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Hayle terror suspect "no threat" to local community say...

November 4, 2014, 9:37 am
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POLICE have reassured residents that no threat is posed to Hayle and the surrounding areas after a man was arrested last night on terrorism offences. The 26-year-old Bangladeshi national was arrested at Balti King Indian restaurant under Section 5 of the terrorism act. The man was believed to be plotting an act of terrorism in relation to the ongoing conflict in Syria and was arrested by officers from Devon and Cornwall Police and the South East Counter Terrorism Unit (Sectu). Superintendent...

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Cornwall police to hold two week gun amnesty

October 27, 2014, 5:44 am
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A two week firearms amnesty is to be held across Cornwall in a bid by police to get illegal and unwanted weapons off the streets.It will run from 8am on Monday, November 3rd, and will end on Monday, November 17th.People can hand in guns and ammunition at police stations in Bodmin, Camborne, St Austell and Truro without fear of prosecution for possession during the fortnight.Officers hope items handed in will include guns which can still be fired, antique weapons, replica weapons, air weapons, BB...

Cornwall police to hold two week gun amnesty

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Hayle terror suspect "no threat" to local community say...

November 4, 2014, 3:06 pm
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POLICE have reassured residents that no threat is posed to Hayle and the surrounding areas after a man was arrested last night on terrorism offences. The 26-year-old Bangladeshi national was arrested at Balti King Indian restaurant under Section 5 of the terrorism act. The man was arrested on suspicion of preparing for an act of terrorism in relation to the ongoing conflict in Syria and was arrested by officers from Devon and Cornwall Police and the South East Counter Terrorism Unit...

Hayle terror suspect "no threat" to local community say...

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Ben Moses, 20, of Falmouth assaulted his former partner with an...

November 5, 2014, 3:19 am
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An ex-boyfriend who got jealous when his former partner told him she was seeing someone else assaulted her - with a Cornetto, a court heard.Angry Ben Moses, 20, thrust the Wall's ice cream into Katie Crowle's face after she said she was seeing another man.Magistrates in Truro, Cornwall, heard the relationship went into meltdown after Ms Crowle admitted she was involved with someone else.Gail Hawksley, prosecuting, said the pair were trying to reconcile after a three-week split when she revealed...

Ben Moses, 20, of Falmouth assaulted his former partner with an...

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Jailed estate agent Tim Glasson could set up business again upon...

November 5, 2014, 4:01 am
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JAILED estate agent Tim Glasson could be free to once again set-up business as an estate and letting agent once he is released, the West Briton understands.Glasson, 51, was jailed for 21 months earlier this month after pleading guilty to ten counts of fraud.Glasson failed to hand over tenants' rental money to their landlords and kept deposits for himself instead of paying them into the Deposit Protection Scheme.Rosalind Renshaw, editor of Property Industry Eye and property market expert, says...

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Young woman Yukey Cooper, 23, admits attempted robbery and...

November 5, 2014, 8:38 am
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A YOUNG WOMAN has admitted attempting to rob another person and being in possession of a number of throwing knives at Camborne. At Truro Crown Court on Wednesday, Yukey Cooper, 23, whose address was given in court papers as of no formal abode, pleaded guilty to the attempted robbery of Khaleda Jahan on September 27. She also admitted being in possession of a throwing knife at the Chutney Mango Takeaway on Commercial Street on the same date and asked for a further offence – of possessing...

Young woman Yukey Cooper, 23, admits attempted robbery and...

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No plea entered by defendant

November 5, 2014, 11:15 pm
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ANDREW Edward Watkins, aged 50, of Commercial Street, Camborne, entered no plea at Truro Magistrates' Court to a charge of fraud involving the use of a bank card belonging to 84-year-old Sylvia Taylor to make a gain for himself by purchasing items to the value of £2,902.06.Watkins, who elected to stand trial at Truro Crown Court, was given a date of November 21.
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Happy Days Nursery in Falmouth subject to spate of vandalism and...

November 5, 2014, 11:15 pm
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A FALMOUTH nursery has been repeatedly targeted by vandals who have damaged and stolen the children's toys.They ripped the door from a shed at Happy Days Nursery at Jubilee Road, stole bikes and tore hanging baskets from the walls.Mel Seager, the nursery manager, said: "We've just had another recent run of vandalism."Three out of six hanging baskets were broken in a sheer act of vandalism."Over the summer they ripped the door off the shed, snapped it in half and all our bikes have...
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CARNON DOWNSRally stopped

November 5, 2014, 11:15 pm
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AN unauthorised car rally was thwarted by police after they heard about it on social media websites.Officers discovered drivers were set to gather around the Carnon Downs roundabout area on Friday night.Similar gatherings have taken place recently in Helston, Penryn and Plymouth, with cars being raced along roads, posing a danger to other road-users and resulting in noise complaints from residents.Officers contacted the potential organiser via social media and warned them of their liabilities.
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Sex assault by man in fancy dress

November 5, 2014, 11:15 pm
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POLICE are appealing for witnesses to an alleged sexual assault on a man in Truro.A man reported that he was assaulted between 2am and 3.45am on Sunday.Police said the incident took place in the Boscawen Street and St Mary's Street area.The offender, who was said to be in Hallowe'en fancy dress, is said to have approached the victim and punched him in the face, causing him to fall to the ground.It is then alleged that he was indecently and sexually assaulted.Police have declined to give...
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FALMOUTHWhose is it?

