POLICE are appealing for witnesses to an assault which occurred during the Falmouth Week festivities.The incident took place in a marquee on Discovery Quay on August 15 between 11pm and 12.30am.The suspect is described as white, about 6ft tall, of muscular build and wearing a peach vest and shorts. Anyone with any information is being asked to contact Falmouth police by calling 101 and quoting CR/98653/14.
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Assault on the quay
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Drink driver Roy Burgoyne from Falmouth claimed he drove fast due...
A DRINK-DRIVER blamed a faulty pedal after being pulled over when he was seen accelerating away fast from a junction in Redruth at around midnight.Roy Burgoyne, aged 49, of Killigrew Street, Falmouth, pleaded guilty at Truro Magistrates' Court to drink- driving.Officers who stopped his vehicle smelt liquor on his breath and he failed a roadside breath test. He later tested at 89 milligrams of alcohol in blood, nine points over the legal limit.Burgoyne said in court that because of the faulty...
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Karl Flanagan, 31, of no fixed address, has been jailed for 12...
A DRUG addict who stole a games console from a Falmouth hotel has been jailed for 12 weeks by a district judge.Karl Flanagan, 31, a prolific offender of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to theft when he appeared in custody before District Judge Kevin Gray at Bodmin Magistrates' Court last Thursday.Sarah Payne, for the prosecution, said the offence involved a "walk-in" theft at the Duchy Hotel on July 20. Members of staff became suspicious after a group of men were seen in the hotel...
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CARNON DOWNSGoing to trial
PETER HENRY PHILLIPS, aged 67 and of Carnon Valley, Carnon Downs, entered no pleas at Truro Magistrates' Court to 16 charges of indecent assault on a child under the age of 14 years.The case was sent for trial at Truro Crown Court on September 5.
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FALMOUTHPolice appeal
POLICE are appealing for information after a motorbike was stolen from a Falmouth address.Overnight on Monday, August 11, a green Kawasaki ZX, with a 2011 number plate, was stolen from Trelawney Avenue.Anyone with information can contact Falmouth police by calling the non-emergency number 101, or Crimestoppers on 0800 555111, quoting CR/97625/14.
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Abusive texts sent to 'wind up' ex-husband
SENDING text messages to her ex-husband saying "You look 100" and "You are the worst of a Dad," resulted in a Hayle woman pleading guilty at Truro Magistrates' Court to harassment between December and May.She was Rachel Kersley, 40, of Madison Close. Gail Hawkley, for the CPS, said Kersley had been issued with a police information notice following complaints by her ex-husband Jason Ferris about unwanted text messages received from her, despite having been given a previous...
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Cold nights led thief to shoplift clothes
CLOTHING stolen from Trago Mills was being worn by the thief when a store detective caught up with him outside the shop.Jodi Childs, 33, of Killigrew Street, Falmouth, pleaded guilty at Truro Magistrates' Court to stealing clothing worth £30. He had previous convictions.His solicitor John Evans said he was an unworldly sort of person as his mother had always done everything for him. When he moved to Cornwall he did not know how to go about applying for benefit. A lot of his time was spent...
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Camborne man's fight to clear name over false sex offence...
A CAMBORNE man has spoken out about his fight to clear his name over a false allegation of a sex offence that resulted in his wife losing her foster child.David Wilkins was serving in the Army in Germany in May 1965 when he was involved in a bar fight and, after feeling a touch on his shoulder, turned around and punched a female member of the military police.He was jailed for six months and discharged from the Army, later joining The Greater Manchester Special Constabulary and serving until...
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Tent in flames at campsite
A TENT with gas cylinders inside burnt to the ground at a Cornish campsite.Fire crews from St Mawes and Truro stations were called to extinguish the tent shortly after 2pm on Saturday at a campsite on the Roseland peninsula.A spokesman from the Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service said: "On arrival crews found a tent to be well alight and firefighters wearing two breathing apparatus used one hosereel to extinguish the fire."A water relay was set up from a hydrant to cool gas cylinders...
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Anonymous tip leads to arrest of drink driver Adam Garfield...
