Hannah Knight

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Dorset Police officer facing misconduct for arrest of teen apologies

1 week ago | dorsetecho.co.uk | Hannah Knight

PC Lorne Castle is accused of gross misconduct after allegedly using inappropriate force and words during an arrest of a 15-year-old boy in Bournemouth. It was reported that on January 27, 2024, an elderly man had been assaulted by a masked teenager on an e-scooter on Commercial Road. The boy allegedly made off from town rangers but was spotted on CCTV outside McDonald’s with a group of people after a second alleged assault at the restaurant.
Police and knife crime charity visit schools during awareness week

1 week ago | bournemouthecho.co.uk | Hannah Knight

2 1/1 POLICE and a knife crime charity visited schools to educate young people on the dangers of weapons during an awareness week. Events were held across Dorset to mark the Sceptre campaign between May 19 and May 25. Changes Are Made was set up to fight against knife crime though education, after being launched in memory of Cameron Hamilton who died in August 2023.
LIVE: Police block road and air ambulance called after reported crash

2 weeks ago | bournemouthecho.co.uk | Hannah Knight

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In The Dock: appearances at Poole Magistrates' Court

2 weeks ago | bournemouthecho.co.uk | Hannah Knight

MICHELE BUNDY, 50 and of Mallard Road in Bournemouth, admitted to two counts of exceeding a 50mph speed limit on A338 Blackwater to Cooper Dean in Christchurch, namely 60mph on March 22, 2024 and 62mph on March 23, 2024. Bundy was fined £500, handed three penalty points, ordered to pay £260 in prosecution costs and a victim surcharge of £200.
In The Dock: appearances at Poole Magistrates' Court

3 weeks ago | bournemouthecho.co.uk | Hannah Knight

KELLY JOANNE DIMMICK, 50 and of New Quay in Poole, admitted to failing without reasonable excuse to comply with the requirements of a community order made by Poole Magistrates Court. Dimmick was fined £40. ROBERT MICHAEL DAVIES, 34 and of Upper Terrace in Bournemouth, admitted to failing without reasonable excuse to comply with the requirements of a community order made by Poole Magistrates Court. Davies was fined £40 and ordered to pay £60 in prosecution costs.
Teenager arrested after boy, 14, and man, 50s, assaulted at recreation park

3 weeks ago | bournemouthecho.co.uk | Hannah Knight

Turlin Moor recreation ground (Image: Daily Echo) A TEENAGER has been arrested after a 14-year-old boy and a man aged in his 50s were assaulted in a recreation park. Police received a report that a boy had been assaulted and left with minor injuries after an altercation at Turlin Moor Recreation Ground at around 8.30pm on May 7. It was later reported a man in his 50s was assaulted in the same location between 9pm and 10pm. He was left with serious injuries to his face.
No further police investigation after three found dead in Dorset care home

3 weeks ago | dorsetecho.co.uk | Hannah Knight

2 1/1 THERE will be no further police investigation after three people were found dead in a Swanage care home. A huge emergency service response descended on Gainsborough Care Home, on Ulwell Road, after three residents were found dead on October 23. However, after seven months of investigations police have revealed a 74-year-old man and an 86-year-old died of natural causes.
In The Dock: appearances at Poole Magistrates' Court

1 month ago | bournemouthecho.co.uk | Hannah Knight

Stock image (Image: Pixabay) The following cases were heard at Poole Magistrates' Court: DAVID VYE, 26 and of no fixed abode, admitted to theft from a shop, namely a handbag to the value of £469, from TK Maxx in Bournemouth and breach of a criminal behaviour order, namely attending a TK Maxx store, on April 12. Vye was jailed for eight weeks “because the defendant has a flagrant disregard for people and their property”.
In The Dock: appearances at Poole Magistrates' Court

1 month ago | bournemouthecho.co.uk | Hannah Knight

PATRICK KOZMIN, 32 and of no fixed abode, admitted to theft from a shop, namely £158.01 of meat and Ferrero Rocher chocolate, and two counts of assault by beating in Lidl on Holdenhurst Road in Bournemouth on September 26. Kozmin was jailed for four months because of previous convictions, kick to victim and assaults on people in public service. He was also handed a restraining order to not enter Lidl on Holdenhurst Road for two years.
Man ‘living double life’ during affair blackmailed to pay £15k

1 month ago | salisburyjournal.co.uk | Hannah Knight

A MAN ‘living a double life’ during an affair was blackmailed into paying £15,000, a court heard. Giles Wates, of Blandford, faced Bournemouth Crown Court, to appeal the revocation of his firearms licence after the dishonesty came to light. The court heard how Mr Wates’ wife rang the police when she received strange text messages in December 2021, which prompted her husband to reveal he had been paying a woman money for 15 years.