ANATOLIJ KRUPOVES, 29, of Longfield, Falmouth, admitted at Truro Magistrates' Court to drink-driving at Falmouth on October 13 and was fined £240 and banned from driving for 20 months.
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FALMOUTHDriving ban
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REDRUTHAssaults denied
JACK Crocker, 37, accused of assaulting Ryan Parkin on September 6 at Redruth, and Karen Rowe, 41, accused of assaulting Mikayla Long on the same date, have appeared at Truro Magistrates' Court.The pair, of Creegbrawse, near Chacewater, pleaded not guilty and the case was adjourned for trial on January 8.
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REDRUTHMotorbike stolen
POLICE are appealing for information following the theft of a Royal Enfield motorbike, with the registration WK08 EUD, taken from a property at Higher Pumpfield Row in Redruth.The Bullet Machismo 500cc black and chrome bike was stolen between 3pm on November 5 and 9am on November 6. Anyone with information is asked to call police on 101, quoting AC/13/4606.
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PENRYNEntered plea
ADAM Edward Burnard, 42, of Helston Road, Penryn, pleaded not guilty at Truro Magistrates' Court to drink-driving at Falmouth on October 7 and had his case adjourned to December 18 for trial.It was alleged he drove with 65mcg in breath, nearly twice the legal limit.
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CAMBORNEKicked car
POLICE want to speak to anyone who saw a man kick a car in Camborne as two children watched.Officers investigating an incident on October 5 in the Rosewarne car park between 5.30pm and 6pm have only now released details.A police spokesman said the incident involved "disorder" between a man and a woman, who stood near a car with a couple of children. The man was said to kick the car window.Anyone with information is asked to call Camborne police on 101, quoting reference AC/13/4097.
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HELSTONSet for trials
TRIALS will take place at Truro Magistrates' Court on January 8 for cases involving two men from Helston.Daniel Liam Stamp, 21, of Church Street, Helston, faces charges of using threatening behaviour at Falmouth and Helston during August, and two breaches of drink banning orders at the same places.Steve Cameron Meehan, 20, of no fixed address in Helston, is charged with assaulting Adam Southgate on August 18 at Falmouth, and two offences of using threatening behaviour at Falmouth and Helston on...
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Father figure was conned by fake contracts and invented...
A SHAMELESS conman who preyed on honest people used "smoke and mirrors" to steal nearly £40,000 from a man he looked on as a father.Kristden Kinson, who faked documents and contracts, invented characters and involved his mother in his scams, was jailed for nearly three years for a series of thefts.Principal victim Brian Cook, who owns the West End Motors car dealership in Bodmin, met Kinson, 39, in 2010 when he approached him with a car park security business idea.Iain White, for...
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Bodmin police say: 'We're winning the battle over heroin'
THE POLICE believe they are winning the battle to rid Bodmin of heroin dealers after another drug courier from the town was behind bars this week.Lee Brislen was jailed at Exeter Crown Court on Friday after he was caught with heroin valued at £50,000 obtained from suppliers in Liverpool.Inspector Robin Hogg, from Bodmin police, said Brislen's imprisonment, the jailing earlier this year of five members of a local family for their part in trafficking £1 million of heroin, plus...
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Kristden Kinson spent stolen Falmouth parking cash spent on a...
A FORMER parking security manager who swindled nearly £50,000 from his employers paid for a lavish champagne dinner costing £721.Crooked Kristden Kinson, 39, formerly of Truro, splashed out on three bottles of Dom Perignon, priced at £159.95, and two of Bollinger at a staff party at Zafiros in Truro.At Truro Crown Court, where Kinson was sentenced for three counts of theft, Judge Christopher Harvey Clark QC called him a "brazen conman". He had previously admitted...
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Graham Budge, who led police on 'insane' 100mph chase, escapes...
A CAR driven at 100mph in a police pursuit across North Cornwall had earlier been stolen while a young child was sitting in the back, a court heard.The driving of Graham Budge – who pleaded guilty to driving dangerously on the A39 between Camelford and Davidstow – was described as "insanity" by one witness.Budge, 30, of East Lake Farm, Lewdown, appeared before Truro Crown Court on Friday.The court was told that Budge eventually crashed into a car on the outskirts of...
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Man found dead in Feock home: 58-year-old woman arrested on...
A 58-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a man was found dead in a property near Truro.
At around 7.40am this morning, police officers and paramedics were called to the home in the Trolver Croft area of Feock, following reports that a man had been stabbed.
A representative from Devon and Cornwall Police said a man, aged around 60, was declared dead at the scene.
