DRINKING a "significant quantity" of vodka before driving led a 53-year-old Redruth driver to hit another vehicle in Redruth one afternoon and cost her her licence at Truro Magistrates' Court.Melanie Jeffery, of Treskerby, Redruth, tested at 132mcg alcohol in breath, nearly four times the limit. She pleaded guilty to the offence which took place on November 12.Officers went to the scene of the crash in Redruth.Her solicitor John Boyle said she had worked for a local authority but had...
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Vodka drinker was four times the legal limit
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Loner can't explain racial abuse
A CHILD who was the subject of racially aggravated abuse from a 77-year-old man on the Prince of Wales Pier at Falmouth was fortunately too young to know anything about it, the man's solicitor Terry Eastwood told District Judge Kevin Gray.At Truro Magistrates' Court William James Henry Miller, of Saracen Way, Penryn, admitted using racially aggravated language towards the child's mother and her partner, a black African, saying among other things: "I am white right the way...
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Police appeal for information after a motorbike was stolen at St...
POLICE are appealing for information after a motorcycle was stolen from St Day.The black Honda CBR 125 motorcycle was taken from a Chapel Street between 10pm on November 27 and 1am on November 28. The details have just been released.The machine, registration number LD05 ONV, was parked outside a house at the time of the theft.Anyone with information should call the police on 101 and quote the crime reference number CR/125794/14.
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Former Army man Ciaran Forster from Redruth assaulted partner...
A DRUNK former soldier assaulted his partner after an argument about him preferring to be with his friends over his family.On November 1 Ciaran Forster, 25, argued with Jasmine Frank and she asked him to leave, Truro magistrates heard.He shoved her on the bed, put his hand on her throat, exerting pressure. She knocked him back but he shoulder-barged her against the bedroom door, his head pressing against her face, later whipping her in the arm with the wire of a phone charger.He told the police...
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Collision spins car to face oncoming vehicles
POLICE are appealing for witnesses to a car crash which left a family facing oncoming traffic on one of Cornwall's busiest roads.The single-vehicle accident involved a blue Vauxhall Zafira and took place on the A30 between Tolvaddon and Treswithian.The unnamed female driver, her partner and two young children were travelling west on December 8 between 9am and 9.30am when their car hit the central reservation, spun into a U-turn and stopped in the outer lane of the dual carriageway facing the...
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Canadian canoe stolen from Mawnan Smith home and sloop damaged at...
POLICE are appealing for information after a "one-of-a-kind" Canadian canoe was stolen from a property on the Helford river.The theft occurred between November 30 and December 1 at a boathouse near Mawnan Smith, which was broken into.The canoe is described as 12ft long and using different types of wood giving it a multi-colour effect. It has wicker seats and two ornate oars.PCSO Chris Braddon of Boat Watch said: "It is very unusual and probably one of its kind".A 10m sloop...
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Christmas tree stolen from Kelley Road, Falmouth
POLICE are appealing for information following the theft of a Christmas tree from Kelley Road, Falmouth.A man was seen running from the scene at about 11.30pm on Friday.Anyone with information is asked to contact Falmouth station on 101.
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Lee David Whitby, 29, of Trenoweth Road, Falmouth, enters guilty...
LEE DAVID WHITBY, 29, of Trenoweth Road, Falmouth, entered a guilty plea at Truro Magistrates' Court to theft at Falmouth during April and was conditionally discharged for a year and told to pay compensation of £17.50.
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CAMBORNEThefts at sites
POLICE are appealing for information after thieves targeted two construction sites in Camborne.The sites on Enys Road and Boiler Works Road have been broken into several times over the past month and on each occasion thieves have taken work tools and machinery.PCSO Ashley Fuller said: "During one of these break-ins, the machinery that was taken was large enough to require either a trailer or a van, as well as several people, to be able to take and transport the item."So far...
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Single clinical kick turned Truro family's life upside-down
THESE are the shocking injuries inflicted on a Truro taxi driver who was kicked in the face during a night out with his wife.
When Carol and Shaun Webb went to the Victoria Inn at Threemilestone in March last year they were expecting to have a few drinks with friends and colleagues.
Mr Webb – a taxi driver for A2B taxis – knew a lot of people there and CCTV footage showed them playing pool and socialising.
Little did they know that one of those people – Fergus Moriarty, himself...
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Falmouth police issue description of stolen Christmas tree as ...
