Bournemouth Crown Court A MAN has appeared in court in connection with an alleged assault on a pregnant woman, who went onto lose her unborn baby. The reported victim, who was 29 weeks pregnant at the time, was taken to hospital with a head injury. It was found her baby had died within the womb. Dorset Police were called to the Addison Close area in Gillingham on 12.05am, Saturday, May 30, last year, after receiving reports of a woman found with a head injury. A 34-year-old local man was arrested. He was issued with a postal requisition to appear at Weymouth Magistrates s Court on Friday, February 26, for offences of child destruction and inflicting grievous bodily harm with intent.
A DRINK driver who was more than three-and-a-half times over the legal limit continued swigging from a bottle of cider in front of police officers after being pulled over, a court heard. Martyn Stewart Hannaford, of Weymouth, had been drinking a 2.5-litre bottle of Omega Cider when he got behind the wheel of a silver BMW on New Year s Day. Prosecutor Andrew Newman told Weymouth Magistrates Court that the 41-year-old was stopped by police in Hawkesworth Close and continued to drink the cider in front of the officers while still behind the wheel of the car. Weymouth Magistrates Court heard Hannaford was more than three-and-a-half times over the legal limit with an alcohol level of 125 microgrammes of alcohol per 100ml of breath. The legal limit is 35 mcg.