Antony M. Brown has been shortlisted for the CWA Margery Allingham Short Mystery Competition, and Eastleigh News (virtually) sat down with him for a feature interview.
Crime writer from Eastleigh shortlisted for top award
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Category: Crime
Archive of Crime Stories in Eastleigh News area from December 2009 including burglary, robbery, assault and ASB.
CCTV operator spotted park attack
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The quick work of one of the Council’s Eastleigh town centre CCTV operators alerted the Police to an assault and also provided vital evidence that led to the conviction a 20-year-old man. Jeremy Blake Simmons of no fixed abode pleaded guilty to a number of offences at Southampton Crown Court last September. He…
Eastleigh man convicted in £36 million swindle
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An Eastleigh man has been convicted for his part in conning elderly victims out of their life-savings in a £36 million fraud while he and his accomplice lived lavish styles; buying sports cars including a Bentley Continental GT.
Eastleigh hit by spate of shed break-ins
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Police offer crime prevention advice after thefts from outbuildings Police in Eastleigh are warning residents they should take steps to ensure their outbuildings are secure after a spate in thefts from sheds and garages in the area over the past fortnight. The police say their officers will be ‘vigilant while on patrol’ and have issued…
Fake cop tried to scam 80 year-old
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Police warn that elderly Eastleigh folk are being targeted by scam callers.Police are warning local residents in Eastleigh and Hedge End district about courier fraud scam after a man posing as a police officer tried to scam an elderly man. The victim who is in his 80s and lives in Eastleigh was contacted by a…
‘No further action’ over death of Chandler’s Ford man
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The two men arrested on suspicion of the murder of a Chandler’s Ford last year will face no further action the Crown Prosecution Service has said.
Police hunt Fleming Park flasher
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Police have released an e-fit to try and trace a man in a hi-vis vest who indecently exposed himself to a 16-year-old girl in Eastleigh. The incident happened in Fleming Park between 3pm and 4pm on Wednesday 29 January. Police are asking anyone with information to call 101.
Burglaries up in Central Eastleigh
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Despite 193 town centre burglaries during 2019 only two suspects charged figures show. The number of burglaries committed in Eastleigh has skyrocketed compared to last year, according to the most recent crime statistics. In January 2020 there were 34 burglaries- a 386% increase compared to April 2019 when there was seven. Meanwhile the Eastleigh Central…
Eastleigh man robbed of £1,000
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A Eastleigh man has been robbed of £1,000 while he was in his flat. Police are appealing for information into a robbery that happened between 9.15pm and 9.35pm at an address on Twyford Road on Sunday 8 March. Two men entered the flat with their faces covered. The men assaulted the occupant and stole…
Please turn our lights back on!
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Eastleigh break-in victims launch petition after Hampshire’s green policies leave them in the dark.
Police charge man over betting shop robberies
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Police investigating armed robberies at bookies in Eastleigh and Chandler’s Ford have charged a man. The charges relate to four robberies at betting shops in Hampshire where cash was stolen from each of the premises. Daniel Sharpe, 26, of no fixed address, has been charged with four counts of robbery and four counts of possession…
Police Commissioner proposes precept rise
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Michael Lane asks Hampshire residents to back £10 a year rise in an online pollHampshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner has launched an online poll asking residents if they are prepared an extra £10 a year for their local policing by taking part in an online survey. The Government has announced that Police and Crime Commissioner’s…
Teens charged over Hedge End ‘Key Safe’ burglaries
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Two teenagers have been charged with conspiracy to commit burglaries in Hedge End and Southampton that were effected by forcibly opening ‘key safes’.
West End suffers ‘spate’ of vehicle break-ins
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Officers are appealing for information following a spate of thefts from vehicles and an attempted burglary in West End. Between 1am and 3.30am on Saturday (6 June) 12 vehicles were targeted while they were parked along Ivy Lane and Eden Close. Access was gained to the vehicles and various items were stolen, such as…
Police seek men after car break-ins in Chandler’s Ford and West End
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Multiple addresses were targeted overnight on May 14Police have issued CCTV images of men they wish to speak to following a series of vehicle break-ins overnight on May 14 that occurred at a number of addresses in Chandler’s Ford, Valley Park and West End. The spree started at Crossways, off Chalvington Road in Chandlers Ford,…
