Courts

A shoplifter who stole goods worth more than £200 has been jailed for 16 weeks.

A Forest man has been handed a suspended prison sentence after he was found with two lock knives in public.

Repeated late night drunken violence which included headbutting a person and strangling another saw a Forest man sent to prison for two years.

Driving a van while using a hand-held mobile phone resulted in a Fordingbridge motorist having to pay out over £1,000.

Two boys who asked for a selfie with a Forest pensioner were followed home and “flashed” by him, a court heard

A Christchurch man who raped and sexually assaulted a child in New Milton has been jailed for five years.

A New Milton prison inmate died after having to take medication outside of his prescribed schedule, an inquest has found.

A teenager stole two cars in a Facebook test drive scam with two accomplices, a court heard.

Attacking, threatening and harassing a woman landed a Pennington man with a suspended prison sentence.

A persistent shoplifter was jailed for eight weeks for stealing hundreds of pounds of food and drink in a series of thefts over four days.

The case against a Sway man due to stand trial for not clearing waste and scrap cars from a New Forest property has been dropped.

A youngster has been convicted in court for vandalising a CCTV camera pole belonging to Lymington’s harbour office.

A Totton woman at risk of being sent to prison has been given another chance.

A woman’s life and career have been ruined after being attacked in her home by her ex-boyfriend, a court heard.

A New Forest man has been arrested in connection with an alleged rogue trader fraud and aggravated burglary over a year ago.

A Brockenhurst man is set to be sentenced for indecently exposing himself to a woman in Totton and harassing two others in Hythe.

A shop assistant who foiled a robbery on her store is to be recommended for a bravery award by a judge who jailed the would-be thief.

The owner of a dog which starved to death in a Totton home has been handed a suspended prison sentence for causing “unimaginable” suffering.

A jilted partner has appeared in court after bombarding his ex with 40 emails a day and leaving gifts on her doorstep.

A thief and fraudster from Cadnam has been ordered to undertake mental health treatment.