Camborne mum Tania Bennetts is jailed for glassing man on his...

January 23, 2014, 10:00 pm

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A CAMBORNE mother has been jailed for two years for glassing a man on his cowboy-themed stag night.Tania Bennetts, 42, went on trial in November accused of wounding David Morford on August 11, 2012, with intent to do him grievous bodily harm.At Truro Crown Court on Friday, Philip Lee, for the prosecution, said that when Mr Morford married two weeks after the aCamborne ttack his wounds were visible in the wedding photographs.The court previously heard that Mr Morford, then aged 26, was involved...

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Illogan robber Philip Moon held up a pasty shop with a crowbar

January 23, 2014, 10:00 pm

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AN ILLOGAN heroin addict held up a pasty shop with a crowbar and stole £100. Philip Moon, 24, scoped out his target before entering the shop with a scarf tied around the lower part of his face and the metal weapon, which he shook at the shop assistant and demanded she give him notes from the till. At Truro Crown Court on Thursday, Moon, whose address was given as no formal abode, pleaded guilty to the robbery at the Cornish Oven Pasty Shop in Illogan. Philip Lee, for the Crown Prosecution...

'Moon man' from Newquay fined over rail station bomb threat

January 23, 2014, 10:00 pm

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A NEWQUAY man has been fined after threatening to blow up a Buckinghamshire railway station.Announcing that he was speaking from the moon Paul Leslie Blatchford, aged 39 and from Mount Wise, told the operator he would obliterate the station at Milton Keynes on July 16 last year.Having pleaded guilty to making the threat to British Transport Police, Blatchford was ordered by Truro magistrates on Friday to pay a £40 fine as well as £60 in costs and a £20 victim surcharge.He...

Asbo prevents Vicars from being drunk in public

January 23, 2014, 10:00 pm

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A 22-YEAR-old Mousehole man has been handed a three-year Asbo which forbids him from being drunk in any public place in Cornwall.Ross James Vicars was issued with the order at West Cornwall Magistrates' Court on Monday.Sergeant Flo Linscott, from the Penzance Neighbourhood Team, said: "Numerous interventions had been made to guide, support and rehabilitate Vicars but he failed to engage, leading to further acts of alcohol-fuelled antisocial behaviour."Previous orders such as drink...

Falmouth ME sufferer Linda Bascombe claimed benefits despite...

January 24, 2014, 1:26 am

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A FALMOUTH woman saved more than £30,000 from her benefits payments to move house – a sum that was more than double the amount of capital she was allowed. Linda Bascombe, 58, of Trevithick Road, was initially charged with a dishonest failure to notify the authorities of her savings and as a result, being overpaid £25,254.98 in benefits. On Wednesday at Truro Crown Court, on the morning her trial was due to start, she pleaded guilty to failing to notify Cornwall Council and the...

Britain's worst paedophile William Goad left just £50,000 -...

January 24, 2014, 2:51 pm

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A LONG-running quest to see victims of Britain's most prolific paedophile financially compensated for the abuse they suffered may have come to an end – because his final estate amounted to just £50,023. William Goad was jailed for life in 2004 after he pleaded guilty to 14 counts of serious sexual assault – now categorised as rape following changes in the law – and two charges of indecent assault. He was described in court as a "voracious, calculating, predatory and...

Attack on girl by Wadebridge man John Wilson caught on mobile...

January 26, 2014, 10:00 pm

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MOBILE phone footage of the moments before a 49-year-old Wadebridge delivery driver attacked a teenage girl was played to Bodmin magistrates at his trial for assault.John Wilson could be heard telling Robin Hall: "The things I want to do to you, you wouldn't believe."You don't know how much I want to hurt you. You're in a hard place."The footage, recorded by Ms Hall, then showed her legs as she fell to the ground, with Wilson leaning or kneeling over her and continuing to shout....

Asbo 999 caller Carl Mackenzie of Chacewater jailed after abusing...

January 26, 2014, 10:00 pm

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A SERIAL nuisance 999 caller has been jailed for 18 weeks after abusing paramedics called to help him when he was found lying on the pavement.Before Truro magistrates Carl Mackenzie, 49 and of Brookside, Chacewater, admitted breaching an antisocial behaviour order (Asbo).Jill Wilson, for the prosecution, said Mackenzie was given a two-year Asbo in September prompted by his emergency calls, then a suspended sentence in December for breaching it.On January 10 he breached it again by physically...

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Former Penzance man Lee Hosking jailed for violent rape

January 27, 2014, 8:35 am

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A FORMER Penzance man has been jailed for nine and a half years after admitting to raping a woman in an "exceptionally violent" attack in 2008. Lee Hosking, aged 28, now of Hastings, appeared at Truro Crown Court today where he pleaded guilty to three counts of rape. He attacked a woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, while on a night out in Penzance on May 5, 2008. Officer in the case, Detective Inspector Stuart Ellis said: "Lee Hosking has today pleaded guilty to an exceptionally...

