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Probe leads to heroin dealers being jailed

May 14, 2014, 11:15 pm
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THREE heroin dealers have been sent to prison after an undercover police operation infiltrated a drugs ring.Judge Christopher Harvey Clark, QC, praised the investigation in which two officers pretended to be heroin addicts living in Hayle.As a result of Operation Calf, Hayle men David Johns, 44, of Golden Sands Caravans, Guildford Road, Stephen Jose, 39, of The Pathway Fields, and Terrence Foyle, 36, of Rescorla Court, were each given prison sentences at Truro Crown Court on Friday.Sergeant Mike...

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HELSTONCase dropped

May 14, 2014, 11:15 pm
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GEORGE WALSH, 24, of RNAS Culdrose, Helston, who was charged at Truro Magistrates' Court on April 9 with using threatening behaviour had the case discontinued.
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THE LIZARDAdjourned

May 14, 2014, 11:15 pm
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ISABELLE IPAS, 43, of Croft Parc, The Lizard, pleaded not guilty at Truro Magistrates' Court to assaulting Connie Bray at The Witchball, The Lizard, and guilty to assaulting landlord Adam Weston on the same day. Her case was adjourned to July 7 at Truro Magistrates' Court.
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Firefighters tackle blaze after tyres set alight

May 15, 2014, 1:39 am
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Fire crews were called to deal with a shed fire in the West Tolgus area of Camborne last night. Crews from Redruth and Camborne were later joined by a unit from Helston and were forced to use two sets of breathing apparatus and two hosereels to tackle the blaze. The fire was started when an arsonist set light to a large quantity of tyres at around 7pm.

Firefighters tackle blaze after tyres set alight

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Mushroom thieves target Redruth

May 15, 2014, 2:59 am
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Police are appealing for information after mushroom thieves target gardens in the Redruth area. Over the past month thieves have carried out five attempted and actual thefts of granite mushrooms from the homes of people in the Redruth area. In four instances thieves stole either whole mushrooms or just the tops. In the latest attack last Thursday two male offenders were disturbed while in a garden in Trevingey at around 11.50pm. Witnesses have described them as white, in their late teens or...

Mushroom thieves target Redruth

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Petrol stolen from car in Portreath

May 15, 2014, 3:05 am
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POLICE are appealing for information after petrol was stolen from a parked car in Portreath. The incident took place between 5pm Wednesday May 7 and 7am Thursday May 8 while it was parked overnight on Lighthouse Hill. The car had its petrol cap broken and fuel siphoned out. Anyone with information about the theft should call police on 101 and quote the crime reference number, AC/14/1837. Calls can also be made anonymously to Crimestoppers on, 0800 555 11.

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Brothers Benjamin and Dominic Harvey jailed for selling ecstasy...

May 15, 2014, 10:00 pm
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TWO brothers have been jailed for three years each after they were found to be selling the Class A drug ecstasy from a property in Penryn. At Truro Crown Court on Monday, Dominic Harvey, 35, of Penberthy Road, Helston and Benjamin Harvey, 30, of The Terrace, Penryn, were sent to prison for a series of drug-related offences, which were uncovered when police raided their house on February 15, last year. Jonathan Barnes, for the Crown Prosecution Service, said police went to an address on Helston...

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Tresillian mechanic Martin Penman guilty in case of the...

May 15, 2014, 10:00 pm
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A MECHANIC helped to make a Bentley Continental car worth more than £100,000 "vanish", a court has decided. Martin Penman, 52, was found guilty by a jury at Truro Crown Court of a series of charges relating to the disappearance of the high-end vehicle. Penman, of Lower Park, Tresillian, who the court heard worked at Summercourt Travel, was accused of allowing his name and address to be used to create a smokescreen around the true whereabouts of the Bentley. Tom Bradnock, for the...

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Police appeal for help after spate of Falmouth burglaries

May 16, 2014, 7:01 am
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POLICE have called on business owners and the public to help them in the fight against the spiralling number of burglaries in FAlmouth. In the latest figures, released today, police said almost 30 small businesses and clubs had been targeted by burglars in and around the Falmouth area in the last six months. According to break-in statistics released two weeks ago by Devon and Cornwall Police, there have been 60 non-domestic break-ins, which could include premises like schools, since the start...

Police appeal for help after spate of Falmouth burglaries

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Businessman Keith Spicer sold substandard runway lights to RNAS...

May 28, 2014, 10:00 pm
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LIVES could have been put at risk after a businessman supplied substandard runway lights to RNAS Culdrose with "potentially disastrous consequences". At Truro Crown Court on Friday, company director, Keith Spicer, 39, admitted fraud in relation to the incident at the naval base near Helston on the Lizard. He was hired to supply specific runway lighting to the air station, which provides search and rescue services across the South West, but instead used inferior lights which began to crack after...

