Courts

HYTHE mum Chelsea Cuthbertson has been jailed for nine years after she was found guilty of the manslaughter of her six-week-old son.

HYTHE mother Chelsea Cuthbertson has been cleared of murdering her six-week old son Malakai at Winchester Crown Court.

A CHRISTCHURCH man has been jailed for nearly five years after encouraging a fictional 12-year-old girl to abuse her seven-year-old sister.

DEAN Riddett was unanimously cleared by a jury of all charges after facing accusations following an incident in Lyndhurst on Sunday 11th July.

AN elderly woman who died after being rescued from a blaze at her home in Purewell, Christchurch, earlier this year has been named as Jean Dawe.

HYTHE mum Chelsea Cuthbertson did not kill her son, her trial has been told, with her defence team suggesting her partner may have been responsible.

THE judge said Southern Water's deliberate acts were a "shocking and wholesale disregard for the environment".

BREAKING into Lemana Cafe in Lymington within days of being released from prison resulted in a thief being sent back behind bars.

SOUTHERN Water is in court this week having pleading guilty to illegally discharging raw sewage into waterways including a New Forest river.

A HYTHE mum told a jury she smoked a joint for 15 minutes outside her flat before returning inside and finding her six-week old baby had turned blue.

A MAN is due in court on Thursday in connection with the death of Ella Cooper after a three-vehicle road crash.

CHELSEA Cutherbertson told jurors she had never harmed the tiny six-week old baby she is accused of murdering, as her defence case got under way.

ZACHARY Southern (27) carried out burglaries in Brockenhurst, Dibden Purlieu, Marchwood and Lymington.

A FORMER Bartley builder who was involved in a nasty two-man attack in broad daylight has been jailed for 18 months.

A MAN who died alone in his home was found so badly decomposed it was impossible to work out the cause of death, an inquest heard.

THE conviction should give confidence to sexual assault victims to come forward, the Crown Prosecution Service has said.

A FORDINGBRIDGE man has been found guilty by a jury of the attempted murder of his mother, father and grandmother.

A CYCLIST told an inquest how he saw his friend hit a giant pothole in the road before a fatal fall on a ride in the New Forest.

A CHRISTCHURCH teenager was one of three robbers jailed for a “frightening” attack in which a man was stabbed in the leg.

A SIX-WEEK-OLD baby died after suffering “traumatic head injuries” that a court heard were "likely" caused by his mother shaking him.