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Update – teenager charged in connection with Bournemouth murder investigation

07 July 2020
A teenager has been charged with the murder of James Cutting in Bournemouth. Detectives have been carrying out a detailed investigation into the death of 31-year-old Mr Cutting, who was found with stab wounds in Boscombe Chine Gardens on the evening of T...

Missing Christchurch man found
07 July 2020
Officers searching for missing Christchurch man Duncan Hewitt are pleased to confirm he has been found. He had been reported missing in the early hours of Tuesday 7 July 2020 after failing to return home, having left earlier the previous day. Following ...
Witness appeal following assault in Bournemouth
07 July 2020
Detectives investigating an assault in Bournemouth are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information to come forward. At around 8.10pm on Saturday 4 July 2020 the victim – a man aged in his 20s – was walking along Meyrick Road with anoth...
Image appeal following theft of electric bike in Poole
07 July 2020
Officers are issuing images of a man they would like to speak to as they investigate the theft of an electric bike from an address in Poole. Between 9.40am and 9.50am on Tuesday 16 June 2020 a man was captured on dashcam footage approaching the property ...
Appeal following racially aggravated public order incident in Weymouth
07 July 2020
Officers investigating a racially aggravated public order incident in Weymouth are appealing for anyone with information to come forward. At around 8.25pm on Tuesday 23 June 2020 a man approached the till in the Spar shop on St Edmund Street and attempte...
Appeal for witnesses following reported collision in Weymouth
06 July 2020
Officers investigating a reported road traffic collision in Weymouth are appealing for witnesses or anyone with relevant dashcam footage to come forward - with one man arrested. Dorset Police received a report at around 5.10pm on Sunday 5 July 2020 that ...
Image appeal following theft of farming equipment in West Dorset
06 July 2020
Officers investigating the theft of farming equipment in West Dorset are appealing for witnesses to come forward and issuing images of some of the stolen items. Between 5pm on Saturday 27 June and 8am on Sunday 28 June 2020 a burglary occurred at a farm ...
Thank you to our communities and visitors
06 July 2020
Dorset Police is thanking its communities and visitors for contributing to a largely peaceful weekend following the lifting of further COVID-19 restrictions. The Force had been planning extensively with partners throughout the lockdown period for t...
CCTV appeal following theft of bike in Bournemouth
06 July 2020
Officers investigating the theft of a bike in Bournemouth are issuing CCTV images of the suspect. The Trek Hybrid road bike was taken from outside the London Market Shop on Old Christchurch Road at around 10.45pm on Sunday 31 May 2020. A woman was seen ...
Appeal for information following assault in Bournemouth
06 July 2020
Officers investigating an assault in Bournemouth are appealing for anyone with information to come forward. The victim, a local man aged in his 30s, was found with injuries near to Pier Approach in Bournemouth at around 1am on Thursday 25 June 2020. He w...
Witness appeal following fatal road traffic collision in Wool
05 July 2020
Officers are appealing for witnesses or anyone with relevant dashcam to come forward as they investigate a fatal road traffic collision in Wool. Dorset Police was called at 5.35pm on Sunday 5 July 2020 to a report of a collision on the A352 between the W...