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November 28, 2014, 2:56 am

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A ST AUSTELL man sent grossly offensive pictures to an Islamic community centre in Cornwall after becoming enraged by videos of beheadings and mass murders carried out by Islamic State terrorists.Eric King, 60, of Wheal Eliza Close, pleaded guilty to sending an indecent or grossly offensive letter to Tipu Choudhury, general secretary of the Cornwall Islamic Community Centre at Carnon Downs, and sending two indecent or grossly offensive messages to the centre via its Facebook page.Alison May for...

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Father and son Granville and Lee Hempshall banned from driving...

November 28, 2014, 10:00 pm

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AN UNEMPLOYED father and son could have caused a horrendous accident when they towed an uninsured and engineless Range Rover with a "knackered" 45-year-old Land Rover from Praa Sands to Pool. The Land Rover clipped a hedge near Helston causing the vehicle to jackknife and roll on to its side, and the driver, 64-year-old Granville Hempshall, became trapped under it, Truro Crown Court heard last Wednesday, November 19. Elaine Hobson, for the prosecution, said Granville Hempshall, of Fore Street,...

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November 29, 2014, 3:09 am

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A TRURO odd-job man was caught for dumping waste on a bridleway through post found at the site.Windows, doors, broken glass and sealant tubes were left by pensioner Michael James Lionel Pascoe, Bodmin magistrates were told.Pascoe was identified as the culprit after items of personal mail were linked to a householder in Falmouth for whom he had worked.Pascoe, 65, of Orchard Close, pleaded guilty to causing the deposit of controlled waste on land at Baldhu without a permit when he appeared before...

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November 29, 2014, 10:00 pm

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A HUSBAND and wife from Redruth who broke into a caravan and stole novelty mugs have been ordered to stay inside in the evenings for the next three months. Donna and Liam Edwards, both of West End, burgled the mobile home in a field at Tolgus between June 16 to 19, Truro Crown Court heard last Wednesday, November 19. They stole a petrol generator, numerous cups and mugs and a china teapot. The total value was not known. Elaine Hosbon, for the Crown Prosecution Service, said the items stolen...

Truro drug dealer Shaw Scott sobs in dock as jail term avoided

November 30, 2014, 10:00 pm

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A 20-YEAR-OLD sobbed in the dock as he avoided prison for drug dealing. At Truro Crown Court, Elaine Hobson, for the prosecution, said officers searched Shaw Scott's then home at Lander Court in Truro on July 2 and seized 12 wraps of cannabis, a quantity of cocaine and a number of mobile phones. "Mr Scott was interviewed and was very forthcoming," said Ms Hobson. "He admitted he had supplied other drugs, the MDMA." Scott, of Fore Street, Grampound, pleaded guilty to offering to supply the Class...

Former partner feared for her life as jealous ex smothered her...

December 2, 2014, 10:00 pm

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A YOUNG Truro woman feared for her life after her jealous former partner held a pillow over her face and repeatedly punched her, a court was told.The day after the attack, Stephen Harvey, who had recently been released from prison, returned to Kayleigh Lemar's home and broke down the door.Harvey, 28, of Lower Park, Tresillian, Truro, was jailed for 18 weeks by Bodmin magistrates after pleading guilty to assaulting Ms Lemar by beating and causing criminal damage to her door.Guy Davies, for the...

DEAN COOMBES, 30, of Grid Cottage, Trewhela, Summercourt, has...

December 2, 2014, 11:30 pm

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DEAN COOMBES, 30, of Summercourt, has been sent to Truro Crown Court on conditional bail charged with assaulting Amy Coombes by beating on November 16 and making threats to kill two police officers on the same date. Coombes appeared before Bodmin magistrates and is due at the Crown Court on December 12.

Camborne charity shop owner "sickened" by thieves and...

December 3, 2014, 5:12 am

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THE OWNER of a Camborne animal and cat rescue charity shop has branded thieves and vandals that have plagued her business as "the lowest of the low".Donna Roscorla owns Donna's Animal and Cat Rescue in Commercial Street and since she opened it 12 months ago, she has had to deal with numerous cases of shoplifting.And the front door was shattered sometime between closing on Friday and Sunday afternoon when Ms Rescorla arrived to unload a car-full of donated items."When I arrived at the shop on...

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Intruder 'looking for dead body' bled all over cottage

December 3, 2014, 10:00 pm

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A HOMELESS woman claimed barking dogs had told her to enter a stranger's house which she left spattered with her blood as she searched for an imaginary dead body.Magistrates heard Catherine Amy Stapleton, 38, of no fixed address, told police she was in a trance when she broke into the cottage at Brea, near Redruth, cutting herself and bleeding everywhere.At Truro Magistrates' Court Stapleton pleaded guilty to criminal damage to a door panel and property belonging to Katharine March.Alison May,...

Family left shocked after attack on cycling Redruth schoolboy

December 3, 2014, 10:00 pm

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A SCHOOLBOY was knocked from his bicycle and subjected to a foul-mouthed tirade by a man he rode past in a "shocking" assault in the street.Toby Ellis, 12, was cycling home from school under the railway bridge on Bond Street in Redruth when the incident happened.A white man in his fifties or sixties wearing shabby clothes and a distinctive hat with a turned up brim, pushed him from his bike and then became verbally abusive towards him.The Redruth School pupil came off the bike and landed on his...

