THE DRIVER of a Vauxhall Astra which crashed into a wall in Launceston on Saturday has admitted being more than three times over the drink-drive limit.Shortly before the collision witnesses saw the Astra being driven by Joshua Hawkey, 25, "swerving all over the road" without headlights, Alison May, for the prosecution, told Bodmin magistrates.Hawkey, of Downgate, North Petherwin, appeared before the court in custody on Monday when he pleaded guilty to driving with 108 micrograms of...
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Crash man over limit
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Driver's escape bid
A VAN driver who failed to stop for police as they pursued him at up to 60mph through Bodmin on Saturday was later found to be over the alcohol limit.Bodmin court was told that John McEwan, 24, a carpenter of Hillside Park, Bodmin, had made off because he feared he would be banned from driving for three years due to a previous drink-drive conviction.McEwan pleaded guilty to failing to stop for a constable and driving with 83 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath – the...
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Prolific shoplifter jailed
MAGISTRATES jailed a prolific shoplifter for 12 weeks on Thursday after hearing that his most recent offence was committed while he was on a suspended sentence order.Fraser Soul, 28, appeared before Bodmin court in custody on November 21 when he admitted stealing a bottle of sherry from Asda in St Austell the day before.Chairman of the bench Ed Paull told him he had an "appalling record for dishonesty" and a "very long criminal history"."We have no choice – if...
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Knew her attacker by his tattoos
A WOMAN grabbed from behind by a man in a Newquay bar recognised her assailant by the tattoos on his arms, a court was told.Following the attack the woman fled into the women's toilets, locking herself in a cubicle, and was "distressed and alarmed" when 23-year-old Jowan Farghaly followed her into the toilets.Farghaly, an unemployed fish filleter, of Trerice Terrace, St Dennis, pleaded guilty to assaulting Robyn Taylor by beating when he appeared before Bodmin magistrates last week.He...
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Inquest on PC Gail is on Monday
AN INQUEST into the death of a former Truro police officer who was found dead in her car is to be held next week.Gail Crocker was found at Hornick Hill in High Street, near St Austell, on the morning of June 15.After concerns were raised about her welfare, police were notified of a car being parked in an "unexpected" location.Married with two daughters, she was based in St Austell, and had previously worked in Truro. Police said she might have taken her own life.The inquest will be...
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£100 compensation
MARTIN SMITH, 22, of Wellpark Road, Drakewalls, Gunnislake, has been conditionally discharged for 12 months and ordered to pay £100 compensation by Bodmin magistrates after pleading guilty to destroying a fridge freezer, assault by beating and resisting a police officer on October 13; as well as assault by beating on August 28.
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Pair admit ABH
TWO LISKEARD men have been sent to Truro Crown Court for sentence on conditional bail after admitting jointly assaulting a third man causing him actual bodily harm at Pound Street in the town on September 21.Christopher Prinn, 24 of Lanchard Road, and Kamal Salt, 18, of Varley Lane, appeared before Bodmin magistrates on Tuesday last week when the case against them was sent to the Crown Court on December 17.
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Driver in court
A 26-YEAR-OLD man has pleaded guilty to driving a VW Golf without due care and attention following an accident in which he collided with the fence of the Liskeard Tavern on April 24.Stuart Pillar, of Huddys Court, Liskeard, appeared before Bodmin magistrates on Friday when he admitted the charge which he had previously denied.He pleads not guilty to driving the VW Golf while unfit through drugs on the same date and failing to co-operate with a preliminary breath test.The case was adjourned...
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Evil rapist likened to Dickens' character
A FORMER Bodmin man, jailed for 18 years for rape and child cruelty, was likened to a notorious Charles Dickens' character by a court judge.Judge Christopher Harvey Clark, QC, said Steven Crump was similar to the one-eyed, brutal Yorkshire schoolmaster Wackford Squeers from the author's famous novel Nicholas Nickleby.Crump, 38, was appearing for sentence at Truro Crown Court last Wednesday after being found guilty of all 13 charges he faced.The court previously heard that Crump, of Beacon Road,...
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To stand trial
A 65-YEAR-OLD Bodmin man has appeared before magistrates charged with 15 offences of making or possessing indecent or prohibited images of children between December 2011 and June 2012.Derek Long, of Meadow Plash, was sent to Truro Crown Court on unconditional bail for a hearing on December 13 after Bodmin magistrates directed trial by jury during a hearing on Tuesday last week (November 19).
