The National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB) and Action Fraud have noticed a rise in the reporting of pets, and in particular puppies and kittens, being advertised for sale via popular online auction websites
NEWS FEED Tweet Police investigating the attempted murder of a 17-year-old girl in Portsmouth are widening the search for the suspect. Hampshire Constabulary officers are keen to hear from anyone who recognises the man in the CCTV image in connection with the attempted murder of the girl who was assaulted with a hammer at an…
Do you recognise this man? Shortly after 2pm on Friday 15 April, he entered the Boots store in the Market Cross, selected a large amount of Oral B toothbrush heads and placed them in a white Tesco Bag for Life.
A man has been jailed for a total of four years for carrying out a serious sexual assault on a woman in Bournemouth. Syrian-born Amine Chahine, 19 and of no fixed abode, was sentenced on Friday 15 April at Bournemouth Crown Court after pleading guilty at the same court on 11 March to sexual assault…
A man has been jailed for six months for driving around with a smashed windscreen and buckled roof following a fatal collision in Bournemouth.
A man who forced his way into a pregnant woman’s address and attacked her with a knife has been jailed for three years and nine months.
A Bournemouth dealer has been prosecuted for selling unsafe mattresses which did not meet fire safety standards. Patrick Furlong (41) of Portchester Road, Bournemouth was found guilty by Bournemouth magistrates’ court of supplying two mattresses and possessing 213 mattresses for sale which did not meet the requirements of the British Standard for fire safety. He…
Police investigating a spate of distraction burglaries in the county are appealing for witnesses and urging the public to remain vigilant. Three offences occurred on Wednesday 30 March along Albert Road in Corfe Mullen and one incident at Hill View in Charminster, Dorchester. Two further offences took place on Thursday 31 March at Sandringham Court…
Officers in Bournemouth have released a CCTV image of a suspect in connection with a theft in the town. The incident happened at around 11.35am on Monday 11 April in the Post Office on Christchurch Road. The victim, a local man aged in his 80s, was withdrawing money in the post office when a man…
A man has been jailed for 12 years for raping a woman in the grounds of a Bournemouth church. Jason Robert Rogers, 26 and of no fixed abode, was sentenced yesterday, Monday 11 April, at Bournemouth Crown Court for one count of rape. Rogers had also been charged with robbery but was found not guilty at a trial in January. He was found guilty of rape following a retrial at the same court in March.