A TRURO motorist appeared before city magistrates as a result of an anonymous tip-off to the police that he might be a drink-driver.That proved to be true when Adam Garfield Roberts, 35, of Riverside View, was tested for alcohol in his breath and registered 62mcg, nearly twice the legal limit.Roberts pleaded guilty to drink-driving at Truro on July 15, and to taking a vehicle without consent and using it without insurance and with an inappropriate licence.Gail Hawkley, for the prosecution, said...
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Kieran Church, 27, who gave an address at North Roskear Village,...
RAZOR blades and cosmetics were stolen from the Camborne branch of Tesco by a man with 47 previous convictions for theft and other offences, a court was told.Kieran Church, 27, who gave an address at North Roskear Village, Camborne, appeared before Bodmin magistrates in custody on Thursday, July 24, when he pleaded guilty to a charge of theft.Mike Brown, for the prosecution, said that Church had been seen in the Wesley Street store on Wednesday, July 23, with a bag in a trolley. He loitered...
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CPS ordered to pay Redruth man Francis Royston Charles Fletcher's...
THE CROWN Prosecution Service (CPS) has been told to pay a Redruth man's £1,393.56 legal costs after a judge criticised its handling of a case against him which was later dropped.Francis Royston Charles Fletcher, 38, was on a life licence and "had a lot at stake" if he had been convicted, his solicitor Jeremy Leaning told District Judge Kevin Gray during a hearing at Bodmin Magistrates' Court. He had not been eligible for legal aid and "it has cost him financially".Mr...
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Cases before magistrates
JOHN FRANCIS SYMONS, 37, of The Cottage, Feock, entered guilty pleas at Truro Magistrates' Court on August 4 to charges of resisting PCs Long and Palmer, at Feock, on June 5 and destroying a motor vehicle windscreen to the value of £250 belonging to Thomas Lynes on the same day. He was conditionally discharged for 24 months and given a year's drink banning order.SIMON MICHAEL LYNDON, aged 22, of Trelander North, Truro, was convicted in his absence at Truro Magistrates' Court on August 5 of...
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LONGDOWNSCase dropped
THE case against David Lewis, 42, of Trolvus Vean, Longdowns, who was alleged to have used a car without insurance at Redruth on March 21, has been discontinued by Truro magistrates.
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TRUROGuilty plea
PETER RICHARD SILVERLOCK, 25, of Lemon Row, Truro, entered a guilty plea at Truro Magistrates' Court to using threatening behaviour at Truro on June 21 and was conditionally discharged for a year.
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TRUROTrial date set
PAMELA JEAN SMITH, 38, of Trelander Highway, Truro, pleaded not guilty at Truro Magistrates' Court to assaulting Mark Taylor at Truro on July 27 and her case was adjourned for trial at Truro Magistrates' Court on October 6.
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Racist attack on taxi driver in city street
A TAXI driver in Truro was subjected to an "appalling" racist attack by a customer who was already subject of a suspended jail sentence.At Truro Crown Court Jack Keat, 20, was sent to prison for nine months for a series of offences committed while under the previous court order.Ed Bailey, for the prosecution, said Keat got into a taxi in Truro at about 3.15am on May 4.He said the Egyptian driver, Haitham Abdelkhalek, agreed to take Keat and friends to Bodmin for £88, stopping...
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Homeless man sent threats in a letter
A HOMELESS man who had been banned from St Petroc's home in Truro for a week, sent a message to the woman who issued him with the banning notice, threatening he would slice her face off.Dean Brannigan, 55, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty at Truro Magistrates' Court to sending an offensive or indecent message, using threatening behaviour, and using threatening behaviour which was racially aggravated.Alison May, for the prosecution, said police were called to the home where Brannigan was...
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FALMOUTHDrug charge
TOMASZ URBAN, aged 33, of Trevethan Road, Falmouth, entered no plea at Truro Magistrates' Court to a charge of producing 34 cannabis plants in his attic on May 17, and his case was sent to Truro Crown Court on September 12.
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PERRANPORTHFined £1,800
ANDREAS READ, of Droskyn Point, Perranporth, entered a guilty plea at Truro Magistrates' Court on August 12 to failing to comply with a waste regulation authority notice asking for information and was fined £1,800 and told to pay costs of £2,931.
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