Nurses' sackings were unfair, judge decides

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THREE nurses who were sacked after a mentally ill patient was allegedly assaulted at a hospital have won a two-year battle to clear their names.Sharon Little, Martin Smith and Tim Spear were dismissed by the Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust for gross misconduct after a violent patient was forcibly restrained on Harvest Ward at Bodmin Hospital.An employment tribunal judge has now ruled the nurses were unfairly sacked and said it was "extraordinary and unreasonable'' for the...

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Nurses were unfairly dismissed, judge rules

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THREE nurses who were sacked after a mentally ill patient was allegedly assaulted at Bodmin Hospital have won a two-year battle to clear their names.Experienced nurses Sharon Little, Martin Smith and Tim Spear – all from the Bodmin area – were dismissed by the Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust for gross misconduct after a violent patient was forcibly restrained on Harvest Ward.An employment tribunal judge, who ruled the nurses were unfairly sacked, said it was...

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THREE nurses who were sacked after a mentally ill patient was allegedly assaulted at Bodmin Hospital have won a two-year battle to clear their names.Experienced nurses Sharon Little, Martin Smith and Tim Spear – all from the Bodmin area – were dismissed by the Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust for gross misconduct after a violent patient was forcibly restrained on Harvest Ward.An employment tribunal judge, who ruled the nurses were unfairly sacked, said it was...

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MARK TRUDGIAN, 47, of St Austell Road, Par, has been fined £300 with £60 costs and a £30 victim surcharge, as well as being banned from driving for 15 months after pleading guilty to driving on Treverbyn Road, St Austell, on November 23, with 130 milligrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood, the limit being 80mg.His ban will be reduced by 15 weeks if he completes an approved course.

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EMMA ROWETT, 30, of Elizabeth Road, St Austell, and Laura Rowett, 30, of Ledrah Gardens, St Austell, have been conditionally discharged for three years after pleading guilty to jointly assaulting Roxanne Mitchell by beating and using threatening behaviour at St Austell on June 15.Both were ordered to pay £125 compensation, £100 costs and a £15 victim surcharge when they appeared before Bodmin magistrates on Tuesday, March 4.No action was taken on the fact that Emma Rowett is ...

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THIEVES have twice broken into a house in Trebetherick in the past few days, stealing a large quantity of household goods.Police say a large van or lorry would have been needed to take the items away.The large detached dwelling was broken into between last Thursday afternoon and the following morning when £500 worth of kitchen equipment was stolen and extensive damage was caused. The same property was targeted a second time over the weekend when more kitchen equipment was stolen.Items...

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POLICE are seeking information after damage was caused to a vehicle parked in St Mary's Crescent, Bodmin overnight on March 5 and 6, when the driver's door of a Citroën was scratched.Witnesses are asked to call 101, quoting BB/14/352.

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JAMIE FREEMAN, 34, of Fernleigh Lane, Wadebridge, pleaded guilty to driving with 73 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath – the limit being 35 – when he appeared before Bodmin magistrates last week.He was fined £110 with a £20 victim surcharge and £85 costs, as well as being banned from driving for 20 months.This would be reduced by 20 weeks if he completes an approved course.

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No drugs found as police target pubs

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POLICE in South East Cornwall said drugs raids carried out in pubs have proved "really positive" after no one was found in possession of banned substances.Fourteen police officers and their passive sniffer dog, Ollie, undertook drug inspections throughout five pubs in Torpoint, Tideford and Liskeard on Saturday.Police found no one in possession of drugs during the inspection but swabs of pub toilets completed by officers will be sent for analysis.Inspector Dan Ivey, who polices South...

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POLICE are warning shopkeepers to be aware of a fraud known as "ringing the changes" after a recent incident in Wadebridge.Two men of Asian or Eastern European appearance are being sought after defrauding store owners in a number of towns in Cornwall.Police say the pair struck at a convenience store in Wadebridge on Wednesday, February 19, when they bought an item of low value.The men entered the shop with a number of £20 notes and asked the staff member to change them into...

