Man arrested and dog seized after Truro dog attack

July 1, 2015, 2:57 am

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POLICE have arrested a man and seized a dog in connection with a dog attack in Truro.A 52-year-old man from Truro has been arrested on suspicion of being in charge of a dog dangerously out of control and taken to Newquay police station to be interviewed.A spokesman for Devon and Cornwall Police said a dog was seized by officers from the Truro local policing team, in partnership with Cornwall Council. It will be held by police pending assessment.Officers received reports of a man being injured by...

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July 1, 2015, 11:15 pm

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A THIEVING employee left his bosses in debt to the taxman, council, customers and family, Truro magistrates heard.James Robert Read, 24, of Tresaderns Road, Redruth, admitted stealing cash, phone parts, screens and batteries to the value of £5,513 between January and September last year.He also asked for a further offence of theft to be taken into account.Alison May, for the Crown Prosecution Service, said Read had been employed managing Scott Cheadle's business in River Street, Truro, in...

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July 1, 2015, 11:15 pm

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SHARP-EYED shop staff reported a drunk customer to police after he got in his car, despite their warning not to drive.Officers found Richard Stewart, 71, at his home in Gerrans Hill, Portscatho, following call from the village shop in The Square.He later tested at 120mcg alcohol in breath, more than three times the legal limit.He said he had been drinking the previous day and had a bottle of red wine, and that he drank a fair amount every day, including whisky.He had a similar conviction in...

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July 2, 2015, 10:00 pm

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A HELSTON football player knocked a rugby player unconscious and broke his tooth at Shooters nightclub.The trial of Hugh Howlett at Truro Crown Court heard he punched Truro College rugby player Bradley Howe in the face after tensions flared up between two groups of sportsmen at the Helston venue.Sarah Vince, for the Crown Prosecution Service, said that on April 16 last year, Mr Howe went for a meal in Truro with the Truro College rugby team and eventually on to Shooters in Coinagehall Street,...

Burglar Maciej Durski broke into 7 homes in 7 days and stole cash...

July 3, 2015, 10:00 pm

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A BURGLAR who broke into seven homes in seven days has been jailed for stealing more than £30,000 worth of property.Construction worker Maciej Durski, formerly of Hayle, claimed he committed the offences to pay off gambling debts he incurred trying to raise cash to send to his sick mother in Poland.At Truro Crown Court on Friday, Durski, 41, pleaded guilty to seven counts of burgling houses at Illogan, Carnon Downs, Lelant and Truro.Ramsay Quaife, for the CPS, said the total loss to...

Falmouth man Luke Pentecost jailed for assault after running out...

July 4, 2015, 10:00 pm

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A YOUNG Falmouth man who was spared jail twice despite committing a series of offences including causing £13,000 damage by letting the handbrake off a bus, has been sent to prison. Luke Pentecost, 22, of Meadowbank Lane, ran out of chances on Tuesday when he appeared at Truro Crown Court after assaulting two strangers at a bus stop on the Tremough campus.In July 2013, Pentecost was sentenced to 14 months in a young offenders' institution, suspended for one year for a series of criminal...

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July 5, 2015, 7:05 am

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A trustee of an animal rescue charity has been convicted of stealing a family's beloved dog and passing it off as her own.Indi, a Gordon setter, was handed in to Samantha Rogers after she went missing from her home in February. But despite being told who she belonged to, Rogers renamed her Molly, kept her and even gave permission for surgery on her. The person who found Indi had sent a Facebook message to her rightful owner, Peter Bennett, explaining she was being cared for by the Last Chance...

Cannabis found growing in home of Redruth couple Stephen and...

July 5, 2015, 10:00 pm

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A REDRUTH couple have been ordered to carry out unpaid work after police raided their home and found cannabis growing there.At Truro Crown Court, Stephen Holland, 47, admitted producing the Class B drug cannabis on March 4, this year and Angela Holland, 43, admitted permitting premises to be used for producing a controlled drug on the same date.Philip Lee, for the Crown Prosecution Service, said both of them had benefited in one way or another from the sale of the cannabis that was being grown...

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July 7, 2015, 10:36 am

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A BENEFITS claimant was caught receiving more than £6,000 he was not entitled to after it was discovered he had savings of up to £25,000.Henry Merrick Pipa, 68, of Higher Penponds Road, Higher Penponds, Camborne, committed the offences in Camborne during 2010 and as a result was given the overpayments.At Truro Magistrates' Court he pleaded guilty to three offences of benefit fraud by claiming job seeker's allowance, council tax benefit and pension credit by not declaring his savings,...

Police had to stop drink driving Camborne former soldier David...

