Cornish crime boss Jack Harvey may have £2.2m bill reduced...

December 17, 2015, 1:16 am

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A FORMER Cornish crime boss ordered to pay £2.2million in ill-gotten gains may have the amount reduced after Supreme Court judges allowed his appeal.Plant hire boss Jack Harvey, who was jailed for arson attacks on competitors and using stolen machinery, could have up to £320,000 knocked off his bill after the country's highest court overturned a Court of Appeal ruling in his case.Harvey, from Buckshead, Truro, torched plant equipment owned by rival businesses and was found to have 39...

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Man who abducted Hayle girl, 13, said he wanted to keep her safe

December 17, 2015, 10:00 pm

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A MAN who admitted abducting a 13-year-old Hayle girl thought he was helping her after she told him she would kill herself if she had to go home.Thomas Carr, 26, told police he thought he could keep the girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, safe, Truro Crown Court heard last Friday.Philip Lee, for the prosecution, said the girl, who had a troubled background, first went missing and was found with Carr at her godparents' house."Her godmother's impression of him was that he was a nice,...

Repeat offender Tony Pengelly threatened Redruth landlord with a...

December 17, 2015, 10:00 pm

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A REPEAT offender breached a suspended sentence imposed when he dragged his girlfriend along with his car by threatening a pub landlord with a hammer.Tony Pengelly was spared jail in March after the judge said the CPS was too easy him and was concerned that he had not faced a more serious charge than careless driving and a public order act offence for the incident involving his partner.He burst into the Miners Arms at Redruth at about 9pm on August 7 with a hammer and threatened landlord Kevin...

Police search for driver that failed to stop near Falmouth...

December 18, 2015, 5:56 am

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POLICE searched for a driver who failed to stop near Falmouth Cemetry yesterday evening. Around four police cars were seen in the area at 8.40pm. A spokesman from Devon and Cornwall Police said officers were looking for the driver of a car that had failed to stop.He added that the driver was found and that no arrests were made.

Row over £40 loan ended with Arron Toy smashing a pint...

December 18, 2015, 10:00 pm

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FAILURE to repay a £40 loan between friends led to one attacking the other with a pint glass in a nightclub causing his blood to spray up the walls and on the floor.Nicholas Lawrence left the country after borrowing the cash from Arron Toy, 29, who later confronted him in Vanilla in Truro. They exchanged words about it before Toy smashed a glass on Mr Lawrence's face causing deep cuts and heavy bleeding.Toy, of Mitchell Hill, Truro, went on trial at Truro Crown Court on Monday accused of...

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December 21, 2015, 7:04 am

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DEVON and Cornwall Police has branded a series of social media posts regarding planned terrorist attacks in the region as "unfounded rumours". However, the force is continuing to urge people to stay vigilant and report any suspicious activity as the national terror threat level remains 'severe'.A police spokesman said the force has received several queries from concerned members of the public in recent months regarding posts online about apparent terror attacks. The force has today...

Trio appeal Terry Oldham murder convictions

December 22, 2015, 8:06 am

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THREE people jailed for the murder of Camborne pensioner Terry Oldham have lodged appeals against their convictions.In November Aaron Mallen, Daniel Quinn and Michelle Casterson were all jailed for life with minimum terms ranging from 22 to 25 years the murder of the 63-year-old.The jury of seven women and four men took just over three hours to unanimously convict Mallen, 24, and Casterton, 44, both of Grenville Road, Falmouth, plus Quinn, 23, of Tregullow Road, Falmouth of murder following a...

Camborne police clampdown on illegal drivers

December 22, 2015, 8:28 am

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POLICE in Camborne have urged members of the public to turn in people who are driving when they shouldn't be after they arrested a 28-year-old man.The man from Rosemellin has been charged with driving while disqualified and not having insurance twice in the past week.On both occasions false details were given to officers however he was identified and arrested on the second occasion. He was remanded in custody along with further disqualification and costs and police have said anyone has...

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Police appeal after woman attacked by two youths in Porthleven

December 23, 2015, 7:00 am

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THE police are appealing for information after a woman was attacked by two youths in Porthleven.The attempted robbery took place in St Peters Way at around 8.15pm on Friday, December 18.A police spokesman said: "The woman, who had travelled on a motorbike, had stopped and walked from her vehicle before being approached by two male youths. "The youths stood either side of the woman before they grabbed at her bag."She was pulled to the floor, receiving injuries. The two offenders...

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December 9, 2015, 10:00 pm

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PRETTY, clever and ambitious, 18-year-old Christine Jenkin was battered to death by her jealous lover in one of Cornwall's most horrific murders 33 years ago.This week her life and death played a part in the conviction of Nicholas Bertram for a brutal rape nine months before she died, for which she gave him an alibi.Extracts from her diaries were read to the Truro Crown Court jury, which was also told the shocking details of Bertram's attack on her.Miss Jenkin, of Church Street, St Erth, died on...

Murderer Nicholas Bertram, who battered girlfriend to death,...

