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Southampton Crown Court Sentencing Results

Explore 360 verdicts at Southampton Crown Court (Southampton). Updated with the latest court outcomes.

Southampton Crown Court
August 2025 2 cases
Vijay Sandhu
Assault *
Sentence
Jailed for four months
Vijay Sandhu committed assault by beating in Southampton on June 27, 2025; stole frozen food valued at £342 from IKEA in Southampton on July 27, 2025; committed another assault by beating in Southampton on July 27, 2025; and carried out a non-domestic burglary stealing alcohol, cash, and a till valued at £1,500 in Southampton on July 31, 2025.
Pleaded guilty to multiple charges, including assault and theft, with concurrent sentences.
20 Aug 2025
dailyecho.co.uk
Michael Gear
Attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child *
Sentence
12-month jail term, suspended for 18 months
Michael Gear, 65, of Denbigh Close in Totton, engaged in online communication with a police decoy posing as a woman named 'Jenny' and later her fictional 12-year-old daughter 'Olive'. He sent a picture of his genitals to 'Jenny' and a video of himself committing a sex act to 'Olive', pursuing sexual engagement with the supposed child. Arrested in July 2024, his devices contained indecent images of children aged 1-8 (categories A-C) and extreme pornographic images. The offences occurred during a difficult period involving family deaths and workplace stress, leading to isolation and online 'rabbit holes'.
Pleaded guilty to possessing indecent images of children and extreme pornographic images, and attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child. Of previous good character, underwent counselling and Safer Lives programme post-arrest. Judge commented on the unpleasant nature of the behaviour and its contribution to child corruption worldwide. Must sign sex offenders register for 10 years, complete 10 rehabilitation activity days, fined £1,100 and pay £500 court charges.
12 Aug 2025
advertiserandtimes.co.uk
July 2025 3 cases
Martin Meadows
Conspiracy to burgle *
Sentence
4 years and 2 months imprisonment
Martin Meadows was part of a gang that conspired to burgle 11 businesses across Southampton, Winchester, Basingstoke, Hook, Lee-on-the-Solent, Warminster, Shaftesbury and Crawley between July and September 2023, with an additional burglary at 99 Bikes in Totton on 25th October 2023. The gang targeted stores selling electric bicycles, stealing more than £215,000 worth of goods in total, including three bicycles valued at £17,997 from 99 Bikes. They used stolen vans or stolen number plates to commit the offences.
Pleaded guilty to conspiracy to burgle. Part of a gang targeting 11 businesses.
24 Jul 2025
advertiserandtimes.co.uk
Richard Chilton
Conspiracy to burgle *
Sentence
5 years and 3 months imprisonment
Richard Chilton was part of a gang that conspired to burgle 11 businesses across Southampton, Winchester, Basingstoke, Hook, Lee-on-the-Solent, Warminster, Shaftesbury and Crawley between July and September 2023, with an additional burglary at 99 Bikes in Totton on 25th October 2023. The gang targeted stores selling electric bicycles, stealing more than £215,000 worth of goods in total, including three bicycles valued at £17,997 from 99 Bikes. They used stolen vans or stolen number plates to commit the offences.
Pleaded guilty to conspiracy to burgle. Part of a gang targeting 11 businesses.
24 Jul 2025
advertiserandtimes.co.uk
Andrew Wooff
Conspiracy to burgle *
Sentence
4 years imprisonment
Andrew Wooff was part of a gang that conspired to burgle 11 businesses across Southampton, Winchester, Basingstoke, Hook, Lee-on-the-Solent, Warminster, Shaftesbury and Crawley between July and September 2023, with an additional burglary at 99 Bikes in Totton on 25th October 2023. The gang targeted stores selling electric bicycles, stealing more than £215,000 worth of goods in total, including three bicycles valued at £17,997 from 99 Bikes. They used stolen vans or stolen number plates to commit the offences.
Pleaded guilty to conspiracy to burgle. Plus two years for a separate unlawful wounding offence.
