A DRINK-driver was veering across the road with his wife and children in the vehicle, Truro magistrates heard.Raymond Ivey Oates, 62, of Parc an Dix Lane, Hayle, pleaded guilty to drink-driving in Hayle, on January 4, and was fined £250 with £110 costs and surcharge and banned from driving for 18 months.Alison May, for the CPS, said police officers saw him driving a Jeep at about 15mph, weaving from side to side and crossing the white line on to the offside on a number of occasions....
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Hayle drink driver Raymond Ivey Oates had family in car
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Falmouth's Michael Tuffery drove home from wake while over legal...
DRINKING at a wake in Truro and then driving to his home in Falmouth cost a 67-year-old man his licence for three years at Truro Magistrates' Court.Michael Tuffery was found drunk at home in Hillside Road, Falmouth, after police officers followed a trail of oil from where his vehicle had flattened a bollard in Bickland Water Road.Tuffery pleaded guilty to drink-driving in Falmouth, on November 13, when he tested at 101 milligrams of alcohol in blood, 21 points over the legal limit. Alison May,...
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'Stupid' Camborne mobile phone thief Anthony Rutter caught via...
AN INEPT mobile phone thief was caught when the 'selfie' he took ended up in the Google account of the victim – who recognised him.Anthony Rutter, 22, of Pengegon Parc, Camborne, was further implicated when police checked his partner's Facebook page and found a message saying: "Ant has come home with a Samsung S3 for me" – the type of phone owner Marty Rogers had left at a till in Tesco at Camborne.At Truro Magistrates' Court, Rutter pleaded guilty to stealing the phone...
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Mother of Falmouth cannabis-user Brandan Dean Bruce Preece lied...
A MOTHER lied to police about her son's whereabouts – before being overheard shouting at him.At Truro Magistrates' Court, Brandan Dean Bruce Preece, 21, who was living at Gyllyngvase Road, Falmouth, at the time, pleaded guilty to possessing 55 grams of cannabis, which Alison May, for the prosecution, said was worth £540.When police arrived at the house, to search for drugs, his mother said he was not at home. But, as they left, they heard her shout: "Get upstairs, get upstairs...
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'Cocktail of drugs' was in dangerous driver's system
THE drug dealer son of a notorious Cornish criminal has been jailed for three and a half years after he drove his car dangerously with a cocktail of drugs in his system.At Truro Crown Court on Friday, Jack Anthony Harvey, 42, pleaded guilty to dangerous driving and possession with intent to supply the Class A drugs heroin and cocaine.Harvey, of Polwhele Cottages, Buckshead, has previously been jailed for five years for dealing heroin but the court heard he had been trying to stay clean since his...
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Man guilty of drink-driving
STEVEN WAYNE SARA, 34, of Roskear Road, Camborne, pleaded not guilty but was convicted at Truro Magistrates' Court of drink-driving at Camborne on November 4 and was told to do 150 hours of unpaid work and banned from driving for 20 months.He admitted failing to stop after an accident, but denied breaching a drink banning order of which he was found guilty.
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Restraining order agreed
A WOMAN who was a man's housekeeper before becoming his wife, was the alleged victim of an assault by a 67-year-old man who appeared before Truro magistrates.William Vernon, of Gunwalloe, faced a charge of assaulting Anne Vernon at Wheal Buller Farm, near Redruth, on October 7.After no evidence was offered against him the charge was dismissed and a restraining order made. The three-year order prohibits Vernon from contacting Anne Vernon, now said to be divorced, except through solicitors,...
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CAMBORNEAssault trial
PAUL MALCOLM STEPHENS, 59, of William Street, Camborne, pleaded not guilty at Truro Magistrates' Court to assaulting Sara Jane Stephens at Camborne on January 7 and his case was adjourned for trial on a date to be arranged.Stephens was given bail on conditions not to contact the alleged victim or enter Centenary Street, Camborne, except with a uniformed police officer.
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HELSTONNo pleas given
DANIEL LIAM STAMP, 21, of Meneage Street, Helston, entered no pleas at Truro Magistrates' Court to assaulting Robert Oates causing him actual bodily harm on November 30 at Helston, to possessing an offensive weapon, a metal weightlifting bar in a public place, and possessing cannabis.The case was sent to Truro Crown Court on February 28 and he was given conditional bail.
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Thief Richard Keith Toy from Porthleven had 'shopping list'
A THIEF who stole from two shops and a garden centre had been found with two handwritten shopping lists of expensive items and little money on him, Truro magistrates heard.Richard Keith Toy, 35, c/o Thomas Terrace, Porthleven, pleaded guilty to stealing razors worth £119.98, food worth £9.03, and boxes of Christmas lights worth £143.Gail O'Hagan, probation officer, said his offending was related to his daily heroin use. Toy was given a community order for a year with...
