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Jail for robber who threatened to shoot staff at bookmakers

05 July 2019
A robber who told staff at a Bournemouth bookmakers he had a gun and threatened to shoot them has been jailed for three years. Errol Lloyd Brown, 47 and of Florence Road in Bournemouth, was sentenced at Bournemouth Crown Court on Thursday 4 July 2019 aft...

Update – serious road traffic collision in Bournemouth
15 July 2019
A man involved in a serious road traffic collision in Bournemouth has sadly died from his injuries. Dorset Police was called at 8.36am on Sunday 26 May 2019 to reports of a collision in West Cliff Road. It was reported that a green Volkswagen Sharan col...
Update - CCTV appeal following reported theft of pushchair from baby store in Poole
15 July 2019
A man has been interviewed by officers in relation to the alleged theft of a pushchair from a store in Poole. It was reported that a man entered Mothercare on Poole Retail Park in Branksome at 3.14pm on Saturday 12 January 2019, browsed the pushchairs, s...
CCTV appeal following criminal damage incident in Weymouth
12 July 2019
Officers investigating a criminal damage incident in Weymouth are issuing a CCTV image of a suspect. At around 3am on Saturday 6 July 2019 the occupants of an address in Chafeys Avenue woke to the sound of glass smashing. They discovered someone had smas...
Missing Bournemouth woman safe and well
11 July 2019
Officers are pleased to be able to update that a woman who went missing from Bournemouth is safe and well. Madeline Cunningham had last been seen during the evening of Wednesday 10 July 2019 at an address in the Queen’s Park area. She returned home...
Update – man charged in connection with reported theft of charity boxes in Christchurch
11 July 2019
A man has been arrested and charged in connection with the alleged theft of charity boxes from a pub in Christchurch. The incident occurred at around 7.30am on Saturday 6 October 2018 at Ye Old George Inn in Castle Street, with entry reportedly forced to...
CCTV appeal following burglary and card fraud in Bournemouth
10 July 2019
Officers investigating the theft of a purse and subsequent card use in Bournemouth are issuing a CCTV image of a man they would like to identify. Sometime between 6pm and 7.50pm on Friday 7 June 2019 a purse was stolen from a staff room area at the Royal...
Appeal after Tinkerbell the cat stolen in Bournemouth
10 July 2019
Officers investigating the theft of Tinkerbell the cat in Bournemouth are issuing CCTV images of the suspect. At around 11.55pm on Monday 1 July 2019 a man was seen to walk to the entrance of Super Clean on Wimborne Road in Winton, pick up Tinkerbell fro...
Fail-to-stop collision near Dorchester – appeal
10 July 2019
Officers investigating a fail-to-stop collision near Dorchester are appealing for witnesses to come forward. At around 10.45pm on Wednesday 3 July 2019 a local woman aged in her 20s was driving her Honda Jazz in the outside lane along the westbound carri...
CCTV appeal following shoplifting offence in Shaftesbury
10 July 2019
Officers investigating the theft of items from a store in Shaftesbury are issuing CCTV images of a suspect. At 11.56am on Friday 17 May 2019 a man entered Superdrug on High Street and stole a razor and 16 Olay face creams worth £560. Police Sergea...
Public appeal following fail-to-stop collision involving child in Weymouth
09 July 2019
Officers investigating a fail-to-stop collision in Weymouth are appealing for witnesses to come forward. At around 3.30pm on Thursday 27 June 2019 a nine-year-old local girl was cycling along Bryants Lane when she was struck by a white car, causing her t...