BED MONTH NOW ON SAVE 50% UP TO O N L E A D I N G M A N U FA C T U R E R S I N C L U D I N G NEW MILTON ADVERTISER Open Mon - Sat 9am - 5.30pm & Sun 10am - 4pm Tel: 01202 897474 / 893377 Free Delivery | Easy Parking | Balcony Café Dining, Upholstery & Bedroom Departments Ringwood Road, Ferndown, Dorset, BH22 9AL www.davidphipp.co.uk | [email protected] 21.3 Barton-on-Sea and Lymington Times INCORPORATING LYMINGTON AND MILTON CHRONICLE 66, Old Milton Road, New Milton, BH25 6DX Tel: 01425 - 613384 Fax: 01425 - 610257 [email protected] www.newmiltonadvertiser.co.uk [email protected] [email protected] No. 4526 C Hampshire Constabulary announced what it called a “reshape” of New Forest policing on Wednesday as it continues to make savings in the face of a £25m cut in government funding. One of the most significant measures being taken will be to reduce the number of safer neighbourhood officers from 31 to 22. Instead, the force is looking to recruit another nine Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs). Response and patrol officers are also set to operate as one team based at Lyndhurst police station while answering the district’s most serious emergency calls. The force claimed the changes would enable it to deliver the required savings while maintaining its current standards of service to the community. But the news was greeted with frustration by the Hampshire Police Federation which represents rank and file officers. Chairman John Apter told the ‘A&T’ continued cutbacks could result in neighbourhood police officers becoming “an endangered species”. “Neighbourhood policing is a critical part of how we police in this country and for that to work we know that PCSOs and fully warranted police officers working side by side is a good mix,” said Mr Apter. “However, the police and crime commissioner has made a decision to fully protect PCSO numbers while at the same time allowing mother-of-five Pennie Davis, who was found stabbed to death in a field at Beaulieu, is due to get underway next week. The two men and a woman will appear at Winchester Crown Court on Monday. Justin Robertson (36), of no fixed abode, stands accused of her murder, which he has denied. Samantha Maclean (28), of Beech Crescent, Hythe, has denied conspiracy to murder. Benjamin Carr (22), of Edward Road, Shirley, also faces a charge of conspiracy to murder. He has not yet entered a plea to the matter, but at a pre-trial hearing his barrister David Emanuel indicated Carr would deny the charge. Supermarket worker Pennie (47) was discovered by her husband Pete on September 2nd last year in a paddock opposite Leygreen Farm off Lyndhurst Road, Beau- 86 Station Road, New Milton Tel: 01425 616347 www.charlesnobel.com email: [email protected] SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28th, 2015 police officer numbers to be slashed to record low figures.” Despite acknowledging PCSOs were a “valuable addition to the policing family”, Mr Apter warned regular officers were now being made to see them as replacements. “This is wrong for both the police and the public,” he continued. “The pain of the cuts must be felt by everybody. “There is a real risk that police officers will become an endangered species in neighbourhood policing, and this is something that must not be allowed to happen.” New Milton town councillor Goff Beck expressed fears that people across the New Forest would suffer from the changes, especially those living in the north of the district. Coun. Beck, who sits on the Hampshire Police and Crime Panel, was also astonished to hear of the cut in officer numbers. This came after assurances to the contrary from police and crime commissioner Simon Hayes when he applied for a 1.99% increase in the force’s share of the council tax for 2015/16. “What concerns me is that in seeking a 1.99% increase, Simon Hayes stated he would maintain frontline policing including safer neighbourhood teams,” Coun. Beck told the’A&T’. “Now, this document informs us that neighbourhood policing will be decreased by nine officers. “The document also states the force intends to have local people working with the PCSOs, but Hampshire County Council has only recently, in December last year, axed its ACSOs which equated to about eight in each quadrant.” As previously reported in the ‘A&T’, HCC scrapped the ACSOs Three to go on trial over Pennie killing HE trial of three people alleged to have been T involved in the murder of EST D 1972 Creators of Fine Diamond Jewellery [email protected] lieu, where she had been tending her horses. She was pronounced dead at the scene and a post-mortem examination later found she had suffered multiple stab wounds. Pennie, who worked at Sainsbury’s in Hampton Lane, Blackfield, had only recently moved her horses to the Beaulieu site and was widely known by her former surname Lambert until she married Pete in May last year. She had previously worked at Morrisons in New Milton and Totton. Her children, Sophie (20), Alex (19), Georga (18), Daniel (14) and Josef (13), along with Pete, released a tribute following her death, which read: “We had no idea how many lives she had touched, as we have been overwhelmed by love and support. Despite this, the void in our hearts only continues to grow.” Much of the first day of the trial, which is expected to last four to five weeks, will comprise jury selection and legal argument. 8 out of 10 adults are affected by gum disease! (Accredited Community Safety Officers) as it strived to make £93m in savings. Coun. Beck argued that if there had been better communication between the authority and police, mutually beneficial arrangements could have been made. “There doesn’t seem to be any logic or partnership working here,” he continued. “I would have thought that a little bit of talk between these guys would have helped. “They want to recruit more local people and we had those guys there – 36 ACSOs – why didn’t they snap those up? “It also concerns me that the response team is being centralised to one area. I can see it makes sense from an economical point of view, but what happens when they need (Continued on page 2) NSPCC called over child’s treatment in Asda superstore The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) received calls on Monday from members of the public who had been at the Asda store in Maynard Road. NSPCC then alerted Hampshire Police. Reports suggested a woman had manhandled a baby in the McDonald’s restaurant within the shop. One woman appealed on social networking site Facebook for anyone who saw the incident or knew who the woman was to notify police. (Continued on page 3) MAN has been arrested on suspicion of rape after a A woman was allegedly attacked in an alleyway at