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Attack lost him dream job
LOSING his job as a brewery deliveryman because he had butted one of his customers had been the biggest punishment a 21-year-old Penzance man could have suffered, his solicitor told Truro magistrates.Matthew Dean Stevens, of Chy an Gweal, Penzance, pleaded guilty to assaulting Simon Taylor on December 21.Alison May, for the prosecution, said Stevens had been banned from the Sir Humphry Davy pub, where Mr Taylor was the landlord.On the evening of December 21 he was told he could stay for just...
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Woman broke curfew order
A PENDEEN woman who was put under a court curfew four nights a week for driving while disqualified was absent when she should have been at home, and was missing for more than two hours in total, Truro magistrates heard.Joanna Melody Kaute, 43, of Trewellard Hill, Pendeen, admitted breaching the curfew on three occasions during December and January.Lynn East, for G4S, said on each occasion she had telephoned the authority and told them she would be late home.In court, Kaute apologised for her...
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Drunk at the time of theft
ADMITTING to stealing a quantity of cosmetics worth £79 from Boots in Penzance, a 44-year-old man living in Plymouth told police he had been drunk and could not remember what he did with them, Truro magistrates heard.Ryszard Dudziak, who had told officers he had drunk a bottle of vodka and two bottles of wine, pleaded guilty to the theft on January 29 and also to being drunk and disorderly in Penzance on January 25.Alison May, for the CPS, said there was a European arrest warrant...
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Carharrack man, 33, charged with murder
A 33-year-old man from Carharrack has been charged with the murder of David Alderson from Falmouth.
He was arrested in the Newbury area on Tuesday by officers from Thames Valley Police and will appear before Truro Magistrates Court later this morning.
The body of Mr Alderson, who was 72, was found on Saturday, January 18 in the grounds of the mine works at Wheal Maid near Carharrack.
Detective Superintendent Paul Burgan, from the major crime investigation team, said: "The public response to...
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Redruth man Kevin Cooper appears at Truro magistrates charged...
A REDRUTH man has appeared in court accused of murdering an elderly man who was found dead at a disused Cornish tin mine.
Kevin Cooper, 33, of Poldory View, Carharrack, appeared before Truro magistrates on Thursday morning.
He entered no plea to the charge and was remanded in custody to appear before Plymouth Crown Court tomorrow morning for a bail hearing.
Cooper was arrested in Reading on Tuesday morning, police said.
He was transported to Cornwall for questioning and charged with murder on...
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Pool pensioner Anthony Edwards looked at revolting images of...
A POOL pensioner looked at "revolting" indecent images of children as young as two.
Anthony Edwards, 67, of Agar Road, downloaded the pictures of youngsters to his computer but claimed he had only done so out of curiosity.
At Truro Crown Court on Wednesday [Feb 5], Philip Lee, for the Crown Prosecution Service, said police raided Edwards' home on July 24, last year, seizing his computer tower and a flash drive.
In interview with police the following day, Edwards admitted watching adult...
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Simon Chadwick, 27, not guilty of sex assault on woman twice his...
A 27-YEAR-OLD man has been found not guilty of sexually assaulting a woman twice his age at Looe.
Simon Chadwick, of George Place, Plymouth, went on trial at Truro Crown Court on Monday, accused of assaulting the woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, after a dinner party at her home on February 10.
The court previously heard that Chadwick, his girlfriend and the woman's daughter had eaten at her house, that she had been drinking and had to be carried up to bed.
Adrian Chaplin, for the...
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Three people accused of kidnapping a 15-year-old boy from Saltash
THREE people from Plymouth have appeared in court accused of kidnapping a boy in Saltash.
Trudie Morgan, 17, of Pottery Road, Devonport, Matthew Davies, 28, and Annalee Clarke, 19, both of Duke Street, pleaded not guilty to having kidnapped the 15-year-old boy on May 25, last year.
The three also face a charge of assaulting by beating the boy on the same day.
Davies pleaded not guilty to stealing the boy's phone and Morgan denied dishonestly receiving the phone between May 25 and 27.
They were...
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Camborne homeless man carried a rock in a sock as a weapon
CARRYING a rock in a sock for protection is not acceptable behaviour, a Camborne homeless man was told by magistrates.
At Truro Magistrates' Court on Thursday, Steven Forster, 32, of no formal abode, admitted possessing the offensive weapon – a large rock in two socks – on January 8.
Anita Kennett, for the Crown Prosecution Service, said Forster was stopped by a police officer in the service lane linking Trelowarren Street and Moor Street and asked if he had anything on him.
He...
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Police appeal for witnesses after assault on young woman at rugby...
FALMOUTH police are appealing for witnesses after a young woman was assaulted during a dance party at a sports club.
In a statement to police, the 18-year-old woman from Falmouth said she was attacked between midnight and 1am outside Falmouth Rugby Club on January 24, where she was attending a ticketed event.
Sergeant Martin Roberts said: "She went outside to find her friends and the next moment she was on the floor and got up on a bench. She cannot recall how it happened.
"She was taken to...
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