24 Jul 2025
advertiserandtimes.co.uk
June 2025 2 cases
William Fendley
Stalking causing serious harm or distress *
Sentence
6 months imprisonment suspended for 2 years
Following the end of his 60-year marriage in May 2024, William Fendley, aged 81, stalked his wife Maureen by repeatedly turning up at their former home in Ringwood, staring through windows, breaking into her home and garage, accusing her of infidelity, going through her belongings, putting her suitcase in his car to prevent a holiday, leaving flowers with a message, and bombarding their daughters with calls to contact her. He breached bail conditions by entering her home, leading to arrest. His actions caused severe distress, forcing Maureen to live at a secret address.
Pleaded guilty to one count of stalking causing serious harm or distress. Ordered to complete 12 hours of rehabilitation activity and a five-year restraining order. Of previous good character, suffering from prostate cancer, possible vascular dementia, and adjustment disorder.
30 Jun 2025
advertiserandtimes.co.uk
Daniel Barnes
Possessing class A drugs with intent to supply *
Sentence
2 years imprisonment
Daniel Barnes possessed class A drugs – crack cocaine and heroin – with intent to supply on 23rd January, and also possessed criminal property consisting of £2,105 in cash.
Pleaded guilty to two counts of possessing class A drugs – crack cocaine and heroin – with intent to supply, and possessing criminal property (£2,105 in cash).
25 Jun 2025
advertiserandtimes.co.uk
April 2025 7 cases
Damian Andre Martin
Rape *
Sentence
14 years imprisonment
On the night of 26 December 2024, a 13-year-old girl was walking along St. Mary Street in Southampton when she encountered Damian Andre Martin. He raped and sexually assaulted her shortly after they met, then took her to an address on Chapel Road where further abuse occurred. The incident was reported to police the following day. Martin pleaded guilty at Southampton Crown Court to rape, sexual assault, two counts of assault by penetration, assault by beating, and taking a child so as to keep her from a person having lawful control.
Pleaded guilty. Judge described the acts as 'dreadful' and noted he was not safe around young vulnerable children. Also received a five-year extended licence period, a Sexual Harm Prevention Order, and lifetime registration on the Sex Offender's Register.
25 Apr 2025
sexoffenders.co.uk
Ashley Scott Hudson
Rape and attempted rape *
Sentence
16 years imprisonment
Ashley Scott Hudson, 30, was convicted of multiple counts of rape and attempted rape against a woman in her 20s. The offences occurred at addresses in Eastleigh and Southampton between August 2019 and October 2021. Hudson raped the victim on six separate occasions and attempted to rape her once, ignoring her repeated refusals. The victim reported the assaults in November 2021; Hudson was arrested and denied all allegations. A trial at Southampton Crown Court began on 14 January 2025, and on 21 January 2025, the jury found him guilty of six counts of rape and one count of attempted rape. He was sentenced on 25 April 2025.
Also received an additional five years on extended licence, a Sexual Harm Prevention Order, and an indefinite restraining order. Pleaded not guilty; convicted after trial.
25 Apr 2025
sexoffenders.co.uk
Finley Lintott-Warrillow
Causing death by dangerous driving *
Sentence
6 years and 8 months imprisonment
In the early hours of Sunday 5 March 2023, Finley Lintott-Warrillow was driving his friends home in a black Vauxhall Corsa after going out for food in Portswood, Southampton. CCTV footage showed the Corsa being driven at approximately 86.95mph on Middle Road, a 30mph residential road with parked cars on both sides. Lintott-Warrillow lost control, crashed into a wall, and the car was launched at least 15 metres through the air after the initial impact. Passenger 18-year-old Brandon Cousens was pronounced dead at the scene. Lintott-Warrillow and another passenger survived with serious injuries.
Pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving. Also disqualified from driving.
23 Apr 2025
apnin.com
Thomas Prior
Importing a class B drug *
Sentence
23-month jail term, suspended for two years
Thomas Prior attempted to import 4.7kg of herbal cannabis into the country, which was intercepted by police at East Midlands Airport in October 2022 and due to be delivered to his home in Pennywell Gardens, New Milton. He was also sentenced for possessing a class B drug with intent to supply.
Pleaded guilty. Ordered to carry out 300 hours of unpaid community work. Judge noted he narrowly missed a custodial sentence. Prior would serve the remainder behind bars if caught offending again.
