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Football ‘fan’ banned from fixtures for three years for racist Instagram post

A football fan has been banned from attending matches for three years after racially abusing a Tamworth FC player.
Press Release Hate crime Wessex

CPS Wessex: National Stalking Awareness Week

Last week was National Stalking Awareness Week, and through the week we raised awareness of stalking behaviours and the work we are doing to ensure offenders are brought to justice.
Press Release Domestic abuse Wessex

Man who tried to kill nine-year-old girl jailed

A man who stabbed a nine-year-old girl in an attempt to kill her has been jailed today.
Press Release Violent crime Wessex

UPDATED WITH SENTENCE: Man who brutally murdered woman on Bournemouth beach in random attack is convicted

A man who brutally murdered a woman on Bournemouth beach and tried to kill her friend in a randomly targeted yet carefully planned attack has been convicted.
Press Release CPS Wessex

UPDATED: Football ‘fans’ jailed following Southampton FC v Tottenham post-match brawl

Football fans who were involved in a mass brawl following Southampton’s Premier League game against Tottenham in 2023 have been jailed.
Press Release Violent crime Wessex

Predator who prowled nightclubs guilty of raping a 17-year-old

A 45-year-old man who raped a 17-year-old after prowling outside nightclubs has been convicted today.
Press Release Sexual offences Wessex

Son jailed for murder of his mother

A 27-year-old man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of his mother.
Press Release Violent crime Wessex

Priest jailed for non-recent sexual abuse at boys school

A priest who was formerly employed as a PE teacher has been jailed for six years having been found guilty of non-recent sexual abuse against boys as young as eleven.
Press Release Sexual offences Wessex

Basingstoke man who stabbed brothers imprisoned

A man from Basingstoke who stabbed two brothers, one of whom fatally, has been jailed for life.Kenneth Walker, 56, stabbed Craig Laurie and Scott Laurie in the evening of 12 May 2024 on his front doorstep at Tasmania Close, Popley.His girlfriend, Jane Byrne, 52, mopped the blood left on the…
Press Release Violent crime Wessex

CPS authorises charges following investigation into Gosport funeral directors

The Crown Prosecution Service has authorised Hampshire Constabulary to charge two people after an investigation into a funeral directors in Gosport.
Press Release Fraud and economic crime Wessex

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