Courts

A Christchurch woman has been charged over the alleged theft of purses at two supermarkets.

A shoplifter who failed to keep in touch with his probation officer was sent to jail for seven days.

A New Forest shoplifter who stole more than £500 of goods from stores in Brockenhurst, Southampton and Winchester was jailed for 16 weeks.

Two more men have been charged in connection with a fatal crash near Ringwood, for which a motorist has already been jailed for 12 years.

A Hythe man who was trusted to look after a friend’s dog while she was on holiday was caught trying to have sex with it on a hidden camera.

An alleged robber has appeared in court after a man was injured in an attack in a Lymington graveyard.

A Fordingbridge man who sent threatening WhatsApp messages to a woman is facing financial penalties.

A man suffered a suspected broken nose when muggers snatched his mobile phone in an attack in a Lymington graveyard.

An offender from Holbury who attacked a man and caused £1,400 of damage in a fast food restaurant has been ordered to abstain from alcohol.

A Totton motorist was handed a suspended prison sentence for flouting a roads ban while under the influence of a class A substance.

A driver who ploughed into and killed a 16-year-old Christchurch boy in an 80mph hit-and-run crash has been jailed for 11 years.

Two brothers have been jailed for sadistic animal cruelty offences which were said by a vet to be the worst case of abuse he had ever seen.

A man’s bid to buy his parents’ farm can go ahead despite accusations of improper conduct involving a stuffed fish.

Fraudulently borrowing a total of £275,000 resulted in a former business director from Barton being jailed for two-and-a-half years.

A man who was an alcoholic from the age of 16 took his own life after suffering a relapse following successfully not drinking for nearly two years.

A heartbroken mother described how she was robbed of her “beautiful” daughter after she was stabbed to death by a Fordingbridge vet

A teenager is facing arson and assault charges after an alleged deliberate blaze at a New Forest activity centre.

A former police officer from the New Forest charged with 29 historical misconduct and sex offences has pleaded guilty to 17 of them.

A man is due to appear in court accused of having a samurai sword at a Totton home.

AN Ashley man who stole three bottles of vodka from a local supermarket had to pay back their full value when he appeared before magistrates.