CrimeReports (www.crimereports.co.uk) is a partnership project between Hampshire Constabulary, Hampshire County Council, Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service, the Probation Service and all District and Unitary Councils across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Using information collated from these partner organisations, the website features up-to-date, more frequent and detailed data
A drug addict caught trying to smuggle cannabis into a prison by passing it over a wall has been jailed. Kevin Wilcox, from Gosport, was found with cannabis in his pocket outside Winchester Prison in December last year. Inside, prison guards found two inmates trying to throw a line of dental floss
A drug addict caught trying to smuggle cannabis into a prison by passing it over a wall has been jailed. Kevin Wilcox, from Gosport, was found with cannabis in his pocket outside Winchester Prison in December last year. Inside, prison guards found two inmates trying to throw a line of dental floss
The ban on filming in law courts will be overturned to improve public understanding of the justice system, Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke has announced. Mr Clarke said broadcasters will be allowed to screen footage of judgements for the first time, as part of unprecedented plans to improve transparency. Mr Clarke said: Broadcasting will
Thieves broke into a house and stole a wallet and laptop while the homeowners slept upstairs. Police are appealing for witnesses to the burglary at a house in Ellachie Mews, Gosport. Someone forced open the front door of the home between 11pm on September 5 and 10am the following day. The family woke
Thieves stole a television and made off with 36 DVDs after smashing the back window of a house in Gosport. A black 19in Hitachi television was taken in the burglary in Southway, Gosport. It happened between 7pm on September 2 and 11am the following day while the 51 year old owner of
Make-up thief Stacey Alexander has been given a curfew. Alexander, from Inverness Road, Gosport, admitted stealing cosmetics from the Boots store in Westbury Mall in Fareham on August 17. The 21 year old was ordered to pay £10.99 compensation to Boots by Fareham Magistrates. Alexander was also handed a curfew ordering her not
Gosport MP Caroline Dinenage has backed plans for an elected police commissioner in Hampshire. The government wants to scrap police authorities and replace them with elected individuals. Mrs Dinenage voiced her support for the plans during a debate in the House of Commons on Monday. She also attacked police authorities for not putting
The ban on filming in law courts will be overturned to improve public understanding of the justice system, Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke has announced. Mr Clarke said broadcasters will be allowed to screen footage of judgements for the first time, as part of unprecedented plans to improve transparency. Mr Clarke said: Broadcasting will
Thieves broke into a house and stole a wallet and laptop while the homeowners slept upstairs. Police are appealing for witnesses to the burglary at a house in Ellachie Mews, Gosport. Someone forced open the front door of the home between 11pm on September 5 and 10am the following day. The family woke