GARY LESLIE ANDERSON, aged 43, of St Martin's Court, Bodmin, entered guilty pleas at Truro Magistrates' Court on December 14 to criminal damage and theft at Penzance and was conditionally discharged for a year and told to pay compensation of £50.
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Charges admitted
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Meat thief is bailed
LOOE man Eric Cullen appeared before Bodmin magistrates on Boxing Day when he pleading guilty to stealing two joints of beef valued at a total of £24.72 from the Co-op in Looe on Christmas Eve.The case was adjourned until January 20 for sentencing and Cullen, 47, was bailed on condition he does not enter the Co-op in Looe and lives at his home address in Elm Tree Road.
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Paddington train hits a lorry tyre left on tracks by vandals
POLICE are on the hunt for offenders after a high-speed train struck a lorry tyre deliberately placed on the main line between Menheniot and Liskeard.A First Great Western train bound from Paddington to Penzance hit the tyre at about 1.20pm on Sunday, December 22, and though no one was hurt the locomotive was damaged and the service disrupted.Detective Constable Dave Bailey from the British Transport Police, who is investigating the incident, said it could have had tragic consequences and the...
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Man breached bail terms
TRURO magistrates refused to remove a bail condition which prevented a man from contacting the woman he intended to marry.Phillip Ringer, 51, of no fixed address, admitted breaching bail by contacting Kay Rachel, his 23-year-old partner.Alison May, for the Crown Prosecution Service, said police said he had been seen having a meal with Ms Rachel and was arrested. He had previous convictions.His solicitor, Dawn Hallett, said the couple had been together for five years and were engaged to be...
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Redruth's Thomas Hewer sentenced for shouting at ex after break...
A REDRUTH man who shouted at his former partner and accused her of being with other men has been ordered to stay inside in the evenings.Thomas Hewer, 25, of Johns Park, was sentenced at Truro Crown Court on Tuesday for two counts of criminal damage and one of using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour.Ramsay Quaife, for the prosecution, said that Hewer had been in a relationship with Laura Cook for seven years and they had a son together.The couple had ended their relationship...
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A dog's life: Canine crime-fighters retire
TWO crime-fighting police dogs with more than 18 years' service between them will retire from the force next month.German shepherd Asbo and sprocker spaniel Springo have served alongside dog handler, PC Ian Tolchard, based at Camborne.Asbo, a nine-year-old general purpose police dog, joined the force in 2005 and has been "highly successful" in finding missing people and locating criminals.Springo, a drugs search dog, began duties with PC Tolchard in 2003 after the officer adopted him...
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Man serving drugs sentence guilty of affray
A PAIR of Falmouth men became involved in a brawl that would not have been out of place in a Wild West saloon.At Truro Crown Court on Friday, Adam Petrauske, 26, and George Carthey, 23, pleaded guilty to a charge of affray, relating to an incident on April 19.Elaine Hobson, for the Crown Prosecution Service, said two members of door staff were injured in the brawl, which happened while they were working at the Fish Factory in Falmouth where a private party was being held.She said Petrauske...
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Chacewater man Carl Mackenzie called 999 falsely claiming he'd...
A MAN who twice called the emergency services falsely claiming to have slashed his wrists had made similar calls over the past three years, Truro magistrates heard.Carl Dominic Mackenzie, 49, of Brookside, Chacewater, admitted by video link to two offences of breaching an Asbo made in September preventing him from calling emergency services or encouraging others to do so on his behalf, except in a genuine emergency, or causing a nuisance to any emergency service.Gail Hawkley, for the CPS, said...
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Student William Nowell spat on police officer in car at Camborne
A UNIVERSITY student spat at a police officer in a car while being taken into custody, magistrates heard.The spittle was said to have landed on her neck and head. It also landed on the car seat in front of him.At Truro Magistrates' Court, William Henry Nowell, 20, of Eton Avenue, Plymouth, admitted to assaulting PC Michelle Thompson by spitting at her, damaging a seat of a police car and possessing cannabis.Alison May, for the CPS, said officers had gone to the Vanilla Night Club in Falmouth...
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Man is jailed for 'dangerous' chase
TWO Camborne men took a car and led police on a dangerous chase.At Truro Crown Court, Elaine Hobson, for the Crown Prosecution Service, said William Pascoe, 23, took a Peugeot on the night of November 16, and at 3.30am the car was spotted at an address in Penzance.Pascoe and Jason Barry, 21, who was a passenger in the car, then smashed the window of a vehicle there and stole 16 CDs.Police officers on duty had been warned to look out for the Peugeot and it was seen at the St Erth roundabout.Ms...
