Crime

Police are probing an attack in which a man was shoved into shelving at a Christchurch supermarket.

A mother taking her children to school was forced to step around pools of blood after a deer’s severed head was left at a New Forest church.

Police probing theft and attempted theft offences at a Totton supermarket’s cashpoint have released CCTV images of a man they want to trace.

A campaign encouraging people to shop suspected drink or drug-drivers saw 36 suspected offenders arrested during Dorset Police’s Christmas crackdown.

Police have released a CCTV image of a man they want to trace after nearly £100 of alcohol was stolen from a Bransgore store.

A New Milton store worker has slammed their company’s “disgusting” response after a colleague was threatened at knifepoint in an attempted robbery.

Police are appealing for witnesses after bags of asbestos were dumped in two New Forest locations.

A man who assaulted his partner the morning after their relationship ended has appeared in court.

Police arrested 13 suspected drink and drug-drivers in the New Forest during a Christmas crackdown that snared over 300 county-wide.

Four men were arrested after police dawn raids on two New Forest properties uncovered a haul of suspected stolen tools and prohibited knives.

Reports of a suspicious person near a Totton school resulted in a teenager’s arrest on suspicion of non-dwelling burglary with intent to steal.

Police have released a CCTV image of a man they want to trace after a Blashford convenience store was targeted in a shoplifting.

A couple who subjected their dog to prolonged physical abuse while arguing in Brockenhurst have been banned from keeping dogs for five years.

A motorist was arrested for driving offences after a car travelling in the wrong direction collided with another vehicle on the A31 near Ringwood.

A thief stole £100 of goods in a shoplifting at a Lymington gift store.

Keeping a large haul of illegal firearms in storage containers resulted in a St Leonards and St Ives man being jailed for more than five years.

Two people have appeared in court charged with targeting the same Blackfield supermarket in multiple shopliftings.

A Marchwood man was handed two suspended prison sentences for the aggravated taking of a vehicle while on drugs and other offences.

Breaking into several Ashurst sheds in a bid to steal two electric bikes cost a burglar hundreds of pounds when he appeared before magistrates.

Antisocial behaviour has prompted police to impose a further disposal order in Totton.