Theives steal one of Penryn's Christmas trees days before light...

December 3, 2014, 11:15 pm

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THIEVES who stolen one of Penryn's Christmas trees and tried to remove another have been branded "mindless vandals".The Christmas Lights Committee put up 26 trees across the town on Thursday in readiness for this Saturday's lights switch-on.But later that night one placed in a recess by the town hall was taken and on Monday someone attempted to take one from the Memorial Gardens. The tree was nailed into a wooden base in the garden and chairman Michael Moore said it was pushed...

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December 3, 2014, 11:15 pm

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AT TRURO Magistrates' Court Rodney Chapman, aged 46, of Morrab Road, Camborne, denied assaulting Emma Chapman at Camborne. The case was adjourned for trial at Truro Magistrates' Court on January 5.

Falmouth police seek owner of found dinghy at Ponsharden

December 3, 2014, 11:15 pm

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POLICE would like to reunite a dinghy with its owner after it was found near the foreshore.The 8ft white inflatable with wooden floorboards was recovered at Ponsharden, Falmouth.There is no crime in the police system matching the dinghy so they do not know if it was lost or stolen.Between 5.30pm last Wednesday and 7.30am on Thursday a punt was stolen and later found at Penryn Quay.PCSO Chris Braddon, of Falmouth Boat Watch, said: "It is evident whoever took the punt attempted to remove the...

Owner of Camborne-based Protec Scaffolding fined £5,000

December 4, 2014, 8:45 am

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A BUSINESS owner from Camborne has been hit with a £5,000 fine for operating without a licence from the council.Anthony Dale, owner of Protec Scaffolding, was fined after being found guilty of two offences of erecting scaffolding that obstructed a road without authorisation from Cornwall Council.At a hearing at Truro Magistrates' Court on December 2, Dale was found to have violated section 169 of the Highways Act 1980.The court also found that Protec had failed to make amendments to the...

Penryn pensioner William Miller, 77, pleads guilty to racially...

December 9, 2014, 1:58 am

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A Penryn pensioner has pleaded guilty to racially abusing a seven-year-old child and his mother during a day out in Falmouth.The incident took place on the Prince of Wales Pier, when William James Henry Miller, 77, of Saracen Way, Penryn, directed the abuse towards Laura Cocks, her African partner and their son.Truro Magistrates Court was told the abuse included telling the child: "I am white right the way through."Miller pleaded guilty to using threatening abusive or insulting words...

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Four charged with murder of Camborne man Terry Oldham

December 9, 2014, 8:49 am

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DEVON and Cornwall Police confirmed that three men and a woman have today been jointly charged with the murder of 63-year-old Terry Oldham earlier this year.Aaron Mallen, 24, and Michelle Casterton, 43, both of Grenville Road, Falmouth, plus Daniel Quinn, 23, of Tregullow Road, Falmouth, and Richard Rosevear, 32, of Truro Road, St Austell, are jointly charged with murder between 28 March and 2 April this year.The quartet have also been charged with causing or allowing the death of a...

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December 10, 2014, 3:18 am

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A 29-year-old man is fighting for his life after acid was thrown in his face in his own home in Truro yesterday afternoon. The incident took place at around 4pm in Carrine Road. Police are treating the crime as attempted murder - and have appealed for any witnesses who were in the area at the time to come forward. They are especially keen to speak to the driver of a red Peugeot van seen in Carrine Road around the time of the incident. Police, ambulance and fire service attended...

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December 10, 2014, 6:28 am

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Police investigating an acid attack in Truro which left a 29-year-old man fighting for his life have held a press conference to appeal for the public's help.The incident took place at the man's home in Carrine Road, near Truro Golf Club, at 4pm yesterday.The victim, who remains in Treliske hospital with life-threatening facial injuries, has a wife and young child, but police would not confirm whether they were home at the time of the attack.Neighbours say the man injured in the acid attack was...

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December 10, 2014, 6:59 am

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The victim of yesterday's acid attack in Truro has been named locally as father-of-one Andreas Christopheros, 29.Mr Christopheros, a businessman involved in both event and property management, was attacked at his home in Carrine Road, near Truro Golf Club.He was left with life-threatening facial injuries in the attack, which took place at 4pm yesterday afternoon.He remains in the Royal Cornwall Hospital at Treliske in a life threatening condition. A neighbour said: "The first thing we saw...

Truro acid attack: Neighbours speak of shock

December 10, 2014, 11:12 pm

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A 29-YEAR-OLD dad remains in hospital fighting for his life after an acid attack in a quiet residential street left him with serious facial injuries.Police have launched an attempted murder inquiry after the nasty attack in Carrine Road, near Truro Golf Club, on Tuesday afternoon at 4pm.The victim, who was named locally as Andreas Christopheros, has a wife and young child but police would not confirm whether they were home at the time of the attack.He was taken to Treliske Hospital with...