Winchester Crown Court Sentencing Results

Between May 23 and June 7, 2025, 22-year-old Jesse Brazil, of Rectory Road in Hook, stalked a woman by sending multiple messages and photos of genitals, creating social media accounts to interact with her online, turning up at her home address on May 27, calling the police on May 25 to inform them he was outside the victim's address despite knowing he shouldn't be there, and contacting the victim's mum on three occasions with threats to burn down her house, stab her, and telling her to call the police as he was on her road. He also made threats toward the victim's son.

Kieran Farrell was involved in a plot to smuggle over 600kg of cocaine into the UK, worth £44-64 million, using a 13-metre rigid hulled inflatable boat from a container ship in the English Channel. The operation was intercepted by police on 8 July 2024 near the River Itchen in Southampton, where cocaine was found in a van and on the boat.

Sean Feenan was involved in a plot to smuggle over 600kg of cocaine into the UK, worth £44-64 million, using a 13-metre rigid hulled inflatable boat from a container ship in the English Channel. The operation was intercepted by police on 8 July 2024 near the River Itchen in Southampton, where cocaine was found in a van and on the boat.

Thomas Walker was involved in a plot to smuggle over 600kg of cocaine into the UK, worth £44-64 million, using a 13-metre rigid hulled inflatable boat from a container ship in the English Channel. The operation was intercepted by police on 8 July 2024 near the River Itchen in Southampton, where cocaine was found in a van and on the boat.

Stephen Lawlor was involved in a plot to smuggle over 600kg of cocaine into the UK, worth £44-64 million, using a 13-metre rigid hulled inflatable boat from a container ship in the English Channel. The operation was intercepted by police on 8 July 2024 near the River Itchen in Southampton, where cocaine was found in a van and on the boat.

Stephen Lock was involved in a plot to smuggle over 600kg of cocaine into the UK, worth £44-64 million, using a 13-metre rigid hulled inflatable boat from a container ship in the English Channel. The operation was intercepted by police on 8 July 2024 near the River Itchen in Southampton, where cocaine was found in a van and on the boat.

Reiss Stanley was involved in a plot to smuggle over 600kg of cocaine into the UK, worth £44-64 million, using a 13-metre rigid hulled inflatable boat from a container ship in the English Channel. He was driving a van that fled the scene, containing approximately 150kg of cocaine, and was intercepted by police on 8 July 2024 near the River Itchen in Southampton.

Daniel Bowen was involved in a plot to smuggle over 600kg of cocaine into the UK, worth £44-64 million, using a 13-metre rigid hulled inflatable boat from a container ship in the English Channel. The operation was intercepted by police on 8 July 2024 near the River Itchen in Southampton, where cocaine was found in a van and on the boat.

At around 2am on Saturday, March 29, Harrison Munday drove a car towards a group of people in Gurkha Square car park in Fleet, discharged an air rifle from his car, and fled the scene. A man in his 20s was injured, suffering injuries to his face, hand, and foot.

James Nash, 40, of Marlborough, controlled his ex-partner between October 1, 2022, and February 1, 2024, by repeatedly checking her phone, calling her obsessively at work, turning up unannounced at her workplace, demanding proof of her whereabouts and companions, accusing her of cheating, forcing her to enable live location sharing on her phone, dictating who she could and couldn’t speak to, and taking control of the key to her property. This behaviour left her feeling frightened, helpless, and trapped, impacting her confidence and daily life, and she required counselling as a result.

Matthew Heyward was employed by E.ON and later British Gas. Between 2011 and 2015, he accepted bribes from sub-contractor companies working on energy projects, including payments, transfer of vehicle ownership, false references and wage slips for mortgage and rental applications, hotel stays, and an air-conditioning unit. He funnelled payments through business accounts and provided fake invoices to conceal the true nature of the payments.

Timothy Neil Paterson, director of RK Civil Engineering Ltd, paid over £2 million in bribes to Mark Baker and Matthew Heyward between 2011 and 2015 to secure commercial contracts with E.ON and British Gas, particularly on projects at Cranbrook near Exeter. Bribes took forms including payments, transfer of vehicle ownership, false references, wage slips for applications, hotel stays, and an air-conditioning unit.

Andrew Mark Blunsdon, of Priddy Engineering Services Ltd, paid over £2 million in bribes to Mark Baker and Matthew Heyward between 2011 and 2015 to secure commercial contracts with E.ON and British Gas, particularly on projects at Cranbrook near Exeter. Bribes took forms including payments, transfer of vehicle ownership, false references, wage slips for applications, hotel stays, and an air-conditioning unit.

Tobias Gleed was arrested in September 2022 as part of a Counter Terrorism Policing South West investigation. Officers seized digital devices containing extreme right-wing terrorist publications. He promoted and distributed the content to others online through messaging applications. Following a two-week trial, he was convicted of four offences of possessing a document likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism, two offences of distributing terrorist publications, and two offences of providing a service enabling others to obtain, read or listen to a terrorist publication.

On November 24, 2023, at around 5pm, a bailiff was seizing Russell Bishop's black Mercedes outside his home address in Masterson Close, Aldershot. Bishop jumped on top of the bailiff's recovery truck and reversed the Mercedes off the back, driving over the bailiff and causing serious leg injuries including a broken tibia and fibula. The victim required surgery at Frimley Park Hospital where a metal rod was attached to his right ankle and right knee. Bishop continued driving at speed, abandoned the car at West Hope’s Grant Road, and was arrested at his home address.

Daniel Fox, 37, of Hyde Gate, Winchester, stole more than £1,000 worth of steak from Waitrose in Stockbridge Road, Weeke on August 13, 2024, and £239 worth of fragrances from Boots in Winchester High Street on October 1, 2024, as part of six counts of shoplifting committed between July and November 2024 to fund his drug addiction. He was arrested and pleaded guilty at Basingstoke Magistrates’ Court before being sentenced at Winchester Crown Court.

Sasha Weeks, 23, of Dawlish Road, Reading, was involved in money laundering related to a fraud scheme where a group operated from the Reading area between February and September 2021, targeting elderly people across multiple counties. The group used courier fraud by posing as police officers to scam victims out of cash and jewellery worth at least £416,000.

Victoria Mooney, 34, of Bath Road, Padworth, Reading, was involved in money laundering related to a fraud scheme where a group operated from the Reading area between February and September 2021, targeting elderly people across multiple counties. The group used courier fraud by posing as police officers to scam victims out of cash and jewellery worth at least £416,000.