Courts

A driver took police on an hour-long pursuit during which he sped through red lights, smashed through road barriers and ended up crashing his car.

A Hythe shoplifter who stole nearly £200 of goods from a convenience store was jailed for 28 days.

A New Milton man who admitted raping a child has been jailed for eight-and-a-half years.

A Forest man has been jailed after terrifying a woman while trying to break into her New Milton home.

A man has appeared in court after a teenage girl was allegedly sexually assaulted in New Milton last week.

A New Milton man has a denied charge that he caused unnecessary suffering to animals by leaving four dogs in a car during hot weather.

A distraught father revealed how he and his wife are terrified of their own son – with the mum being driven to try to take her life because of it.

A New Milton man who was caught with a sharp woodworking tool and drugs, and stole a mobile phone, received a suspended prison sentence.

A man who admitted strangling a person at his Hythe home has been jailed.

Brandishing a machete in public saw a Christchurch man handed a suspended prison sentence.

A military officer from Marchwood avoided a roads ban over failing to identify a driver suspected of an offence.

A Totton man is set to be sentenced for stealing thousands of pounds of camping equipment and tools from a vehicle.

Assaulting a police officer saw a Waterside man handed a suspended prison sentence.

A Lymington man accused of forging the will of a wealthy and “vulnerable” widow has lost his fight over her £5 million estate.

A Christchurch man has been sentenced for possessing indecent images of children.

A man has been sentenced for hurling “vile” verbal abuse at vulnerable members of the public in Ringwood.

A Former Forest vet who was caught with more than 2,000 indecent images of children and animals has appeared in court again.

A Bransgore man has been named as the victim of a Forest road crash involving a stolen car.

A New Milton woman stole more than £80 of meat on her birthday.

A Christchurch man was due to appear in court today (Monday) after a series of robberies and an attempted robbery.