People are being urged to shop dog walkers who don’t clean up after their pets. Gosport Borough Council is waging war against irresponsible dog owners who leave mess in parks and on pavements. To highlight the issue, the council says it recently dished out a £75 fine to a man who let all
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
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
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
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
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
Thief Benjamin Pennicott has been given a six-month conditional discharge by Portsmouth magistrates. The 30-year-old, of Newbroke Road, Gosport, admitted stealing chicken from a Co-op in Gosport. Original article published by: http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/local/east-hampshire/man_admits_chicken_theft_1_3397723
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
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
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