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Covid cases continue to accelerate across Forest and BCP areas Page 4 Protests and pledges in row over school meals for needy families Page 5 Public thanked for help catching jewel thief and handing in valuables Page 7 Village’s ‘ugly’ bike rack may be moved after raft of complaints Page 9 LT Price Rise 03

ing half out” and with her mouth full of blood. The trial heard how the pair met at the car park just before 3pm on 9th May and got into Brehmer’s car. Mrs Parry (41) had instigated the meeting af- ter finding out Brehmer had been having other affairs. During their meeting she took Brehmer’s phone and sent a text to his wife Martha which said: “I’m cheating on you”. It was the prosecution’s case Brehmer strangled her in a rage so hard he broke a bone in her neck. Brehmer denied that, admitting in court he was “re- sponsible” for her death but in- sisting it must have happened accidentally as he tried to get her out of his car. Brehmer conceded during his evidence that he was a “devious bastard” who had been having affairs behind Martha’s back. Another Dorset officer, DC Kate Rhodes, told the trial she and Brehmer had a sexual rela- tionship many years ago. When it came to sentencing, Judge Jacobs said there were

‘He has robbed our children of hugs and kisses from mummy’ BY JON WALLER A POLICE officer from Hordle who strangled to death his se- cret lover in a pub car park has been jailed for 10-and-a-half years. Timothy Brehmer (41), of Woodcock Lane, admitted the manslaughter of nurse Claire Parry having “lost his self-con- trol” at the Horns Inn, Parley, after she sent a text to his wife, Martha, which revealed their decade-long affair. But he denied murdering her, and this week a jury took less than three hours to acquit him of that charge after a two-week trial at Salisbury Crown Court. During the sentencing on Wednesday Mrs Parry’s hus- band, Dorset Police officer Andrew, read out a statement which branded Brehmer “the worst type of thief”. He said: “He has stolen a mother, wife, daughter, sister, niece, aunt, friend and someone who meant so much to so many people. He has robbed our chil- dren of a million hugs and kiss- es from their mummy.” Mr Parry paid tribute to his late wife’s devotion as a moth-

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er and her selfless service in her work, before contrasting that with Brehmer whom he accused of shedding “crocodile tears”. Brehmer was sentenced by Judge Richard Jacobs who de- scribed the married father-of- one as a “dangerous offender”. Judge Jacobs said: “I am sure that you deliberately took Claire Parry by the neck, ap- plying significant force with your forearm or the crook of your elbow for a period of time while she struggled against you, therefore causing a severe neck injury that the pathologist de- scribed. “The application of signifi- cant force to the neck was for a period of time – a minimum of 10 seconds and up to 30 sec- onds, possibly.” Brehmer had walked away from the car, leaving her “hang-

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ALDI could take its proposed store to another town if plans for a branch in New Milton are rejected a second time, it has warned. The German discount com- pany still wants to develop land at Solent Industrial Estate in Caird Avenue after its previous application was turned down by New Forest District Council’s

planning committee in May by just one vote. One of the main reasons for refusal was that councillors felt the store would be better built at the site of a former Co-op in Station Road. A fresh proposal for the same out-of-town site was put for- ward in September, and Aldi representative Dan Templeton

told a recent online meeting of New Milton Town Council’s planning committee that it still believed the high street site was not suitable. None of the plans offered adequate retail floorspace or parking spaces, Mr Templeton said – and he warned that if the latest Caird Avenue proposal is rejected, Aldi may choose to consider another town. He explained options for the former Co-op site would cre- ate a blank frontage in Station Road due to the door having to be closest to parking arrange- ments.

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PLANS are being progressed to sell off Christchurch’s civic offic- es ahead of a single BCP Coun- cil headquarters in Bourne- mouth expected to be created within the next 12 months. The changes would be the latest step in the merger of the area’s three now-abolished councils, writes Josh Wright of the Local Democracy Reporting Service . A report published ahead of the first meeting of BCP Coun- cil’s new Conservative admin- istration cabinet said work to set up the ‘BCP Civic Centre’

is expected to be completed by October 2021 Originally it was proposed to sell Christchurch’s civic offices in Bridge Street and the civic centre in Poole to help fund a revamp of Bournemouth Town Hall at a cost of up to £29m. But ambitions have been scaled back amid pressure on the council’s finances caused by its response to the coronavirus pandemic, as well as concerns the move would lead to a “fire sale” of its assets to afford the project. Instead, a budget of £6.6m –

most of which will be borrowed – for work on the town hall is set to be approved by cabinet members. The sites in Poole and Christchurch would then be sold later to “allow for more timely analysis of what will rep- resent best value” for disposing of the buildings. The cabinet report said: “In line with the project’s focus on pragmatism and financial pru- dency, the office refurbishment costs are limited to those works that are either essential in or-

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