Mum has date in court for Whitehall climate change protest
A Hartley Wintney mum who whitewashed the walls of a government building appeared in court last Tuesday morning. Ruth Jarman, 52, was called before Westminster Magistrates’ Court along with four others...
View Article‘Jekyll and Hyde’ legal high case sparks coroner’s drugs warning
A coroner has warned of the dangers of ‘legal highs’ after a Hook man accidentally overdosed at his home. Laurence Pritchard had a cardiac arrest and passed away on September 19 after taking a quantity...
View ArticleMan killed himself with drug cocktail
An “emotionally unstable” Basingstoke man meant to kill himself after mixing his prescription drugs, an inquest has found. Rob Mostoles was found dead at his home in Copland Close on October 20, having...
View ArticleSecond trial underway for Georgina Edmonds murder
A former Basingstoke coffee merchant whose mother was beaten to death with a marble rolling pin has spoken in court about discovering his mother’s body. Georgina Edmonds, 77, was found dead at her home...
View ArticlePCSO jailed after trading drugs for indecent movies of children
A Bramley PCSO has been jailed for two years after pleading guilty to exchanging Crystal Meth for indecent images and movies of children. James Wicks, 35, of Kirby Drive, was sentenced at Winchester...
View ArticleAccidental ruling in crash inquest
The father of a Winklebury man who died after crashing his motorbike into the side of a car has paid tribute to his son. Jamie Hill, of Sycamore Way, suffered fatal abdominal and chest injuries on...
View ArticleMan accused of Georgina murder takes the stand at trial for first time
A man accused of bludgeoning the wife of a former Basingstoke coffee merchant to death has claimed that he can’t remember where he was on the day of the killing. Matthew Hamlen, 36, of Camborne Close...
View ArticleDisgraced ex Kempshott Junior School teacher jailed for three years
A former Basingstoke primary school teacher has been sentenced to three years in prison for a string of child sex offences. Benjamin Sarfas, of Springvale Road in Winchester, committed 19 separate...
View ArticleUPDATE: Georgina’s killer is sentenced to life behind bars
The man who tortured and beat the elderly wife of a former Basingstoke coffee merchant to death with a marble rolling pin at her home has been handed a life sentence for her murder. Matthew Hamlen will...
View ArticleMum blames bullying for Blake’s death
A diabetic Popley teenager died after he stopped taking his daily insulin injections because of teasing at school, an inquest has heard. Blake Cook, of Fountains Close, tragically passed away on...
View ArticleAlton man jailed for stabbing pensioner
A 22-year-old man from Alton has been jailed for 10 years after stabbing a pensioner during a botched robbery attempt. Pawel Zimnicki, of Russett Road, threatened a 67-year-old man with a knife and...
View ArticleDuo jailed for burglary spree
Two men who targeted homes in Basingstoke during a series of connected burglaries across the South East have been jailed. Karolis Gribauskas, 20, and Ernestaus Vitkus, 22, were handed sentences of six...
View ArticleMan kills himself with plastic bag
A Winslade man who deliberately suffocated himself with a plastic bag had a “grim determination” to commit suicide, an inquest has ruled. Andrew Sutherland was found dead at his motorbike workshop in...
View ArticleMisadventure verdict lodged by coroner in drugs inquest
A man who died after taking a “grim cocktail of drugs” didn’t mean to kill himself, a Basingstoke inquest has found. Elias Dearden’s body was found “blue and rigid” at his Blackwater home in Hawley...
View ArticleInquest told that surgery ‘would not have helped’ Basingstoke man
A coroner has insisted that a decision by doctors not to operate on a Basingstoke man who died following a medical procedure “has to be respected”. Michael Kearney, of Glamis Close in Oakley, suffered...
View ArticleTwo drivers die on Basingstoke roads
Two motorists were killed in two separate incidents on the roads in the Basingstoke area last week. A 27-year-old man was fatally injured after his Volkswagen Golf crashed into a Volkswagen Tiguan on...
View ArticleMan jailed for storing illegal cigarettes in Bramley
A Basingstoke man has been sentenced to more then three years in jail for illegally storing 2.7 million smuggled cigarettes. Dariusz Kochanek, 29, was caught hiding the non-UK duty paid cigarettes...
View ArticleBasingstoke man ‘killed gentle giant’ – jury is told
A close friend of a ‘gentle giant’ confronted a Basingstoke man accused of murdering him in a dramatic courtroom exchange in Exeter this week, writes Edward Davenport. Stuart Hodgkin, 40, is on trial...
View ArticleClimate change protestor found guilty
A Hartley Wintney protester has been found guilty of whitewashing the walls of the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC). Ruth Jarman, of Kiln Gardens, also rebranded the building in black...
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Ex-Basingstoke man jailed for life for murder of Adrian Munday
A homeless drifter has been jailed for life for the ‘savage and brutal’ killing of a gentle and kind man who gave him shelter, writes Edward Davenport. Stuart Hodgkin, who is originally from...
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