Thomas Betteridge News Today

It has been praised as an enchanting gem of a resort, attracting 5million visitors a year and hailed by author Thomas Hardy as a city set in a garden - yet crime fears are mounting in Bournemouth.

AN 18-YEAR-OLD man who hid a knife that was used to kill Cameron Hamilton in Bournemouth town centre has been sentenced.

CRIMINALS jailed in April include an 18-year-old killer, a Bournemouth beach rapist and a child abuser.

THE mother of a teen stabbed to death said the sentence handed to his killer highlights “flaws in the criminal justice system”.

An 18 year old Hampshire man has been jailed for nine years for the manslaughter of another 18 year old who he stabbed.

Thomas Betteridge was cleared of murder after claiming self-defence but convicted of manslaughter.

THE teen who stabbed an 18-year-old to death in Bournemouth town centre has been sentenced to 12 years in a young offenders institute.

Thomas Betteridge, of Southsea, Hampshire, was found guilty of the manslaughter of Cameron Hamilton and possessing a bladed article following a trial at Bournemouth Crown Court.

An 18 year old Hampshire man has been jailed for nine years for the manslaughter of another 18 year old who he stabbed.

THE jury is still out in the Cameron Hamilton murder trial.