James Tirrell, aged 70, was behind the wheel of a Citroen Berlingo on Sunday, November 15, 2020. At approximately 9.30am, Tirrell crashed head-on into a red Ford Focus on the B3157 near to the junction of Cogden Beach car park. Police closed the road while firefighters from Bridport and Beaminster attended and an air ambulance landed in a nearby field. Two people, one in each car, were trapped and had to be cut free from their vehicles by firefighters.
The scene of the crash. Picture: DWFRS A picture taken at the scene showed extensive damage to the vehicles involved. A passenger in the Citroen, a woman aged in her 70s, and the two occupants of the Ford – both Weymouth women aged in their 20s – were taken to hospital via an air ambulance with serious injuries.
Hall stole from Co-op in Dorchester and Wilko in Weymouth for her own personal gain, a court heard. Pictures: Google Maps A WOMAN stole items from two shops on the same day to fund her drug addiction a court heard. Georgina Hall, of Poets Way, Dorchester, was caught shoplifting from Wilko in Weymouth town centre and Co-operative store on Trinity Street, Dorchester on Thursday, September 17, 2020. Prosecuting, Andrew Newman, told Weymouth Magistrates Court that Hall had ‘no intention of paying’ for goods at Co-op and wanted to ‘feed her heroin habit’. He said: “At 12.50pm, she entered the Co-op store and she stole the joints of beef and bottles of spirits and put them in bags and attempted to leave.
A MOTORIST more than three times the drink-drive limit could have ‘killed himself and others’ after his car was seen swerving across lanes of a busy motorway, a court heard. Danny Patrick Mcauliffe, of Weston Street, Portland, got behind the wheel of a silver Renault Clio on May 10, 2020 following an argument with his partner. Homeless and no place to stay locally, the 40-year-old excessively drank alcohol and then drove towards London, where he previously lived. Prosecuting, Andrew Newman, told Weymouth Magistrates’ Court how Mcauliffe was seen driving on the M3 northbound near Winchester, Hampshire. He said: “A car was reported swerving across three lanes and travelling over 100mph. A silver Renault Clio was pursued by the police travelling northbound on the M3.