Man Found Not Guilty Of Murder
FOLLOWING a trial at Winchester Crown Court, in relation to the death of Troy Harkness in Basingstoke, Jordan Clarke, 26, of no fixed address, has been found not guilty of murder by a jury. Detective...
View ArticleTadley man avoids jail after being caught watching sexual abuse online
A man who watched a four-year-old girl being sexually abused online as it was streamed live to a global audience has escaped jail. Gareth Gascoigne-Leopold, of Rectory Lane in Tadley, was given a five...
View ArticleDriver 79 times over drug limit given three year ban
A man who was found to be 79 times over the drug-drive limit on the M3 near Basingstoke in “one of the highest readings” Hampshire Police has ever seen has been given a three-year driving ban. Lee...
View ArticleVan driver jailed over crash that killed teenage moped rider
A driver has begun a 20 month prison sentence following a crash near Whitchurch in which a 16-year-old moped rider died. Clergyman’s son Macaully Sutcliffe, known to his friends and family as Mac, was...
View Article‘Reckless and irresponsible’ driver jailed for causing 30-year-old’s death
A Basingstoke man who “made a catalogue of reckless and irresponsible decisions” has been jailed for causing the death of 30-year-old Kirsty Saunders. Barry Smart was overtaking at over 100mph and had...
View ArticleCompanies fined £280k after man severely hurt by electric shock
Two companies have been fined a total of £282,000 after a Basingstoke worker suffered multiple life changing injuries including severe burns after an huge electric shock, writes Matthew Brown. BAM...
View ArticleFly eggs found in farm food in Hook
A Hook farming business has been prosecuted and banned from trading after some of its food was deemed “unfit for human consumption”. Farm Catering Ltd, in Heckfield, committed eight food hygiene...
View ArticleVan driver’s appeal against sentence for killing Basingstoke cyclist rejected
A van driver that ran over and killed a Basingstoke cyclist while looking at his phone has had his appeal to reduce his sentence rejected. Christopher Gard, of Linnet Way, Alton, was travelling at...
View ArticleTeenager handed detention order for South Ham church arson
A 14-year-old boy has received an eight-month detention and training order for setting fire to a Basingstoke church. The teenager, who can’t be named for legal reasons, was last week convicted of...
View Article11 year sentence for man who blew up 10 cash machines
A Basingstoke man who was part of a gang that blew up 10 cash machines across the south east has been jailed. Daniel Dorkin, of Baynard Close, was one of four men involved in the theft of around...
View ArticleOfficers praised for van driver conviction
Two police officers responsible for helping bring the man who ran over and killed a Basingstoke cyclist to justice have been presented with an award. Christopher Gard, of Linnet Way, Alton, was reading...
View ArticleFormer teacher jailed for sexually assaulting pupil at Headley school
A former teacher has been jailed for sexually abusing a pupil at a school on the Basingstoke and Deane border. Martin Eggington regularly sexually assaulted the same boy at Cheam School, in Headley,...
View ArticleUPDATE: Basingstoke woman handed life sentence for boyfriend’s murder
A Basingstoke woman that murdered her boyfriend at the same time she was attempting to report him to a police operator has today been jailed for a minimum of 13-and-a-half-years. Deborah Napier, of...
View ArticlePaedophile jailed for 23 separate child sex offences in Basingstoke
A Basingstoke man has been jailed for 20 years for sexually abusing three children over the space of 15 years. Steven Beddoes, of St Peter’s Road, in South Ham, was found guilty of committing 23...
View ArticleTexting white van man to appeal Basingstoke cyclist sentence
A van driver who was jailed for nine years for running over a Basingstoke cyclist as he read a text message is attempting to appeal his sentence. Father of two Lee Martin was taking part in an...
View ArticleLorry driver jailed for 10 years for A34 crash that killed four people
A lorry driver who killed three children and a mother after ramming into the back of a queue of cars while distracted by his phone on the A34 in West Berkshire has been jailed for 10 years. Tomasz...
View ArticleBasingstoke rapist handed life sentence on appeal
A Basingstoke man that pleaded guilty to 16 different counts of rape has had his jail sentence extended to life imprisonment. Romeo Cummins, of Fountains Close, Popley, will now serve a minimum of 18...
View ArticleBasingstoke DJ committed suicide in same Kempshott woods as friend
A gifted Basingstoke DJ hanged herself in the same spot of woodland a friend committed suicide at two years earlier, an inquest heard. Former Basingstoke College of Technology (BCoT) student Carys...
View ArticleDean Evans’ killer to be sentenced tomorrow morning
A man previously charged with murdering a fellow Basingstoke resident has today pleaded guilty to manslaughter. Liam Darvill, 20, of Beaconsfield Road, admitted to stabbing Dean Evans, 30, in the...
View ArticleMan pleads guilty to manslaughter of Kempshott’s Dean Evans
A man charged with the murder of Kempshott resident Dean Evans has pleaded guilty to manslaughter. Liam Darvill, 20, of Beaconsfield Road in Basingstoke, entered the plea at Winchester Crown Court...
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