A man has been sentenced for causing the death of his friend and seriously injuring another in a Fontwell collision
Ruan Soares, 27, of Bursledon Close, Bognor Regis, appeared at Portsmouth Crown Court on Friday 26 March after pleading guilty to causing death by dangerous driving and causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
A second burglar has been jailed for his involvement in stealing approximately £7,000 worth of goods from a flat in Gosport
The flat, on Minnitt Road, was entered between 2.20pm and 2.30pm on 1 November 2020, where cash was stolen along with a number of items including jewellery, designer handbags, an iPad and a mobile phone. Following an investigation led by the Operation Hawk team, Curtis Coombes, aged 34 years, formerly of South Street in […]
A Portsmouth man has been sentenced to nine years in prison for an assault in which he stabbed a man in the neck with a screwdriver last …
Charlie McGowan, 21, of Drummond Road, Portsmouth, was found guilty of Section 18 Grievous Bodily Harm and burglary after previously pleading guilty to the burglary and guilty to a lesser charge of Section 20 Grievous Bodily Harm. He appeared at Portsmouth Crown Court for sentencing. During McGowan’s trial, the court heard how on the afternoon […]
A Portsmouth man has been sentenced to nine years in prison for an assault in which he stabbed a man in the neck with a screwdriver last summer
Charlie McGowan, 21, of Drummond Road, Portsmouth, was found guilty of Section 18 Grievous Bodily Harm and burglary after previously pleading guilty to the burglary and guilty to a lesser charge of Section 20 Grievous Bodily Harm. He appeared at Portsmouth Crown Court for sentencing. During McGowan’s trial, the court heard how on the afternoon […]
A man has been sentenced to 23 years in prison for the murder of 32-year-old Kayleigh Dunning from Portsmouth
Kayleigh, who has been described as ‘kind and thoughtful’ by her family, was reported missing to police on Tuesday 17 December 2019, before her body was discovered at Brandford’s flat on Kingston Crescent later that night.
A man has been jailed for his involvement in the supply of Class A drugs in Gosport
On 16 September 2020, officers carried out a warrant at an address in Albert Street where they discovered approximately £17,000 in cash, and cocaine with an estimated street value of £20,000. Following the warrant, 28-year-old Antonio Panayi, of Albert Street in Gosport, was arrested and subsequently charged with possession of a Class A drug […]
A man has been jailed for a total of 13 years for a range of sexual offences that took place in Hampshire
Shaun Higginson aged 47, of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty to a total of eight offences including one count of attempted rape of a female under 16, one count of gross indecency with a girl under 14 and six counts of indecent assault on a girl under 14. The charges relate to offences that took place […]
A man has admitted drugs offences and assaulting a police officer following two incidents in Gosport
On 24 April 2020, 31-year-old Matthew David Wagstaff was stopped by police along Forton Road. Following a search, officers located a bag of crack cocaine. He was subsequently charged with possession of a class A drug, and he admitted this offence when he appeared at Portsmouth Magistrates’ Court on Monday 1 February 2021. In […]
A 49-year-old man has been found guilty of murdering Kayleigh Dunning in Portsmouth in December 2019
Mark Brandford, of Kingston Crescent, Portsmouth, was today (Monday 22 February 2021) found guilty of 32-year-old Kayleigh’s murder by a jury sitting at Portsmouth Crown Court. He denied killing his lover Kayleigh, who was found in his flat on Kingston Crescent with fatal sharp and blunt force injuries to her head and neck by […]
It was an attack that disturbed members of the public in a shocking video when both Daisy and Minnie-Mo Hunt attacked a female and also s…
It was an attack that disturbed members of the public in a shocking video when both Daisy and Minnie-Mo Hunt attacked a female and also stamped on her as she lay unconscious. Daisy Hunt, 23, of Berkshire Close has been sentenced to three years in prison at Portsmouth Crown Court for attempting to cause grevious […]
It was an attack that disturbed members of the public in a shocking video when both Daisy and Minnie-Mo Hunt attacked a female and also stamped on her as she lay unconscious
It was an attack that disturbed members of the public in a shocking video when both Daisy and Minnie-Mo Hunt attacked a female and also stamped on her as she lay unconscious. Daisy Hunt, 23, of Berkshire Close has been sentenced to three years in prison at Portsmouth Crown Court for attempting to cause grevious […]
A burglar who struck his victims over the head with two wine bottles has had his sentence increased to 9 years
Darren Rose, aged 29 years, of no fixed abode, was convicted of aggravated burglary following a trial which concluded on Thursday 30 July 2020. The court heard he had forced his way into an address on Cross Street in Cowes armed with the bottles at around 5.30am on 26 October 2019. Rose woke a man […]
A Milton man has been sentenced to 8 years in prison for knife and firearms offences
He pleaded guilty to one count of possession of a firearm without a certificate and one count of possession of a knife blade/sharp pointed article in a public place at Portsmouth Crown Court in October 2019. He was also sentenced for an attempted robbery that took place in Southsea in September 2020.
A man has been sentenced to five years and six months in prison after stabbing a 22-year-old man three times in an altercation in Havant
Harry Robin Vincent, 22, of Dunsbury Way, Havant, was found guilty of a charge of wounding with intent and appeared at Portsmouth Crown Court on Friday 15 January for sentencing. This follows an incident on April 7 2019, when an argument between Vincent and a friend resulted in Vincent stabbing the victim three times, […]
A man has been sentenced to five years and six months in prison after stabbing a 22-year-old man three times in an altercation in Havant
Harry Robin Vincent, 22, of Dunsbury Way, Havant, was found guilty of a charge of wounding with intent and appeared at Portsmouth Crown Court on Friday 15 January for sentencing. This follows an incident on April 7 2019, when an argument between Vincent and a friend resulted in Vincent stabbing the victim three times, […]
Portsmouth Rapist jailed for Six years following Southsea attack
A 31 year-old man from Portsmouth has been sentenced to six years in prison for raping a 19-year-old woman in an alleyway off of Clarendon Road, Southsea on Saturday 29 August 2020. The victim was attacked and raped by a man she did not know in the alleyway at around 10pm. After a thorough and […]
Officers investigating the death of a man in Portsmouth have charged a man
Lewis Green, 23, of Tewkesbury Close, Portsmouth, has been charged with murder. It comes following the death of 26-year-old Billy Green outside Pickwick House, Wingfield Street on Monday, January 11. Billy’s next of kin have been informed and are being supported by specialist officers. Lewis Green the victim’s younger brother has appeared at Portsmouth […]
Nine people who admitted being part of a County Lines Class A drugs conspiracy in Basingstoke, have been sentenced to a total of 46 years and seven months in prison
Nine people who admitted being part of a County Lines Class A drugs conspiracy in Basingstoke, have been sentenced to a total of 46 years and seven months in prison.The eight men and one woman were part of a cartel of four drug networks known as the Monster, Bestie, Nemo and Smallz lines that operated […]