A METAL fence bracket was ripped from a wall causing damage in the Trenance Road and Trenance Gardens area.Police are appealing for information to the incident, which took place between October 31 and November 4.Anyone with information is asked to call Newquay police on 101, quoting crime reference GN/13/2418.
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Ripped from wall
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Taken from vehicle
A MOBILE phone and charger were stolen from a vehicle in Newquay.The incident took place on Monday, November 4 at around 2pm.The black Ford Transit van was entered without causing damage but the items were stolen from inside.Anyone with information regarding this crime is requested to contact the police on 101, quoting crime number GN/13/2422.
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Camera stolen
A CANON 550D digital camera was stolen from a house in Margaret Crescent, Bodmin, between Friday, November 1, and Sunday, November 3.The camera was in a black camera bag and was taken along with a 50mm and an 18 to 55mm lens and various filters. The total cost of all these items is around £800.Anyone with information is asked to call 101, quoting crime reference number BB/13/1802.
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Fire is latest incident
A FIRE was started in a skip in St Mawgan.Police said the incident is part of a long string of offences which have occurred in the village during the past two weeks.Signs and bollards have also been removed.The incidents are centred around a lane running from the school across the stream and towards Lanvean.Any person with information is asked to contact police at St Columb Major or Newquay on 101.Or they can contact Crime stoppers quoting crime numbers GC/13/377.
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Crime figures may not fall until next summer - police
Crime in Devon and Cornwall may not fall at all this year, Chief Constable Shaun Sawyer admitted yesterday.Mr Sawyer made the admission during a public meeting of performance and accountability board instituted by Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) Tony Hogg.It was the first time they had discussed an issue which was the source of tension in their relationship, and their backroom teams, last month.The fall-out followed confirmation that the force was unlikely to meet the modest 2% crime...
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St Austell man Neil Burton escapes jail after causing the death...
A MAN who caused the death of a 72-year-old Liskeard motorcyclist by careless driving has escaped jail.On September 6 last year, Liskeard pensioner Terry Bettison was killed after his motorcycle collided with a car and a lorry in a six-vehicle crash on the A38 Glynn Valley near Bodmin.Neil Burton, of Tregorrick View, St Austell, originally pleaded not guilty to causing death by dangerous driving. But on Wednesday, November 13 at Truro Crown Court, Burton entered a guilty plea for the lesser...
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HAYLEDrug offences
RYAN CRAIG DUNN, 22, of High Lanes, Hayle, admitted at Truro Magistrates' Court to possessing drugs at St Ives on July 30 and was given a year's community order and told to attend a senior attendance centre for 36 hours.
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HELSTONGuilty pleas
ISABELLE IPAS, 42, of Trenear, Helston, pleaded guilty at Truro Magistrates' Court to being drunk and disorderly at Helston and assaulting Graham Jennings, on September 21. She was given a year's community order and told to pay compensation of £100.
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MYLORAssault denied
KANE VALENTINE, aged 43, of New Road, Mylor, has denied a charge of assaulting Sharna Judd at Truro on October 18.Truro magistrates adjourned his case to January 20 for trial and he was bailed on condition he does not contact the alleged victim or visit an address in Truro.
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Copper piping and electric cabling stolen from houses and...
POLICE are urging vigilance after thefts of copper piping and electric cable in Falmouth and Penryn.The thefts have taken place from unoccupied houses and from businesses outside opening hours. Anyone who sees anything suspicious is being asked to call 101.
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PERRANPORTHMass target
POLICE are investigating after four vehicles were "keyed" in Perranporth.Each of the vehicles received damage estimated at hundreds of pounds, after a sharp object was taken to them.The incident happened on Tuesday, November 12 on Tregundy Road between 1am and 5am. All vehicles were damaged on the same evening.Inspector Mark Richards from Truro police confirmed it is suspected the cars were "keyed".Truro police are asking those with any information to contact them by...
