Crime

A motorist frantically tried to alert a lorry driver of an unsecured load before it toppled off, seriously injuring a pedestrian, a court heard.

Police have released CCTV images of a man they want to trace after paint was stolen from a Lymington DIY store.

Tackling shoplifting and other theft offences are among the main goals for the New Forest’s new police district commander.

A woman who defrauded her grandmother of more than £10,000 was branded “despicable” by a judge as she narrowly avoided being sent to prison.

A man who was arrested after a woman in her 80s died in a house fire in Christchurch has been released without charge.

A shoplifter stole hundreds of pounds of goods from New Milton and Lymington stores while holidaying in the area with her family.

Police are appealing for help in finding a man who threw paint across a driveway in Sway.

A New Forest soldier who was part of a gang dealing cocaine and heroin was sending the cash he made bagging the drugs to his family in the Caribbean.

Donations of more than £35,000 have “overwhelmed” a New Forest charity after it was hit by a major theft.

Police have released CCTV pictures of two men they want to find after a woman was threatened in Sway.

Police urged drivers to slow down, especially in poor visibility, after a crackdown caught three speeders in the foggy New Forest this morning.

Police have released CCTV pictures of two wanted men after items were stolen from a Lymington petrol station.

Police have released CCTV pictures of a man they want to find after a car was stolen in Christchurch.

Police are looking for this man after an early-morning assault in Christchurch town centre.

Witnesses and video footage are wanted by police after an assault on four people outside a Ringwood pub.

A spate of anti-social behaviour in New Milton led to a 14-year-old boy’s arrest for alleged racist assault and harassment.

Police are hunting a thief who stole £240 of scratchcards from three Ringwood convenience stores over a five-hour period on Saturday.

Fraudsters posed as Hollywood movie star Brad Pitt in one of two romance scams that separately targeted a pensioner and a young man from Lymington.

A police officer revealed an invite to 140 New Forest retailers to join a ‘Shop Watch’ scheme to combat shoplifters had received only six replies.

Two men have been charged with attempted murder after a Christchurch pedestrian was left with life-changing injuries in a crash.