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Review over jail sentence given to killer policeman

Man jailed over van incident A HYTHE man has been jailed for 16 weeks for his part in an in - cident in which a van owner was assaulted and a vehicle taken. Michael Hitchcox (37), of Ma - ple Road, admitted assault by beating and allowing himself to be carried in a Ford Transit un - lawfully taken without the own - er’s consent. It was involved in an accident that caused anoth - er vehicle damage. Southampton magistrates said it was “serious” mix of as - sault and taking a vehicle with - out permission. Hitchcox was also ordered to pay the victim £300 and banned from driving for a year. manslaughter at an early stage of proceedings. In his summing up, Judge Jacobs said the text message sent to Martha had “potential catastrophic consequences” to Brehmer’s family and work life, and highlighted the severe inju - ries Mrs Parry suffered. When passers-by came on the scene, Brehmer, who had stabbed himself with a knife and whose wrists were bleeding, “blamed” her for the wounds and asked them to call an am - bulance for him – knowing she was dying or dead. The fact Brehmer was trained in using self-defence tech - niques as part of being a police officer, had dealt with members of the public in stressful situ - ations, and knew the impact of not immediately telling the truth, were factors raised by the judge. Brehmer did not tell the pas - sers-by Mrs Parry was in the car or express “surprise” when one said she appeared to be dead. “You said during your evi - dence that you did not realise she was poorly. I consider you appreciated she was much worse than that,” the judge said.

Complaint made that 10-and-a-half-year termwas ‘lenient’

BY JON WALLER

Neave Gillard wants to raise £500

Neave takes on running challenge for food bank

A HORDLE police officer who killed his lover but was cleared of her murder is to have his 10-and-a-half-year jail term for manslaughter reviewed. A complaint has been made that the sentence handed to Timothy Brehmer (41), of Woodcock Lane, was “unduly lenient”, the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) confirmed. An AGO spokesperson told the A&T he could not reveal the identity of the complainant, adding: “The law officers have 28 days from sentencing to con - sider the case.” Mother-of-two Claire Parry died by strangulation in an in - cident when she and Brehmer met up at the car park of the Horns Inn pub in Parley on 9th May. During that meeting Mrs Parry texted Brehmer’s wife, Martha, revealing they had been having an affair. Brehmer stood trial at Salis - POLICE are investigating two hedge blazes which firefighters battled to stop spreading to nearby homes and vehicles in Holbury. Called out to Westbourne Avenue around 12.40am on Tuesday, a Hardley crew arrived to find flames engulfing a 20-metre stretch of hedging. A post on the station’s Twit - ter account afterwards said fears the fire would also affect buildings and vehicles parked nearby led to another crew be - ing sent. The emergency was con - CALLS have been rejected for New Forest District Council’s cabinet to investigate a plan - ning decision to approve a Hythe housing scheme accused of causing flood damage to a neighbour. Developer Vivid Homes’ plan for 45 affordable properties in Fawley Road was finally agreed by NFDC’s planning commit - tee in March after a four-year wrangle over drainage built dif - ferently from approved designs, which had stopped anyone moving in. The new drainage plan was accused by farmer John Pen - ny, who lives at neighbouring Forest Lodge Farm, of failing to address problems he has expe - rienced with water damage to buildings. The original planning permission for the homes was granted in 2015. Now another opponent, Frank Tillyer, has accused NFDC of failing to follow its own procedures which allow members of the public to have their say on planning applica - tions. As reported in the A&T, in a bid to mitigate the flooding

A KIND-HEARTED teenager is hoping to raise £500 for Christ - church Food Bank to help struggling families this Christ - mas. Neave Gillard (13) plans to complete sponsored 5km runs to collect the money, which will be used to create food parcels. She previously raised £380 for the charity at Easter to help families who struggled in the holidays without the provision of free school meals for their children. Writing on her JustGiving webpage, Neave said: “Through no fault of their own, with re - dundancies and lack of work,

many families are unable to put food on the table. “I really feel we need to do something to ensure these fam - ilies are helped over the Christ - mas period where, once again, children will be left without their only hot meal while not being at school. “I know times are tough for us all but I think even the smallest amount would go such a long way to ensure these families have a Christmas with no wor - ries about how they will feed their children.” To sponsor Neave visit www. justgiving.com/crowdfunding/ robertpaul-gillard-1

Timothy Brehmer was jailed for 10-and-a-half years for the manslaughter of Claire Parry

bury Crown Court having de - nied murder and was cleared of that charge by a jury. He admit - ted a charge of manslaughter. When it came to sentencing Judge Richard Jacobs had to decide if Brehmer went to the scene with no intention to kill or cause serious harm to Ms Parry, or experienced a more

serious “loss of self-control” in the incident. Based on the evidence, he opted for the latter because of the context of the offence and aggravating features. He said the least he could give was 12 years and six months, but he was required under guidelines to reduce that

having considered Brehmer’s mitigation. The judge reduced it by two years, having noted Brehmer’s remorse, his lack of any previ - ous convictions, and his good record as a police officer. He also ruled the defendant was entitled to a 15% discount as he had pleaded guilty to

Police probe into village hedge fires

tained in about 45 minutes, with no other damage reported, and police officers were alerted amid questions over the cause. Posting on social media af - terwards, local officers urged residents to come forward if they have any footage of the area from around 12.30am that night. Anyone with information should contact Hampshjire po - lice on 101, quoting incident ref - erence number 44200426129, or call Crimestoppers anonymous - ly on 0800 555 111.

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Investigation into drainage rejected

problems Vivid Homes revised the site’s drainage system, and presented its new plans to NFDC last October. At the time planning com - mittee members opted to defer making a decision in the hope that Vivid Homes and Mr Pen - ny could come to an agreement. But in January Vivid Homes rejected NFDC’s request for more time to consider the ap - plication and threatened to launch an appeal over how long it had taken to reach a decision. The planning application was brought back to the planning committee in March, when its members voted six to four to grant permission for the revised flood mitigation scheme featur - ing 21 covered soakaways. Mr Tillyer has now asked NFDC’s ruling cabinet to step in, claiming that details of the proposed soakaways have not been made public and there is no evidence that the work will solve the problems reported at Forest Lodge Farm. In his statement to last month’s cabinet meeting, Mr Tillyer also claimed a drainage report commissioned by Mr

Penny was withheld from the planning committee and the public during the March meet - ing. Cllr Edward Heron, NFDC’s cabinet member for planning and infrastructure, said in re - sponse that planning officers would continue to monitor the effectiveness of the soakaways as per the planning consent. But he added: “The cabinet will not investigate the decision of the planning committee. “The application was de - ferred at the October 2019 meeting in order for the appli - cant to undertake further in - vestigations into the reasons why water was flowing/infiltrat - ing into the adjacent property Forest Lodge Farm.” Faced with the threat of legal action from Vivid Homes, Cllr Heron said NFDC’s chief plan - ning officer Claire Upton Brown took the application back to the planning committee to con - sider in March. He continued: “All submitted information was available to the planning committee before the meeting together with a de - tailed report.” Redcliffe Landscape Gardeners award winning services • A complete 360˚ service • Bespoke garden design • CAD drawings, build & planting • Paving, ponds & water features • Patios, terraces & driveways • P rofessional installation teams To view our recently constructed displays and totally unique Namgrass artifi cial grass area visit us at the Redcliffe Garden Centre, Bashley Road, New Milton, Hampshire BH25 5RY.

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