GOSPORT — Live News It comes after officers, who were patrolling in the Romsey area,...

Published: 2:06 am January 6, 2023
Updated: 9:45 am October 8, 2025
A 29-year-old Man From Gosport Has Been Jailed For 12 Weeks After Pleading Guilty To A Number Of Driving Offences In The Romsey Area

It comes after officers, who were patrolling in the Romsey area, identified a stolen vehicle travelling towards West Wellow on 1 January 2023. Officers successfully used pre-emptive tactics at Greatbridge service station in an attempt to stop the vehicle.

The vehicle continued along Fishlake Meadows and Robert Whitworth Drive – where the driver decamped before being located by officers hiding in a nearby garden of a residential property.

George Peter Berry, aged 29, of Brockhurst Road in Gosport was subsequently arrested and charged with taking a vehicle without consent, driving whilst disqualified and driving without third-party insurance.

Appeared at Southampton Magistrates Court on Tuesday 3 January, Berry pleaded guilty and was jailed for 12 weeks and further disqualified from driving for an additional 19 months. He was also ordered to pay £85 court costs and a £154 victim surcharge.

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