“The consequences of using a mobile phone while at the wheel can be catastrophic.”
That is the message from Hampshire Constabulary and Thames Valley Police’s joint operations Roads Policing Unit as new law changes come into effect from today (March 25). The change sees the law expanded and mean you can receive an immediate fine of £200 and penalty points on your licence for the following offences while […]
Officers from Hampshire Constabulary’s specialist Operation Amberstone team continue to investigate a rape
It happened in the early hours of Saturday 19 March in Fareham. At some time between 1:20am and 2:05am a 22 year-old woman was raped on the footbridge that crosses over Western Way, close to Fareham train station. She reported that after she had left the Slug and Lettuce at around 1am she walked along […]
Police are appealing to help locate missing Dominik ages 16, who is originally from Kent
He was last seen in the Medway area of Kent on Thursday 3 March. Officers have been working closely to assist Kent Police with their enquiries as now believe that Dominik may possibly be in the Southampton area. Police are very concerned for his welfare and are asking for the public to keep an eye […]
Officers investigating the death of 33-year-old Scott Cooper in Ryde have made further arrests.
Officers investigating the death of 33-year-old Scott Cooper in Ryde have made further arrests. Police attended a flat in George Street on the afternoon of Tuesday 4 January where the body of Scott, who was from Newport, was discovered.
A man was taken hospital where he continues to receive treatment for serious head injuries after he was attacked near to a Hampshire Pub
Police in Hampshire are appealing for witnesses to a serious assault which took place in Romsey last night (Saturday 12 March). Between 9:45pm and 10pm, a man in his 60s was assaulted by a group of three men as he walked down The Hundred, near to The Phoenix Pub.
A man and a woman from London have been jailed for a total of nine and a half years after being convicted of drug supply offences
Prince Duah, aged 27, of Penelopy House in London, was arrested in London as part of a proactive drugs investigation involving Hampshire, Metropolitan Police and Surrey officers into a County Line being run from the capital into Eastleigh. While Tyreece Morgan, aged 26, of Northcote Avenue in Croydon was also arrested on suspicion of […]
Sexual predator Christopher Michael Spybey, 44, has been sent to prison for 12-months, and must sign the sex offenders register for 10 years, after he attacked a woman on London Road, Hilsea
Spybey, of no fixed abode, but who was previously living in Sandleford Road, Havant, had denied the offence at 7.15pm on 28th October last year – putting his victim through the ordeal of a court trial. The sex offender approached the victim as she was getting in a parked car and started touching her over […]
Sexual predator Christopher Michael Spybey, 44, has been sent to prison for 12-months, and must sign the sex offenders register for 10 years, after he attacked a woman on London Road, Hilsea
Spybey, of no fixed abode, but who was previously living in Sandleford Road, Havant, had denied the offence at 7.15pm on 28th October last year – putting his victim through the ordeal of a court trial. The sex offender approached the victim as she was getting in a parked car and started touching her over […]
Sexual predator Christopher Michael Spybey, 44, has been sent to prison for 12-months, and must sign the sex offenders register for 10 ye…
Spybey, of no fixed abode, but who was previously living in Sandleford Road, Havant, had denied the offence at 7.15pm on 28th October last year – putting his victim through the ordeal of a court trial. The sex offender approached the victim as she was getting in a parked car and started touching her over […]
Hampshire Police say they are aware of plans for a car meet in Southampton on Saturday 5 March
In the past few months, we have seen similar events in the city or in neighbouring districts. While the majority of car enthusiasts are passionate but law-abiding, we have seen car meets recently where a minority have acted irresponsibly and illegally, including street racing, excessive noise and driving in a way that endangers spectators and […]
Hampshire Police say they are aware of plans for a car meet in Southampton on Saturday 5 March
In the past few months, we have seen similar events in the city or in neighbouring districts. While the majority of car enthusiasts are passionate but law-abiding, we have seen car meets recently where a minority have acted irresponsibly and illegally, including street racing, excessive noise and driving in a way that endangers spectators and […]
A Petersfield man has today been jailed for eight years for raping a 30-year-old woman in August last year
Petru-Gabriel Dumea, aged 27, of Chapel Street, Petersfield has today (4 March) been sentenced to eight years in jail at Winchester Crown Court, after pleading guilty to rape at an earlier hearing. The court heard that during the evening of Tuesday, 2 August 2021, a woman was out socialising at the Black Sheep public house […]
Three men from the Isle of Wight have been convicted of organising the smuggling of people across the English Channel
47-year-old Stephen Redhead, of Horsbridge Hill in Newport and 55-year-old Christopher Barber, of Landguard Road in Shanklin, have today (Friday) been found guilty by a unanimous jury of conspiring to do an act to facilitate the commission of a breach of UK immigration law by a non-EU person, contrary to the Immigration Act. Their convictions […]
Three men from the Isle of Wight have been convicted of organising the smuggling of people across the English Channel
47-year-old Stephen Redhead, of Horsbridge Hill in Newport and 55-year-old Christopher Barber, of Landguard Road in Shanklin, have today (Friday) been found guilty by a unanimous jury of conspiring to do an act to facilitate the commission of a breach of UK immigration law by a non-EU person, contrary to the Immigration Act. Their convictions […]
Three men from the Isle of Wight have been convicted of organising the smuggling of people across the English Channel – (ID 521573)
47-year-old Stephen Redhead, of Horsbridge Hill in Newport and 55-year-old Christopher Barber, of Landguard Road in Shanklin, have today (Friday) been found guilty by a unanimous jury of conspiring to do an act to facilitate the commission of a breach of UK immigration law by a non-EU person, contrary to the Immigration Act. Their convictions […]
Police are issuing a New Forest-wide appeal for any witnesses, or anyone with information, to come forward after a number of dogs were stolen from a farm in Bramshaw
It comes after employees at Parsonage Farm, who had returned from lambing earlier this morning (1 March), reported that twelve Border Collies puppies and a breeding dog had been stolen. It is alleged that seven people were seen walking around the yard at around 1.40am, having broken into numerous farm buildings in an attempt to […]
Police are issuing a New Forest-wide appeal for any witnesses, or anyone with information, to come forward after a number of dogs were st…
It comes after employees at Parsonage Farm, who had returned from lambing earlier this morning (1 March), reported that twelve Border Collies puppies and a breeding dog had been stolen. It is alleged that seven people were seen walking around the yard at around 1.40am, having broken into numerous farm buildings in an attempt to […]
Three children have been mowed by vehicle on a crossing whilst making their way home from school in Southampton
Three boys have been hit near the crossing on Tornhill Park in Bitterne, near to Tesco. Police have closed the road in both directions and an investigation has been launched. Officers from Hampshire Constabulary have blocked the road and crime scene tape has been erected after the incident happened just after 3pm on Thursday 3rd […]
