A woman was robbed of her phone and an nearly £1700 of cash destined for a charity on Christmas Eve. Police are appealing for witnesses following the robbery in Chandlers Ford at around 4pm, Thursday 23 December The victim, a 44-year-old woman, was crossing the road at top of Oakmount Road with the junction of…
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Robbers snatch bank cash
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Detectives have sealed off two areas in Chandlers Ford following the theft of a cash box from a G4S security Guard a delivery to the HSBC bank at the Precinct. This is the same security company and bank branch which were targeted in the 2007 armed robbery which resulted in two of the robbers being…
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Knifepoint Robbery in Hedge End
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An 18-year-old man was threatened with a craft knife and robbed after using a cashpoint in Hedge End last Friday night The man who lives in Bristol had driven down with a friend to spend the weekend with his parents. After stopping at McDonalds in Toll Bar Way at around 9.30 pm they were followed…
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Police tackling purse thieves
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Officers in Eastleigh have been actively tackling purse theft in the town. Pc Rob Thomas from Eastleigh Central Safer Neighbourhoods team has secured a stock of purse chains which are being distributed to vulnerable people across Eastleigh, along with PCSO Tina Fry who organises high profile police advice surgeries in Leigh Road on a monthly…
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Purse theft at Sainsburys
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A 66 year-old woman has had her purse stolen while shopping at Sainsbury’s, in Eastleigh. Between 3pm and 4pm on Monday, September 12, the woman had completed some shopping in the store, and after paying for her goods sat on a bench at the back of the till area. She was approached by a man…
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Sick woman robbed after fainting
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A woman who fainted while shopping in Hedge End was robbed of her handbag and valuables while receiving first aid. The incident happened in the Marks and Spencers store at Hedge End Retail Park on Friday, July 22 between 2pm and 2.15pm. A 52-year-old woman had been walking through the store when she fainted and fell to the floor.…
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Purse thief con-man hits Health Centre
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A thieving con-man stole a woman’s purse from Eastleigh Health Centre then later telephoned the victim to ask for her cash card pin number. Police are releasing an e-fit image of a man they would like to speak to following the theft at the Newtown Road surgery in Eastleigh sometime between 10.45am and 11.15am.on Friday,…
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Vicious mugging in Central Eastleigh
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Police would like to speak to a good Samaritan who came to the aid of young mugging victim – a 16 year-old boy – who had his nose broken and mobile phone stolen in Central Eastleigh on Saturday evening. The incident occurred on Meadow Lane at around 6.45pm. The teenager was approached by another boy,…
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Violent mugger seen off at Bishopstoke
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A violent would be mugger was forced to flee empty handed when his victim stood his ground and refused to comply with his demands. The incident occurred in Bishopstoke at approximately 12.50pm on Tuesday, March 15 when a 25-year-old man was approached by another man on a footpath between Church Road and The Hub recreation…
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Teen mugged in Horton Heath
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A 15-year-old boy from Hedge End was assaulted and robbed in Meadowsweet Way, Horton Heath sometime between 5.30 and 7pm on Sunday, March 13. It happened in an alleyway which links Meadowsweet Way and Botley Road. The boy saw two men approaching him. He kept his head down but looked up as they got close…
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Thieves switch OAP’s necklace
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A necklace was stolen from an elderly woman in Eastleigh on Thursday. A 74-year-old local woman was waiting for a bus on Upper Market Street in Eastleigh at around 6.35pm when two women, thought to be in their 20s, approached the woman and asked her if she would like to buy some jewellery. After placing…
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Police Release E-Fit of Kuti’s Mugger
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Detectives in Eastleigh have released an e-fit of the man they are hunting for the vile attack on two workers from Kuti’s restaurant in Fair Oak They had just cashed-up the evening’s takings and left the restaurant at about 1.15am on Sunday, October 17 with a substantial amount of cash and walked towards Eastleigh along…
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Nasty Assault and Robbery in Fair Oak
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There has been another assault and robbery in Fair Oak this weekend after restaurant workers were mugged of their takings after a night’s trading. In September a woman was punched by youths who demanded money. In this latest incident two members of staff who work at the Kuti’s Noorani Indian restaurant in Fair Oak Road,…
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Gang robbers assault Fair Oak woman
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Police have released details of a vicious attempted robbery in Fairoak on Friday September 3 and are appealing for witnesses The incident occurred as the victim, a 54-year-old woman, walked along a pathway between Elderberry Close and the park on Blackberry Drive in the vicinity of the Youth Centre on the Brookfields Estate. Two teenagers,…
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Knifepoint Robbery Appeal
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Police are appealing for information after a teenager was robbed in an alleyway off Tamarisk Road, Hedge End at approximately 5.30pm on Friday, February 5. A 17-year-old man was approached by another youth who threatened him with, what appeared to be, a knife and demanded he hand over any money he had. £170 was stolen.…