Teen's truancy leads to £420 bill for Torpoint mum

January 26, 2014, 10:00 pm

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A TORPOINT mother was ordered to pay £420 after failing to ensure that her teenager went to school regularly.The 38-year-old unemployed mother of one, who cannot be named for legal reasons, pleaded guilty to failing to ensure that her child went to school when she appeared at Truro Magistrates' Court on Friday.The court heard that her son was absent for 66 out of a possible 176 days from June 3 to November 26, 2013 – a 49.4 per cent attendance rate.Representing herself in court,...

Drink-driving pensioner drives into no-entry sign on one-way...

January 27, 2014, 10:00 pm

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A PENSIONER who hit a No Entry sign as he drove the wrong way down a one-way street to get to his St Eval home has admitted a drink-driving charge.It was 68-year-old John Geraghty's third drink-related driving conviction, Bodmin magistrates were told.Geraghty, of Liberator Row, had denied driving with excess alcohol in his breath but changed his plea on Friday, the day set for his trial.Will Rose, for the prosecution, said Geraghty was arrested at home on November 1 after a neighbour reported...

Police remind motorists in Redruth Fore Street not open to...

January 27, 2014, 10:00 pm

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POLICE have issued a warning to motorists in Redruth after reports of vehicles being driven through the town's main shopping area even though it is not open to traffic.Fore Street, in the centre of Redruth is usually blocked off to traffic at either end to prevent vehicles using it as a through-road.But police said motorists have found ways onto Fore Street and are also parking outside shops.Sergeant Tom Patrick, Redruth police neighbourhood team leader, said: "Fore Street, Redruth, is not...

Jail term and ban for Bernard Kitto's third drink drive offence

January 27, 2014, 10:00 pm

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WARLEGGAN man Bernard Kitto has been handed a suspended prison sentence and 46-month driving ban by magistrates after admitting his third drink-drive offence.It was "unfortunate for Mr Kitto but fortunate for members of the public" that he was confronted by police in Bodmin, Sally Daulton, for the prosecution, told Bodmin magistrates on Thursday.Chairman of the bench Pat Walker told Kitto the offence was so serious that custody – albeit suspended – was the only suitable...

Ex-partner David Allen of Camborne put knee through door while...

January 27, 2014, 10:00 pm

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WHAT should have been "a nice, pleasant" occasion when a 50-year-old took Christmas presents to his former partner's house for the children turned sour after he put his knee through the front door, Truro magistrates heard.David Allen, 50, of Wellington Road, Camborne, pleaded guilty to causing criminal damage on December 7 to Heather Preece's property.Gail Hawkley, for the prosecution, said Ms Preece had called the police after her door was broken. After ten years of separation she was...

Thieves stole valuable watches from St Austell home

January 27, 2014, 11:29 pm

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Police are appealing for information after thieves broke into a St Austell home and stole two valuable watches. A representative from Devon and Cornwall Police said the watches, which are valued at £2,000 each, were taken from a property in Graham Avenue on Thursday January 23. He said: "Burglars broke into the property in Graham Avenue on Thursday afternoon by smashing a patio window. "The house was searched before the offenders left with a Tag Heuer watch and a Tudor Tiger watch,...

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January 27, 2014, 11:48 pm

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POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a man was assaulted at Helston Boating Lake on Sunday. The man, in his sixties, was thrown into the lake in Coronation Park, Porthleven Road, between 4.30pm and 5pm and is believed to have been punched repeatedly, requiring hospital treatment for his injuries. A 45-year-old local man has been arrested on suspicion of assault and released on police bail until February 28. Anyone who witnessed the incident, or has any information that could assist is...

Thief rode bike out of Halfords in Truro pursued by staff

January 28, 2014, 6:55 am

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A daring thief rode out of a store on a stolen bicycle with staff in hot pursuit in Truro this afternoon. A man cycled at speed through the doors of the Halfords store on St Austell Street and took off down the road on the women's bicycle. Staff members tried to follow the man and raised the alarm but the pedal-powered thief beat them for pace. West Briton photographer Jon Jacobs was in the car park at Halfords when he witnessed the man speeding out of the shop shortly before 2pm. He said:...

Woman swung meat cleaver

January 28, 2014, 11:30 pm

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A MEAT cleaver was used by a 55-year-old woman to threaten her husband at a cottage in Camelford.Amanda Aston, of no fixed abode, had originally denied common assault but she changed her plea to guilty on Thursday, the day her trial was due to take place.Sally Daulton, for the prosecution, said that there was no allegation that Mrs Aston had actually made physical contact with the victim, Michael Aston, but she was charged with the offence in relation to the perceived threat of ...

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January 28, 2014, 11:30 pm

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THE door window on the driver's side of a red Peuguot 306 was smashed while parked and unattended at West Park, Wadebridge between 10pm on Saturday, January 18 and 7am the following morning. Police are asking anyone with information to call 101 and quote BW/14/45.

Diesel fuel theft

January 28, 2014, 11:30 pm

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POLICE are seeking any information or witnesses to the theft of 150 litres of diesel from a vehicle at Group Travel, Dunmere Road, Bodmin.The fuel, valued at £210, was taken between 3pm on January 17 and 8.30am on January 20.Anyone who saw vehicles or people that aroused suspicion near the premises last weekend should contact Bodmin police on 101 and quote crime reference number BB/14/118.