Crime

An unauthorised ‘car cruise’ involving hundreds of motorists gathering in Banbury was disrupted by police and council officers on Sunday evening (February 17).

The following cases were heard at Banbury Magistrates’ Court.

A list of police misconduct hearings over the past month has revealed seven officers have been disciplined.

A man has been sentenced just 33 days after being arrested for drug offences in Bicester.

A large amount of jewellery was stolen from a property in Brackley with police appealing for witnesses.

A man in his 40s is still in hospital after being assaulted by a group of men in Banbury.

The RSPCA has launched an investigation after the bodies of five puppies were discovered dumped in a ditch outside Banbury.

Banbury Police confirmed the arrest of two males at a town centre address.

A misconduct hearing has determined a former Northamptonshire Police constable would have been dismissed without notice had he not already resigned.

A 17-year-old boy is still in hospital with head injuries after being assaulted in Banbury on Saturday (February 2), with police appealing for witnesses.

Witnesses are being sought after a car drove towards pedestrians to get away from police in Banbury.

Three men from Banbury have been jailed for a combined 30 years after being involved in a high-speed chase before an elderly woman was killed in a head-on crash.

Two Banbury men have been convicted of causing the death of an elderly woman in a crash while going the wrong way down a dual carriageway during a chase.

A Banbury woman has urged residents to be vigilant after a family member was targeted by thieves.

Fifteen people with links to county lines drug gangs were arrested by officers in Northamptonshire.