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CROSSED wires resulted in a police investigation into the theft of an 11foot wheel from a mine museum.Bungling workmen sparked the investigation into the bizarre theft of the wheel from King Edward Mine Museum after removing the historic object without telling anyone. The extremely rare, 11ft head wheel was feared to have been nickedon March 4. "Last week someone masquerading as a contractor took the wheel from our museum at The Kind Edward Mine," site director Kingsley Rickard said,...

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March 10, 2015, 11:00 pm

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SIBLING landlords have been fined for causing a health hazard by failing to properly maintain a home they rented to a vulnerable elderly tenant near Truro.Ronald, 56, and Judith, 54, Bailey pleaded guilty at Truro Magistrates' Court to two offences of failing to comply with improvement notices served under the Housing Act 2014, by Cornwall Council, on a property they co-own at Frogpool.They were fined £800 in total and ordered to pay costs of £813 each to cover Cornwall Council's...

Alex Furniss of Truro charged with making a bomb hoax

March 11, 2015, 12:30 am

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ALEX FURNISS, 21, of Alexander Terrace, Truro, charged with making a bomb hoax to Keith Barber at Newquay police station on November 7 and sending a menacing message has had the case against him adjourned until March 31 at Bodmin Magistrates' Court.

CPS is 'disintegrating' says judge after delays in Truro court

February 26, 2015, 10:00 pm

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CRIMINALS could start to walk free from court in Truro despite being accused of serious offences because the agency that prosecutes cases is "disintegrating", a judge has said. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), which has been hit by budget cuts and office closures in recent months, came under fire at Truro Crown Court after three cases were listed in one day for lawyers to explain delays in serving evidence. The court heard that, in one such case, where three people are accused of...

​Appeal for driver who hit van in Mount Ambrose

March 12, 2015, 11:00 pm

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A VAN-OWNER is appealing for the hit-and-run driver who crashed into his vehicle to come forward. Len Cunningham's silver Nissan camper van sustained about £3,500 worth of damage outside his Mount Ambrose home at 7.30am last Monday. The 65 year-old, who believed the crash was accidental, said: "I heard a bang and got up, but by the time I got downstairs there was no sight of them. "They hit my van at the top of the rear door causing a considerable amount of damage to the door,...

​Camborne gas fitters fined for unsafe work

March 12, 2015, 11:00 pm

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TWO tradesmen installed unsafe wood-burning stoves and charged customers for work they never completed prompting a warning to others who may have employed them.Luke Watson of Barripper, Camborne, and David Watson of Great Wheal Seton, Camborne, pleaded guilty at Truro Magistrates' Court last Monday to four charges relating to breaches of the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 and the Fraud Act 2006.The pair, who are unrelated, were trading under the name County Stoves and...

​Redruth cars targeted in mini crime wave

March 12, 2015, 11:00 pm

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MORE than half a dozen cars were damaged or broken into in a mini overnight crime wave.The criminals targeted seven cars and vans in the Cardrew and South Park areas of Redruth between Thursday night and Friday morning. Antony Luke, from South Park, woke to find his BMW had sustained significant damage. The 53 year-old salesman said: "It looked like someone had run up the bonnet and jumped on the roof. The insurance said it was considering whether it was worth scrapping the car. It is going...

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March 13, 2015, 3:02 am

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THERE were no crimes reported at all to police in the parish of St Keverne on the Lizard peninsula during February, police have said.However, some granite items were stolen from outside properties in two separate incidents in neighbouring St Martin and people are advised to be vigilant.

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March 15, 2015, 11:00 pm

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AN abusive boyfriend who dragged his girlfriend with his car has been spared imprisonment after a judge criticised prosecutors for going too easy on him.Tony Pengelly was also told by Exeter Crown Court judge Graham Cottle that he had an "alarming misunderstanding" of what domestic violence was.Pengelly drove away with Emily Johnson hanging by her arm from the passenger window of his Ford Ka after an argument in the street.She was thrown to the ground before getting up, unhurt, and...

