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A MAN believed to be the estranged husband of mum-of-three Sophie McDonald has been remanded in custody.James McDonaled, 36, appeared at Exeter Magistrates Court yesterday morning charged with murdering the 36-year-old on Thursday in Dawlish.McDonald, who is believed to be the victim's estranged husband, spoke only to confirm his name.He gave his address as Flat 1 Iddesleigh Terrace, Dawlish - the address where Mrs McDonald's body was found.No pleas were entered.McDonald was remanded in...

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February 1, 2015, 3:47 am

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A FUGITIVE drugs baron who recruited members of Bodmin family to bring heroin into Cornwall has been given an extra jail term after being flown back to Britain from his hideaway in Tenerife.Stephen Blundell was taken straight from the airport to Exeter Crown Court on an arrest warrant and appeared in the dock with a heavy suntan as he admitted jumping bail in April 2013.He has been living in hiding in Tenerife ever since but was brought back to Britain on a European Arrest Warrant after...

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February 3, 2015, 10:45 pm

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A MOTORIST who failed to give police a breath specimen had asked his aunt to lie for him and say she had been driving the vehicle he crashed, a court was told.The chairman of the bench at Bodmin Magistrates' Court on Thursday told Spencer George-Allen that he should "man up".George-Allen, of Trelawney Road, St Agnes, pleaded guilty to failing to provide a specimen at Newquay Police Station on January 3.There had been a single-vehicle crash near the Mingus turning on the B3277 and a Citreon...

Man to appear in court charged with series of burglaries

February 4, 2015, 2:33 am

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A man is set to appear before magistrates in Truro this morning charged with eight counts of burglary.The majority of the charges relate to a series of break-ins at properties around Carnon Downs last week.Maciej Norbert Durski, 42,  who comes from the Hayle area, also faces charges related to incidents in Truro, Threemilestone and Lelant.

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February 4, 2015, 7:09 am

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THE police are appealing for those responsible for trashing a nursery and family centre in Porthleven to hand themselves in.The children at First Steps Nursery at the St Elvan's Children's Centre building had planted flowers in the pots which were smashed over the weekend.Toys were flung around the yard and play equipment damaged.Also in Porthleven, a noticeboard by the Costcutter shop was set on fire on Saturday night, narrowly avoiding damage to the building.Dawn Page, the manager of First...

Knife-wielding robber 'terrifies' shop worker

February 4, 2015, 10:00 pm

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A SHOP owner has spoken of the chilling moment a robber brandished a knife at one of her young employees.Linda Hitchman said the worker was left "terrified" behind the till on Saturday evening.Police said the man, who wore a scarf covering his face, demanded money before stealing a small quantity of cash from the till.Ms Hitchman was in the cottage at the back of Reawla Village Stores at the time and was quickly alerted by her assistant."She was terrified," she said....

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February 4, 2015, 10:00 pm

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THE MOTHER of a 12-year-old girl who claims to have been sexually assaulted by a teenage boy in woodland has told a court how she found out what had happened to her daughter. Giving evidence at the trial at Truro Crown Court of Kiaran Bradshaw, 19, accused of a series of sexual assaults and rapes on underage girls, the woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said she had gone to the girl's room on a day in 2014 and discovered a notebook or diary. "It was hidden under her pillow," she told...

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February 4, 2015, 11:15 pm

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MARK BERGIN, 41, of Laity Fields, Camborne, entered a guilty plea at Truro Magistrates' Court to using a television set without a licence on August 7 and was fined £35.

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February 4, 2015, 11:15 pm

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DONNA GIGGS, 44, of Kernick Way, Loggans, Hayle, entered a guilty plea at Truro Magistrates' Court to failing to send a child to school regularly between April and October last year and was fined £100.

Pamela Mary Walker of Constantine caught drink driving after two...

February 4, 2015, 11:15 pm

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DRINKING two glasses of wine in a pub before driving cost a 67-year-old her licence at Truro Magistrates' Court.Pamela Mary Walker, of Trebarvah Lane, Constantine, pleaded guilty to driving with 52mcg alcohol in her breath, 17 points over the legal limit.She told the police she had had two glasses of wine in the Red Lion at Mawnan Smith, which was where they saw her driving from the car park at 11.30pm on December 17.Walker told the magistrates she was sorry, and would be finding it very...