17 Apr 2025
advertiserandtimes.co.uk
Kelly Horton
Allowing a dog to be dangerously out of control *
Sentence
12-month prison sentence suspended for 18 months, 150 hours unpaid work
Kelly Horton allowed her Staffordshire bull terrier-cross, Diesel, to be dangerously out of control at her home in Mortimer Close, Totton, last July. A friend's two-year-old child, familiar with the dog, was bitten twice to the face causing serious injuries requiring surgical treatment while Horton cooked pizza for guests. The dog was food-fixated due to prior colon surgery and poor training.
Previously admitted the offence. Banned from keeping dogs for five years. Judge noted lack of safety measures despite knowing the dog's condition and behaviour.
16 Apr 2025
advertiserandtimes.co.uk
Jayden Jack Robert Smith
Causing or inciting a child under 13 to engage in sexual activity *
Sentence
2 years 9 months imprisonment
Jayden Jack Robert Smith, a 19-year-old from Southampton, committed offences in July 2024. On 3 July 2024, he followed a child under 13 in his car to a wooded area in Botley, isolating the victim before asking him to expose himself, leading to the charge of causing or inciting a child under 13 to engage in sexual activity. He also admitted two counts of sexual communications with a child, sending explicit messages to a second boy from another county and inciting him to perform a sexual act. Smith pleaded guilty at Southampton Crown Court on 5 February 2025 and was remanded in custody. Sentenced on 11 April 2025, he received a custodial term of two years and nine months.
Pleaded guilty to causing or inciting a child under 13 to engage in sexual activity and two counts of sexual communications with a child. Two other charges (attempt to cause/incite non-penetrative sexual activity, attempt kidnap with intent to commit a sexual offence) were dropped. Also placed on the sex offenders register for life, given a ten-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order, a five-year restraining order, and a deprivation order for mobile phones and a dash cam. Judge remarked on troubling aspects of his character and the impact on victims, but noted the boy's vitality and strength.
11 Apr 2025
sexoffenders.co.uk
Thomas Michael Prior
Importation of Class B drug *
Sentence
23 months imprisonment suspended for 2 years with 300 hours unpaid work
Thomas Michael Prior, 35, of Pennywell Gardens, New Milton, admitted illegally importing herbal cannabis. In October 2022, 4.7kg of herbal cannabis due to be delivered to his home address was intercepted at East Midlands Airport. He pleaded guilty to importation of a Class B drug and possession with intent to supply a Class B drug at Southampton Crown Court on April 11.
Pleaded guilty. Judge noted he narrowly missed a custodial sentence.
11 Apr 2025
stouravonmagazine.co.uk
March 2025 22 cases
Jack Warren
Violent disorder *
Sentence
11 months custodial sentence
Involved in a mass brawl following Southampton FC v Tottenham match on 18 March 2023. Two large groups of opposing supporters clashed in a pre-arranged confrontation on Queens Terrace in Southampton, migrating to Oxford Street and the A33, throwing missiles such as glass bottles, pint glasses, chairs, bar stools, and using makeshift weapons like belts and metal poles, causing public fear including to children and disrupting traffic.
Pleaded guilty to violent disorder on 28 March 2024. Made subject of a football banning order for six years.
14 Mar 2025
cps.gov.uk
Edward Albert Richardson
Violent disorder *
Sentence
8 months custodial sentence
Involved in a mass brawl following Southampton FC v Tottenham match on 18 March 2023. Two large groups of opposing supporters clashed in a pre-arranged confrontation on Queens Terrace in Southampton, migrating to Oxford Street and the A33, throwing missiles such as glass bottles, pint glasses, chairs, bar stools, and using makeshift weapons like belts and metal poles, causing public fear including to children and disrupting traffic.
Pleaded guilty to violent disorder on 28 March 2024. Made subject of a football banning order for six years.
14 Mar 2025
cps.gov.uk
Harry David Thorp
Violent disorder *
Sentence
12 months custodial sentence
Involved in a mass brawl following Southampton FC v Tottenham match on 18 March 2023. Two large groups of opposing supporters clashed in a pre-arranged confrontation on Queens Terrace in Southampton, migrating to Oxford Street and the A33, throwing missiles such as glass bottles, pint glasses, chairs, bar stools, and using makeshift weapons like belts and metal poles, causing public fear including to children and disrupting traffic.
