CRIMINALS jailed in June include heartless thieves, dangerous drivers and thugs who robbed someone at knifepoint.
The list below includes some of the offenders that were put behind bars by judges during June.
Two offenders who are currently serving prison sentences were also given further sentences.
The offenders' names and a summary of what led to them appearing in the dock are as follows:
Thief stole charity collection box in ‘unacceptable’ crime
A THIEF who stole a charity collection box and burgled a property in Dorset has been jailed.
Dylan Leslie Brewer, aged 39, of Orchard Court in Gillingham, appeared at Poole Magistrates’ Court on Friday June 18 and pleaded guilty to burglary and theft. He was sentenced to 32 weeks in prison.
At around 2.45am on Monday, May 17 the victim woke up in his property on Hyde Road and went downstairs to discover his living room door was open.
A 32-inch television and a remote control were missing from the address.
An examination of the scene was carried out by police and fingerprints were recovered from a lead that had been connected to the television, as well as a door handle. These fingerprints were found to be a match for Brewer.
Brewer was arrested on Tuesday, May 18 in connection with the burglary.
At around 11.55am on Monday, May 17 Brewer entered Cavell Cleaning on the High Street and spoke to a member of staff at the till. He asked whether the shop repaired shoes and he was told no and directed to shops nearby.
A few days later staff at the shop realised that a charity box for Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance had been stolen.
When they checked their CCTV system, the defendant was captured on footage stealing the charity box and was identified by an officer as Brewer.
Neighbourhood Inspector Simon Perry, of North and East Dorset police, said: “It is unacceptable for someone to steal personal property and money that was intended to go to charity.
“I am pleased that through the investigations conducted we were able to identify Brewer as the culprit and bring him before the court to face justice for his actions.”
Driver jailed after crash left boy with life-changing injuries
Daniel James Jeff's actions caused a boy to suffer life-changing injuries after a “monumental misjudgement” has been jailed.
His actions when he crashed into the pedestrian in Melbury Avenue, Poole, had “catastrophic consequences”.
Despite seeing the child in the road, he did not apply the brake, instead sounding his horn.
Following the initial impact, the boy was carried on the bonnet of Jeff’s car before being thrown from the vehicle.
He was rushed to hospital and underwent emergency operations having sustained serious injuries, including a brain injury.
Jeff, 28, failed to stop at the scene of the collision, instead driving on and asking his partner, who was in the car, to call police.
The offender returned to his home where he was arrested and found to be over the drug driving limit for cannabis psychoactive constituent THC.
Prosecuting, Victoria Lovett said the defendant was at the wheel of his Mercedes A180 on August 21 last year when the incident took place.
CCTV of the crash was played in court and showed the defendant fail to slow down when the boy was in front of him in the road.
The court heard Jeff, of Tollard Close, Poole, sounded his horn but did not apply the brake.
He was travelling between 24mph and 30mph prior to the crash, with sufficient space to stop his vehicle in time, Ms Lovett said.
At a Bournemouth Crown Court sentencing hearing on June 16, Judge Brian Forster QC said the case was so serious that immediate custody was the only option available and he jailed the defendant for 28 months.
Three jailed for knifepoint robbery
Tyler O’Callaghan, 19 and of no fixed abode, Kariem Adbel-Halin, 19 and of Bingham Road in Verwood and 19-year-old Scott Knight, also known as Scott Purchase and of Portfield Road in Christchurch, were sentenced at Bournemouth Crown Court on Friday 18 June 2021.
O’Callaghan had previously admitted offences of robbery, possession of a bladed article and two counts of possession with intent to supply a controlled drug of class A. He was sentenced to a jail term of four years and six months.
Adbel-Halin had previously admitted offences of robbery and possession of a bladed article. He was handed a jail term of four years and four months.
Knight had previously admitted an offence of robbery and was jailed for four years and two months.
At around 9pm on Thursday, November 12 2020 the victim – a local man aged in his 20s – was walking on Glen Fern Road while carrying a rucksack when a group of men came from a nearby car park and approached him.
One of the group tried to grab his bag, before punching him to the left side of his face. The rucksack containing a Sony speaker and a set of keys was stolen.
O’Callaghan lunged at the victim and stabbed him with a large bladed knife and as the group ran away, the victim realised he was bleeding from a wound in his leg. The ambulance service attended and he was taken to hospital for treatment. The victim has since undergone intensive physiotherapy and will continue treatment for several more months.
Following the incident, the men got into a Citroen car and left the area.
Crime scene investigators attended the scene and completed a forensic examination and a number of items were seized, including a silver-coloured section of a Citroen badge.
At around 11.15pm on Saturday, November 14 2020 officers stopped a Citroen car matching the description of the one used in the robbery on Drummond Road. O’Callaghan was a rear seat passenger and was arrested in connection with the robbery. He was searched and found to be in possession of a quantity of drugs.
