in East Devon are actively looking for Simon Berkowitz, a 68-year-old man who is wanted for recall to prison after breaching his prison licence conditions. Berkowitz (pictured) is described as white, 6ft 1″, of slim build and receding, greying hair. Berkowitz, who was convicted of burglary, is believed to be in East Devon area, possibly…

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Help find Tilly

Officers in Weymouth are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward after a puppy was stolen in the town. The theft of Tilly the Staffordshire Bull Terrier happened at around 8.15am on Thursday 30 October from outside the owner’s home in Wyke Road. Tilly is six-months-old and has a white face, a…

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Rent paid in crabs!

The St Albans Head station of the National Coastwatch Institution (NCI) today paid the annual rent for its base in a former coastguard lookout that is now owned by the Encombe Estate. When Mr James Gaggero, who bought the estate for £20m five years ago, renewed the lease in 2012, he said that he would be content with rent of one crab a year.

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Three years for drug dealer

Another person has been sentenced for drug offences following Operation Moped, one of the biggest operations in the county in recent years. Dorset Police pro-actively targeted street level drug dealers in the Boscombe area of Bournemouth where there was a suspicion that drugs offences were being committed.

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Councillor Spencer Flower faces court hearing

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in Wessex has authorised Dorset Police to institute proceedings against Dorset County Council Leader, Spencer Flower, 72 of Verwood, with three offences under section 31 and 34 of the Localism Act 2011. These relate to his involvement with East Dorset District Council and Dorset County Council. John Locke, Senior Crown…

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