Pleaded guilty to violent disorder on 22 February 2024. Made subject of a football banning order for six years.
14 Mar 2025
cps.gov.uk
Billie Wayne Thorp
Violent disorder *
Sentence
12 months custodial sentence
Involved in a mass brawl following Southampton FC v Tottenham match on 18 March 2023. Two large groups of opposing supporters clashed in a pre-arranged confrontation on Queens Terrace in Southampton, migrating to Oxford Street and the A33, throwing missiles such as glass bottles, pint glasses, chairs, bar stools, and using makeshift weapons like belts and metal poles, causing public fear including to children and disrupting traffic.
Pleaded guilty to violent disorder on 22 February 2024. Made subject of a football banning order for six years.
14 Mar 2025
cps.gov.uk
Lee Richard Pender
Violent disorder *
Sentence
14 months custodial sentence
Involved in a mass brawl following Southampton FC v Tottenham match on 18 March 2023. Two large groups of opposing supporters clashed in a pre-arranged confrontation on Queens Terrace in Southampton, migrating to Oxford Street and the A33, throwing missiles such as glass bottles, pint glasses, chairs, bar stools, and using makeshift weapons like belts and metal poles, causing public fear including to children and disrupting traffic.
Pleaded guilty to violent disorder on 3 April 2024. Made subject of a football banning order for six years.
14 Mar 2025
cps.gov.uk
Kray Lee Bennet
Violent disorder *
Sentence
8 months custodial sentence
Involved in a mass brawl following Southampton FC v Tottenham match on 18 March 2023. Two large groups of opposing supporters clashed in a pre-arranged confrontation on Queens Terrace in Southampton, migrating to Oxford Street and the A33, throwing missiles such as glass bottles, pint glasses, chairs, bar stools, and using makeshift weapons like belts and metal poles, causing public fear including to children and disrupting traffic.
Pleaded guilty to violent disorder on 28 March 2024. Made subject of a football banning order for six years.
13 Mar 2025
cps.gov.uk
Luke Leadbitter
Violent disorder *
Sentence
10 months custodial sentence
Involved in a mass brawl following Southampton FC v Tottenham match on 18 March 2023. Two large groups of opposing supporters clashed in a pre-arranged confrontation on Queens Terrace in Southampton, migrating to Oxford Street and the A33, throwing missiles such as glass bottles, pint glasses, chairs, bar stools, and using makeshift weapons like belts and metal poles, causing public fear including to children and disrupting traffic.
Pleaded guilty to violent disorder on 28 March 2024. Made subject of a football banning order for six years.
13 Mar 2025
cps.gov.uk
Alfie Henry Blackford
Violent disorder *
Sentence
18 months custodial sentence
Involved in a mass brawl following Southampton FC v Tottenham match on 18 March 2023. Two large groups of opposing supporters clashed in a pre-arranged confrontation on Queens Terrace in Southampton, migrating to Oxford Street and the A33, throwing missiles such as glass bottles, pint glasses, chairs, bar stools, and using makeshift weapons like belts and metal poles, causing public fear including to children and disrupting traffic.
Pleaded guilty to violent disorder on 10 May 2024. Made subject of a football banning order for eight years.
13 Mar 2025
cps.gov.uk
Dante Lauder-Hawkins
Violent disorder *
Sentence
40 months custodial sentence
Involved in a mass brawl following Southampton FC v Tottenham match on 18 March 2023. Two large groups of opposing supporters clashed in a pre-arranged confrontation on Queens Terrace in Southampton, migrating to Oxford Street and the A33, throwing missiles such as glass bottles, pint glasses, chairs, bar stools, and using makeshift weapons like belts and metal poles, causing public fear including to children and disrupting traffic.
Pleaded guilty to violent disorder on 3 April 2024. Made subject of a football banning order for 10 years.
13 Mar 2025
cps.gov.uk
William Cassells
Violent disorder *
Sentence
12 months custodial sentence
Involved in a mass brawl following Southampton FC v Tottenham match on 18 March 2023. Two large groups of opposing supporters clashed in a pre-arranged confrontation on Queens Terrace in Southampton, migrating to Oxford Street and the A33, throwing missiles such as glass bottles, pint glasses, chairs, bar stools, and using makeshift weapons like belts and metal poles, causing public fear including to children and disrupting traffic.