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CAMBORNEAdjourned
DARREN Ditchburn, 30, of Pendarves Street, Tuckingmill, Camborne, entered no plea at Truro Magistrates' Court to breaching a restraining order by telephoning Jodie Ditchburn and harassing her at Camborne. The case was adjourned to January 7 for trial at Truro Crown Court and he was remanded in custody.
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MYLOR AND TRURONo pleas
TWO MEN are to stand trial at Truro Crown Court after they entered no pleas at Truro Magistrates' Court to producing 46 cannabis plants at Truro on August 26. James Pedrek Hall, 31, of Restronguet, Mylor and Jon Hopwood, 32, of Headland House, Truro, were bailed until the next hearing at the Crown Court on January 21.
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Truro solicitor Ian Dudgeon sent Facebook 'noose around my neck'...
A FORMER solicitor has been given a prison sentence for sending Facebook messages to a woman he did not know, saying he had a noose around his neck and did not want to die.Truro Magistrates' Court heard Ian Dudgeon later told police he had sent this and other similarly worrying messages to her and her husband by mistake. He admitted misuse of the communications system.Dudgeon, 47, formerly of St Allen, Truro, and now living in Cheshire, also pleaded guilty to being drunk and disorderly at Royal...
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Locked up for a week
A PENZANCE man aged 75, accused of six offences of breaching a restraining order by contacting his former wife, was remanded in custody for a week at Truro Magistrates' Court after he entered no plea to the charges.William John Watkins, of Taroveor Terrace, was represented by Fred Howell who told the magistrates he would make no bail application as he was concerned about his client's health and wanted to obtain medical reports on him. Watkins' offences involved his alleged harassment of Sheila...
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Court briefs
NICHOLA WAGSTAFF, 30, of Hayle Industrial Park, Hayle, pleaded not guilty to causing a computer to perform a function with intent to secure unauthorised access to a programme or data in a computer or to enable such access to be so secured, at Hayle, on October 5, and the case was discontinued at Truro Magistrates' Court, on December 17.ELIZABETH HOUGHTON, 33, of Polwithen Court, Carbis Bay, entered guilty pleas to benefit fraud at Truro Magistrates' Court, on December 12, and was conditionally...
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Champagne taken from town house
POLICE have reported a triple champagne theft in Newlyn just as festive celebrations began.The incident, which took place earlier this month in the run-up to Christmas, saw a bottle of Moet, a Lanson Black Label and a Co-op own brand bubbly stolen from a property in Treveneth Crescent.Police said the offence took place between 8.30am and 8pm on December 19 and are appealing for information.A report read: "Offender(s) entered the premises climbing in through a rear bedroom window. Once...
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Guilty of stealing alcohol and canoe
A HAYLE man has been handed a suspended sentence after pleading guilty to stealing champagne, vodka and a canoe.He was also handed a six-month drug rehabilitation order.Matthew Morris, 39, of Angarrack Mews, Grist Lane, Hayle, was facing magistrates in Truro after pleading guilty to three separate thefts.On October 16, he stole vodka to the value of £33.78 from the Co-op, in Copper Terrace, Hayle.Then, on October 26, he stole an Old Town Discovery canoe belonging to Neil Morris valued...
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Spiderman knocked unconscious in Looe during New Year's Eve...
A fancy-dress reveller dressed as Spiderman was left unconscious after being assaulted by a gang of men in Looe on New Year's Eve.
The incident took place shortly before midnight as the 18-year-old was walking to a kebab shop in Fore Street.
A police spokesman said: "Between 11.50pm and midnight the victim was walking to the kebab shop in Fore Street when he was assaulted by four or five unknown men resulting in him being knocked unconscious. "The 18-year-old man was taken to...
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Buckshead man Jack Harvey appears in court for drugs and driving...
A BUCKSHEAD man has appeared at Truro Crown Court accused of driving and drugs offences.
Jack Harvey, 42, of Polwhele Cottages, who is accused of possessing heroin and amphetamine with intent to supply and of dangerous driving, entered no pleas at a preliminary hearing on Friday.
Harvey was remanded in custody and will appear before the court again on March 7.
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Newquay woman denies stealing from Truro nightclub Vanilla
THE BOSS of a Truro nightclub set a trap for his staff after he became suspicious that someone was stealing money, a court has heard.
Judy Roberts, 34, of St Johns Road, Newquay, went on trial at Truro Crown Court on Thursday accused of stealing £900.62 while she was working as an assistant manager at Vanilla in the city centre.
Graeme Scrimgeour, director of Penswood Inns Ltd – the company that runs Vanilla – told the court that he became suspicious someone was stealing money...
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