Pets Corner in Christchurch. Picture: Google Street View A MAN is due to appear in court in connection with an alleged assault at a Christchurch pet store. The incident was said to have occurred after staff at Pets Corner, Somerford Road, asked an individual to put on a mask. A member of staff was reportedly verbally abused and then headbutted. It happened around 3pm on Friday, September 4, last year. Police later issued CCTV images of a man they wanted to speak to, prompting a 39-year-old man from New Milton to voluntarily attend the police station for interview. He has now been issued with a postal requisition to appeal before Poole Magistrates Court on Friday, April 23, for offences of assault by beating and using threatening, abusive or intimidating words or behaviour to cause harassment, alarm or distress.
ILLEGAL drug use and anti-social behaviour has led to a Boscombe house being closed by the courts. The action was secured by BCP Council, with support from Dorset Police, in relation to 32 Grosvenor Gardens. A council officer said the order granted by Poole Magistrates Court on April 8 means tenants can remain at the property but it is now an offence for others to visit. Magistrates granted the three-month closure order, with Dorset Police saying the force is committed to taking action when concerns over anti-social behaviour are raised by residents. Andy Williams, BCP Council s head of safer communities, said: “BCP Council work closely with Dorset Police to tackle anti-social behaviour and will use all legal powers available to us to take action against those who cause disorder.
The Crown and Anchor pub in West Street, Blandford Forum. Picture: Google Maps/ Street View A MAN has been banned from entering a Dorset pub and night club after admitting an assault. Ashley Parry, 22, pleaded guilty to assaulting a man at the West Street premises in Blandford Forum on March 7, 2020, which is home to Tiffany s night club and The Crown and Anchor pub. Parry, of Cannon Road, Tottenham, was sentenced at Poole Magistrates Court on April 14, with district judge Stephen Nicholls handing him an 18-month community order. This order included a four-week overnight curfew and an exclusion requirement which restricted him from entering Tiffany s or the Crown and Anchor for a year.
Man is jailed after spitting at police officer who went on to contract Covid A MAN has been jailed for 10 weeks after spitting at a Dorset Police officer who went on to test positive for Covid a few days later. Steven Licorish s actions were “considered and deliberate” in relation to the assault on PC Joe Terry in Bournemouth in January during lockdown, according to a judge. Judge Jonathan Fuller QC told Licorish, 41 and of Bath Road, Bournemouth, that he could not suspend the prison sentence as this “would not mark the seriousness of the offence”. The judge said while it was accepted that it could not be proved the defendant’s spitting caused PC Terry’s Covid infection, it highlighted the dangers those on the frontline face on a daily basis.