A MAN from Middlesex has been charged as part of an investigation into a County Lines drug trafficking operation being run from Surrey to the Isle of Wight. On Monday, February 15, Hampshire Constabulary detectives investigating a county line running from Leatherhead to Newport, executed an early-morning warrant in Fareham, as part of a wider operation looking into drugs supply. The warrants were executed by officers from the force s specialist department on county lines, Operation Monument, supported by officers from Surrey Police. As result, Kieran Rainford, aged 37, of Cressall Close, Leatherhead, Surrey, has been charged with two counts of being concerned in the supply of crack cocaine and heroin.
By Tom Orde Crime and court reporter
Southampton Magistrates Court A MAN stole £100 from his own mother, a court heard. Jason Eric Pollitt withdrew £100 from a cashpoint at a Tesco Express store in Lymington using his mother s debit card. She had woken up from an afternoon nap on October 15 to find the back door leading to her garden in Wilverley Close, Pennington wide open . When checking her online bank account the next day she noticed two transactions she didn t make. CCTV footage was looked at and clearly showed Pollitt withdrawing the cash. The 39-year-old of Raleigh Close, New Milton in appeared at Southampton Magistrates Court on Wednesday where he pleaded guilty to two counts of fraud by false representation.
Michael David John Whitford stalked his victim between July 27 and September 7 last year. The court heard how the 29-year-old sent multiple abusive and threatening messages to the woman via various different digital platforms in this time. Appearing at Southampton Magistrates Court, he pleaded guilty to one count of stalking. Whitford, of Baddesley Road, Chandler s Ford, was handed a restraining order banning directly or indirectly contacting his victim and was ordered to carry out 00 hours of unpaid work within the next 12 months. He was also ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £95 and court costs of £85.