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A WOMAN who fabricated a fake campaign of harassment against herself wasted hundreds of hours of police time, a court heard.

By Tom Orde Crime and court reporter Carly Buckingham-Smith A JURY is still considering its verdict in the case of a woman accused of perverting the course of justice. Carly Buckingham-Smith claims to be the victim of a harassment campaign. The 37-year-old told police she had received multiple calls from withheld numbers and a string of threatening messages. In one text a threat was made to “put petrol through her letterbox and set it alight”. During a trial at Southampton Crown Court, a jury heard h...

1/1 A HAMPSHIRE woman charged with perverting the course of justice is accused of making up “fictitious reports” to police, a court heard. Carly Buckingham-Smith claimed she felt she was being threatened and broken down due to being harassed. The 37-year-old of Copper Close in Eastleigh made police reports of “two men banging on her door and running off’ during the night. On another occasion she reported she “was woken up by the doorbell ringing” but when she looked out the window could not see anyone there. She has been charged with three counts of pervert...

School children in Helston came together to make Christmas cards for Coastline Housing residents in a bid to bring a little happiness this year. Colleagues at Coastline ran a Christmas card appeal that saw children from local schools and people in the local community being asked to make and share a card that could be given to a Coastline customer who might be experiencing loneliness this year. They received just over 280 cards including 167 cards from Nansloe Academy. These were packaged with a Christmas message of explanation from CEO Allister Young and addressed personally to custom...