Courts

A CORONER has highlighted the "power of words" to harm people after an Arnewood School pupil took his own life having received "vile" messages.

A RINGWOOD woman who admitted driving while over the legal alcohol limit was banned from the roads for 17 months.

TWO men have denied charges over a boat crash at Marchwood which resulted in the death of a 15-year-old girl.

THE widow of a Sway man who was killed by a speeding driver nine days before Christmas has called on motorists to take greater care on the roads.

A TOTTON motorist who ploughed into and killed a “devoted” father-of-three nine days before Christmas was spared an immediate spell in jail.

FLOUTING a court order resulted in a Christchurch man being handed a suspended prison sentence by magistrates.

GETTING caught with cocaine cost a Burton man more than £400 when he appeared before magistrates.

A PROLIFIC shoplifter from the New Forest has been jailed for two years after his latest spate of thefts.

A WOMAN who left a former lifelong friend with a facial scar after attacking her with a garden tool has been jailed for more than five years.

ATTACKING two people in a B&M store and stealing a £250 e-scooter resulted in a Totton man being jailed for 16 weeks.

A CHRISTCHRUCH man with a "flagrant disregard" for court orders has been jailed for eight weeks.

A PENSIONER killed in a collision with a van in Christchurch earlier this month has been named as 79-year-old Jill Crisp.

A MOTORIST who assaulted a police officer and refused to take a breathalyser test was banned from the roads for 36 months.

A MAN is due in court charged with driving offences following a two-vehicle crash in New Milton.

ATTACKING a police officer at Christchurch railway station resulted in a woman having to pay up £285 when she appeared before magistrates.

A SAILOR apologised after admitting piloting a RIB dangerously in Lymington River at an estimated four times the speed limit.

DUMPING mattresses, broken furniture and building materials resulted in a Calmore flytipper being handed a suspended prison sentence.

A CHRISTCHURCH motorist caught at the wheel while more than three times the alcohol limit was handed a suspended prison sentence.

A CHRISTCHURCH man who admitted harassing two women has been given a suspended prison sentence.

ATTACKING a woman landed a Christchurch man with a 12-month community order in which he will have to do nearly 260 hours of unpaid work.