The vehicle was seized and a Sony speaker and set of keys matching the descriptions of the items stolen were recovered.
Adbel-Halin and Knight were arrested the following day on Sunday 15 November 2020. A search of both their addresses located clothing that matched the descriptions of what was worn by the group on the night of the robbery.
Detective Constable Ian Caddy, of Bournemouth CID, said: “This was a very frightening incident that has had a significant long-lasting impact on the victim, both mentally and physically.
“I would like to praise the victim for the courage he has shown while supporting our enquiries.
“I am pleased that through our investigation we were able to identify the culprits and bring them before the court to face justice for their actions.”
Driver ‘mowed down’ woman with his car
A MAN who “mowed down” a woman in a car, breaking her tibia and ankle, four days before beating a man with a bottle and a torch has been jailed.
Aiden Goodenough, 29, drove a car into Brooke Spiteri outside the Co-op store in Holdenhurst Road, Bournemouth, on November 10, 2019.
Four days later, Goodenough then beat Jordan Olive outside an address in Charminster Road, causing him to suffer a laceration to the face, bruising to the skull and a broken finger.
The defendant was found guilty of causing grievous bodily harm with intent for the attack on Ms Spiteri and pleaded guilty to causing GBH to Mr Olive on the basis it was self-defence that went too far.
Prosecuting, Rupert Russell said: “Ms Spiteri had been out with a group of friends and went to the Co-Op at 4am.
“Whilst she was there, Goodenough turned up in a car, four people were in the car.”
Mr Russell said an argument broke out which resulted in a brawl, which Ms Spiteri broke up, before Goodenough drove away.
Ms Spiteri went back inside the store when the car returned. After an exchange of words, Goodenough drove the vehicle into her, fracturing her tibia and ankle – injuries she is still having operative care for today – before driving away.
On November 14, Goodenough was at an address in Charminster Road when Jordan Olive, the brother of Liam Olive who was involved in the first incident, started yelling at the defendant.
The defendant responded, saying he was “going to kill” Mr Olive and “you’re dead”, the court heard.
Mr Olive entered the building with a torch when Goodenough, who had been drinking, came downstairs with a champagne bottle.
The pair wrestled outside before Goodenough took the torch, striking him several times before the victim found refuge in a pub.
As well as being sentenced to ten years in prison, Goodenough was banned from driving for three years.
Jailed stalker hid phone to secretly contact family in Southampton
A prisoner serving time for stalking and assault hid a phone in his cell in order to contact his Southampton family during the pandemic, a court heard.
Serving inmate at Dorset's HMP Portland, Lewis Ball-Smith, 22, was escorted to a room for a search following a tip-off that he had a mobile phone at 8.45am on August 14, 2020.
Prosecuting, Richard Oakley, explained the ‘serious offence’ to Weymouth Magistrates’ Court.
He said: “The defendant entered a cell and asked for a tissue and bag and he provided a mobile phone and handed this over to the prison officers.
Ball-Smith is currently serving a seven-and-a-half-year prison sentence for stalking, assaulting a man with a tyre iron and being in possession of cocaine and heroin. He was jailed in November 2019.
Mr Rigby, mitigating, explained Ball-Smith's family, who reside in Southampton, have had ‘an ongoing problem with travelling’ and limited chances to visit. Ball-Smith wanted to keep in touch with them via the phone, he told the court.
Ball-Smith was issued an eight-week prison sentence to run concurrently with his existing imprisonment. He was ordered to pay £128 victim surcharge and the device will be destroyed.
Jailed animal trader given further sentence
Peter Graham Harman ran two fraudulent puppy-selling businesses - namely for the sale of unlawfully imported cropped and docked puppies from Serbia - making almost £1 million.
Harman, who lived in Weymouth while running his fraudulent puppy business, was sentenced at Bournemouth Crown Court to 28 months in prison on May 18 this year after pleading guilty to misleading customers through false advertisement and the sale of cropped and docked Doberman and Cane Corso puppies between May 24 and June 26, 2018.
He also admitted knowingly and intently evading the provisions of rabies for 25 Doberman puppies between the dates May 25 and July 12, 2018, and unlawfully imported puppies while falsely claiming they were rabies-free to customers.
On multiple occasions Harman deliberately provided false information of the delivery location of Doberman puppies between May 1 and July 7, 2019.
Harman has been sentenced to an additional 21 days to be served concurrently with his prison sentence for not paying a fine of £4,351.77 which had been imposed on April 11, 2019.
The rogue puppy trader will also serve an additional 14 days to be served concurrently in default of a £574 fine imposed on December 30, 2020.
Harman will serve the additional 35 days concurrently to his present sentence in lieu of payments.
The combined fines total of £4,925.77 were imposed in relation to Harman's offences between May 24 2018 and July 7 2019.
Harman committed the offences while running his businesses UK Dobermans and UK Cane Corsos, which were based in Shaftesbury.
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