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Witness appeal following report of rape in Dorchester

06 December 2019
Detectives are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward following a report of a rape in Dorchester. Dorset Police received a report at 9.57pm on Thursday 5 December 2019 that a 15-year-old girl had been raped in the field at St ...

Update – man due in court in connection with reported theft in Bournemouth
09 December 2019
A man is due to appear in court in connection with a reported theft by finding incident in Bournemouth. It was reported that between 1.30pm and 1.50pm on Saturday 10 August 2019 a man aged in his 50s had used the self-service till at Asda off St Pauls Ro...
Witness appeal following fatal road traffic collision near Weymouth
08 December 2019
Officers investigating a fatal road traffic collision near Weymouth are appealing for witnesses or anyone with relevant dashcam footage to come forward. Dorset Police received a report at 5.38pm on Sunday 8 December 2019 of a collision on the B3157 Coast...
Update in relation to report of rape in Bournemouth
06 December 2019
A woman has come forward following a CCTV appeal issued by detectives looking to speak to potential witnesses as part of a rape investigation in Bournemouth. In a further update, two men arrested in connection with the incident - which is reported to hav...
Image appeal following theft of phones in Bournemouth
06 December 2019
Officers investigating the theft of £15,000-worth of mobile phones from a delivery lorry in Bournemouth are issuing images of the suspect. The lorry was making a delivery in St Peter’s Road at around 10am on Wednesday 16 October 2019. While t...
Drink driver banned for three years following collision in North Dorset
06 December 2019
A drink driver who failed to stop at the scene of a collision in North Dorset has been banned from the road for three years. Richard Mark Vass, aged 32 and of Batchelor Way, Downton, Wiltshire, was sentenced after being found guilty of offences of failin...
Witness appeal following altercation in Bridport
06 December 2019
Officers investigating an altercation in Bridport are appealing for any witnesses to come forward. The incident occurred at around 5pm on Sunday 1 December 2019 in North Allington. Two women aged in their 50s, who are known to each other, were reportedly...
CCTV appeal following fraudulent bank card use in Bournemouth
05 December 2019
Officers investigating the fraudulent use of a stolen bank card in Bournemouth are issuing a CCTV image of a man they would like to speak to. The card was stolen from a hotel room in West Hill Road between 9pm on Saturday 16 November 2019 and 4am the fol...
CCTV appeal following theft of bike in Bournemouth
04 December 2019
Officers are issuing CCTV images of two people they would like to identify after a teenage boy’s bike was stolen in Bournemouth. At approximately 4.20pm on Thursday 14 November 2019 the victim left their black Carrera bike secured outside BH Live A...
Update in relation to reported robbery in Bournemouth
04 December 2019
A man has been interviewed by officers in relation to a reported robbery near a cash machine in Bournemouth. The incident occurred at around 9am on Friday 20 September 2019 in Stamford Road in the Southbourne area. It was reported that the victim &ndash...
CCTV appeal following theft and card use in Wimborne
03 December 2019
Officers investigating the theft of a handbag and subsequent bank card use in Wimborne are issuing CCTV images of two people they would like to speak to. At 2.30pm on Tuesday 19 November 2019 the rear windscreen of a vehicle was smashed in a car pa...