PROTESTERS were ordered to move from a Falmouth supermarket by police after complaints from customers.Police were called to Sainsbury's on Saturday after management said the four political protesters were obstructing customers and dropping unwanted leaflets in their baskets.The protesters were accusing Sainsbury's of unethically sourcing produce from Israeli settlements.The chain issued a letter to the protesters banning them from every store in the country, giving local police the powers to...
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REDRUTHTrial date set
NICHOLAS Mark Stevens, 28, of Drump Road, Redruth, pleaded not guilty at Truro Magistrates' Court to assaulting Emily Jane Rashleigh at Truro on August 31 and the case was adjourned to November 18 for trial.
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FALMOUTHConvicted
ADAM THOULESS, 22, of Bosmeor Road, Falmouth, pleaded not guilty at Truro Magistrates' Court to using a car without insurance at Camborne on April 21 and was convicted and fined £165 and banned from driving for six months. He also denied using the vehicle without an appropriate licence but was convicted of this.
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FALMOUTHBikes stolen
POLICE are appealing for information after two bikes were stolen from homes in Falmouth.A black and yellow BMX was stolen from a garden shed in Berkeley Vale between September 9 and 14 – crime reference CR/106964/14 – and a Shogun aluminium bike was taken from Grove Place on Saturday or Sunday – crime reference: CR/108479/14.Call police on 101 with any information.
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Vandals damage 20 cars in Falmouth
POLICE are appealing for information after vandals kicked wing mirrors off about 20 vehicles in Marine Crescent, Falmouth, between 8pm on Saturday and 10am Sunday.PCSO Ashley Fuller said: "Some have been able to be repaired but some are still damaged."The reporting person heard a lot of noise outside of his house during the early hours and found the damage in the morning."Anyone with information should contact Falmouth police on 101.
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CAMBORNECrown Court
YUKEY COOPER, 23, briefly of Basset Street, Camborne, and also living in a tent in the area, entered no pleas at Truro Magistrates' Court to attempted robbery of an unspecified amount of money at Chutney Mango takeaway in Camborne on September 27, and to two offences of possessing an offensive weapon, a throwing knife, in a public place on the same day.Her case was sent for trial at Truro Crown Court on October 21 and she was remanded in custody.
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Ginette Ford of Camborne breached drink banning order and was...
VERBAL abuse was directed at police and ambulance staff by a drunken woman found slumped in a street in Camborne, a court was told.Ginette Ford, 30, of Trelowarren Street, Camborne, pleaded guilty to breaching a drink banning order on September 3 when she appeared in custody at Bodmin Magistrates' Court.Alison May, for the prosecution, said the offence also put Ford in breach of a conditional discharge imposed in July for being drunk and disorderly.District Judge Kevin Gray ordered that Ford...
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Stage one asbo served on students in Falmouth house
STUDENTS in a Falmouth house have received a warning letter from police after neighbours complained of loud music during a party.Police were called to the house on Budock Terrace at 2.20am on Sunday.The music was turned off by 3am, but police issued a letter warning the residents that if they cause a similar disturbance, they could end up being served with a full antisocial behaviour order (Asbo), a breach of which would be a criminal offence.PC John Dukes, from Falmouth police, said: "It...
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Nearly 250 under 18's caught drink driving by Devon &...
Nearly 250 underage youngsters have been caught drink driving in Devon and Cornwall in the last six years, new figures show.Nationally, an average of 1,000 people under 18 have been convicted of drink-driving per year since 2008, according to police figures obtained by in-car camera provider Nextbase.In Devon and Cornwall, 241 underage drink drivers – who were aged 15 to 17 – were caught been 2008 and 2013, one of the highest rates in the country.However, offences fell significantly...
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Former Helston man Karl Reader found guilty of sexual offences...
A FORMER Helston man been found guilty of raping a young girl and sexually assaulting a boy.
Karl Reader, 48, who used to live on Bulwark Road, denied the offences in relation to the two children.
At Truro Crown Court on Monday, Llewellyn Sellick, for the prosecution, said Reader raped the girl, who was aged under 13, on a number of occasions from 2003 onwards.
Giving evidence, she said the first person she told about what had happened to her was a school friend, a number of years later.
"I was...
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Man accused of inflicting GBH on woman in Redruth found not...
