Courts

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.

A Christchurch motorist caught drug-driving was banned from the roads for 12 months.

A man accused after an unsecured load fell from a lorry, seriously injuring a pedestrian, will next appear in court in March.

A motorist has admitted causing the death of a retired district nurse in a hit-and-run crash in New Milton.

A Lymington 89-year-old caught driving without due care and attention has been told to pay out nearly £600.

A man out celebrating his release from prison four days after finishing a sentence for assault launched a “ferocious” attack on an innocent stranger.

A Christchurch man who caused hundreds of pounds of damage to a front door and house sign has had to stump up full compensation.