Courts

ATTACKING a woman resulted in a Hordle man being banned from contacting her for two years when he appeared before magistrates.

A HYTHE mother has gone on trial after the body of her dead newborn baby was found in woodland.

A MARCHWOOD thug who set upon a Totton shopkeeper because he was ejected from a store has been jailed for a year.

FOUR men are due to appear in court after an alleged assault in Somerford Road, Christchurch, nine months ago which left a man hospitalised.

A FATHER allegedly murdered in Lymington suffered a stab wound to the chest, an inquest heard.

A TOTTON man has been jailed for five years at Southampton Crown Court for the 'harrowing' rape of a woman in her own home.

A CHRISTCHURCH man was ordered to pay the popular Sprinkles ice cream store in Bournemouth £200 compensation after he admitted damaging its window.

GETTING caught at the wheel with cocaine traces in her system resulted in a Christchurch motorist being banned from the roads for 12 months.

A NEW Milton man has walked free from court despite stabbing a motorcycle rider in a mistaken revenge attack.

ATTACKING a healthcare professional and failing to provide a blood specimen cost a Fawley man £550.

A RINGWOOD 18-year-old who assaulted four people, including a police officer, was given a suspended prison sentence.

BETWEEN 15 and 21 tonnes of hazardous gas leaked into the atmosphere at Fawley oil refinery after a "major" safety lapse, a court heard.

THE former leader of NFDC was hit with a £3,000 court bill while his brother was spared jail for both flouting environmental laws.

REPEATEDLY phoning a woman and leaving voicemail messages resulted in a man being banned from contacting her for two years.

A HORDLE pigeon keeper was told to pay nearly £1,000 in fines and costs after he admitted breaking an order to quieten a flock living in his garden.

A CHRISTCHURCH man was fined £500 for launching an attack late last year.

SPITTING at a shop worker landed a Pennington woman with a 14-week suspended jail term.

DRIVING with traces of cocaine in his system landed an Ashurst motorist with a 22-month ban from the roads.

USING threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour landed a Holbury man with a £565 fine.

A CHRISTCHURCH man was told by magistrates to pay up £259 after breaking a glass patio door.