Pleaded guilty to violent disorder on 25 October 2024. Made subject of a football banning order for six years.
10 Mar 2025
cps.gov.uk
David Pilgrim
Violent disorder *
Sentence
26 months custodial sentence
Involved in a mass brawl following Southampton FC v Tottenham match on 18 March 2023. Two large groups of opposing supporters clashed in a pre-arranged confrontation on Queens Terrace in Southampton, migrating to Oxford Street and the A33, throwing missiles such as glass bottles, pint glasses, chairs, bar stools, and using makeshift weapons like belts and metal poles, causing public fear including to children and disrupting traffic.
Pleaded guilty to violent disorder on 1 October 2024. Made subject of a football banning order for eight years.
7 Mar 2025
cps.gov.uk
Bradley Scott
Violent disorder *
Sentence
8 months custodial sentence
Involved in a mass brawl following Southampton FC v Tottenham match on 18 March 2023. Two large groups of opposing supporters clashed in a pre-arranged confrontation on Queens Terrace in Southampton, migrating to Oxford Street and the A33, throwing missiles such as glass bottles, pint glasses, chairs, bar stools, and using makeshift weapons like belts and metal poles, causing public fear including to children and disrupting traffic.
Pleaded guilty to violent disorder on 26 January 2024. Made subject of a football banning order for six years.
7 Mar 2025
cps.gov.uk
Charlie Craig Morrow
Violent disorder *
Sentence
17 months custodial sentence
Involved in a mass brawl following Southampton FC v Tottenham match on 18 March 2023. Two large groups of opposing supporters clashed in a pre-arranged confrontation on Queens Terrace in Southampton, migrating to Oxford Street and the A33, throwing missiles such as glass bottles, pint glasses, chairs, bar stools, and using makeshift weapons like belts and metal poles, causing public fear including to children and disrupting traffic.
Pleaded guilty to violent disorder on 26 January 2024. Made subject of a football banning order for six years.
7 Mar 2025
cps.gov.uk
Kane Buckley
Violent disorder *
Sentence
30 months custodial sentence
Involved in a mass brawl following Southampton FC v Tottenham match on 18 March 2023. Two large groups of opposing supporters clashed in a pre-arranged confrontation on Queens Terrace in Southampton, migrating to Oxford Street and the A33, throwing missiles such as glass bottles, pint glasses, chairs, bar stools, and using makeshift weapons like belts and metal poles, causing public fear including to children and disrupting traffic.
Pleaded guilty to violent disorder on 4 November 2024. Made subject of a football banning order for eight years.
7 Mar 2025
cps.gov.uk
Philip George Christopher Anderson
Violent disorder *
Sentence
14 months imprisonment and a six-year football banning order
Philip George Christopher Anderson was involved in a violent brawl on Oxford Street, Southampton, on March 18, 2023, between groups of Southampton and Tottenham football fans. Although he was not a football fan and was attending a friend's birthday party at the Mail Rooms, he participated in the seven-and-a-half-minute fight, during which he was hit by a chair and punched someone. This incident led to his arrest and sentencing, with details highlighting his out-of-character behaviour influenced by alcohol and poor judgement.
Pleaded guilty to violent disorder. Judge Nicholas Rowland commented that he knew what was going to happen and should be ashamed of himself. He is a successful businessman, scaffolder, and family man with two young children.
7 Mar 2025
basingstokegazette.co.uk
Owen Eldridge
Violent disorder *
Sentence
14 months custodial sentence
Involved in a mass brawl following Southampton FC v Tottenham match on 18 March 2023. Two large groups of opposing supporters clashed in a pre-arranged confrontation on Queens Terrace in Southampton, migrating to Oxford Street and the A33, throwing missiles such as glass bottles, pint glasses, chairs, bar stools, and using makeshift weapons like belts and metal poles, causing public fear including to children and disrupting traffic.
Pleaded guilty to violent disorder on 26 January 2024. Made subject of a football banning order for six years.