A MAN accused of inflicting grievous bodily harm (GBH) on a woman at Redruth has been found not guilty by a jury.
Peter Angel, aged 66, went on trial at Truro Crown Court last week accused of assaulting Marguerita Downey between October 19 and 22, 2012 and fracturing her skull.
Angel, who denied all of the offences, was accused of assault occasioning actual bodily harm (ABH) as an alternative charge in respect of that allegation.
He faced a third charge of common assault relating to an incident...
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'Depraved' former Helston man Karl Reader jailed for 18 years for...
A 'DEPRAVED and evil' former Helston man has been jailed for 18 years after being found guilty of raping a young girl and depriving her of her innocence.
The girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was left traumatised by 48-year-old Karl Reader's offences against her, Truro Crown Court heard yesterday.
Reader, who used to live on Bulwark Road, raped the girl, who was aged under 13 on a number of occasions from 2003 onwards.
Giving evidence, the girl described that she had been frightened...
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Front desks at police stations across Cornwall are to close
FRONT desks at police stations across the county are to close as Devon and Cornwall Police bids to save thousands of pounds.Police and crime commissioner (PCC) Tony Hogg is pushing through plans to close 12 of 21 public offices in Devon and Cornwall.In Cornwall, doors will be shut at Falmouth, Penzance, Launceston, Bude and Liskeard while Newquay will only be open in the summer.Only Truro, Bodmin, St Austell and Camborne will keep a public access point.A force spokesman said the decision...
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St Erme man Stephen Jory who exposed himself to female doctor...
A SERIAL sex offender has been labelled "a menace" as he was jailed for 18 months after he exposed himself to a female doctor.
The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was unaware of Stephen Jory's history when she started the appointment with him on July 17, Truro Crown Court heard.
Philip Lee, for the prosecution, said staff did not have medical notes for the 33-year-old newly-registered patient at the doctor's surgery, otherwise they would have indicated that a female doctor was...
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Horse loses eye after being shot in Constantine
A LITTLE girl's pet show pony has had to have one of its eyes removed after being shot.An irresponsible nocturnal shooter has been blamed for the accident to miniature Shetland Marty.Tilly Ruberry, 5, was told the news by her aunt Carla Ruberry and grandmother Marilyn Ruberry, who discovered the horse's injury.They own a smallholding just outside Constantine, where Marty lives and where the incident happened last Monday night.He was in a field with three other horses, a pony and a cow, but was...
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Cornish garages targeted for unlicensed vehicle diagnostic...
Trading Standards officers from Cornwall Council's Fair Trading team have been paying unannounced visits to car servicing garages over the past week on the hunt for illegal and unlicensed vehicle diagnostic software.
Senior Cornwall trading standards officer Gary Webster said: "The servicing and repair of modern cars often requires specialist diagnostic equipment and computer software.
"We are concerned that garages may be tempted to use illegal copies of the software which not only gives them...
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Supermarket employee fires out warning after attempted bike theft
A SUPERMARKET employee has warned shoppers and staff to be vigilant after he was threatened to hand over his bicycle outside the store.Aaron Nappin, who works at Tesco in Camborne, exited the shop and walked over to the bike rack when he was approached by a man.Mr Nappin said: "I went to the bike rack, unlocked my bike and looked to the left and saw two men walking across the car park."One of the men barged past me while the other stood and watched. I just thought he was being rude, until he...
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Police fail to answer 999 calls target
POLICE in Devon and Cornwall are failing to answer enough 999 calls within their target time.Guidelines state 90 per cent of calls to 999 should be answered within 10 seconds.Some 2,680 calls did not meet that target in the four months from May to August.Police say they have seen an increase in the number of 999 calls and that call handlers are asking more questions to assess the needs of callers.There were 14,135 999 calls in April, 15,887 in May, 16,686 in June, 18,386 in July and 17,471 in...
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Police appeal after pensioner is punched to the ground by teenage...
A pensioner was left with a suspected broken nose and cuts and bruises after being punched to the floor by a teenage skateboarder in Camborne.The 68-year-old Redruth man was taking items to a charity shop in Trelowarren Street around noon on Monday, September 22nd when the assault took place.A police spokesman said: "As he stepped out of the doorway he was knocked off his feet by a male skateboarder."When he remonstrated with the skateboarder, he was punched in the face by the offender...
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