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Flasher suspect hunted by police POLICE are hunting a man who exposed himself to a woman in a Dibden Purlieu street early on Tuesday morning. The suspect was said to have indecently touched him- self in front of the 32-year-old victim as she walked along Nash Road around 7.45am. The offender was described as white, in his 20s, around 6ft tall, medium build, and wear- ing dark coloured trousers. THIEVES stole a haul of pre- mium riding jackets when they raided a motorcycle dealer- ship in Hardley last Thursday night. Police responded to a call- out shortly before 8pm to Dearden Motorcycles Ltd on the Hardley Industrial Estate, off Lime Kiln Lane. Entry was gained via a side fire door Jackets stolen Cannabis fine before the offenders fled the scene in a silver Renault van with the clothing. A FORDINGBRIDGE man caught possessing cannabis was fined £80. Steven Noke (44), of Provost Street, pleaded guilty to having the class B drug on him on 21st January, when he ap- peared before Southampton magistrates. He was also ordered to pay £117 court costs.

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attempted burglary, the de- fendant, of Sydney Avenue, Hamble-Le-Rice, was put be- hind bars for 32 months. Welcoming the outcome of the court case, DC Paul Beasley said the raids had had a “sig- nificant impact” on the areas served by the stores in Brock- enhurst, Andover and Ports- mouth. “Those taking part in such criminal activities show a ded- ication to a criminal lifestyle and it’s clear that they have no regard to how their actions af- fect the wider community,” DC Beasley said. “Morgan did all he could to avoid us. He used hire cars or vans which he purchased and then did not register with the DVLA, and used cloned num- ber plates to disguise. “He then used tools he pur- chased especially for these of- fences as well as gloves and face coverings to prevent him from being identified by CCTV.” He continued: “Ultimately, Aaron Morgan’s undoing was his failure to realise that the hire car he was using was fitted with a tracker. “This essentially left a bread- crumb trail from his home ad- dress in Hamble, to B&Q in Hedge End where he purchased a sledgehammer and then on to Andover where both he and the sledgehammer were used in a commercial burglary. “This case demonstrates how technological improvements in all our everyday lives can assist us in bringing those responsible for serious and organised crime to justice.”

BY CHRIS MARCH Brockenhurst Tesco store among three targeted by raiders A GETAWAY driver who was part of a gang which raided a New Forest store was caught after the tracker in a hire car re- vealed his movements to police. Aaron Morgan (29) and his accomplices sledgehammered their way into three Tesco Ex- press stores, including the branch in Brookley Road, Brockenhurst. He has been jailed for 32 months for his role in the raids. The Brockenhurst burglary was the third and final store targeted, on 1st October 2019 at 4.40am, Southampton Crown Court heard. CCTV at the branch cap- tured a yellow Nissan Juke and a white Renault Kangoo driving past a number of times before parking. Three men ap- proached and smashed the glass door before entering. The sledgehammer was used in a failed attempt to remove the cash boxes behind the till, and the trio drove away from the scene in the Renault van. Police from Lyndhurst spot- ted the vehicle minutes later as it travelled towards the village from Brockenhurst. A pursuit followed after it failed to stop, which ended when the van crashed into the brick wall of a home in Sandy Lane, Lynd- hurst. The gang fled but a police dog soon found Morgan hiding AN application to pump sewage into a New Forest stream by the owner of a development for 85 mobile homes has been with- drawn. Park One Developments Ltd, which owns the Vernon Dene site at North Ripley, between Ringwood and Bransgore, wanted a permit from the En- vironment Agency to discharge 54 cubic metres per day of sec- ondary treated wastewater into a tributary of Sopley Brook. However, that application has been withdrawn by the agency because the developer was un- able to provide requested infor- mation in time. As reported by the A&T, Park One bought the site for £2.5m in 2018. There was uproar when plans subsequently emerged to develop the site, which it could do without needing planning permission. While the near-2.6-hectare field had previously accommo - dated only a handful of touring

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Aaron Morgan was jailed for 32 months

in the rear garden of a home in nearby High Street. He later claimed to have been the geta- way driver in the raid. Officers recovered the van, in which they found a disc cutter, a sledgehammer and crowbars. The spree by Morgan and his gang had started when he bought a sledgehammer from a B&Q store in Hedge End on 16th August 2019. Shortly after 4am the follow- ing morning, footage showed the defendant and three other unknown men gaining entry to the Tesco Express in Charlton, Andover. The sledgehammer was used to smash cash boxes and it is believed Morgan es- caped with around £1,000. caravans, it was revealed a cer- tificate of lawful use granted to former owner Jonathan Cox by the national park authority in 2008 put no restriction on num- bers. In granting the certificate, the NPA said it was satisfied the use had been in place for a period of at least 10 years and therefore it had no grounds to refuse. Park One was then granted a licence by New Forest District Council for 86 units on site, with the NPA’s executive director of strategy and planning, Steve Avery, confirming it could do nothing to stop the redevelop- ment. An Environment Agency spokesman told the A&T: “We regulate businesses that re- quire a permit to ensure their operations do not harm rivers or the wider environment. “Park One Developments Ltd applied for a permit to dis- charge treated wastewater un-

A Ford Fiesta used in the raid was spotted by police the next day in Hamble but it failed to stop. Following a short pursuit, the vehicle stopped and its oc- cupants escaped. The abandoned car was found to have a tracker which showed it had been between Morgan’s home address, B&Q and the Tesco Express. Once arrested for the burgla- ry, Morgan admitted also being responsible for the Brocken- hurst raid, along with acting as getaway driver in an attempted burglary at the Tesco Express in Farlington, Portsmouth, on 1st October last year. Having pleaded guilty to two counts of burglary and one of “We then asked the company for more information to help us decide whether to grant or deny the permit. “Because Park One was una- ble to provide the requested de- tail within a specified time, the Environment Agency has with- drawn the application. “Complying with an envi- ronmental permit is a legal re- quirement. Anyone we believe has caused pollution could face prosecution.” In the developer’s brochure for the Vernon Dene develop- ment, it says it will produce 85 “highly individual properties in a delightfully unspoilt setting located between Christchurch and Ringwood”. The bungalows will be an ex- ample of “the highest standard of single-storey living”, it adds, and are exclusively for semi-re- tired and retired people aged over 45.

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