7 Mar 2025
cps.gov.uk
Charlie Peter Glasspool
Violent disorder *
Sentence
12 months custodial sentence
Involved in a mass brawl following Southampton FC v Tottenham match on 18 March 2023. Two large groups of opposing supporters clashed in a pre-arranged confrontation on Queens Terrace in Southampton, migrating to Oxford Street and the A33, throwing missiles such as glass bottles, pint glasses, chairs, bar stools, and using makeshift weapons like belts and metal poles, causing public fear including to children and disrupting traffic.
Pleaded guilty to violent disorder on 4 June 2024. Made subject of a football banning order for six years.
6 Mar 2025
cps.gov.uk
Bradley Richard Doughty
Violent disorder *
Sentence
40 months custodial sentence
Involved in a mass brawl following Southampton FC v Tottenham match on 18 March 2023. Two large groups of opposing supporters clashed in a pre-arranged confrontation on Queens Terrace in Southampton, migrating to Oxford Street and the A33, throwing missiles such as glass bottles, pint glasses, chairs, bar stools, and using makeshift weapons like belts and metal poles, causing public fear including to children and disrupting traffic.
Pleaded guilty to violent disorder on 4 November 2024. Made subject of a football banning order for eight years.
6 Mar 2025
cps.gov.uk
Bradley Ryan Law
Violent disorder *
Sentence
12 months custodial sentence
Involved in a mass brawl following Southampton FC v Tottenham match on 18 March 2023. Two large groups of opposing supporters clashed in a pre-arranged confrontation on Queens Terrace in Southampton, migrating to Oxford Street and the A33, throwing missiles such as glass bottles, pint glasses, chairs, bar stools, and using makeshift weapons like belts and metal poles, causing public fear including to children and disrupting traffic.
Pleaded guilty to violent disorder on 19 December 2023. Made subject of a football banning order for six years.
6 Mar 2025
cps.gov.uk
Ashley Page
Violent disorder *
Sentence
9 months custodial sentence
Involved in a mass brawl following Southampton FC v Tottenham match on 18 March 2023. Two large groups of opposing supporters clashed in a pre-arranged confrontation on Queens Terrace in Southampton, migrating to Oxford Street and the A33, throwing missiles such as glass bottles, pint glasses, chairs, bar stools, and using makeshift weapons like belts and metal poles, causing public fear including to children and disrupting traffic.
Pleaded guilty to violent disorder on 26 January 2024. Made subject of a football banning order for six years.
6 Mar 2025
cps.gov.uk
Gerry Peter Glasspool
Violent disorder *
Sentence
6 months custodial sentence
Involved in a mass brawl following Southampton FC v Tottenham match on 18 March 2023. Two large groups of opposing supporters clashed in a pre-arranged confrontation on Queens Terrace in Southampton, migrating to Oxford Street and the A33, throwing missiles such as glass bottles, pint glasses, chairs, bar stools, and using makeshift weapons like belts and metal poles, causing public fear including to children and disrupting traffic.
Pleaded guilty to violent disorder on 3 April 2024. Made subject of a football banning order for six years.
6 Mar 2025
cps.gov.uk
Thomas John Ryalls
Violent disorder *
Sentence
14 months custodial sentence
Involved in a mass brawl following Southampton FC v Tottenham match on 18 March 2023. Two large groups of opposing supporters clashed in a pre-arranged confrontation on Queens Terrace in Southampton, migrating to Oxford Street and the A33, throwing missiles such as glass bottles, pint glasses, chairs, bar stools, and using makeshift weapons like belts and metal poles, causing public fear including to children and disrupting traffic.
Pleaded guilty to violent disorder on 26 January 2024. Made subject of a football banning order for six years.
6 Mar 2025
cps.gov.uk
January 2025 1 case
Darren Andrew Halliwell
Possession of indecent images of children *
Sentence
12 months' imprisonment, suspended for two years
Darren Andrew Halliwell, 53, of Blackwater Drive, Totton, admitted possessing indecent images of children found on his iPhone 8 between 8 January and 13 July 2022. The images comprised six Category A, 22 Category B and 28 Category C, depicting children aged 3 to 12. He admitted during police interview to a sexual attraction to children. The images had been received unsolicited via online chat and kept for around 36 hours. Prior to his arrest, he had sought professional help. He had a previous conviction for similar offences in 2011.
