CRIMINALS jailed in November for Dorset offences include a rapist, an arsonist and three members of the same family involved in perverting the course of justice.
The courts are continuing to operate and deal with cases, including jury trials, despite coronavirus restrictions continuing to affect many parts of daily life.
The list below includes some of the offenders that were put behind bars by judges last month.
Their combined sentences totalled 40 years and six months in jail although some of them could be released part way through their terms of imprisonment on licence.
All of the criminals committed offences in Dorset, with the cases heard at either Bournemouth Crown Court or Salisbury Crown Court.
The offenders' names and a summary of what led to them appearing in the dock are as follows:
Andrew Hatchard, Joanne Hatchard and Hayley Hatchard
Three family members have been jailed after perverting the course of justice following a stabbing in 2018.
Andrew, 37, and Joanne Hatchard, 60, sought to pay Hayley Hatchard, 33, and Stuart Dominey £1,000 each to retract their statements after Andrew Hatchard stabbed Mr Dominey following an altercation in October 2018.
Andrew Hatchard, of Bowden Road, Poole, was also sentenced for inflicting wounds with intent to cause grievous bodily harm at Bournemouth Crown Court on November 13.
Andrew Hatchard was sentenced by Judge Brian Forster QC to consecutive prison terms for the two offences, lasting a total of four years and three months.
Judge Forster QC jailed Hayley Hatchard, of Douglas Gardens, Poole, and Joanne Hatchard, Pilsdon Drive, Poole, for 12 months.
Emma Elizabeth Rhodes
A woman who stole £437,000 from her employer to bankroll a house renovation and fund a lavish lifestyle has been jailed for five years.
Emma Elizabeth Rhodes, of Manor Lane, Verwood, stole the money over a two-and-a-half year period from Norco Holdings, a group of companies in Dorset that employ around 150 people.
When police raided her home she was living in a caravan and wooden chalet at the rear of the property, while her house was being extensively rebuilt and modified.
Officers also found documents relating to the purchase of an £80,000 Range Rover Sport and a receipt for a £8,300 Rolex watch.
Rhodes, who only changed her plea to guilty at the last minute, even tried to blame her employer for being complicit in the theft – an allegation which was completely unfounded.
She had also used her ill-gotten gains to pay for luxury hotel breaks, holidays in the sun and skiing trips. The only available assets recovered were two shotguns and a diamond ring.
The 37-year-old had been set to go to trial at Bournemouth Crown Court, but on November 2 she pleaded guilty to an offence of fraud. She was handed down the prison sentence at the same court on November 20.
Benjamin Thabo Carruthers
A masked knifeman who stabbed a shop worker in a violent attempted robbery has been jailed for four years and 10 months.
Benjamin Thabo Carruthers, 40, of no fixed address, entered Wallisdown News in Wallisdown Road, Bournemouth and pulled a balaclava down over his face on Friday November 29 last year.
He produced a knife and pointed it at the shop worker, before demanding money.
The victim took a box of paper that was nearby and hit Carruthers’ hands with it in an attempt to knock the knife out of his hand.
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Carruthers, who was sentenced at Bournemouth Crown Court on November 24, grabbed the victim around the neck and lunged toward him with the knife.
He pleaded guilty at a previous hearing to offences of attempted robbery, assault and possession of an offensive weapon in a public place.
Carruthers was also sentenced in relation to an offence of assault by beating that occurred on January 11 in St John’s Road in Boscombe and controlling and coercive behaviour that occurred in February 2018.
David Hamblen
A dangerous drink and drug driver who seriously injured three generations of a family in a horrific late-night crash has been jailed for 16 months.
David Hamblen collided with the family's car as he lost control at speed in Bournemouth.
Bournemouth Crown Court heard that Beverley Rooker, her daughter Joanne Haydon and teenage granddaughter Ellena-Jane Haydon were on their way home from a trip to Bournemouth's Pavilion Theatre when the crash took place in West Way on November 23 last year.
They had been to see The Magic of Motown, which had been a Mother's Day present.
Hamblen, 36, of Pine Road, Bournemouth, admitted three offences of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
He also pleaded guilty to drink driving and three offences of drug driving on the same occasion.
Dorset Police do not hold a custody image of Hamblen.
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Ashleigh Jordan Pegg
A man who assaulted and threatened a woman in a domestic violence incident has been jailed for more than two years.
Ashleigh Jordan Pegg, aged 29, formerly of Moorfield Grove, Bournemouth, and most recently of Hornsea Road, Driffield, Yorkshire, admitted committing offences of affray and assault by beating at a Dorset address on the evening of Sunday, June 28.
