Courts

A man who admitted sending indecent or offensive messages via social media has been fined £80.

A 14-year-old robbed a girl at knifepoint and was later found armed with a plug in a sock, a court has heard.

Hurling abuse at a woman in a superstore landed a Christchurch man with a 12-month conditional discharge when he appeared before magistrates.

A shoplifter faces sentencing for stealing goods from two stores in the New Forest within as many days.

A man who carried out a prolonged and violent attack on his partner in her New Milton home has been jailed for 24 months.

A woman told how she had started self-harming daily with a razor blade after she was attacked by her boyfriend.

A New Forest woman who stole over £1,250 of fuel from petrol stations in 22 incidents is wanted by police.

Urgent road safety improvements must be made at Bournemouth Airport, a coroner has said after a boy was killed at traffic lights near the site.

A man is due to appear in court charged in connection with a crash in which an 18-year-old woman died on a main road between Ringwood and Matchams.

A Calmore man who failed to prevent a cockerel from crowing has been found guilty of breaching a nuisance abatement notice.

A driver whose high-speed crash caused life-changing injuries to his children has been jailed.

A Christchurch man who attacked a police officer and committed a string of thefts and fraud was ordered to undergo rehabilitation activity.

A judge who gave a New Milton man a “considerable chance” by not sending him to prison last year has now jailed him for 30 months.

A woman who made nearly £40,000 illegally breeding 18 litters of puppies did it for her pension, a court has heard.

A man faces crown court sentencing after a police raid uncovered around 200 cannabis plants at a Blackfield home.

A man who threatened to “batter” a woman he was attempting to rob – but then later messaged her to apologise – has been jailed.

A man is set to appear in court in connection with the theft of £500 of meat from a New Milton shop.

A man was warned by a judge he had come close to being sent to prison after he knocked a person unconscious with a single blow in a New Forest pub.

A man charged with stealing three vehicles from a New Forest school has appeared in court.

A Totton drink-driver was banned from the roads for 15 months after a cow was struck on a notorious New Forest livestock accident black spot route.