The female suspect was found at the property with minor injuries.
The police spokesman said she has been...
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Feock murder investigation launched after man found stabbed to...
A man has been found stabbed to death at his home in Feock, near Truro, this morning.
Police were called to a house in Feock at around 7.30 am.
On arrival officers found the man suffering from stab wounds, in what the police believe to be a domestic incident.
He was declared dead at the scene by medical crews.
Neighbour, Chris Young, said: "When it comes so close to your doorstep it is very worrying.
"This is a very quiet area with very few passers-by."
Devon and Cornwall police have...
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Jenny Phillips from Falmouth conned out of £10,000 in...
A FALMOUTH woman says she has been conned out of thousands of pounds in an online dating scam.Jenny Phillips has suffered from ill health as a result of the four-month ordeal during which she says she was duped into paying out more than £10,000 to someone she met online.Now the retired company director is warning other women to beware of the criminals who prey on lonely women looking for friendship.Mrs Phillips joined an online dating service in June looking for a penpal while her husband...
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Truro teenage rapist George Gray fails in bid to clear name
A YOUNG rapist from Truro who attacked a teenager at a lavish birthday party has failed in a bid to clear his name.
Former Truro School pupil George Gray was 18 years old when he raped a girl in a toilet at an extravagant 18th birthday party near Truro in 2011.
He claimed the sexual encounter was consensual, but was convicted by a jury of rape and sentenced to four years' youth custody at Truro Crown Court last November.
Gray, now 20, was back in court in London on Friday as his lawyers...
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GP Gary Hughes found dead in Feock - wife held on suspicion of...
A VILLAGE in Cornwall is in shock after a GP was found dead and a woman believed to be his wife held on suspicion of murder.
Gary Hughes died from stab wounds at his home in Feock. A 58-year-old woman was arrested at the scene yesterday morning and taken to hospital for treatment.
Dr Hughes was a senior partner at Clinton Road Surgery in Redruth,
Dr Hughes' sister, Radio Cornwall presenter Nina Davey, paid tribute to her brother.
She said: "It's hugely shocking - he was the person who loved...
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Wife of murdered Feock GP Gary Hughes to be taken into custody
A woman suspected of murdering her husband is being treated for injuries in hospital.
The woman, named locally as Marion Hughes, is expected to be taken into custody on her release from hospital.
Gary Hughes, a 60-year-old GP from Feock, was found dead at his waterside home on Friday morning.
Police confirmed a 58-year-old woman was arrested at the scene.
Dr Hughes was a senior partner at Clinton Road Surgery in Redruth and his wife is also understood to be a GP.
Chief Inspector Mike Ward from...
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Police investigate three cars set on fire in Blackwater
Police are investigating after three cars were set on fire within 24 hours in a Cornish village.
Emergency services were called to two blazing cars in Blackwater in the early hours of Saturday and a third last night just before 9.30pm.
The first two cars were found in Symons Close. The location of the third car is not yet known.
Arson is suspected and police are investigating all three car fires.
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Bipolar Truro bomb hoaxer Nicholas Rimmer is jailed for 18 months
THE 'joker' behind a bomb hoax that caused hours of disruption to three Truro businesses has been jailed.Nicholas Rimmer, 55, left a note outside The Money Group's offices on Charles Street reading: "I have placed an incendiary device within the building which is due to explode at midday. Next time there will be no warning."Concerned staff raised the alarm when they arrived at work just after 7am on March 19 and police officers spent nearly four hours searching the premises before...
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Shoplifter Tracy Starling abuses BHS staff and four police...
FOUR police officers bore the brunt of a Truro woman's anger at being caught shoplifting in British Home Stores in the city.She kicked out and swore at them after staff in the store had reported seeing her picking out goods and then leaving without paying for them.At Truro Magistrates' Court Tracy Marie Starling, 33, of Pendeen Road, Truro, pleaded guilty to assaulting PC Stevenson and PCSO Emily Distin, resisting PC Pearce and PC Andy Filkin, using threatening behaviour and shoplifting.Alison...
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Cannabis blamed for Bodmin teenager's descent into crime
CANNABIS use was blamed for a Bodmin teenager's descent from promising student and sportsman to would-be burglar with a need to pay off a debt for the drug.The boy, aged 16, appeared before Bodmin Youth Court on Monday when he pleaded guilty to jointly conspiring to commit burglary with intent to steal from The Shoe Boy in Bodmin's Fore Street.He was handed an eight-month referral order by the youth panel, who heard that at the time of the offence he had been subject to a conditional caution for...
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