11 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 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 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 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 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 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...
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Van 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 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 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 ArticleMan 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...
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