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Child arrests fall by 74% in five years

May 28, 2014, 11:15 pm
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NEW figures have revealed that the number of children arrested in Cornwall and Devon fell by 74 per cent between 2008 and 2013.The number of children arrested dropped from 5,495 in 2008 to 1,431 in 2013.Superintendent Toby Davies, head of criminal justice, said: "This reduction is really encouraging. Being arrested by the police and often kept in a police cell can be a very intimidating and daunting experience for a child and we try and avoid this happening where possible."There are...
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TRUROIntimidation

May 28, 2014, 11:15 pm
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GEORGE DEREK ANTHONY TOKLEY, 19, of Northfield Drive, Truro, entered no plea at Truro Magistrates' Court where he faced a charge of intimidating a female witness. The charge detailed that he drew his hand across his throat in a slitting motion while mouthing the word "dead" in Truro on February 22.The case was sent to Truro Crown Court for a preliminary hearing on May 2.Tokley was given bail with conditions prohibiting him from contacting the female or going to Sainsbury's or to Feock.
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Mobile phone containing treasured photos of late partner goes...

May 28, 2014, 11:15 pm
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POLICE are appealing for information after a mobile phone containing sentimental photos went missing from a train.A 29-year-old woman had got off the 4.30pm Plymouth to Penzance train at Truro on May 17 when she realised she had left her Samsung Galaxy Ace phone on the train.Investigating officer PC Wayne Frost said: "Train staff checked the service when it arrived at Redruth station but there was no trace of the phone and it has not yet been handed into any railway lost property office,...

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Denies assaulting two nurses

May 28, 2014, 11:15 pm
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MICHAEL ROBERT TOLLEY, 28, of Merrifield Close, Truro, pleaded not guilty at Truro Magistrates' Court to assaulting two hospital nurses, Susan Johnson and Janet Davies, and to having no driving licence or insurance, and failing to provide a specimen for analysis last year. The case was adjourned for trial at Truro Magistrates' Court on July 30.
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Planning order case

May 28, 2014, 11:15 pm
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PAUL ANTHONY MANN, of Penwarne Close, Mawnan Smith, was convicted in his absence at Truro Magistrates' Court on May 13 of failing to comply with a requirement of a planning contravention notice within 21 days of its service on him by Cornwall Council in respect of an alleged change of use of garden land at Penwarne Barton Farm.He was fined £400 and told to pay costs of £600.
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John Alex Mundt of Hayle assaulted girlfriend, her cousin,...

May 28, 2014, 11:15 pm
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A BOYFRIEND sent shattered glass flying at the woman he described as the love of his life when he smashed a window in her home.At Truro Magistrates' Court John Alex Mundt, 31, of the Pathway Fields, Hayle, pleaded guilty to criminal damage and to assaulting the woman, Charis, Sergeant James Little, and David Rennard and Luke Randall.Gail Hawkley, for the CPS, said Charis was Mundt's girlfriend and, after returning to her home from drinking together, he became argumentative.When Charis's cousin...
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Troubled son assaulted parents for refusing him money

May 28, 2014, 11:15 pm
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A MAN pushed both his parents after they refused his request for money.Justin Uren, aged 35 and of Hayman Way, Falmouth, pleaded guilty at Truro Magistrates' Court to assaulting Charles and Priscilla Uren on May 23.Gail Hawkley, for the prosecution, said the parents had been concerned about their son's mental health and joblessness and police had been called to the home he shared with them on three occasions because of his behaviour towards them.On May 23 they were in their living room when he...
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FALMOUTHVan break-in

May 28, 2014, 11:15 pm
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POLICE are appealing for information after a mobile phone was stolen from a van in Falmouth.The incident took place between 2pm and 5pm on Tuesday, May 20, while the white van was parked in Brook Road.Anyone with information is asked to call 101, and quote the reference log CR/074531/14.
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Two people seized in drugs swoop

May 28, 2014, 11:15 pm
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TWO people have been arrested after suspected cannabis plants were discovered at a property in Pool, Redruth.Police attended an address in Wheal Agar on Friday morning where 21 suspected cannabis plants in the early stages of growth were found in a garage and seized.A sizeable amount of suspected dried cannabis was also found at another property in Redruth.A 45-year-old woman and a 60-year-old man, both from Redruth, were arrested on suspicion of the production of class B drugs and taken to...
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Drunk and staggering Amanda Jayne Clift swore at police in Truro

May 28, 2014, 11:15 pm
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A DRUNK and staggering woman was loud and abusive to the police who were called to the back of Truro Bowl.Amanda Jayne Clift, aged 44, of Kenwyn Mews, Truro, pleaded guilty at Truro Magistrates' Court to being drunk and disorderly in the city on March 20.Jill Wilson, for the prosecution, said Clift had refused to move on when told to go by the officers, and had repeatedly swore at them.Neil Lewin, her solicitor, said Clift had little recollection of the event due to her intoxicated state, but...
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