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Car destroyed in arson attack

A car was gutted and turned into a burnt out shell after a large fire. Firefighters found the vehicle ablaze when they arrived at Fisher Road, Bridgemary, at 6.29pm on Sunday 22 January.  It took the crew around half an hour to deal with the blaze. They are treating the incident as suspicious

Driver stole diesel

Magistrates have given a man a curfew after he repeatedly drove off without paying for fuel. Colin Mutavayi will have to stay in between 8pm and 7am every day for two months. The 34-year-old left a Tesco filling station without paying for £80 worth of diesel in February last year.  Four months later

Images released after meat theft from store

Police are hunting a man in connection with thefts from two different Co-op stores. A man stole £166 worth of gammon from the shop in Forton Road, Gosport.  Police say the man also took yoghurts and orange juice from the Co-op in Bury Road. The thefts took place on December 5 at 5.35pm

Man, 21, assaulted police officer

Magistrates have fined a man for assaulting a police officer. Ryan Hathaway denied assaulting the PC in Gosport on July 29, but he was found guilty by Portsmouth magistrates. Hathaway, 21, of Cheriton Road, Gosport, admitted a charge of failing to surrender to custody on January 4. He was fined £130 and told to

Driver was over the limit

Motorist Eileen Stewart was caught behind the wheel while almost three times the drink-drive limit. Stewart pleaded guilty to driving a Kia Picanto in North Cross Street, Gosport, while over the limit on December 20. A test revealed the 63-year-old’s breath contained 99 microgrammes of alcohol per 100 millilitres – almost three times

Home burgled while owner was out

Burglars struck at a house while the owner was visiting her mum in hospital. Thieves lifted the back patio door of a house in Windsor Road, Gosport, off its runners to get inside.  They then searched the house and took a black Xbox games console with controllers, a men’s pocket watch

Man, 21, assaulted police officer

Magistrates have fined a man for assaulting a police officer. Ryan Hathaway denied assaulting the PC in Gosport on July 29, but he was found guilty by Portsmouth magistrates. Hathaway, 21, of Cheriton Road, Gosport, admitted a charge of failing to surrender to custody on January 4. He was fined £130 and told to

Driver was over the limit

Motorist Eileen Stewart was caught behind the wheel while almost three times the drink-drive limit. Stewart pleaded guilty to driving a Kia Picanto in North Cross Street, Gosport, while over the limit on December 20. A test revealed the 63-year-old’s breath contained 99 microgrammes of alcohol per 100 millilitres – almost three times