Courts

Two shoplifters have been banned from the Fordingbridge store from which they stole £150 of steak and told to write apology letters.

A woman was terrorised by her ex-boyfriend who threatened to crash his car through her home and kill her after the relationship was over.

A man who admitted breaking in to a Forest convenience store and stealing more than £9,000 worth of stock has appeared in court.

A New Milton man faces drug charges following an importation incident at a Derby airport and a property search nearly two years ago.

A New Milton man has appeared in court after an attack on a woman left her with cuts, bruises and swelling.

A man who believed he was talking to a 13-year-old girl online was arrested in a police sting, a court heard.

A man accused of dumping 50 dead animals outside a village shop will face trial after he denied the charges.

A man accused of raping a teenager at Barton clifftop and another girl 10 months later claimed both consented to sex.

Taking a vehicle, crashing it into a lamppost and failing to report the incident resulted in a Hythe man being banned from the roads for 12 months.

Committing two drug-related road offences landed a Christchurch motorist with a suspended prison sentence.

A mum told a jury how she thanked a youth for helping find her 16-year-old daughter before learning that he had just allegedly raped the teenager.

A Ringwood man faces sentencing after admitting seven shoplifting offences, in which meat was stolen from town stores.

An alleged drink-driver is set to appear in court after a cow was struck by a vehicle on a notorious New Forest animal accident black spot route.

A teenager sobbed in the witness box at Bournemouth Crown Court as she told how she repeatedly told a man to stop as he raped her on Barton clifftop.

Two Bransgore brothers who fired ball bearings at a taxi and threatened its driver must undergo rehabilitation and pay hundreds in compensation.

A New Forest man was found with a gun and knife while wearing a balaclava when he was stopped by police.

An inquest has been opened into the death of a woman whose body was pulled from a New Forest river.

A New Milton man is set to stand trial for a string of alleged offences including attacking two people and a police officer.

Aman has appeared in court after more than 50 dead animals including hares, a kestrel and barn owl were left outside a village shop.

A New Forest man has been remanded in custody after admitting possessing and attempting to sell weapons online.