November 5, 2014, 11:15 pm
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FALMOUTH police are trying to reunite a possibly stolen outboard engine with its owner.PCSO Chris Braddon said the black Force engine was found on a stolen boat, but did not belong to the vessel's owner.It develops between 2hp and 6hp and the serial number appears scratched out. Anyone who believes it is their engine can contact Falmouth police on 101.
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Which one of these men is in charge of policing in Devon and...

November 6, 2014, 1:36 am
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DESPITE his upcoming visit to Redruth, it seems few people know who police and crime commissioner Tony Hogg is or what he looks like.In a straw poll by the West Briton on the streets of Redruth on Friday only one out of 15 people could name Mr Hogg when shown his picture.Four people said they "recognised his face" but could not name him, while three people mistook him for former Prime Minister Gordon Brown.One person thought the picture was of the Chancellor, George Osborne, and...

Which one of these men is in charge of policing in Devon and...

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Redruth town council to welcome police crime commissioner Tony...

November 7, 2014, 1:14 am
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THE head of policing in Cornwall will attend his first council meeting in the county after being challenged about a lack of officers on the streets.Police and crime commissioner Tony Hogg promised to visit Redruth Town Council's meeting on February 23 to discuss members' fears about policing in the town.Mr Hogg had been approached by Councillor Michael Chappell at his surgery in Penzance last month.At the Redruth Town Council meeting last Monday, Mr Chappell said: "I explained our concerns to...

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Drink driver Shaun Robert Smale of Redruth threatened man who...

November 9, 2014, 10:00 pm
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A MEMBER of the public who reported a drink-driver was threatened with violence by him, Truro magistrates heard.Shaun Robert Smale, 30, of Murdoch Close, Redruth, pleaded guilty to drink-driving on October 13 at Camborne and said he could not remember the incident.Gail Hawkley, for the prosecution, said a witness called the police after seeing Smale's vehicle collide with a lamp post at Barncoose Roundabout at 2.20am. Smale get out of the vehicle, smelling of drink, and threatened violence...

Drink driver Shaun Robert Smale of Redruth threatened man who...

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Conviction revoked by magistrates

November 12, 2014, 11:15 pm
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A CONVICTION for failing to identify himself when he was caught on a speed camera was revoked by Truro magistrates who also cancelled fines and costs amounting to £745 after an Illogan Highway man appeared before them.Michael Rahn, 34, of Barncoose Lane, Illogan Highway, told them he had not been aware in advance of the court hearing at Bodmin, which imposed a sentence in his absence, and he made a statutory declaration which led to the revocation.He admitted driving at 39mph in a 30mph...
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Drink driver Jerry Paul Tilley approached police about his...

November 12, 2014, 11:15 pm
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A DRINK-DRIVER approached police himself after stopping his car in Camborne at 1.30am, telling them he had drunk one and a half pints of lager.He failed a roadside breath test and later registered 101 milligrams of alcohol in blood, 21 points over the legal limit.At Truro Magistrates' Court Jerry Paul Tilley, 34, of Normandy Way, Pengegon, Camborne, pleaded guilty to drink-driving on August 30.He told the magistrates he had made a ridiculous mistake, getting into his car after having an...
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Nicole Tracey Robins of Helston caught driving at 38mph in a...

November 12, 2014, 11:15 pm
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A DRIVER told Truro magistrates she was shocked when she received a letter saying she owed more than £700 to a court after she was caught by a speed camera.Nicole Tracey Robins, 53, of Beacon Terrace, Helston, made a statutory declaration that she was not aware of the court hearing when a financial penalty was made against her in her absence and said she had been having trouble receiving post.She pleaded guilty to speeding at 38mph in a 30mph limit on March 15.She said she had been...
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Shoplifter Jonathan White seen putting wine bottle down his...

November 12, 2014, 11:15 pm
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A 54-YEAR-OLD described by a CPS prosecutor as a prolific shoplifter pleaded guilty at Truro Magistrates' Court to stealing a bottle of wine from Aldi, at Camborne, on October 28.Prosecutor Gail Hawksley said Jonathan White, c/o an address in Truro Road, St Austell, had been banned from the store where he was seen to put the wine bottle down the front of his trousers and left without paying.When stopped and arrested he told the police he did not have any money and had taken the wine to drink.He...
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FALMOUTHAssault case

November 12, 2014, 11:15 pm
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ALAN DONOVAN CLARK, 45, c/o The Dracaena Centre, Falmouth, pleaded guilty at Truro Magistrates' Court to assaulting Nigel Beveridge at Penzance on July 13 and was given a six-month community order, fined £35 and told to pay £100 compensation.
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Police building new links with towns and parishes

November 12, 2014, 11:15 pm
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A POLICE inspector is proposing a new way to increase communication with town and parish councils in Camborne, Pool and Redruth.Inspector Mark Eccles, from Camborne police, suggested the introduction of a specific police liaison officer for each of the eight towns and parishes served by the station – Camborne, Redruth, Lanner, Portreath, Illogan, Carn Brea, Four Lanes and St Day.He laid out his plans at a meeting on Friday after Redruth Town Council complained of the lack of a police...

Police building new links with towns and parishes

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