An 18-year-old man from Farnborough has been sentenced to 12 months in a Young Offender Institution after pleading guilty to a series of violent and dangerous offences.
Caleb Palmer, of Longfield Close, carried out multiple attacks earlier this year. On 9th August 2025, he struck a man in his 30s multiple times with a baseball bat on Caswell Close, causing injuries to the head, back, and torso. Palmer also used the bat to smash the front window of a nearby house during the incident.
On 1st October, Palmer threatened and assaulted a woman in her 20s on Greatfield Road. Later that evening, he threw a brick at a wall outside a property, causing damage, and threatened to damage a police custody interview room after being arrested.
Investigations further revealed Palmer had used false number plates on two occasions to fraudulently use a registration document and had committed two counts of dangerous driving earlier in the year.
Palmer pleaded guilty to all offences at Basingstoke Magistrates Court on 11th December 2025 and was sentenced to time in a Young Offender Institution.
Detective Constable Lauren Drysdale from CID North said:
“Caleb Palmer used a weapon to carry out a terrifying attack which left a man with injuries to large parts of his body. We will not tolerate this behaviour, and those who commit serious violence will be pursued and brought before the courts. I hope the victims can now move forward knowing Palmer has been sentenced.”
