Courts

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.

A man accused of attempted murder after a nine-year-old was stabbed in Christchurch has been remanded in custody.

A stalker who threatened to burn down his ex-partner’s house and leave her “jobless, carless and homeless” has been jailed.

A man who assaulted his then partner during an argument “only just” avoided being jailed, a judge warned.

A man accused of attempted murder is due to appear in court today (Thursday) after a nine-year-old was stabbed in Christchurch.

A persistent New Milton shoplifter who stole alcohol and food in a string of thefts from local stores was handed a suspended prison sentence.

A Lymington motorist caught at the wheel while nearly 13 times a drug-drive limit was banned from the roads for three years.

A Tiptoe motorist crashed a car into a ditch while over twice the alcohol limit and attacked a police officer, a court heard.

A Christchurch man who robbed a store, took parcels from doorsteps and stole a 13-year-old’s bicycle has been jailed.

Police have released CCTV images of two men they want to speak to after £500 of goods was stolen from a health and beauty store in Lymington.