By Tom Orde Crime and court reporter
Ruby Ventham Ruby Ventham pushed her victim to the ground after grabbing her handbag, a court heard. The 27-year-old ran out of the woman s bungalow in Belmond Road, Chandler s Ford making off with store cards, debit cards and approximately £80 in cash. Ventham had gone to her home on November 28 last year where she had asked to use the toilet – which her victim initially refused. Insisting she was desperate she was then let into the woman s home. Prosecution barrister, William Saunders told how she went into two bedrooms and then the sitting room where she proceeded to rifle through items .
Boy admits grievous bodily harm after man stabbed in Southampton street attack A BOY is due to be sentenced after he admitted causing grievous bodily harm to a man who was stabbed in a Southampton street attack. The 14-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was on trial charged with attempted murder following the incident in October 2020. A jury was unable to reach a verdict but the boy will now be sentenced after he pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to causing grievious bodily harm and possession of a bladed weapon. The incident in Barnfield Road left a 56-year-old man with two stab wounds following a fight.
Along the way, the two had picked up rocks to “smash” the windows of their intended victim. They launched the rocks at Mr Mason’s home and who they believed was the boy’s grandfather. Earlier in the trial, Mr Mason told how he had tried to reason with the “youngish boy” and insisted “you’ve got the wrong guy”. But shortly before launching the attack, the court was told that the 14-year old said: “I’ve got a nice big shank for you.” Mr Mason previously told how he thought he was going to die and that one of his arteries had been cut.