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Convicted sex offender back behind bars

10 December 2018
A convicted sex offender is back behind bars after admitting further offences against a teenage girl. Connor Hayes, 25 and of no fixed abode, was sentenced at Bournemouth Crown Court on Monday 26 November 2018 after pleading guilty to two counts of causi...

Appeal following robbery at Bournemouth store
15 December 2018
Detectives are appealing for witnesses to come forward after a man robbed a Bournemouth store at knifepoint. At around 5.20am today, Saturday 15 December 2018, a man entered Costcutter on Wimborne Road in Winton, approached the counter brandishing a larg...
Witness appeal following injury collision in Wimborne
15 December 2018
Officers investigating an injury collision in Wimborne in the early hours of this morning are appealing for witnesses to come forward. At 1.53am today, Saturday 15 December 2018, a single-vehicle collision was reported to Dorset Police involving a blue F...
Appeal following reports of an incident in Bournemouth
14 December 2018
Officers are appealing for witnesses to come forward following reports of an incident involving a child in Bournemouth. At around 6pm on Wednesday 12 December 2018 two 10-year-old boys were riding their scooters along Fernheath Road in the West Howe area...
Man jailed for drug dealing in Bournemouth
14 December 2018
A drug dealer found in possession of heroin and crack cocaine in Bournemouth has been jailed for four years. Domonic De Costa, aged 32 and of Gipton in Leeds, West Yorkshire, was sentenced at Bournemouth Crown Court on Tuesday 11 December 2018 after admi...
CCTV appeal following racially-aggravated assault in Bournemouth
14 December 2018
Officers investigating a racially-aggravated assault in Bournemouth are releasing a CCTV image of a man they would like to speak to in connection with the incident. The incident happened at around 3.10pm on Sunday 9 December 2018 in Beales on Old Christc...
Update – appeal after woman found with serious injuries on Bournemouth road
13 December 2018
A man arrested following an incident where a woman was found in the middle of a Bournemouth road will not face any further police action. Dorset Police was called at 9.12am on Thursday 8 November 2018 to reports of a concern for welfare of a woman in the...
CCTV appeal following burglaries at businesses in Poole
13 December 2018
Officers are releasing CCTV images of the suspects following burglaries at businesses in Poole. The incidents occurred over a 48-hour period between Sunday 25 November and Monday 26 November 2018 at the Dawkins Road Industrial Estate. Two burglaries occ...
Update – man appears in court in connection with a burglary in Boscombe
13 December 2018
A man has been charged and has appeared in court in connection with a burglary in Boscombe. An appeal was issued after Dorset Police received a report of a break-in at The Cherries Café on Curzon Road at 9.05pm on Thursday 15 November 2018. A till...
Man who admitted using elderly man's bank cards jailed
12 December 2018
A man who admitted fraudulently using bank cards while his elderly victim was in hospital has been jailed. Nicholas Leslie Birch, 51 and of Bath Road in Bournemouth, was sentenced at Bournemouth Crown Court on Thursday 6 December 2018 aft...
Update – two men due in court in connection with reported assault in Weymouth
12 December 2018
Two men are due to appear in court in connection with a reported assault in Weymouth. A witness appeal was issued following an altercation involving a group of people that was reported to have begun outside Boombox night club on The Esplanade at around 6...