Hampshire police have now confirmed the wanted 64-Year-Old has been arrested and is now in custody awaiting his return to prison
Previously Police were hunting for 64-year-old Jack Hall. Hall is a registered sex offender and is wanted for breaching his licence conditions after his release from prison. Police have been carrying out a number of enquiries to locate him and are now asking the public for help in finding him. It is known he caught […]
A man has been jailed for three years for a burglary in Gosport
In the early hours of the morning on 18 June this year, 50-year-old Steven Christopher Sharp gained access to a garden on Row Wood Lane but was disturbed by the occupant as he tried to access the house. The occupant, aged in her 80s, found Sharp at her back door, at which point he turned […]
A Havant pervert has walked free from court after sexually assaulting a sleeping teenage girl – despite the Judge labelling his actions “…
The 16-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was sexually assaulted following a house party by Havant man Daniel Martin Cake, after he went into a bedroom where she was asleep next to her boyfriend. Portsmouth Crown Court heard how intoxicated opportunist Cake, an electrician of Blendworth Crescent, Havant, was then kicked off […]
A Havant pervert has walked free from court after sexually assaulting a sleeping teenage girl – despite the Judge labelling his actions “appalling and shocking”
The 16-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was sexually assaulted following a house party by Havant man Daniel Martin Cake, after he went into a bedroom where she was asleep next to her boyfriend. Portsmouth Crown Court heard how intoxicated opportunist Cake, an electrician of Blendworth Crescent, Havant, was then kicked off […]
Police charge man with Portsmouth Robbery
Officers investigating a robbery on London Road on Saturday 21 August have charged a 38-year-old man. Barry David Shaw of Gladys Avenue, Portsmouth, has been charged with robbery and appeared at Portsmouth Magistrates Court this morning (Monday 13 September).
A West Sussex man has been sentenced for sexual offences against a young girl
Richard Tallis, 54, of Bolsover Road, West Tarring, appeared at Portsmouth Crown Court on Friday 30 July, having pleaded guilty at a previous hearing to six counts of sexual assaults in the Chichester area on a girl aged under 13, known to him, between seven and 15 years ago.Tallis was sentenced to a total of […]
An 18-year-old man from London has been sentenced to nine years in prison for raping a 19-year-old woman in Buckland in September
The victim, now 20, was raped by a man unknown to her at approximately 12.30am on Sunday 20 September 2020.The woman was approached by two men unknown to her on Lake Road, who followed her onto Turner Road where one of them then raped her.After a thorough and complex investigation by officers from Portsmouth’s […]
A speeding driver killed two pensioners after crashing into their car having consumed at least five pints of Stella at the pub.
A speeding driver killed two pensioners after crashing into their car having consumed at least five pints of Stella at the pub. Ryan Dowling has been jailed following the collision on the A27 near Chichester which also seriously injured a third person.
Mark Burgess, aged 68 years, of St Chads Avenue in Hilsea, was handed a 40 year sentence at Portsmouth Crown Court today
The survivors of a horrific cycle of non-recent child sex abuse bravely confronted their abuser in court today (Wednesday 30 June), where he was branded a ‘conniving and exploitative serial paedophile’. Mark Burgess, aged 68 years, of St Chads Avenue in Hilsea, was handed a 40 year sentence at Portsmouth Crown Court today after he […]
Two men jailed for Portsmouth robberies
Two men have been jailed for a combined total of 11 and a half years following robberies in Portsmouth. Macauley Toms, aged 25 years, and co-defendant Riley Cragg, aged 22 years, were charged following a knife point robbery on Wingfield Street.
An 18-year-old man from London has today been found guilty of raping a 19-year-old woman in Buckland in September
The victim, now 20, was raped by a man unknown to her at approximately 12.30am on Sunday 20 September 2020. The woman was approached by two men on Lake Road, who followed her onto Turner Road where one of them then raped her. After a thorough and complex investigation by officers from Portsmouth’s Amberstone team, […]
Former choirmaster and school teacher convicted of child abuse spanning nearly four decades
A former choirmaster and school teacher from Portsmouth has today (Friday 28 May) been convicted of sexually abusing children over a period of nearly four decades. Mark Burgess, aged 68 years, of St Chads Avenue in Hilsea, was charged with 52 offences following an investigation by Hampshire Constabulary’s Operation Marmion team. The offences relate to […]
Man charged with murder following fire in Bognor Regis
Police investigating a fire in Bognor Regis have charged a man with murder. Officers were called to Oak Grove around 8.15pm on Thursday, 8 April, following reports of a deliberate fire in the front garden of a property. Mark Stoakes, 60, suffered burn injuries and sadly died in hospital on Friday, 30 April. Aaron Wilks, […]
A man has been sentenced to two years and three months in prison for sexual communication with a child
Appearing at Portsmouth Crown Court on Friday 23 April, Reice John Wills, 27, of Shearer Road, Fratton, was sentenced for attempting to cause or incite a child under 13 years to engage in sexual activity, which he pleaded guilty to. As well as a 27 month prison sentence, Wills will also be on the Sex […]
Four men have had their sentences increased following an intervention by the then Solicitor General, Rt Hon Michael Ellis QC MP
Four men have had their sentences increased following an intervention by the then Solicitor General, Rt Hon Michael Ellis QC MP. The four cases were unrelated but they each concerned a defendant who had attempted to commit sexual activity with a child online.
A man has been sentenced to 20 months in prison after being found in possession of indecent images of children
Officers investigating an assault in Portsmouth in the early hours of Sunday morning (18 April) have charged two men.
It comes after officers were called to the Gosport Ferry Terminal at The Hard shortly after midnight on Sunday to a report of an altercation taking place. Two men, both in their 30s, were taken to Queen Alexandra Hospital with serious but not life-threatening injuries. They have since returned home. Attending officers made two arrests […]
Portsmouth male jailed after leaving Southsea pensioner 63 with life changing injuries
Carol Curtis, 63 suffered life changing injuries leaving her wheelchair bound after bring pinned against wall Carol is now terrified of seeing BMW cars even in adverts and cannot care for her 82-year-old husband, as she needs care herself, a court heard. Mrs Curtis was on the pavement with her husband talking with others in […]