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March 14, 2014, 7:58 am

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More than £3000 worth of archery equipment was stolen from a shed outside of Menheniot village, which is potentially lethal in the wrong hands say police. Police are appealing for information following the burglary near Liskeard, which took plaec sometime between February 15 and March 8. The archery equipment included a crossbow, long bows, arrows and distinctive detailed quivers were stolen. A spokesman for the police said: "Police are warning that not only are these items...

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March 14, 2014, 11:00 pm

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THE DRIVER of a Renault Clio found on its roof in Launceston at the weekend has admitted drink-driving.Joanne Adams, 23, of Hurdon Way, Launceston, who has a previous conviction for a similar offence, was handed a three and a half-year ban when she appeared before Bodmin court in custody on Monday morning.Adams, who was verbally abusive to police, initially told officers she had drunk some vodka after crashing into a garden wall on Woburn Road but later accepted she had been lying.She spent two...

About 30 slates stolen from a property near Camelford

March 15, 2014, 8:15 am

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About 30 slates were stolen from a property in Lanteglos, near Camelford last week. Police are appealing for witnesses following the theft between March 5 and 7. A police spokesman said: "This is also a reminder to all general public to continue reporting any unusual activities and to keep premises secure." Contact police on 101 or the local police office on 01840 213709 or email Camelford@devonandcornwall.pnn.police.uk quoting crime reference number BC/14/68.

Valuable items stolen from car in Bodmin

March 15, 2014, 4:05 am

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Valuable items were stolen from a car in Bodmin last weekend, police have said. Officers are appealing for witnesses after a green Volvo V70 estate car, as parked on the A389 on Launceston Road, had items stolen from inside it. The incident happened sometime between 4pm on March 8 and 1pm on March 9. Items stolen were an Apple iPod classic 16GB, a Canon Ixus digital camera and a Garmin satellite navigation system. Police are asking for anyone with information to call them on 101 quoting...

Shop staff warned of note change con artists

March 15, 2014, 11:00 pm

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POLICE are warning shop staff in the Bodmin area to be aware of a fraud known as "ringing the changes" after stores in the town were hit twice last week.Police have released CCTV images of two men who conned staff in Bodmin.The pair also defrauded businesses in Liskeard and Par on Monday and Tuesday of last week.Last month, a staff member at a convenience store in Wadebridge was confronted by two men who attempted to pull the same scam.The "ringing the changes" fraud...

Bodmin Hospital's nurses' sackings were unfair, judge decides

March 16, 2014, 11:00 pm

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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...

Former Mylor fisherman breached bail with 'kiss' text to ex he...

March 16, 2014, 11:00 pm

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A FISHERMAN breached a court order not to contact the mother of his children by sending her a romantic message from out at sea, magistrates heard.Perdita Barnicoat, who had recently been assaulted by Kevin Martin, called the police and, once ashore, he was arrested for breaching a bail condition.Truro magistrates have now ordered him not to contact her except through a solicitor.Martin, 34, a share fisherman who used to live with Ms Barnicoat at Avalon Close, Mylor Bridge, but is now of no fixed...

Drunk Leanne Clark had to swerve to avoid police car

March 16, 2014, 11:00 pm

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A POLICE officer driving a marked vehicle saw a car coming towards him on the wrong side of the road on the A39, a court was told.Its driver, Leanne Clark, had to swerve to avoid a collision with the police car but continued on the wrong side of the road around a bend.Clark was later found to be more than three times over the alcohol limit for driving.When she appeared before Bodmin magistrates on Monday, 33-year-old Clark, of Boundary Drive, Marhamchurch, pleaded guilty to driving with excess...

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Teacher prosecuted for alleged sex with pupil in Cornwall

March 16, 2014, 11:00 pm

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A teacher is being prosecuted for alleged sexual relations with a pupil at a school in Cornwall. Police have also held criminal investigations into two other allegations which have not resulted in any charges. Police confirmed the prosecution was taking place following a Freedom of Information request from the West Briton. Neither the police nor Cornwall Council will release any information as to the identity of the teacher or the location of the school at which the alleged offence took...

