Five members of an organised crime syndicate were found guilty of smuggling migrants into the UK via Portsmouth port in the back of a refrigerated lorry
The National Crime Agency conducted a four-year investigation and a surveillance operation that resulted in the gang’s arrests.NCA officers observed members of the group driving their VW Touran people carrier to meet a lorry driven by Romanian national Marinel Danut Palage, 31, at an industrial estate in Runcton, West Sussex, in the early hours of […]
After committing two burglaries at residential addresses in Bournemouth, a man was sentenced to prison
John Jones, 54, of Bournemouth, was sentenced to two years and eight months in prison on Wednesday, January 25, 2023, at Bournemouth Crown Court after pleading guilty to two counts of burglary.The first incident occurred on Saturday, October 8, 2022, between 9.15 a.m. and 3.15 p.m. in Iddesleigh Road.During the incident, a DKNY watch was […]
A man has been jailed for drugs offences after he was stopped by officers in Bournemouth town centre
David George Hinchey, 40, of Bournemouth, was sentenced to a year in prison on Friday, January 6, 2023, at Bournemouth Crown Court for being involved in the supply of MDMA, cocaine, and cannabis. Officers observed Hinchey acting suspiciously near the Lower Gardens on Friday, June 25, 2021. Following a search, he was discovered to be […]
A man has been jailed after a firearm was found in a hotel room in Poole
Thomas David Brown, aged 25 and of no fixed abode, was sentenced at Bournemouth Crown Court on Thursday 8 December 2022 to five years in prison after pleading guilty to an offence of possessing a prohibited firearm. At around 3pm on Thursday 20 October 2022 Dorset Police received a report that a possible firearm […]
Ertas’ victim, who was 17 years old at the time of the incident
Volkan Cara Ertas, aged 28 and of no fixed abode, was sentenced to four years and four months in prison at Bournemouth Crown Court on Wednesday 16 November 2022 after he was found guilty of a charge of attempted robbery. Ertas’ victim, who was 17 years old at the time of the incident on Sunday […]
A man has been jailed for four years following a robbery in Bournemouth
Zachariah Paul Attley, 31 and of Bournemouth, was sentenced at Bournemouth Crown Court on Tuesday 25 October 2022 for an offence of robbery. During the evening of Saturday 1 January 2022, the victim – a man aged in his 40s – met Attley on a night out in Charminster Road. The pair were drinking together […]
A driver has been sentenced following a collision in Poole that seriously injured a man and killed his dog
Charles Richard Collins, 22, of Uppleby Road in Poole, was sentenced to 14 months in prison at Bournemouth Crown Court on Friday, June 10, 2022. He was also barred from driving for the next four years and seven months.He previously pleaded guilty to causing serious injury by dangerous driving, driving a vehicle while unfit due […]
A man has been jailed for supplying class A drugs after he was found to have heroin and cocaine in his possession when stopped by officers.
Mickeel Lemar Smith, aged 28 and of Tilson Gardens, Lambeth in London, appeared at Bournemouth Crown Court on Wednesday 18 May 2022 and was sentenced to two years and nine months in prison after admitting two charges of possessing class A drugs with intent to supply. Shortly after 3pm on Saturday 18 April 2020 […]
A man has been given a life sentence for killing his girlfriend’s unborn baby
Asa Davison, 35, was found guilty of child destruction and grievous bodily harm with intent for attacking the woman in Gillingham, Dorset, in 2020. Bournemouth Crown Court heard he was angry she was carrying another man’s child, conceived before they started their relationship. He was ordered to spend at least 12 years in jail. […]
A man who was caught dealing drugs in Bournemouth town centre has been jailed
Fahim Mohamed, aged 21 and of no fixed abode, was sentenced at Hull Crown Court on Friday 29 October 2021 after admitting two charges of possessing class A drugs with intent to supply and possession of a class B drug at an earlier hearing at Bournemouth Crown Court. He received an 18-month prison sentence […]
A man has been jailed for six years for sexual offences involving a young girl in Poole
Donald Ian Campbell, 71 and of Poole, pleaded guilty at Poole Magistrates’ Court on Friday 25 June 2021 to three counts of inciting a girl under 13 to engage in sexual activity, three counts of assaulting a girl under 13 by touching and one count of engaging sexual activity in the presence of a […]
A woman convicted of fraud has been ordered to pay more than £100,000 by a court
Emma Elizabeth Rhodes, 38 and formerly of Verwood, was sentenced at Bournemouth Crown Court to five years in prison on Monday 2 November 2020 for an offence of fraud relating to the theft of £437,000 from her former employer. Following the sentencing hearing, proceedings were commenced under the Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) 2002 […]
A burglar who targeted two cafés in the Christchurch area has been jailed
Marius Gabriel Balan, aged 28 and of Wyllie Mews, Burton-Upon-Trent, was sentenced at Bournemouth Crown Court on Tuesday 24 August 2021 to 40 weeks in prison after admitting two burglaries. Between around 11am on Tuesday 24 March 2020 and 9.30am on Thursday 26 March 2020 entry was forced to The Paddle in Waterford Road […]
A man has been jailed for a violent domestic assault in Weymouth after detectives successfully pursued an evidence-led prosecution
Lee Gerrard Slator, aged 41 and of Beverley Road, Weymouth, was sentenced at Bournemouth Crown Court on Thursday 5 August 2021 after admitting an offence of inflicting grievous bodily harm with intent at a previous hearing at the same court. He was jailed for three years and four months and also made the subject […]
A Bournemouth woman has been sentenced to four years in prison for drug supply offences
Rachel Amanda Jenvey, aged 40 and of Cecil Road in Bournemouth, appeared at Bournemouth Crown Court on Thursday 22 July 2021 to be sentenced after admitting two offences of possessing class A drugs with intent to supply. On Tuesday 6 November 2018 officers executed a warrant under section 23 of the Misuse of Drugs […]
A father and son who overcharged elderly victims by thousands of pounds for building work at their homes have been jailed
Kevin Sherwood, aged 61 and of Wimborne Road, Bournemouth, and Kevin Mark Sherwood, also known as Kevin Doe, aged 39 and of Craigmoor Avenue, Bournemouth, were sentenced at Bournemouth Crown Court on Tuesday 18 May 2021. They had both been found guilty following a trial at the same court of two charges of fraud […]
Officers are appealing for information from the public to help locate a wanted woman
Leanne Levine, aged 23, who has been staying at accommodation in Bournemouth, is wanted after failing to appear at Bournemouth Crown Court on Tuesday 20 April 2021 in connection with a number of offences including theft and assault. She is described as white, tall and of slim build with dark brown hair. Inspector Greg […]
Three people have been jailed following an aggravated burglary at an address in Ferndown
Jack Dodds, 21 and of Bure Lane in Christchurch, Joshua Jackson, 18 and of no fixed abode, and a 16-year-old boy from Bournemouth who cannot be named for legal reasons, were all sentenced at Bournemouth Crown Court on Tuesday 13 April 2021. Jack Dodds was found guilty following a trial at the same court […]
