Courts

A MOTHER sobbed as she watched her 16-year-old son appear in the dock charged with the murder of Edward Reeve who was found dead in his Walkford home.

A DRUG dealing couple were caught with almost £7,000 of illegal substances when their Hythe home was raided by police, a court heard.

A CHRISTCHURCH man was hit with a restraining order banning him for a year from contacting a woman he attacked.

A RINGWOOD man who damaged a Covid protection screen at a hotel was ordered to pay £300 compensation.

A BLACKFIELD motorist caught driving more than twice the legal alcohol limit has been banned from the roads for 18 months.

A KNIFE-CARRYING Christchurch man was told he would go to jail if he was caught with a blade again.

A WOMAN was given a suspended jail term for driving after consuming a "huge amount" of alcohol.

A FLYTIPPER from Calmore who dumped mattresses, broken furniture and building materials is due to be sentenced in the new year.

A CALMORE man has been sent to prison for more than 11 months after he admitted breaching two suspended sentences.

A CONVICTED criminal filled with "remorse and guilt" killed himself and his dog at Keyhaven, an inquest heard.

A MARCHWOOD man found guilty of an attack was ordered to pay £200 compensation to his victim.

COVERING a police cell ceiling with his excrement landed a Christchurch man with a nine-month conditional discharge when he appeared in court.

A TOTTON teen who lashed out, racially abused and spat at officers who tried to arrest him has been hit with a suspended two-month prison sentence.

THE operator of Fawley refinery has been fined £500,000 over a "deeply regrettable" gas leak that breached health and safety legislation.

A HYTHE man has been given a 16-week suspended prison term for attacking two females.

A PROLIFIC Lymington shoplifter has been jailed for 30 weeks after his latest stealing spree.

A MILFORD bricklayer was caught drug-trafficking when border officers intercepted more than £14,000 of cannabis addressed to his home.

A FATHER has hit out at police after revealing how he reported his son missing only to discover officers had found his body four hours earlier.

A HYTHE mother who left her newborn son to die in woodland in the New Forest has been jailed for life, with a minimum of nine years.

A RINGWOOD man was told to pay a court bill of nearly £500 for attacking a fellow pub-goer.