St Ives carpenter Samuel Perkin grew cannabis in his home valued...

March 17, 2014, 1:21 am

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A SELF-EMPLOYED St Ives carpenter, who grew cannabis worth more than £18,000, used it to ease his chronic back pain, a court has heard. Samuel Perkin, 38, of Manor Close, Lelant, admitted producing the Class B drug but told police it was for personal therapeutic use. At Truro Crown Court on Thursday, Julia Cox, for the Crown Prosecution Service, said police raided Perkin's then home, on Steeple View Court, on August 10 last year after receiving a tip off that there were cannabis plants at...

Dozen burglaries stun rural Bodmin area officers

March 17, 2014, 11:00 pm

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DETECTIVES in Bodmin are dealing with an unprecedented number of house burglaries with 12 reported in the past four weeks.A house in the Nanstallon area was the latest to be targeted during the day last Wednesday (March 5) where an iPad, mobile phone and jewellery were stolen.The latest theft follows a pattern, where homes in rural areas around Bodmin have been burgled during the daytime and jewellery and computer equipment have been stolen.Nanstallon, Kirland and Lanivet are among the ...

New image in police investigation into death of Alan Jeal, found...

March 18, 2014, 12:37 am

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Police have issued a new image of the bag thought to have been used by the man whose body was found on Perranporth beach. The body of Alan Jeal was discovered with a sock in his mouth on the beach near the Watering Hole bar on February 25. Mr Jeal, from Wadebridge, was captured on camera in Truro on the day before his body was found and police are trying to piece together his last movements. It is believed that Mr Jeal got the number 594 bus from Wadebridge to the Lemon Quay area of Truro,...

Delabole murder arrest - Joan Roddam case re-opened

March 18, 2014, 1:15 am

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A man from North Cornwall has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a cold case was re-opened. The body of 74-year-old Joan Roddam was found near her home at West Downs, near Delabole on November 8 in 2003. A post mortem examination revealed that she had died from asphyxiation. Police said Cornwall's Major Crime investigation Team had carried out a review of the case. Mrs Roddam was last seen at around 11am on Friday, November 7. Her body was found at about 9pm the following day in a...

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March 13, 2014, 12:15 am

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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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March 13, 2014, 12:15 am

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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.

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REDRUTHNot guilty plea

March 13, 2014, 12:15 am

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ROBERTO CARDOSA MCELWEE, 24, of Falmouth Road, Redruth, has been charged with breaching a restraining order imposed by Truro Crown Court on December 5 by contacting Laura Kelly between December 5 and 15.He pleaded not guilty at Truro Magistrates' Court and the case was sent for trial at Truro Crown Court tomorrow.Bail conditions were to stay away from an address in Falmouth or contact Ms Kelly.

Redruth woman arrested on suspicion of murder relating to care...

March 13, 2014, 1:37 am

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A Redruth woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder relating to a fire in a Truro care home six years ago. In 2008, a 96-year-old resident at Rosewyn House Care Home, Gladys Dora Rowe, died as a result of smoke inhalation following a fire at the Alverton Terrace property. Yesterday police arrested a 40-year-old in Truro in connection with the fire. A spokesperson for Devon and Cornwall Police said the suspect has been released on police bail until May 27 2014. The fire broke out at the...

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March 13, 2014, 1:28 am

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A 21-YEAR-OLD Camborne man has pleaded guilty to assaulting another man and causing him actual bodily harm. At Truro Crown Court on Tuesday, Callum Ruff, of Dolcoath Road, admitted the attack on Darryl Chapman on October 8 last year. Ruff was granted conditional bail to appear before the court again on April 17 for sentence.

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.

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March 13, 2014, 10:18 am

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The owners of a Truro care home at the centre of a murder investigation have thanked police for their persistence. A 40-year-old woman from Redruth was arrested on suspicion of murder in relation to a fire at the Rosewyn House care home more than five years ago. Gladys Rowe, 96, died from respiratory problems caused by smoke inhalation a week after the fire on November 24, 2008. Bill Dawes, who owns the care home jointly with Gregory Murrell, said: "We are pleased that progress has been made and...