Admitted to possession. Second conviction for similar offences; had previously received a three-year community order in 2011 for possessing over 5,000 child abuse images. In mitigation, the court heard he had sought professional rehabilitation before arrest, had been abused as a child, and a former partner's behaviour had been a trigger. Judge Recorder Don Tait warned him, 'You must realise, if you don't realise already, that you won't be able to argue this again.'
13 Jan 2025
sexoffenders.co.uk
November 2024 1 case
James Oak
Inciting a child under 13 to engage in sexual activity *
Sentence
5 years 7 months imprisonment
James Oak, 37, of Southampton, sent sexually explicit messages to a 12-year-old child in October 2023. The communications included requests for the child to send sexual images, meet him in person, and engage in sexual acts. He was charged with inciting a child under 13 to engage in sexual activity and sexual communication with a child. Oak pleaded guilty at Southampton Crown Court on 7 November 2024 and was sentenced to five years and seven months in prison. The case was investigated by Hampshire Constabulary, with PC Jen Grace praising the victim's courage.
Pleaded guilty. Made subject to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order and a restraining order. Required to register as a sex offender for life. Concurrent 12-month sentence for sexual communication with a child served alongside the primary term.
7 Nov 2024
sexoffenders.co.uk
October 2024 2 cases
Paul Wright
Sexual assault of a girl under 13 by touching and engaging in sexual communication with a child *
Sentence
two years and four months in prison
Paul Wright, aged 46, of Tyndalls, Hindhead in Surrey, sexually assaulted a 10-year-old girl known to him and her family by touching, and engaged in sexual communication with her in August 2020 in the Winchester area. He sent inappropriate messages that became sexual, requested explicit images, and used a separate social media account under a different name to contact her privately.
Convicted by jury after three-day trial. Previously pleaded not guilty. Granted 20-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order and required to sign Sex Offenders’ Register for 20 years. Previously a Registered Sex Offender.
8 Oct 2024
hampshireincidents.co.uk
Marlon Nelson
Rape *
Sentence
21 years imprisonment
Marlon Nelson offered a lift home to a then 17-year-old girl from Calmore after a night out and raped her at Testwood Recreational Ground on 11 November 2014. He was also found guilty of raping and sexually assaulting a then 20-year-old woman from Romsey at Ampfield Recreational Ground in late November 2017. The seven-day trial began on 12 July 2024.
Found guilty by jury of two counts of rape, one count of sexual assault, and one count of digital penetration. Ordered to sign the sex offenders register for life.
4 Oct 2024
hampshireincidents.co.uk
September 2024 6 cases
Darren Hendry
Attempted rape *
Sentence
7 years imprisonment
Darren Hendry attempted to rape a woman in her 30s at an address in Aldershot in December 2023. The woman tried to leave but was assaulted and struggled to breathe when Hendry picked her up by the ribs. She fought him off and left at 5am, seeking treatment at Frimley Park Hospital. He was arrested and charged with multiple offences.
Pleaded guilty to criminal damage and harassment. Found guilty of attempted rape, strangulation, and assault occasioning actual bodily harm after denying charges. Subject to 10-year restraining order and registered sex offender for life.
27 Sep 2024
hampshireincidents.co.uk
Stephen Biles
Arranging or facilitating the commission of a child sex offence *
Sentence
3 years and 9 months imprisonment
Between January and March 2020, Stephen Biles communicated online and by phone with an undercover police officer posing as an adult, discussing meeting to abuse the officer's fictional 9-year-old niece at a hotel. Arrested on 1 April 2020 at his home in Riverside, Ringwood. Devices seized contained 52 Category C indecent images of children.
Pleaded guilty to making indecent images of children; found guilty at trial of two counts of arranging or facilitating the commission of a child sex offence. Made subject to an indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order and ordered to sign the Sex Offenders Register indefinitely. Judge remarked on prolonged exchange of messages and that Biles couldn’t let the prospect of meeting a child go.
27 Sep 2024
hampshireincidents.co.uk
Ashik Ali
Theft *
Sentence
4 weeks imprisonment
Ashik Ali, 50, of West View House in Hyde Gate, Hyde, stole four packets of perfume from John Lewis in Southampton on May 23 and a skin care gift set the next day, with the items totalling £635 in value. He was caught, pleaded guilty to the offences, and has a history of previous convictions.
