A man who assaulted two police officers has been ordered to do unpaid work. Michael Barnett, 33, denied assaulting the officers – one in Gosport and one in Fareham – on September 15, but he was found guilty by Fareham magistrates. Barnett, who lives care of Beauchamp Avenue, Gosport, was also found
A man has admitted using threatening behaviour. Martin Smith, from Felicia Close, Gosport, admitted committing the public order offence in Kent Road, Gosport, on November 22. The 23-year-old was given a 12-month conditional discharge and ordered to pay £40 in court costs by Fareham Magistrates. Original article published by: http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/local/east-hampshire/gosport_man_admits_to_threat_1_3311472
Serial thief Craig Ballard, who stole more than £1,600 of art supplies, has been jailed. Ballard, of Magennis Close, pleaded guilty to stealing £871.45 of goods from The Range on Brockhurst Industrial Estate, Gunners Way, Gosport, on August 8. He also admitted stealing goods worth £800.98 six days earlier on August 3. Additionally
James MacKenzie, 21, of Charnwood, Gosport has admitted possesion of cannabis. He had 42g of the class B drug on him in Portsmouth Road, Cosham, on October 11. He was fined £65 and told to pay £15 to a crime victims’ fund by Portsmouth magistrates. The drugs are to be
Police in Gosport are appealing for information after a house had its window smashed and another was burgled. In the first incident, someone smashed the window of a woman’s house in Coventry Court, Rowner. They searched the house but nothing appears to have been stolen. This happened between 4pm and 8.30pm
Owners of a tattoo studio are counting the cost of damage inflicted by thugs who smashed the windows of their shop. On Saturday night, the front windows and door of their shop, Inkslingers tattoo studio in Stoke Road, were smashed in with a brick which had been thrown at the windows of
A woman was assaulted in an unprovoked attack in Gosport. Police are now appealing for witnesses to the incident which happened near to Holbrook Leisure Centre in Forest Way just after 5pm on Friday, November 18. The 18-year-old woman was walking along the cycle path when an unknown man approached her and was
A man has been fined for using threatening behaviour. Gary Makin, 42, of Gorselands Way, Gosport, admitted committing the offence in Gosport on November 19. He was fined £50 and told to pay £15 to a fund for crime victims by Fareham magistrates. Original article published by: http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/local/east-hampshire/gosport_man_admits_to_threat_1_3315976
Magistrates have told a teenager who was caught with stolen sweets and crisps to pay £75. Lewis Scott, of South Street, Gosport, was found with £15 worth of food taken from the Bluebird Cafe in Lee-on-the-Solent. Scott, 18, pleaded guilty to receiving stolen goods when he appeared at Portsmouth Magistrates’ Court. Original article
Shoplifter Ashley Wilson has been told to get help for his drug addiction. Wilson was caught stealing three bottles of wine, worth £18, from the Co-op in Gosport on November 24. The 25-year-old also took perfume, worth £52, from Boots at Westbury Mall, Fareham, on November 3 and other items from the