Police in Falmouth have called for the public's help in tracing a Christmas tree described as '6ft tall, with lots of green branches and prickly bits'.The tongue-in-cheek appeal has been issued on the town's poice station's Facebook page.It says the tree was taken from the rear garden of a property on Kelley Road on the night of Friday, December 12th.The appeal states: "It is described as around 6ft tall, with lots of Green branches and prickly bits. "If anyone has any information as...
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Paedophile Alexander Lake, of Porthtowan, jailed for 20 years for...
A PAEDOPHILE from Porthtowan who sexually assaulted three boys over a 20-year period – starting when he was aged just 10 or 11 – has been jailed for 20 years.
Alexander Lake, 39, of East Cliff, abused the boys, who cannot be named for legal reasons, between 1985 and 2008, Truro Crown Court heard on Friday.
Kelly Scrivener, for the Crown Prosecution Service, said Lake attempted to buy one of the young boy's silence by giving him toys.
She said that boy began to understand what...
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Helston police officer Christopher Higgs admits conning women out...
A Helston police officer has admitted conning a string of women out of tens of thousands of pounds to fund his gambling addiction.Desperate PC Christopher Higgs then tried to blackmail and persuade his victims to give false evidence, Plymouth Crown Court heard.Higgs now faces years in jail after pleading guilty to 15 offences.He was suspended from duty earlier this year and will now be sacked, the court heard.Higgs, aged 30, tricked women into lending him money, saying he needed it for...
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Teen drank too much, took father's car without permission and...
A teenager took his father's car without permission and crashed it into a garden wall - the day after he passed his driving test.Mateusz Rudnik, 19, of Higher Fore Street, Redruth, pleaded guilty at Truro Magistrates' Court to aggravated vehicle taking, driving with excess alcohol, failing to stop after an accident and driving without insurance.Alison May, for the CPS, said the owner of the wall had been awakened in the early hours by the sound of the crash and had called the police. The driver...
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£5 million property con trio jailed
A GANG of fraudsters headed by a Truro film director who conned their way to almost £5 million in a major eight-year mortgage swindle have been jailed.Three men at the centre of the complex con covering Swansea and south west Wales are finally behind bars.Ben Pickering, 35, of Barrack Lane, Truro, was one of the two main movers in the long-running con.The swindlers operated by stealing and inventing identities, setting up dummy companies and falsifying documents.It meant that, from 2003,...
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Officer numbers and police stations face cuts threat
GOVERNMENT cuts leave Devon and Cornwall Police with "no choice" but to consider cutting officer numbers and closing police stations, the crime commissioner has warned.Policing Minister Mike Penning confirmed in a written statement that Government funding to the police would be cut by £299 million next year – or 4.9 per cent in real terms – to £8.19 billion.For Devon and Cornwall Police that means a £9 million cut in funding in 2015-16, £1 million...
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PENRYNTrial date set
CRAIG WILLIAM WRIGHT, 42, of The Terrace, Penryn, pleaded not guilty at Truro Magistrates' Court to assaulting Catherine Goodger at Falmouth on November 28, and the case was adjourned for trial at Truro Magistrates' Court on February 24.
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Falmouth pubgoer Luke Davies behaved like a "complete...
A pubgoer behaved like a "complete prat" when he threw a bar stool at two men.
Luke Davies, 25, of High Street, Falmouth, was in the Prince of Wales on March 13 when he became frustrated and agitated with other people there, Truro Crown Court heard on Friday.
Sarah Vince, for the Crown Prosecution Service, said Dominic Stevens and Colin Mulvarna, who were also in the pub, became aware of an altercation and their attention was drawn to Davies, who was shouting.
Ms Vince said: "The defendant...
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Care worker Denise Huntley spared jail for "despicable"...
A FORMER care worker from Truro, who convinced a vulnerable 80-year-old man she had looked after to sign blank cheques and stole more than £2,500 from him, has been handed a suspended sentence with no requirements.
In her work as a carer, 45-year-old Denise Huntley visited Ronald Hutton several times a week so she knew that he was suffering from Parkinson's Disease and poor mental health when she stole from him, Truro Crown Court heard on Thursday.
Philip Lee, for the Crown Prosecution...
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Judge's New Year's resolution to reverse "deplorable"...
A JUDGE has made it his New Year's resolution to reverse a decision to axe cafe facilities at Truro Crown Court – a situation he described as "deplorable".
Resident judge at Truro, Judge Christopher Harvey Clark, QC, made the comments during proceedings, following a move earlier this year to remove catering from 29 crown courts across the country and replace freshly-prepared food with vending machines.
Concerns have been raised that the lack of facilities have increased the risk of...
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