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Dozens of fish killed in Truro paint attack

April 4, 2014, 10:00 pm
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DOZENS of fish were killed when somebody poured paint and turpentine into the pond of a Truro resident.Andrew Banfield woke to find up to 30 fish dead and his pond polluted with what looked like an undercoat.Mr Banfield was left devastated by the loss of the fish which he had inherited from his grandfather ten years ago.Mr Banfield said: "Somebody has come over and put paint and turps in there."When you put your hand in the pond you can smell it – it's that strong. They are all...

Dozens of fish killed in Truro paint attack

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Four arrested on suspicion of murder after sudden death of Terry ...

April 7, 2014, 12:44 am
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FOUR people have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a body was found at a property in Dolcoath Road, Camborne last week. Paramedics were called to the adress at 7am on Tuesday, April 1st, where they found Camborne man Terry Oldham, 63, dead at the scene. Police investigating the death have begun a murder investigation. Det Insp Nassaris from the Major Crime Investigation team: "Four people have been arrested in suspicion of the murder of Terry Oldham. "The suspects are...

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Neighbours' shock at suspected murder of Terry Oldham in Dolcoath...

April 7, 2014, 4:12 am
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Neighbours have spoken of their shock following the suspected murder of a Camborne man. Terry Oldham, 63, was found dead at his home in Dolcoath Road on Tuesday of last week, but police have only today released details. Paramedics were called to the address at 6.44am on Tuesday, April 1, where they found Mr Oldham already deade. Police have launched a murder investigation and have since arrested four people. Tony Harry, who has lived opposite Mr Oldham for 20 years, expressed his shock and...

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Four arrested on suspicion of Camborne murder are released on...

April 8, 2014, 4:59 am
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Four people arrested on suspicion of murder following the discovery of a body in Camborne last week have been released on police bail until Tuesday, June 17. The quartet, three men and one woman, are all from the local area. They were arrested after police were called to a property in Dolcoath Road on Tuesday, April 1st at 7am. There they discovered the body of 63-year-old Terry Oldham, prompting officers to launch a murder investigation. Neighbours in Docoath Road have spoken of their...

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ST NEWLYN EASTMade no plea

April 8, 2014, 11:30 pm
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CHARLOTTE IRISH, 18, of Station Road, St Newlyn East, entered no plea at Truro Magistrates' Court where she was charged with wounding her former partner, Kai Hankins, at Truro on December 22 with intent to do him grievous bodily harm.Her case was sent to Truro Crown Court on April 25.
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Hayle man Christopher Prowse, 60, accused of 1970s indecent...

April 9, 2014, 1:08 am
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A 60-YEAR-OLD is set to stand trial accused of indecently assaulting a child in the 1970s. At Truro Crown Court on Friday, Christopher Prowse, of Riviere Towans, Phillack, Hayle, pleaded not guilty to two counts of indecently assaulting the girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, on dates between 1974 and 1979. The alleged victim was aged under 10 at the time the abuse was said to have started. Prowse was granted conditional bail to appear before the court for trial later this year.

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'Obsession' with ex-wife led Camborne man Darren Ditchburn to...

April 9, 2014, 1:10 am
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A CAMBORNE man who repeatedly contacted his ex-wife on Facebook and by telephone, despite a restraining order prohibiting him from doing so, has been jailed. At Truro Crown Court on Thursday, Darren Ditchburn, 30, of Pendarves Street, received a 15-month prison sentence for continuing to contact Jodie Bridge-Ditchburn. Judge Christopher Harvey Clark, QC, said the circumstances of the case were "very disturbing". He said: "The relationship effectively came to an end at the end of 2010 and yet...

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Truro man Arron Toy, 27, set to stand trial accused of GBH

April 9, 2014, 1:18 am
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A TRURO man is set to stand trial accused of wounding another man with intent to do him grievous bodily harm. Arron Toy, 27, of Mitchell Hill, pleaded not guilty to having wounded another man on August 2 last year with intent to do him grievous bodily harm. He also denied an alternative charge of having unlawfully wounded the man. Toy was granted conditional bail to appear before the court for trial later this year.

Truro man Arron Toy, 27, set to stand trial accused of GBH

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Husband who locked wife in shed after she insulted his late mum...

April 9, 2014, 2:54 am
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A postman who locked his wife in their shed after she insulted his late mother by singing "ding dong, the witch is dead" has been spared jail. Andrew Paul Salmon, 42, packed up his wife Beverley's belongings and refused to let her into their home for allegedly mocking his mum's passing. When she tried to enter in through the back door he bundled her into the garden shed - and bolted it shut. Mum of-two Beverley, 42, managed to escape through a window and get into their home in Malpas Road,...

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Cornish accountant Simon Terry Pearce jailed for seven years for...

April 9, 2014, 7:56 am
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A ST AUSTELL accountant has been jailed for seven years after he defrauded the taxman and dozens of his clients of more than £2million. After a 10-week trial in which over 60 of Simon Terry Pearce's former clients gave evidence, on Tuesday, the jury found him guilty of 26 counts of fraud and forgery. On Wednesday at Truro Crown Court, he pleaded guilty to a further count of cheating the public revenue on tax returns he submitted for himself and for his business ST Pearce Accountants...

