Locked up in March: 12 Dorset criminals jailed for total of more than XXyears CRIMINALS put behind bars in April for Dorset offences include three young thugs who burgled a family home, a drug dealer who peddled Class As while on bail and a robber who threatened shop staff with a syringe. The courts are dealing with more and more cases, including jury trials, as the national lockdown easing continues. The list below includes 12 offenders that were put behind bars by judges last month. Their combined sentences totalled 54 years and and two weeks imprisonment. Some of them could be released on licence part way through their time behind bars, while several were issued with extended licence periods as they were deemed to be dangerous offenders .
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Darren Brooks, inset, robbed Central Store in Westbourne, Smiggle in Old Christchurch Road and McColl s in Commercial Road. SHOP staff at three Bournemouth businesses were left “terrified” and “petrified” when they were faced threats of being stabbed with a syringe by a robber as he demanded money from the till. Darren Philip Brooks targeted three retailers in the space of seven days in the run up to Christmas last year. The 51-year-old, who is also known as Darren Ginbey, used a Beryl bike as a mode of transport to assist his offending. Bournemouth Crown Court heard that he robbed McColl s in Commercial Road on December 15, Smiggle in Old Christchurch Road on December 18 and Central Convenience Store in Westbourne on December 21.
Darren Brooks, also known as Darren Ginbey A VIOLENT robber who threatened victims with syringes and a screw driver has been jailed for 10 years. Darren Philip Brooks, also known as Darren Ginbey, 51, of West Overcliff Drive, Bournemouth, appeared at Bournemouth Crown Court to be sentenced on Thursday April 15 after admitting three offences of robbery. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison and was also made the subject of an extended licence period of a further four years. At around 4.05pm on Tuesday December 15 last year the defendant entered McColls in Commercial Road and ordered the lone member of staff working at the till to give him money.