Lymington. Police responded to reports the 20-year-old alleged victim was targeted as she walked along the alleyway off Harvester Way, near its junction with Marsh Lane, in the early hours of Sunday morning. An investigation was launched, and the scene was cordoned off as forensic officers searched for clues. On Monday police said a 27-yearold New Milton man had been arrested on suspicion of rape. He was bailed the following day until April 27th. Officers are still urging people to come forward if they saw or heard any suspicious activity around the time the attack was said to have taken place between 12.30am and 3.20am. Anyone with information should contact the western investigation team at Southampton Central police station on 101 or call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. ———————— MAN suffered serious 6injuries after being allegA edly kidnapped in Christchurch, police have revealed. HE family and friends of a “vibrant” and “larger than T life” Ringwood mother who died after suffering an epileptic seizure have spoken of their devastation. Judy David (42), known widely as Ziggie was discovered dead at her home in Poulner, Ringwood, on Wednesday in last week. She had developed epilepsy a number of years ago after suffering a traumatic head injury and was cared for by her two sons, Darnell (10) and Malakai (5) who she is pictured with. The brave youngsters would call an ambulance and their grandmother Tina when their mother suffered a seizure, and knew how to put her in the recovery position. Tina told the ‘A&T’: “I miss her. She was larger than life, vibrant, you couldn’t go anywhere without people knowing her. She was loud and proud, she had one massive personality. She was a spark.” Ziggie was born in Derby on November 21st 1972, and when the family moved to Sway she joined Highcliffe School. With a natural flare for music, Ziggie was always dancing and could pick up an instrument and learn to play it within minutes. She played the clarinet, piano, organ and harmonica, and had a particular love of reggae music and Jamaican culture that extended throughout her life. After leaving school she began working in the kitchen at the Il Palio Italian restaurant in Brockenhurst, and later became a care worker for people with learning disabilities at the Ravenhurst centre in Milford – where Tina also worked for 30 years. She loved the job and being around people, and was known for her big personality and fun spirit. Ziggie enjoyed regular visits to London where she would spend all night dancing to reggae music. She also visited Jamaica many times, and astounded the locals by burst(Continued on page 2) Bus stop plans will swallow up parking spaces say traders L YMINGTON traders are furious over plans to offset the loss of the town’s bus station with two stops in the High Street – which could result in the loss of 20 parking spaces. Hampshire County Council is understood to be planning to put in a stop outside the Tesco store and another across the road outside Osbornes menswear shop. As previously reported in the ‘A&T’, the bus depot off the High Street will be closed and sold off by June. Deputy mayor Coun. Anne Corbridge told the town council’s latest policy and resources committee meeting the move would result in the loss of around 10 parking spaces on either side of the road. She said she had been approached by shopkeepers who were very upset about the proposals. “This crazy idea cannot be supported,” she said. “There is really no requirement for further bus stops in the High Street. “The one outside Peacocks and opposite is adequate; the pavement is wide here and the adjacent shops (Continued on page 2) Arrest made after alleyway ‘sex attack’ Man (22) suffers serious injuries in alleged kidnapping A LARMED shoppers 6contacted a child protection agency after allegedly witnessing an incident involving a baby in a Totton supermarket. ks1 40p FOREST TO LOSE THIRD Family pays tribute to OF LOCAL BEAT POLICE ‘larger than life’ mum ost-cutting changes to policing across the New Forest will see almost a third of the district’s local beat officers replaced by support staff who have no powers of arrest. Diamond Merchants The 22-year-old was reportedly dragged into a silver Vauxhall Astra around 7.30 pm on Friday February 20th, outside the One Stop store in Hunt Road. The vehicle was said to have been driven off in the direction of the A35 and travelled through Somerford Estate, Christchurch town centre and along Druitt Road. The alleged victim, who was from London, was found about three hours later in Christchurch and required hospital treatment for what were described as “a number of serious injuries”. Dorset Police confirmed on Monday they had apprehended a 23-year-old from London on suspicion of kidnap and grievous bodily harm with intent. He was subsequently released on police bail to return in early April. DI Stewart Dipple said: “This was a very serious incident that led to the victim suffering serious injuries, which are thankfully not thought to be life-threatening. “I would like to reassure residents that offences such as these are very unusual in Dorset. It was an isolated incident and the victim and offenders are known to each other.” Police have put out a description of three men they want to talk to in relation to the incident. The driver was described as black, 6ft 1in tall, with two silver front teeth. He wore a dark blue cap, a black puffer jacket, blue jeans and trainers, and had a Jamaicansounding accent. The second man was black, 6ft 2ins tall, stocky build, with a roughlooking full beard and was wearing a dark blue hooded top with a black (Continued on page 3) DISTRICT NEWS MILFORD The opportunity for an “imaginative” and “attractive” seafront could be lost if outline plans to replace 119 beach huts get the goahead next month, according to parish councillors. Members opposed the New Forest District Council scheme for Hurst Road. Milford councillor Sue Whitlock said: “Maybe we are not going to win, but I still feel we need to stand up and say this is wrong.” Page 4 EXBURY Plans by TV historian Dan Snow to build an office in the grounds of his home have been refused by the national park authority, with members worried it could set a dangerous precedent. The proposal for the outbuilding at Inchmery House, where Mr Snow lives with his wife Lady Edwina Grosvenor, was said to be “way, way outside” of what was acceptable. Page 11 BEAULIEU Young and old alike completed slalom runs while holding frying pans at the village’s annual pancake race day. Among the adult participants were members of Beaulieu Estate’s front of house team and staff from the Montagu Arms. 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