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THREE nurses who were sacked after a mentally ill patient was allegedly assaulted at Bodmin Hospital have won a two-year battle to clear their names.Experienced nurses Sharon Little, Martin Smith and Tim Spear – all from the Bodmin area – were dismissed by the Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust for gross misconduct after a violent patient was forcibly restrained on Harvest Ward.An employment tribunal judge, who ruled the nurses were unfairly sacked, said it was...

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THREE nurses who were sacked after a mentally ill patient was allegedly assaulted at Bodmin Hospital have won a two-year battle to clear their names.Experienced nurses Sharon Little, Martin Smith and Tim Spear – all from the Bodmin area – were dismissed by the Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust for gross misconduct after a violent patient was forcibly restrained on Harvest Ward.An employment tribunal judge, who ruled the nurses were unfairly sacked, said it was...

Arson attack on Subaru Legacy near Truro - police searching for...

March 12, 2014, 3:19 am

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Police are appealing for information after an arson attack near Truro. A Subaru Legacy estate was burned out between midnight and 12.30am on February 21 in the Porth Kea area. Police want to identify a Renault Traffic or Vauxhall Vitara type van with a pipe tube on the roof rack seen in the area at the time. Anyone with any information is asked to contact the police on 101.

Barnstaple woman Emma Lambert claimed £57,000 in benefits...

March 12, 2014, 9:48 am

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A BARNSTAPLE woman has admitted claiming £57,000 in benefits she was not entitled to by failing to tell the authorities she was living with her partner. At Truro Crown Court on Monday, Emma Lambert, 44, of Rumsam Close, pleaded guilty to two charges of dishonestly failing to notify the Department for Work and Pensions and North Devon District Council that she was living with Mark Roberts as husband and wife. Those charges were in respect of claims for income support and employment support...

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March 13, 2014, 12:15 am

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A RUCKSACK was stolen from a van parked on a Truro street.Thieves broke into the Vauxhall Movano, on Beechwood Gardens, between 1pm and 2.30pm on March 5. Anyone with any information can call police on 01872 326069.

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March 13, 2014, 12:15 am

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JAKE SHAKESPEARE, 24, of St Peter's Way, Porthleven, pleaded not guilty at Truro Magistrates' Court to assaulting Deborah Smalley at Helston on February 12 and also to causing criminal damage to her property on the same date.His case was sent for trial at Truro Magistrates' Court on May 21.

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A 21-YEAR-OLD Truro man has appeared in court accused of harassment, arson and damaging property.At Truro Crown Court, Christopher Chynoweth, of Richards Crescent, entered no pleas to the charges, which included harassing Jack Arthur between May 8 and December 25, last year, and damaging his Ford Ka. He also faces a charge of setting fire to that vehicle and damaging a Mercedes belonging to Glynn Arthur, and being reckless as to whether the life of Glynn Arthur would thereby be endangered.The...

Shoplifters only had 56p

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TWO shoplifters who stole DVDs and food from Tesco at Pool worth £80.09 only had 56p between them, Truro magistrates heard.Barry Michael Hardman, 23, of Croft Common, Troon, and Steven Williams, 29, of New Street, Troon, pleaded guilty to joint theft on February 11.Fred Howell, their solicitor, said they apologised and would have sold the goods to buy food. Each was given a conditional discharge for a year and told to pay £57.50 costs and surcharge.

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JUDE FRANCIS IAIN CULLEN, 18, of Western Terrace, Falmouth, entered a guilty plea at Truro Magistrates' Court to drink- driving at Falmouth on February 7 and was fined £110 and banned from driving for 19 months.

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CHRISTOPHER CHARLES HARRIS, aged 51, of Four Acres Road, Veryan, entered no pleas at Truro Magistrates' Court to four charges of raping a girl under 16 and three charges of indecently assaulting a girl aged under 14 and under 16. All the charges relate to dates between 1987 and 1994. The case was sent for trial at Truro Crown Court on April 4.