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Acer laptop stolen
DETECTIVES are seeking in formation about a burglary in Bodmin in which a black Acer laptop, Apple TV box and Sky On-Demand box were among the items stolen.The burglary took place between 7.30am and 7pm on November 14 at a property near Halgavor Road.Anyone with information about who is responsible or the whereabouts of the property is asked to call 101, quoting BB/13/1857.
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Over drink-drive limit
MATTHEW MACDONALD, 23, of Margaret Crescent, Bodmin, appeared before Bodmin magistrates on Tuesday last week when he admitted to driving on October 24 with 88 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, the limit being 35mcg.He was fined £225 with £85 costs and a £23 victim surcharge, as well as being banned from driving for 20 months, to be reduced by 20 weeks if he completes an approved course.
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Graffiti 'disgrace'
POLICE are warning the parents of youngsters who have scrawled graffiti over numerous buildings that they could be liable to pay the costs of cleaning it up.Police have taken pictures of at least 20 places in Padstow and Trevone where the unsightly graffiti has appeared.PC Andy Spires said he believed two people were involved and they should stop now, before action was taken against them."It looks unsightly and lowers the tone of the area, and it's disgrace what these people are...
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Man threw bleach over girl student
POLICE in Bodmin are hunting a man who attacked a Bodmin College student with bleach yesterday.The girl was walking in Whitestone Road at 8.15am when the man approached her and threw the bleach over her.Police said the substance stained her clothes and went through to her skin but fortunately she was not badly injured.They are seeking the help of the public to identify her assailant. He is described as aged about 40, of Mediterranean appearance and is roughly 5ft 5in tall with a goatee beard.He...
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Missing man found and fined in court for order breach
A MILLBROOK man who sparked a police appeal after he went missing for several days has been found.Andrew Robson, 22, disappeared after police were called when he went to his estranged partner's address in breach of a court order.Robson, who had been sleeping in his car in Minehead, Somerset, eventually turned up and was arrested at his home at 3pm on Thursday, Bodmin magistrates were told.Robson, of Heron Close, was brought before the court in custody on Friday when he pleaded guilty to...
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Inspection shows 78% of town's taxis unfit
MORE than three-quarters of taxis checked in Liskeard were deemed unfit to be on the road, a police operation has revealed.Liskeard police and Cornwall Council's licensing department ran an inspection operation to check the roadworthiness of 18 taxis – and 78 per cent of them failed the test, with only 4 being passed as safe.Police said the faults could have put passengers at risk.Liskeard police neighbourhood team leader Sergeant Jo Williams said: "We're disappointed so many of the...
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Judge's warning after disabled man's conviction
A JUDGE has warned that an intellectually disabled man who sexually assaulted a woman at a North Cornwall care home should be supervised at all times during the day for public safety.At Truro Crown Court on Friday, David Evans, for the Crown Prosecution Service, said the man, who the Cornish Guardian has chosen not to name due to his vulnerability, suffers from a learning disability and has a mild autistic spectrum disorder.Last October he was spending a night in a care home in North Cornwall...
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Man, 41 denies attack in street
A DISPUTE between former Delabole neighbours ended with one man's head in a bloody mess and the other accused of assaulting him.Kenneth Gledhill, of The Sidings, Pengelly, is accused of attacking Henry Lejnieks in the street outside his home by punching and kicking him and banging his head against the pavement.The 41-year-old, who is also known as Scouser Kenny, went on trial at Truro Crown Court on Monday.Iain White, for the prosecution, said bad feeling between the pair dated back to 2009 when...
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Truro woman woken by thieves pushing her car down the road
A Truro woman was woken in the middle of the night by the noise of her car being pushed down the road by thieves.
The woman and her husband shouted at the thieves who then abandoned the silver Peugeot in the middle of Chergwin Road at approximately 1.15am on November 21.
Inside the car police found laptops, binoculars, sunglasses and CDs which had been stolen from other cars earlier that evening on Chergwin Road and from St Clement's Close.
Inspector Mark Richards from Truro Police said:...
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Bodmin student "very shaken'' after bleach attack
Police are continuing their search for a man who grabbed a Bodmin student and splattered her with bleach yesterday morning.
The 12-year-old girl was walking to the bus stop in Whitestone Road at around 8.40am when she was grabbed from behind by a man opposite the flats to the Kinsman estate.
He was holding a yellow bottle which police believe contained a bleach-based liquid.
She pulled her hand away causing the bottle to fall. In doing so the liquid fell onto her trousers and stained...
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