Bristol duo in court over Threemilestone burglary

March 16, 2015, 3:58 am

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TWO men from Bristol have appeared in court charged with theft of computer equipment from a Threemilestone company last week.Edward Tiley, 38, of Goulston Walk, and Anthony Morris, 41, of Nash Drive, are accused of stealing computer equipment worth £9,000 from Gas World.com on the night of March 10.The pair were remanded in custody by Truro magistrates to appear before Truro Crown Court on April 7.

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March 17, 2015, 1:02 am

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A Helston postman has pleaded guilty to stealing birthday cards and other greeting cards containing money to pay for food and heating for his family.Benjamin David Williams, 37, of Treskewes Estate, St Keverne, Helston, said he was down to eating one meal a day because of the financial crisis his family was going through at the time of the offences.He pleaded guilty to three offences of theft from Royal Mail involving stealing packets containing money, and 322 other commercial communications...

Camborne dog owners alarmed by colour coded markings

March 17, 2015, 2:55 am

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CONCERNS are being raised amongst dog owners in Camborne after a number of properties were marked with coloured paint.It is believed that the markings are being used by thieves to indicate properties that contain dogs, often of high value.One woman, who wishes to remain anonymous, said that she herself, as well as other associates had been targeted."I've spoken to a number of people who have had their property splashed with colour coded markings."It is either a blob or line drawn with...

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March 18, 2015, 2:44 am

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A MAN from Redruth has been found guilty of a child sex offence while working in the South Pole.A spokesman from Kent Police has said that Simon Rouen was arrested as he stepped foot back on UK soil, arriving at Heathrow Airport last year.While abroad, Rouen, 36, from Redruth, communicated with two undercover police officers and expressed his desire to sexually abuse an eight-year-old girl.Various emails were exchanged, with the final message sent in March from Chile as Rouen made his way back...

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March 18, 2015, 5:15 am

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HELSTON police are seeking witnesses to an incident that occurred during the early hours of the morning outside the area of the post office in Coinagehall Street.The public disorder occurred between 3am and 3.30am on March 8. Anyone with information is asked to call the police on 101 quoting CR/016080/15.

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March 18, 2015, 11:00 pm

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A TEENAGER with anger-management issues swore at her father and set toilet paper on fire – because she did not want to help clear up the dinner dishes.At Truro Magistrates' Court Abbie Sedgeman, 19, pleaded guilty to criminal damage amounting to £90 to household items belonging to William and Jennifer Sedgeman at Treloweth Close, St Erth, on February 14.Alison May, for the CPS, said the teenager had arrived home at about 6pm having been drinking. She ate with her family and then...

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March 19, 2015, 12:15 am

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TRURO magistrates adjourned a case against a third-time drink driver, asking for a probation report to include an alcohol treatment assessment.Rita Louise Rundle, 40, of North Roskear, Camborne, pleaded guilty to drink- driving at Pool on February 11 when she registered an alcohol level of 84mcg, more than twice the legal limit, and guilty to driving while disqualified and without insurance.Her previous convictions for drink-driving were in 2003 and 2013.The case was adjourned until April 1,...

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March 19, 2015, 12:15 am

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DONALD Johnston, 39, of St Budeaux, Plymouth, entered no plea at Truro Magistrates' Court to a charge of fraud by making a false representation by obtaining employment as a licensing officer with Cornwall Council by providing a false university degree, false references and failing to disclose previous convictions, intending to make a gain for himself of £10,000 between November 5, 2013, and September 30, 2014.The case was sent to Truro Crown Court on April 14.

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KAREN ANNE SHAW, 48, of Church Cottages, Sithney, Helston, pleaded guilty at Truro Magistrates' Court to drink-driving at Sithney on December 12 and was fined £110 and banned from driving for 28 months.

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March 19, 2015, 12:15 am

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March 19, 2015, 11:00 pm

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A DRUG dealer has been jailed for five years after police raided the house he was renting out in Truro and found cocaine worth about £16,000.Darren Bown, 32, denied that the Class A drugs were his but was found guilty of possessing them with intent to supply after a trial at Truro Crown Court.He had been subletting rooms at a property on Moresk Road when officers searched there on November 30, 2012.Michael Brown, for the prosecution, said officers found cocaine in a locked converted box...