Weymouth woman Emma Smart in court charged with blocking roads during alleged climate protest TWO people appeared in court this afternoon for allegedly obstructing traffic in Weymouth and Dorchester as part of a climate change protest. Emma Joanne Smart, aged 43, of Rodwell Street, Weymouth is charged that she wilfully obstructed traffic on King Street in Weymouth as well as obstruct a police constable on Saturday, May 1. On the same date and as part of a co-ordinated protest, Benjamin Buse, aged 35, of Wells Road, Rodney Stoke, Cheddar, is alleged to have wilfully obstructed Trinity Street near its junction with Weymouth Avenue in Dorchester and also reportedly obstructed a police constable.
The dog attacks resulted in the death of 12 sheep. Picture: North Dorset Police A dog has been rehomed and its owner fined following attacks on sheep in North Dorset. The dog attacked sheep in the Bedchester area several times and two of those attacks resulted in the death of 12 sheep. Local people wanted to shoot the dog, said a spokesperson for the police: The attacks had a significant impact on the local community, with persons actively looking to take matters into their own hands and shoot the dog involved. Officers worked with the family and an animal rescue centre to get the dog rehomed with an appropriate and responsible owner in another part of the country, to be kept away from livestock.
Reuben Junior Charles, 53 and of Muscliffe Road, Bournemouth A MAN has been jailed after he spat towards a police officer. Reuben Junior Charles, 53, committed the assault at Bournemouth custody centre, having been arrested for an unrelated matter. The incident took place when Charles became agitated and spat at the officer through a cell hatch on September 5 last year. He was charged with assaulting an emergency worker and appeared at Poole Magistrates’ Court on May 5. Charles pleaded guilty to the offence as well as a breach of a conditional discharge order made by magistrates’ in August 2020 for being drunk and disorderly and possessing class B drugs.
Poole Magistrates Court TWO teenagers charged in connection with a reported shooting near Dorchester involving a BB gun have appeared in court. Dorset Police was called at 9pm on Sunday, May 9 by the ambulance service to a report that a man had been shot with a BB gun at an address on Long Ash Lane near to Wardon Hill. The victim – a man aged in his 20s – was taken to hospital for treatment. He sustained minor injuries. Chaim Mason, aged 18 of Dorchester has been charged with assault, aggravated burglary and possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence.