JOEL SEAN STEVENSON, 22, of Telford, Shropshire, and Samuel Robert Bond, 26, of Trevisker Drive, Porthleven, pleaded not guilty at Truro Magistrates' Court to jointly assaulting Matthew Larvan at Porthleven and the cases were adjourned for trial at Truro Magistrates' Court on April 9.
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PORTHLEVENNot guilty pleas
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Drink-driver is banned
SOPHIE LOUISE COTTER, aged 22, of Tremenheere Avenue, Helston, pleaded guilty at Truro Magistrates' Court to a charge of drink-driving at Cury on January 15 and was fined £225 and banned from driving for 20 months.
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HELSTONNot guilty pleas
MANDY LYNNE GIBSON, aged 50, of Trengrouse Way, Helston, entered guilty pleas at Truro Magistrates' Court to charges of committing benefit fraud at Helston between 2012 and 2013 and was ordered to do 150 hours' unpaid work.
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FALMOUTHAdjourned
NIGEL ALAN WILKES, 59, of Kings Avenue, Falmouth, pleaded not guilty at Truro Magistrates' Court to assaulting Miranda Jane Carran at Falmouth and to damaging her mobile phone. The case was adjourned until May 7 and conditional bail was granted.
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TRUROTrial date set
SHARE fisherman David Aneurin Gore, 51, of no fixed address but formerly of Shortlanesend, pleaded not guilty at Truro Magistrates' Court to assaulting Christine Dawn Pascoe and his case was adjourned to Truro Magistrates' Court on April 16 for trial. Conditional bail was given.
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Records stolen in Falmouth
A BAG of vintage records was stolen from a garage on Ferndale Road in Falmouth between February 23 and March 2.Police have asked second-hand record dealers to look out for someone attempting to sell the vinyl which may not suit their character.
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REDRUTHBail granted
KYLE James Chilman, 26, of Clinton Road, Redruth, charged with raping a woman aged 16 or over at Chacewater on August 4, was sent for trial at Truro Crown Court on March 14.No plea was entered. He was given bail with conditions not to enter Chacewater or to contact the alleged victim.
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Police appeal for information after Falmouth robbery
POLICE are appealing for information after a robbery on Vernon Place in Falmouth in the early hours of February 23, when someone reported being confronted by four individuals.Call 101, quoting reference GP/14/353, with any information about the incident which took place between 1am and 1.30am.
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Stuart Orme's £100-a-day drug habit led to Tesco thefts at...
A £100-A-DAY heroin addict stole goods from Tesco to sell for drugs, magistrates heard.Stuart Orme, 34, of no fixed address in Helston, pleaded guilty at Truro Magistrates' Court to stealing goods from the supermarket in the town worth £234.99 on February 26.Alison May, for the prosecution, said he had stolen spirits, memory sticks, make-up and food. He was arrested because a store assistant had been suspicious and had followed him.Orme told the police: "I have been caught...
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Bail is granted
MATTHEW ADAM LOBB, aged 23, of The Close, Treneere, Penzance, pleaded not guilty at Truro Magistrates' Court to assaulting Devon Silk at Penzance on February 5 and the case was adjourned to May 14 at Truro Magistrates' Court. Conditional bail was granted.
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Not at school
KAREN DREW, aged 44, of Roscadghill Parc, Heamoor, Penzance, entered a guilty plea at Truro Magistrates' Court on February 14 to a charge of failing to ensure a child attended school regularly between May and December 2013 at Penzance, and was fined £185.
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Banning order
STUART ROBERT JOHN THOMAS, aged 35, of Towednack Road, St Ives, pleaded guilty at Truro Magistrates' Court on February 20 to theft at St Ives on September 15 and was fined £70, told to pay £9 compensation and given a two-year drink banning order.
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No plea to sex charges
DEREK JOHN EDDY, aged 67, of Greenbank, Connor Downs, Hayle, entered no pleas at Truro Magistrates' Court to eight alleged offences of a sexual nature against a child aged between 4 and 14 between 1985 and 1996 at Falmouth.He will face Truro Crown Court on March 28.
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Four facing cash charges
THREE women and a man from Penzance have appeared before Truro magistrates charged with acquiring £31,515 in criminal property, allegedly the proceeds of laundering cash in relation to drugs matters, between 2007 and 2013 at Penzance. They were Daisy May Flores, 23; Emily Charlotte Flores, 18; and Renata Flores, 44, all of Higher Peverell Road, Penzance; and Daniel Russell Lawrence, 32, of Pendennis Road, Penzance. Lawrence also faced three charges of possessing heroin and cannabis...
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Under the influence at wheel
DRINKING too much wine saw a St Ives man appearing before Truro magistrates to admit drink-driving a second time.Benjamin James Mander, aged 33 and of St Ives Craft Centre, Halsetown, pleaded guilty to drink-driving at St Ives on February 5, when he tested at 70mcg in breath, twice the legal limit.He told the police he had drunk almost two bottles of wine the previous evening, followed by more in the early hours, before driving to meet a friend the following morning. Police spoke to him in...
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Penryn chef Paulo Veiga stabbed man because he was 'really...
A PENRYN chef accused of unlawfully stabbing a man has told a court he acted in self-defence because he was "really scared" of the other man, Truro Crown Court has heard.
Paulo Veiga, 39, of Round Ring Gardens, went on trial on Monday accused of the bloody attack on David Waterhouse, who suffered "significant" internal bleeding and had to be operated on in hospital to repair the damage.
Giving evidence on the third day of his trial, Veiga told the jury Mr Waterhouse was the aggressor in the...
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Teenager Charlie Lee sent abusive messages and had a knife in...
A TEENAGER sent abusive messages to three other teens and threatened to kill them after he broke up with his girlfriend.
At Truro Crown Court on Tuesday, 19-year-old Charlie Lee, was sentenced to 10 months in a young offenders' institution for a series of offences including being in possession of a knife at a Hayle car park.
Ramsay Quaife, for the Crown Prosecution Service, said Lee, formerly of no fixed abode but who will move to an address in Kent when he is released, had been in a...
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Camborne man Darren Ditchburn breached restraining order with...
A 30-YEAR-OLD Camborne man has admitted breaching a restraining order.
At Truro Crown Court on Wednesday, Darren Ditchburn, of Pendarves Street, pleaded guilty to two counts of breaching a restraining order by sending Facebook messages and telephoning Jodie Bridge-Ditchburn between January 28 and July 17 and November 27 and December 13, last year.
Ditchburn pleaded not guilty to two charges of stalking and causing serious alarm or distress, which related to the same dates, and those pleas were...
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Ponsanooth crook who laundered drug money has sentence reduced by...
A PONSANOOTH crook who laundered tens of thousands of pounds worth of drugs money has had his jail term cut on appeal by top judges.
Trevor Duncan Worth, 41, of St Michael's Road, was jailed for five and a half years at Truro Crown Court in August last year after pleading guilty to fraud and being convicted of money laundering offences.
Lord Justice Elias, Mr Justice Cranston and Mr Justice Nicol, sitting at London's Criminal Appeal Court, cut that term to four and a half years this...
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Penryn chef Paulo Veiga jailed for eight years after being...
A PENRYN chef found guilty of a bloody knife attack on another man has been jailed for eight years.
Paulo Veiga, 39, of Round Ring Gardens, stabbed David Waterhouse in the abdomen "in a jealous rage" because he was angry that his girlfriend was in Mr Waterhouse's flat with two men.
Mr Waterhouse suffered a life-threatening injury in the attack and had to have emergency surgery to repair the damage caused by Veiga's 3 ¾ inch kitchen knife, Truro Crown Court heard during his four-day...
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