December 9, 2015, 10:00 pm

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A CONVICTED murderer has been found guilty of brutally raping a woman in her own home just months before he killed his girlfriend by attacking her with a hammer in 1982.Dressed in motorcycle clothes and a full face helmet, Nicholas Bertram, forced his way into a 36-year-old's home in the Camborne area on the evening of February 8, 1982, Truro Crown Court heard.Bertram, who had already been rejected sexually that evening by two women, violently raped the woman, threatened to kill her if she told...

BMW salesman Darren Cartwright stole £3,000 from Falmouth...

December 26, 2015, 10:00 pm

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A BMW car salesman stole thousands of pounds in cash from a safe at his dealership in a "moment of madness".Darren Cartwright, 37, of Rabys Row, Scorrier, went on trial at Truro Crown Court on Wednesday, accused of stealing £3,000 from his then employer.He denied taking the money which was placed in the safe at Ocean BMW in Falmouth after one of his colleagues sold a vehicle.Ramsay Quaife, for the Crown Prosecution Service, said the payment was made on March 24 but two days...

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December 27, 2015, 6:50 am

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DEVON and Cornwall Police is urging people to only buy fireworks from legitimate retailers after £900 of unsafe stock was stolen. As households across Cornwall make their final preparations to welcome the new year in style, on Twitter the force warned that fireworks bought from unofficial traders could pose a risk to anyone that handles them. Fireworks stolen from burglary in Plymouth are unsafe present a risk to anyone handling them. Only buy from legitimate retailer...

'Dirty paedophile' Danny Seymour, 52, told girl, 15, he wanted...

December 27, 2015, 10:00 pm

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'A DIRTY paedophile' tried to seduce a 15-year-old girl with sweets, a mobile phone and revolting sexually explicit letters and messages.Danny Seymour told the underage girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said he wanted to have sex with her "all over Camborne", in one letter.The 52-year-old went on trial at Truro Crown Court on Monday accused of sexually assaulting the youngster, who he had become besotted with and who was 37 years younger than him.William Seillick, for the...

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December 9, 2015, 10:00 pm

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August 23, 1959: Nicholas Charles Bertram is born in Redruth.May 29, 1964: Christine Jenkin is born in the Hayle area.1975: Aged 16, Bertram is convicted of indecently exposing himself.1977: Bertram is convicted of assaulting a police officer with a brick.1977: Bertram takes an overdose of drugs after being jilted by a girl and tells a doctor his difficulty in getting on with girls is more frustrating because he has not had sex since he lost his virginity at 13.Summer 1981: Bertram meets Miss...

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December 9, 2015, 10:00 pm

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A CONVICTED murderer has been found guilty of brutally raping a woman in her own home just months before he killed his girlfriend by attacking her with a hammer in 1982.Dressed in motorcycle clothes and a full face helmet, Nicholas Bertram, forced his way into a 36-year-old's home in the Camborne area on the evening of February 8, 1982, Truro Crown Court heard.Bertram, who had already been rejected sexually that evening by two women, violently raped the woman, threatened to kill her if she told...

Victim of 1982 rapist Nicholas Bertram: 'I haven't had one decent...

December 9, 2015, 10:00 pm

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IN AN emotional statement, the victim described how being attacked in her own home left her unable to sleep or cope with meeting strangers.The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was in her thirties when Nicholas Bertram knocked on her door one evening in February 1982, forced his way in, tied her up and raped her on her bed.The woman said in her victim impact statement, read out in court, that in the immediate aftermath of the attack she felt terror, could not cope with being alone,...

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April 18, 2016, 7:17 am

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A 21-YEAR-OLD father accused of murdering Dave Curnow said he put the young solider in a headlock because he was trying to "get him out of the way of a car" and "calm him down".Connor Hammond appeared calm and composed when he took to the stand during his ongoing trial at Truro Crown Court this morning. Answering mostly in short sentences, often giving 'yes' or 'no' answers, Hammond admitted he lied in his original statements to the police because he did not want to...

Police operation in Cornwall targets law-breaking drivers

April 18, 2016, 10:44 pm

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POLICE in Cornwall have mounted a week long campaign targeting drivers who flout road traffic laws.Operation Vortex targets poor, inconsiderate and complacent driving across the county and aims to reduce the number of collisions and casualties on our roads.A team of officers began carrying out patrols in unmarked vehicles and on motorcycles on various roads across Devon and Cornwall from yesterday.Officers will be observing driver behaviour and dealing with all offences they find. Sergeant Gary...

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April 20, 2016, 6:07 am

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A MASKED man who stormed into a Post Office with a meat cleaver demanding money has been jailed for five years.Anthon Van Der Hoven, 48, pleaded guilty to attempted robbery and being in possession of a bladed article in a public place when he appeared at Truro Crown Court via video link on Tuesday. On Monday, March 14, at around 4pm Van Der Hoven entered the Carnhell Green Post Office wearing a black face covering and carrying a cleaver-type knife.Detective Constable Charlotte Robinson-Masters,...