Cornish accountant Simon Terry Pearce jailed for seven years for...

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Crime levels in Cornwall stay steady despite cuts to budget

April 8, 2014, 10:47 pm
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Despite large cuts to the police budget, Cornish crime levels are "flat-lining" at historically low levels according to the latest figures. However, Devon and Cornwall police have tempered the good news with a warning that resources need to be diverted to tackling violent crime and away from low-level offences. The positive note struck last year – when a worrying 6% rise in 2011/12 was converted into a 6% drop during 2012/13 – has continued with an overall rise of 0.2 % in recorded...

Crime levels in Cornwall stay steady despite cuts to budget

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Husband spared jail after drunk attack on wife

April 9, 2014, 11:15 pm
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A POSTMAN who locked his wife in their shed after she insulted his late mother by singing "ding dong, the witch is dead" has been spared jail.Andrew Paul Salmon, 42, packed up his wife Beverley's belongings and refused to let her into their home for allegedly mocking his mum's death.When she tried to enter in through the back door he bundled her into the garden shed – and bolted it shut.Mum of two Beverley, 42, managed to escape through a window and get into their home in Malabar...

Husband spared jail after drunk attack on wife

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Mark John Adams drunkenly took over control of a bus at Truro

April 9, 2014, 11:15 pm
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AN INJURED man in a drunken state got into a bus parked in Truro and fiddled with the controls, managing to move it slightly, Truro magistrates heard.Anita Kennett, for the Crown Prosecution Service, told the magistrates Mark John Adams had registered 102 micrograms of alcohol in his breath in a roadside test, the limit being 35mcg.Mark John Adams, 53, of Greenbanks Road, Rock, admitted to being drunk in Lemon Street on February 5 and to tampering with a Summercourt Travel bus.Ms Kennett said...
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Man 'did not use drugs'

April 9, 2014, 11:15 pm
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A MAN who pleaded guilty at Truro Magistrates' Court to possessing £200 worth of cocaine did not use drugs, his solicitor Jeremy Leaning said.Jake Jensen, 22, of Springfield Park, Bells Hill, Mylor, had drunk too much on a night out with a friend and had "stupidly" bought the drug.If sober, he would never have done it, magistrates were told.Jill Wilson, for the prosecution, said the drug had been found in five one-gram packets when police searched him at 2am near the Rugby Club,...
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Gareth Barnwell of Trevithick Inn, Camborne, pleads guilty to...

April 9, 2014, 11:15 pm
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A REPORT to police of two men acting suspiciously beside a Lexus car in the Tesco Extra car park at Pool led to the arrest of its driver who failed a roadside breath test for alcohol.At Truro Magistrates' Court Gareth Thomas Barnwell, 27, of Trevithick Inn, Camborne, pleaded guilty to drink-driving at Camborne on March 18, when he registered 72mcg alcohol, more than twice the legal limit.In court, he told the magistrates he was sorry for the offence. He had no previous convictions.Barnwell was...
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Falmouth serial shoplifter Kathryn Lockley-Brown stole booze...

April 9, 2014, 11:15 pm
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A SHOPLIFTER left an interview with the police about a number of offences and went straight to Sainsbury's to steal a bottle of vermouth.Kathryn Lily Rose Lockley-Brown, 25, whose address was given as c/o The Beacon, Falmouth, pleaded guilty at Truro Magistrates' Court to three offences of shoplifting at Falmouth and asked for seven similar offences to be taken into account.She had previous convictions.Lockley-Brown told the magistrates she wanted to apologise for her offences. "I found...
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TRUROFailed to tell

April 9, 2014, 11:15 pm
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JOHN ROSS HUTSON, 19, of Trelander South, Truro, entered a guilty plea at Truro Magistrates' Court on March 19 to failing to give information to the police in Devon on August 27 and was conditionally discharged for six months.
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FALMOUTHAssault denial

April 9, 2014, 11:15 pm
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JARROD JOSHUA WESTLAKE, 23, of Polmennor Road, Falmouth, pleaded not guilty at Truro Magistrates' Court to assaulting Darren Pascoe at Falmouth on September 14, causing him actual bodily harm.He elected trial at the Crown Court and the case was sent there for April 17.
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FALMOUTHNo formal plea

April 9, 2014, 11:15 pm
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RODNEY WITTY, 31, of Kings Avenue, Falmouth, entered no formal plea at Truro Magistrates' Court where he was charged with possessing a knife in a public place at Falmouth on March 14. His case was sent to Truro Crown Court on May 6.Witty indicated that he would plead guilty at the higher court.
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Fire crews attend Troon property following reports of smoke

April 9, 2014, 11:15 pm
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TWO crews from Camborne Fire Station attended a property in Troon on Thursday following reports of smoke in the loft space of a property.The crew extinguished the fire in the stove with a bucket of water and found the chimney flue to be defective.
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