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Life imprisonment for murder The partner of Sharon Perrett, from Christchurch, has been jailed for life after being convicted of her murder. Sharon, aged 37, was found dead at her home in Park Gardens in the early hours of Sunday 26 August 2018. Her partner Daniel O’Malley-Keyes, of Chestnut Avenue in Bournemouth, was found guilty of murder following a 13-day trial at Winchester Crown Court. He was sentenced on 30 May to life in prison with a minimum term of 18 years.
Ex-youth football coach sentenced An ex-youth football coach who carried out a 20 year campaign of sexual abuse while working at two major English football clubs has been sentenced to 24 years and 3 months imprisonment at Winchester Crown Court for the abuse of boys. Bob Higgins, 66, abused youngsters who crossed his path while he was coaching at Southampton Football Club and Peterborough United between 1971 and 1996. The jury at Bournemouth Crown Court heard how Higgins used his notoriety and the power that came with his coaching role to gain their trust as well as exploiting the trust of their parents.
Knife attack precipitated by social media arguments: woman receives five-and-a-half years
Toyah Louise Holmes, aged 22 of Bridlebank Way in Weymouth, was sentenced at Bournemouth Crown Court on 21 June for inflicting grievous bodily harm with intent. She was found guilty following a trial at the same court in March 2019. The incident occurred in Ranelagh Road in October 2018. Holmes had met her victim, a local woman who was 19 at the time, around a month earlier and the pair had been engaged in arguments over social media.
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VIEWPOINT July 2019
Men jailed following two separate Boscombe stabbings Two Bournemouth men are behind bars in connection with two separate stabbing attacks in the same month in Boscombe. Nicholas David Pike, also known as Nicholas Kelly, 32 and of Palmerston Road, and John Paul Williams, 28 and of Christchurch Road, were sentenced at Bournemouth Crown Court on 6 June. Pike was jailed for a total of 12 years for two offences of causing grievous bodily harm with intent. Williams was jailed for nine years for one offence of causing grievous bodily harm with intent and 16 months in relation to a robbery at Kings Park in Bournemouth to run concurrently.
Wimborne man jailed for knifepoint robberies A Wimborne man has been jailed for six and a half years for robbing at knifepoint two taxi drivers in Bournemouth. Kyrin Lane, 29, of Fairfield Road, was sentenced at Bournemouth Crown Court on 24 June 2019 after admitting two counts of robbery and two charges of threatening another with an offensive weapon. At around 12.50am on 9 December 2018 the defendant got into a taxi and requested a lift to the area of St Clements Road. On arrival, Lane produced a knife and held it to the taxi driver’s throat. He demanded money from the victim, who handed over more than £120, before fleeing. At around 3am, Lane and another man got into another taxi
requesting a lift to Southbourne. After a short distance, Lane again produced a knife and told the driver: “Give me the money now or I will kill you.” Fearing for his life, the driver ran to safety. Lane was arrested in Boscombe on 10 December. In the room where he was detained, a mobile phone belonging to the second taxi driver was located. Detective Constable Clare Cassidy, of Bournemouth CID, said, “Kyrin Lane subjected two taxi drivers who were just carrying out their work to terrifying ordeals. I am pleased that through our investigations we were able to quickly identify Lane as the offender for these robberies and bring him before the court.”
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