Crime

A care assistant on trial over the death of a motorcyclist burst into tears and ran from the courtroom after being cleared by a jury today.

A Christchurch man charged with raping a 14-year-old girl faces crown court trial.

Police have released a CCTV image of a man they want to find more than four weeks after meat was stolen from a Ringwood supermarket.

Another severed deer head has been left at a New Forest church alongside an upturned cross.

A woman sobbed in the dock as a jury was told how she allegedly caused the death of a motorcyclist in Christchurch by turning her car into his path.

Police have released a CCTV image of a woman they want to trace after a Lymington gift store was targeted in a second shoplifting within a month.

A thief has apologised for stealing a wheel from a motorist’s car while it was at a garage for repair work.

Attacking people at an Ashley store landed a man and woman with suspended prison sentences when they appeared before magistrates.

Police probing the theft of over £100 of goods from a Lymington gift store have released a CCTV image of a man being sought.

Police have released a CCTV image of a man they want to trace over four weeks after various goods were stolen from a Ringwood store.

A driver clocked at over 20mph above the speed limit was one of three ticketed in the first multi-agency crackdowns in the New Forest of 2025.

A terrified mother had her kitchen window smashed by youths throwing rocks in Sway – the second time in a week they targeted the village.

A New Forest MP has called for the return of the death penalty following the “frustrating” sentencing of a child murderer.

“Thieves are now active” in New Forest car parks was the police warning after one recent incident saw stolen bank cards used to withdraw £750.

Police have released CCTV images of a man sought three weeks after a woman was sexually assaulted on a bus between Totton and Southampton.

A woman has appeared in court accused of causing an obstruction on the line at Lymington railway station.

Ploughing his car into a wall in New Milton while twice the alcohol limit saw a Derbyshire motorist banned from the roads for 17 months.

A gang of youths targeting Sway have been stealing alcohol and taking drugs on Jubilee Field “then going on the rampage”, a resident has claimed.

A probe has been launched into a large amount of insulation and other waste found dumped in the New Forest.

Sway residents are demanding action after the village was again targeted by a gang of youths.