July 7, 2015, 10:39 am

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POLICE had to leap into action when they saw a drink driver crash into a wall and then watched his car start to roll, magistrates heard.The engine and lights had been turned off and the officers, who had been attending an unrelated matter, managed to engage the handbrake and had to do so again when it continued to move.They then found the driver, former soldier David Allen, smelling of alcohol and unsteady on his feet.Allen, 51, a former soldier, from Wellington Road, Camborne, pleaded guilty at...

Ex-Sithney councillor Brian Deacon jailed for molesting children

July 8, 2015, 10:00 pm

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A FORMER councillor who subjected two young girls to a series of "utterly revolting" sexual assaults has been jailed for five years.Paedophile Brian Deacon inappropriately touched the girls, who cannot be named for legal reasons, when they were aged under 13, Truro Crown Court heard.The 71-year-old, who founded Sithney Wrestling Club, pleaded guilty to six counts of sexual assault.After a trial last month, a jury failed to reach a verdict on a charge that Deacon, a former member of...

Thieves steal cash stuffed tins in Troon burglary

July 9, 2015, 2:13 am

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THIEVES escaped with chocolate tins stuffed with cash following a burglary in Troon.The tins taken are family sized, circular chocolate or biscuit tins, and may have remnants of brown parcel tape around the rim.Police in Camborne are now appealing for information following the theft which took place between midday on Friday June 26 and Sunday June 28.Investigating officers believe that the tins may have been disposed of together. Regardless of the time that has passed, police have asked that if...

Date set for retrial of Falmouth man, Trewen Kevern, who is...

July 9, 2015, 2:57 am

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A DATE has been set for the retrial of a young Falmouth man accused of murdering a pensioner.Trewen Kevern went on trial in April but the jury failed to reach a verdict about whether or not he had killed 72-year-old David Alderson at a disused mine site, Wheal Maid, near Carharrack.Mr Alderson's body was found there by a walker on January, 18, 2014.Kevern's co-defendant Kevin Cooper was found guilty of the murder and was sentenced to life imprisonment to serve a minimum term of 28 years.Truro...

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July 9, 2015, 6:45 am

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RAIDERS ripped a safe from a wall and made off with about £1,000 from a volunteer-run Helston sports club.David Frew, chairman of Helston Cricket Club, said he was left sickened after he discovered the break-in on Tuesday morning.He arrived at the club, which is run entirely by volunteers, to find a window had been damaged in the away changing rooms.He said it later became clear that about £200 had been stolen from the till in the bar area and a safe, located in the cellar containing...

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July 10, 2015, 7:23 am

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THE FORMER communications chief for the Bishop of Truro has been jailed for seven years for sexually abusing young boys.Jeremy Dowling, 77, of Church Path, Bude, admitted 15 counts of sexually abusing boys under the age of 13 while he was teacher at a boarding school in Cornwall between 1959 and 1972.The charges relate to offences against five young boys who were students at the school.Truro Crown Court was told the victims were his "favourites" and he groomed them by giving them...

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July 13, 2015, 6:48 am

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The following cases have recently been heard at Truro Magistrates' Court.RAPHAEL, 55, and THERESA DAVITT, 50, of Harmony Close, Redruth, Stephen JONES, 28, of Harmony Close, HANNAH MUGFORD, 40, of Seleggan Hill, and JAMES PORTER, 24, of East End, were bound over by Truro magistrates in the sum of £200 for a year to keep the peace towards residents of Harmony Close and to refrain from unruly and disorderly behaviour towards neighbours.They had all pleaded not guilty to a public order...

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July 14, 2015, 11:30 pm

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AARON MITCHELL, 21, of Alma Place, Redruth, entered a guilty plea at Truro Magistrates' Court to drink-driving at Camborne on March 28 and was fined £160 and banned from driving for 13 months.

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July 14, 2015, 11:30 pm

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RYAN ASHLEY SPRY, 30, c/o Plain-an-Gwarry, Redruth, admitted at Truro Magistrates' Court, causing criminal damage to a Toyota Prius at Falmouth on May 2. He was told to do 100 hours' unpaid work and pay £126 compensation.

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July 14, 2015, 11:30 pm

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DIOGO FERNANDO VIERIA, 25, of Nicholas Holman Road, Camborne, admitted, at Truro Magistrates' Court, criminal damage to a window to the value of £1,000 belonging to Seasalt Ltd at Falmouth on October 5. He was conditionally discharged and had to pay compensation of £150.

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July 14, 2015, 11:30 pm

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CANNABIS was found when a man was stopped and searched in St Austell, a court was told.When Graham Fenton appeared before Bodmin magistrates in custody on June 11 he pleaded guilty to possession of the drug on May 29, as well as stealing a lamb joint valued at £11 from Aldi in Camborne.Fenton, 53, who gave an address at Trelowarren Street, Camborne, had the 1.34g of cannabis for his own use, said David Harvey, for the defence.The meat theft had been committed with another man on June...