Courts

A woman from Ringwood has been jailed for two years after she admitted possessing thousands of indecent pictures of children.

Two teenagers have been charged following a series of attempted robberies in Totton which saw their victims reportedly threatened with knives.

A Blackfield pensioner failed to declare savings of £16,000 or more to obtain a council tax reduction and housing benefit.

A Christchurch man has been ordered to carry out 100 hours of unpaid work after admitting homophobic behaviour towards a police officer.

A man is due to appear in court after an alleged disturbance involving weapon threats and attacks on police at a Ringwood supermarket.

Stealing an elderly shopper’s handbag resulted in a Christchurch woman being jailed for two months.

A woman desperate to escape her violent boyfriend tried to flag down cars for help – only for them to drive off before she was bundled into his van.

Stealing hundreds of pounds of goods landed a Hordle shoplifter with a suspended prison sentence.

A Christchurch man who stole a £400 guitar was told by magistrates to pay out just over a quarter of its value.

Drunkenly attacking a woman landed a Calmore man with a suspended prison sentence.

A homeless man who launched a “serious unprovoked attack” on a woman has been jailed for 20 weeks.

A woman was brutally attacked before her child was kidnapped from the pushchair she was wheeling.

A driver accused of causing serious injuries to a pedestrian after an unsecured lorry shed its load in Lyndhurst has appeared in court.

Stealing hundreds of pounds of goods and fuel in a string of offences during a suspended sentence landed a Totton man with 18 weeks in jail.

A persistent shoplifter who stole hundreds of pounds of groceries and cosmetics in a string of thefts from Hythe stores has been jailed.

A Lymington man who thought he was speaking online with a 12-year-old girl asked for indecent images, a court heard.

A man claimed a computer containing almost 2,000 indecent images of children belonged to a dead relative, and destroyed a hard drive.

An ex-NFDC worker has been jailed for more than four years after he took bribes from a roofer who would then submit inflated work invoices.

A New Milton man has been charged with fraud after reported incidents at three stores in the town.

A Totton man who grew nine cannabis plants must undergo rehabilitation activity.