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February 4, 2015, 11:15 pm

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POLICE are appealing for help after a "bizarre spike" in criminal damage in Falmouth which has risen 67 per cent (47 crimes) compared to the same time last year in the Falmouth and Helston sector.Most of the damage has been to cars, with eight targeted in one night in Bassett Street and Beacon Street and Inspector Steve Lenney, from Falmouth police, said despite this, overall reported crime was down eight per cent since 2013."We have had a very unusual spike in criminal...

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February 4, 2015, 11:15 pm

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POLICE are asking households to be vigilant after a series of daytime burglaries.At least six homes in west Camborne have been targeted by thieves who have broken in to properties through unlocked or insecure windows and doors over the past four weeks.Police believe these are opportunist rather than targeted attacks, although many of the victims so far have been elderly people who have not been at home.Jewellery, small items and cash have been taken in each instance.Acting Inspector John...

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February 4, 2015, 11:15 pm

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JAMES Marsh, 35, of Harveys Way, Hayle, entered no pleas at Truro Magistrates' Court to possessing an imitation firearm, a blank-firing starter pistol, with intent to cause Danny Seymour to fear violence would be used on him, and causing criminal damage to the value of £50, and the case was sent to Truro Crown Court on February 27.

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February 4, 2015, 11:15 pm

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TWO men are set to stand trial accused of causing the death of a man working on a farm.The case involves an accident in 2011 at Great Brynn Barton Farm, Withiel, near Roche, in which 33-year-old Jason Morgan was electrocuted while installing safety netting on a steel-framed barn extension.At Truro Crown Court on Friday, Norman Treseder, 48, of Wendron, Helston, and Roger Matthews, aged 55, of St Ervan, Wadebridge, pleaded not guilty to counts of manslaughter on June 13, 2011.Philip Tucker, 57,...

Suspected drink driver Spencer George-Allen, 26, of St Agnes,...

February 4, 2015, 11:15 pm

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A MOTORIST who failed to give police a breath specimen had asked his aunt to lie for him and say she had been driving the vehicle he crashed, a court was told.The chairman of the bench at Bodmin Magistrates' Court on Thursday told Spencer George-Allen that he should "man up".George-Allen, 26, of Trelawney Road, St Agnes, pleaded guilty to failing to provide a specimen at Newquay Police Station on January 3.There had been a single-vehicle crash on the B3277 and a Citreon Berlingo was...

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February 4, 2015, 11:15 pm

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SALLY PEARL POPPLEWELL, 31, of Matela Close, Porthleven, Helston, was convicted in her absence at Truro Magistrates' Court on January 14 of using a car without insurance at Truro on July 23. She was fined £600 and banned from driving for six months.

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February 4, 2015, 11:15 pm

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MARTIN GRAHAM, 39, of Carey Park, Truro, pleaded guilty at Truro Magistrates' Court to drink-driving.Magistrates heard he was caught when police stopped his car in Truro in the early hours to check a defective light, and he later tested at 15 points over the legal limit for alcohol in urine.He was fined £300 with £115 costs and surcharge and banned from driving for a year.

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February 4, 2015, 11:15 pm

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LIAM Smith, 24, of Bulwark Road, Helston, pleaded guilty at Truro Magistrates' Court to the criminal damage of a phone to the value of £400 belonging to Jade Carbines at Helston on December 21.Anita Kennett, for the CPS, said she understood the couple's eight-year relationship was unlikely to continue after the incident which resulted from an argument over text messages he had sent her.Smith was given a conditional discharge for a year and told to pay £200 compensation with court...

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February 5, 2015, 7:08 am

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A DRUG addict claimed she was working undercover for the police when she stole heroin, crack cocaine and cocaine from a London drug dealer in Perranporth, a court has heard. The woman from Cornwall, who cannot be named for legal reasons, also took money allegedly belonging to Reuel Brisoce, aged 22, who went on trial at Truro Crown Court on Monday accused of threatening to kill her and another woman. Jason Beal, for the Crown Prosecution Service, said Briscoe contacted the two women in an...

Camborne man Tony Pengelly admits careless driving and dragging...

February 5, 2015, 10:00 pm

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A CAMBORNE man who dragged his girlfriend along a road with his car following a row could be facing jail. At Truro Crown Court on Friday, Sarah Vince, for the Crown Prosecution Service, said at about 8pm on July 6 residents of Plain-an-Gwarry, Redruth, were disturbed by Tony Pengelly, 31, of Collingwood, South Tehidy, who was driving a white Ford Ka. "He had driven into the road at speed and he turned the vehicle quickly causing it to leave skid marks on the road," she said. Pengelly stopped the...