While criminal court proceedings had begun in relation to these offences, he went on to breach a condition of his bail by contacting the victim.
Pegg was jailed for 24 months for the affray, four months concurrent for the assault by beating and two months consecutive for the bail breach – an overall sentence of 26 months imprisonment - at Bournemouth Crown Court for sentencing on November 5.
Guy Laurence Andrew
A man who wore a bright red wig, a red coat and leggings set fire to a second-hand furniture stop in a Halloween attack.
Guy Laurence Andrew, 52, of Garfield Avenue in Bournemouth, was found guilty of committing arson with intent to endanger life at Bournemouth Crown Court on October 1.
He was put behind bars for four years at Salisbury Crown Court on November 20.
At 11.57pm on October 31, 2019, members of the public walked past South Coast Living on Christchurch Road and noticed there were items inside ablaze. One of them smashed the window and removed the items that were on fire.
Officers viewed CCTV and identified a man on a bicycle stop, who stopped in the pedestrian area next to the shop.
Calvin Kwadwo Nyamekye
A dangerous driver was “fortunate no one was killed” when he crashed head-on with another car on the Bournemouth Pier Approach flyover.
Calvin Kwadwo Nyamekye, who was at the wheel of a Volvo XC90 with five passengers onboard, appeared shocked and confused when a judge jailed him for eight months on November 6.
Footage of the Bath Road collision showed how the Volvo flipped onto its roof while the Vauxhall Corsa being used by pizza delivery driver Daniel Mocanu spun after the impact and came to rest very close to crash barrier.
Prosecuting, Mike Mason told a hearing at Bournemouth Crown Court it was fortunate that neither vehicle came to fall off the sheer drop into the Lower Gardens or Pier Approach.
Dorset Police do not hold a custody image of Nyamekye.
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Muhammed Iqbal Vincent
A man was jailed for possession of class A drugs with intent to supply after police stopped him in his Audi TT in Bournemouth.
Muhammed Iqbal Vincent, 26, of Columbia Road, Bournemouth, was sentenced to three years in prison at Bournemouth Crown Court on November 20 after admitting two charges of possessing class A drugs with intent to supply.
At around 10pm on July 20, 2018, officers stopped his silver Audi TT on Blandford Road, Bournemouth.
A search was carried out and hidden in a green Smint tin officers found 29 wraps of what appeared to be class A drugs. They were analysed with 19 found to contain crack cocaine and 10 containing heroin.
The defendant was arrested and officers subsequently carried out a search of his address in Astbury Avenue, Poole, where they found more than £5,000 in cash.
Mobile phones were seized from the defendant and submitted for data analysis.
Messages were found on the phones that also appeared to contain messages relating to the supply of drugs.
Jonathan William Tagart
A burglar who had three kitchen knives in his possesion was sentenced to 12 months in prison at Bournemouth Crown Court on November 20.
At around 4.45am on October 21, Dorset Police received a report of an alarm sounding at WHSmith on St Thomas Street, Weymouth.
A dog handler who was on duty in the area responded and found a glass door to the shop has been damaged.
The officer entered the store with his dog and Jonathan William Tagart, aged 41 and of Park Estate Road, Portland, was located on the first floor. Another officer attended to assist and Tagart was arrested at the scene.
He was searched and found to be in possession of three kitchen knives.
A number of bags were subsequently located inside the store into which an estimated £1,300 worth of tobacco had been loaded.
Tagart admitted burglary and possession of a bladed article.
Eric Alan Amey
A successful businessman who was well-known in his community under the nickname 'Giant' was sentenced on November 9 at Bournemouth Crown Court after being convicted of four counts of indecent assault of a child aged under 12.
Eric Alan Amey's offences occurred on one occasion at some time between July 10, 1984, and July 10, 1988, in the Puddletown and Crossways areas.
Police officers said they hoped the jail sentence of 92-year-old Amey, of Puddletown, would give some sense of closure to the victim and her relatives.
Amey was sentenced to five years and three months in prison at Bournemouth Crown Court on November 9. He has also been placed on the Sex Offenders Register for life.
Dorset Police do not hold a custody image of Amey.
James Connell Loveman
Rapist James Connell Loveman sexually assaulted an 11-year-old girl and then cycled away from the scene
The 23-year-old, of Portland, attacked the girl in the Old Windmill near Easton on a night in August last year.
Loveman was convicted of rape and assault by penetration following a trial at Bournemouth Crown Court in September.
He had previously admitted an offence of sexual assault of a female aged under 13.
He was jailed for seven years at Bournemouth Crown Court on November 27.
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