Dorset criminals jailed in February 2021 CRIMINALS jailed in February for Dorset offences include a child rapist, a one-punch killer and a paedophile snared in an undercover police sting. The courts are continuing to operate and deal with cases, including jury trials, despite the current Covid lockdown. The list below includes 11 offenders that were put behind bars by judges last month. Their combined sentences totalled 39 years and six months imprisonment although some of them could be released on licence part way through their time behind bars. All of the criminals committed offences in Dorset, with the cases heard at Bournemouth Crown Court.
Christopher Adam Scott was more than four times the legal drug-drive limit when police stopped him. A DRUG-driver who was four times the legal limit has appeared at court. Christopher Adam Snowball was pulled over by police after he was spotted driving erratically in Stanley in the early hours of May 16. Newton Aycliffe Magistrates Court heard that the 33-year-old passed a road side breath test but failed a road-side drug test and was subsequently arrested. Oriana Frame, prosecuting, said: Officers were on patrol at around 2am on Saturday, May 16, when they noticed a white Citreon Berlingo motor van with a defective tail light.