By Tom Orde Crime and court reporter
Oliver Whistance, right, was jailed at Southampton Crown Court AN attacker stabbed and slashed at a man leaving him covered in blood in a Hampshire town.
Southampton Crown Court heard that Oliver Thomas Whistance punched his victim to the left cheek then reached into his jacket and took out a knife. The man thought he was going to die of the serious injuries he suffered during the attack outside a home in Hedge End. Prosecution barrister Russell Pyne, said: “The victim realised he had been stabbed. “His left thumb and finger had been cut then he saw he had a cut to the right chest area.
A man has been jailed for two and a half years after robbing a Co-op store in Romsey as part of a spree of robberies and burglaries. Tomas David Lloyd, of no fixed abode, was sentenced at Southampton Crown Court yesterday (May 24) after pleading guilty on April 16 to robbing the Tesco Express on Weyhill Road of £30 on March 15 2021. The following day, the 29-year-old also attempted to rob a Co-op in Botley Road, Romsey, but was grabbed by staff as he tried to snatch money from the till. Other staff members managed to apprehend Lloyd as he tried to run from the store, and detained him until police arrived.