Pleaded guilty on September 10. Numerous previous convictions were cited, and it was concluded that the offences are so serious that only a custodial sentence can be justified.
10 Sep 2024
hampshirechronicle.co.uk
Luke Ross Cromar
Rape and coercive and controlling behaviour *
Sentence
nine years in prison
From summer 2022, Luke Ross Cromar, 30, of Bramley Crescent, Southampton, subjected a woman in her 30s to mental and physical abuse, monitoring her whereabouts via a smart speaker in her home, assaulting and threatening her, causing fear of violence, and forcing her to have sex under threat of violence and assault. Police called by victim in January 2024. Investigation by Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary’s Western Operation Amberstone team led to arrest and charges.
Pleaded not guilty to vaginal rape, oral rape, assault by penetration and coercive and controlling behaviour but found guilty by jury following trial. Eight years for the charges plus an additional year for breaching an existing suspended sentence.
6 Sep 2024
hampshireincidents.co.uk
Thomas Antony Drew
Rape *
Sentence
Not stated
Thomas Antony Drew, 26, of Golden Grove, raped a woman at a house in Southampton earlier in 2024.
Appeared at court for the rape of a woman at a house in Southampton earlier this year.
5 Sep 2024
hampshireincidents.co.uk
Tristan Clamp
Multiple sexual offences *
Sentence
4 years 6 months imprisonment
Tristan Clamp committed a series of sexual offences against women and girls over more than ten years, between January 2010 and August 2021. Offences included taking and possessing indecent photographs and pseudo-photographs of children, voyeurism, operating equipment beneath the clothing of another person without their consent, and possession of a paedophile manual, which the judge called an 'abominable document'. The victim provided a personal statement detailing severe psychological harm.
Judge described Clamp as a 'deceitful and deviant offender', doubting genuineness of remorse. Extended licence period of 7.5 years, restraining orders, and indefinite sexual harm prevention order also imposed.
1 Sep 2024
sexoffenders.co.uk
August 2024 4 cases
Bradley Wyatt
Exceeding a variable speed limit *
Sentence
£266 fine, three points on licence, and £502 total payments
Bradley Wyatt was driving a Ford on the M27 westbound between junction 10 and 9 near Fareham at 57mph, exceeding the 50mph speed limit in force on March 19, 2024. He was caught by an automatic camera device and admitted the charge at court.
Admitted the charge and avoided a driving ban.
28 Aug 2024
dailyecho.co.uk
Aiden Hopkins
Being concerned in the supply of cocaine *
Sentence
4 years imprisonment
On 13 June 2024, at around 9.30pm, police stopped a Skoda Rapid driven southbound on the A34 towards Winchester by Aiden Hopkins. A search under Section 23 of the Misuse of Drugs Act revealed quantities of suspected Class A drugs in the sunglasses holder and behind the handbrake. Police seized his mobile phone. A search of his home in Howe Road, Gosport, uncovered further Class A drugs, drug paraphernalia, and a dismantled 12 gauge shotgun in a wardrobe. Analysis of phone messages indicated involvement in drug supply.
Entered guilty pleas to all charges. Detective Sergeant Lisa Robins highlighted the priority of tackling drugs supply linked to violence and anti-social behaviour.
27 Aug 2024
hampshireincidents.co.uk
Mark Hardiman
Possession of class B drugs *
Sentence
Fined £80 and costs £85
Mark Hardiman, 43, of Shepherds Road, Winnall, was found in possession of a small bag of amphetamine and a quantity of herbal cannabis in Winchester on February 5, 2024.
Pleaded guilty; drugs seized and destroyed.
23 Aug 2024
hampshirechronicle.co.uk
Mark Cummins
Failing to comply with a notice to maintain land *
Sentence
£333 fine, £133 victim surcharge, and £1,000 costs, totaling £1,466
Mark Cummins failed to comply with a council notice served on April 4, 2024, which ordered him to remove waste and untidy items from his land in Eastleigh. He did not carry out the requirements, leading to his appearance in court where he admitted the charge.
Admitted the charge and will pay the total in monthly instalments.
21 Aug 2024
dailyecho.co.uk

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