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Camborne man with bizarre slurry fetish sent to prison
A MAN with a fetish for rolling around in slurry who terrorised a farming family has been transferred from a mental hospital to prison.David Truscott, 41, has a history of rolling naked in cow slurry. He admitted threatening to kill farmer Clive Roth and his family, whom he had already subjected to a six-year campaign of harassment and arson, and was banned from going on to their land at Redruth – after being caught repeatedly rolling naked in a muck-spreader.When Mr Roth had the spreader...
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Camborne man with bizarre slurry fetish sent to prison
A MAN with a fetish for rolling around in slurry who terrorised a farming family has been transferred from a mental hospital to prison.David Truscott, 41, has a history of rolling naked in cow slurry. He admitted threatening to kill farmer Clive Roth and his family, whom he had already subjected to a six-year campaign of harassment and arson, and was banned from going on to their land at Redruth – after being caught repeatedly rolling naked in a muck-spreader.When Mr Roth had the spreader...
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Camborne man with bizarre slurry fetish sent to prison
A MAN with a fetish for rolling around in slurry who terrorised a farming family has been transferred from a mental hospital to prison.David Truscott, 41, has a history of rolling naked in cow slurry. He admitted threatening to kill farmer Clive Roth and his family, whom he had already subjected to a six-year campaign of harassment and arson, and was banned from going on to their land at Redruth – after being caught repeatedly rolling naked in a muck-spreader.When Mr Roth had the spreader...
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Camborne man with bizarre slurry fetish sent to prison
A MAN with a fetish for rolling around in slurry who terrorised a farming family has been transferred from a mental hospital to prison.David Truscott, 41, has a history of rolling naked in cow slurry. He admitted threatening to kill farmer Clive Roth and his family, whom he had already subjected to a six-year campaign of harassment and arson, and was banned from going on to their land at Redruth – after being caught repeatedly rolling naked in a muck-spreader.When Mr Roth had the spreader...
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Prison for coach who stole rugby tour cash
A REDRUTH rugby coach has been jailed for nine months for stealing thousands of pounds to feed his gambling addiction.Lorry driver Vincent May, of Perran Sands Holiday Park, Perranporth, admitted stealing £5,365 between September 1, 2012, and February 16, this year, paid by parents for accommodation at Butlin's in Minehead as part of a tour.Truro Crown Court heard May had also stolen fees for the previous year's tour which he had covered up.On Friday, Judge John Neligan, said custody was...
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Accused of arson attack
A YOUNG man from Hayle accused of arson and burglary in Redruth has been bailed by city magistrates to appear at Truro Crown Court.Merlin Sian Quinnan, aged 21 and from Parkway Fields, entered no plea to a charge of arson on August 1, involving a garage and a van belonging to Jason Gartell, which caused damage costing more than £9,000, and one of burglary on the same day at Sea View Terrace in Redruth.The case was adjourned to Truro Crown Court on November 29 and Quinnan was bailed on...
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Accused of assault
ACCUSED of assaulting his mother Tamsin Nicholls at Hayle on October 13 a Hayle man has had his case adjourned by Truro magistrates to November 12.Lewis James Rogers, 24, of Prospect Place, Hayle, entered no plea.
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Penniless man stole food
WITHOUT his benefits a Penzance man had no money and feeling hungry and thirsty resorted to his old habit of stealing, his solicitor, Robin Smith told Truro magistrates.Leon Thomas Paull, 43, of Adelaide Street, Penzance, pleaded guilty to the theft of two bottles of Coke and a ham sandwich valued at £4.10 from Tesco Extra.Mike Roberts, for the Crown Prosecution Service, said a police community support officer had been in Market Jew Street and saw Paull select items and conceal...
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Court drops order on man who did not want to do unpaid work
ADMITTING a breach of a community order made in June for assault a Heamoor man admitted to Truro magistrates that he had failed to attend two appointments for unpaid work.The court heard that Peter Maddern, 48, of Parc Letta, Heamoor, told probation officer Sarah Crabbe, when asked about his failure, that he did not want to do unpaid work as he had other things to do. He said he did not intend to do the work.His original offence had been an assault on a female whom he grabbed around the throat...
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