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Protester jailed for assaulting police officer

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September 17, 2024
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A man has been jailed for 14 months after assaulting a police officer during an anti-immigration protest.

Ian Wyn Thomas, 47, of Elliott Road in Bournemouth, Dorset, attended the protest on The Esplanade in Weymouth on 4 August.

Dorset Police said he was seen to confront and push an officer, before throwing his right hand toward their head, which the officer blocked with their arm.

He pleaded guilty to violent disorder and assaulting an emergency worker at Bournemouth Crown Court on 10 September.

Thomas was identified following a review of footage and other evidence gathered from the protest, the force said.

An estimated 400 anti-immigration protesters gathered in Weymouth on 4 August. There were also about 200 Stand Up to Racism demonstrators.

It was one of a number of violent outbreaks across England and Northern Ireland, following the fatal stabbing of three girls in Southport – with unrest fuelled by misinformation online.

Another man, James Ashley Hepburn, 31, from Portland, was previously charged with encouraging or assisting in the commission of offences of murder believing one or more will be committed.

The charge, in connection with the same protest, was discontinued at Bournemouth Crown Court on 30 August.

He will instead appear at Poole Magistrates’ Court on 30 September charged with using threatening, abusive, insulting words or behaviour with intent to cause fear or provocation.

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Man admits police assault during seaside protests

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August 14, 2024
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A man has admitted assaulting a police officer during protests on Weymouth seafront.

Kevin Searle pleaded guilty to violent disorder and assault by beating of an emergency worker during a hearing at Poole Magistrates’ Court.

About 400 anti-immigration protesters gathered on the Esplanade on 4 August, along with about 200 Stand Up to Racism demonstrators.

The 40-year-old from Weymouth was remanded in custody and will be sentenced at Bournemouth Crown Court on Thursday.

The court heard Searle pushed and shoved police officers in an attempt to get through a cordon on the Esplanade, shouted abuse and threw a can of cider.

Searle told the court he had been returning from a fishing trip, had consumed alcohol and had not been aware the protest was taking place.

Assistant Chief Constable Mark Callaghan, of Dorset Police, said: “This latest arrest and charge demonstrates our continued commitment to take action against those believed to be involved in criminal activity during the recent protest activity.

“Our message remains very clear – we will not tolerate any reported hate, violence, or disorder in our communities.”

Disorder broke out in Southport on 30 July, a day after Bebe King, six, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, and Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, were killed in a knife attack at a Taylor Swift-themed dance and yoga event in the town.

It spread to other towns and cities across England and Northern Ireland in the subsequent days, fuelled by misinformation on social media.

Two men appeared in court on Tuesday after the protests in Weymouth.

Ian Thomas, 47, from Bournemouth, is charged with violent disorder, and assault by beating of an emergency worker.

Ian Vetier, 36, from Weymouth, is also accused of violent disorder during the gathering on Weymouth Esplanade on 4 August.

Both men were remanded in custody by Poole magistrates. They are due to appear at Bournemouth Crown Court on Thursday.

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Vicious teen armed robbers jailed for stun gun and metal pole attack

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July 21, 2016
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A pair of teenage robbers attacked a man with a stun gun and hit another in the head with a metal pole for just £30 in cash and a small amount of cannabis.

Alex Kapuscinski and Connor Smart, both aged 19 and from Bournemouth, were jailed on Monday for the “vicious” armed robbery on March 12, 2016.

They pleaded guilty at Bournemouth Crown Court to robbery and were sentenced on Monday, July 11.

Kapuscinski receiwas jailed for three years and 10 months in a young offender’s institution and Smart was jailed for four years and four months.

At 9.17pm on Saturday, March 12, 2016, a neighbour reported a disturbance at an address on Holdenhurst Road in Boscombe, said a spokesman from Dorset police.

The spokesman said: “Kapuscinski and Smart entered a flat along that road that contained four other men. The court heard that once the pair was inside Kapuscinski hit one of the men in the head with a metal pole.

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“Smart then used a stun gun on another man in the property before the pair demanded the victims ‘give them their stuff’, the court heard.

“Kapuscinski and Smart took £30 in cash and a small amount of herbal cannabis before fleeing the flat.”

Detective constable Ben Griffin, of Bournemouth CID, said: “This was a vicious attack and I would like to praise the victims and witnesses for coming forward and supporting the prosecution.

“I hope the sentences handed out by the courts act as a warning to others that such offences will not be tolerated. We will actively pursue anyone involved in such criminal behaviour.”

Somerset Live

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Former Swanage soldier jailed for child abuse images

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January 16, 2015
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A FORMER soldier who planned to “frame” his partner’s ex-boyfriend by downloading child pornography onto his computer has been jailed for six months.

John Broomfield, 28, from Bell Street, Swanage, admitted 20 counts of making indecent images of children.

Prosecuting at Bournemouth Crown Court, Kerry Maylin said Broomfield had been arrested and two computers seized on July 22 last year.

After the computers were forensically examined, 236 indecent images were found, depicting children and babies.

Ms Maylin said Broomfield had told police he had downloaded the images in a bid to get his partner’s ex-boyfriend “off her back”, adding: “He was going to download them to the other man’s computer, until his conscience got the better of him.”

In Broomfield’s defence, the court was told that he was “anti” child pornography and had been “disgusted” by the images he had made.

After eight years’ exemplary military service, Broomfield had been medically discharged after suffering from post-traumatic stress syndrome. He was planning to do voluntary work.

Sentencing Broomfield, Judge Samuel Wiggs told him: “I regard your potential use of these images as being particularly serious.”

Broomfield will be on the sex offenders’ register for seven years.

Dorset Echo

This story is from June 2011.

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