Daily Echo | Crime

£131,000 fraudster must repay £14,000

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:31:35 +0000

AN office worker, who ripped off her employers for more than £100,000, has been ordered to pay just a fraction of the cash.

Serial burglar wins sentence appeal

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:40:00 +0000

A SOUTHAMPTON criminal who has been burgling since he was only 15 has had his latest prison sentence cut at the Court of Appeal.

Powerboat joyrider is jailed

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:30:00 +0000

A MAN caused about £15,000 damage after he took a £250,000 powerboat for a joy ride around a Hampshire marina.

Burglars strike at city home

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:20:00 +0000

ALCOHOL and a camera were stolen in a break in home in Kent Road, in Portswood, and stolen a Casio camera valued at £100 and bottles of wine and gin worth £180.

Redknapp cleared of tax evasion

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:38:40 +0000

FORMER Saints boss Harry Redknapp has been cleared of tax evasion.

Police splash out to protect coast

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:00:00 +0000

POLICE chiefs are splashing out £1.2m on a fleet of boats to protect Hampshire’s coastline, the Daily Echo can reveal.

Benefits cheat spent £3,700 in swindled cash on drink

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:20:00 +0000

AN ARMY veteran swindled £3,797 in benefits by faking a letter from his landlord and spent it on drink, a court heard.

Rock star avoids driving ban

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:30:00 +0000

A ROCK star who earns up to £100,000 a year has avoided a driving ban after pleading “exceptional hardship” to magistrates.

Drug dealer behind bars

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:00:00 +0000

A ROMSEY man, who admitted supplying close friends and associates with cocaine, was jailed for 18 months.

Police station front office to close

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:40:00 +0000

ANOTHER Hampshire police station is closing to the public.

Drugs raid arrests

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:20:00 +0000

TWO men have been arrested in continuing raids to stop the supply of Class A drugs in Southampton.

£20,000 jewellery theft

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:50:00 +0000

THIEVES broke into a woman’s home and stole about £20,000 worth of jewellery.

Double break-in

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:50:00 +0000

A NEW Forest man broke into the same house twice within a few days, Southampton Crown Court heard.

Football tax probe beset by problems

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:45:12 +0000

The biggest police tax probe into Premier League corruption has been beset with problems from the start.

Mandaric acquitted of second tax charge

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:47:36 +0000

Milan Mandaric was tried and acquitted of another tax fiddling charge at Portsmouth, it can be revealed today.