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June 2, 2016, 1:56 am

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A MUM with terminal cancer has spoken of the ultimate betrayal by a best friend who stole thousands of pounds raised to help the family.Debt-ridden Zoe Head, 30, pictured far right, of Trenance Road, Camborne, used the money collected for a dream holiday for Ashton Stafford, 29, and her family, to pay for the deposit on a rented property. On Friday at Truro Crown Court, Head was jailed for a year.Miss Stafford said Head concocted a tale to friends and supporters that she was lying about her...

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June 7, 2016, 1:37 am

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Truro has its second sector inspector in less than a year following the retirement of top cop Mark Richards who served three decades with the police force.Mr Richards, 51, retired last September and his role was taken over by Jo Arundale.Inspector Arundale, 33, left the role last month after she was promoted to strategic support inspector for Cornwall.Left Inspector Jo Arundale and inspector Mark Richards last year. The new man at the helm is father-of-two Pete Thomas, 46, who was previously...

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June 8, 2016, 5:01 am

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FEARS have been raised of illegal immigrants being smuggled into secluded coves in the dead of night on the Lizard peninsula.Two possible incidents have been reported in the past week, including one on the Helford River, prompting the police to urge people to be vigilant.But one coastal resident said officers failed to take her concerns seriously when she heard men talking in what she believed was Arabic.The woman, who asked not to be named, said she became aware of a car parked next to a beach...

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June 8, 2016, 8:39 am

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A GARDEN centre has issued an appeal after two women walked out of its shop with armfuls of expensive blankets.The two suspects were caught on CCTV at Trevena Cross Nurseries in Breage, near Helston.The shop shared the footage on its Facebook page and appealed for help to trace the culprits.The incident happened yesterday (Tuesday) at 3.07pm. The two women left the premises via the back exit from the shop and into the overflow car park.They drove away in a Green Renault Scenic registration...

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June 14, 2016, 7:10 am

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A GROUP of men who were caught on CCTV appearing to steal donations from outside a charity shop have been branded "the lowest of the low".The images released by Cornwall Animal Hospital were taken on Sunday and show the three men rummaging through donations left outside its shop at Wilson Way, Pool, before making off with a number of items.READ MORE: Close friend of tragic Pool Academy teen Dagmara Przybysz 'still in shock' a month after her deathThe men all appear to be over 40 years...

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June 14, 2016, 11:30 pm

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KAELAN DUMBAR, 20, of Budock Water, Falmouth, entered guilty pleas at Truro Magistrates' Court to using a vehicle with lamps not in good working order, defective tyres, and with a steering gear not maintained in good and efficient working order, and was fined £160.

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April 25, 2016, 10:30 pm

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A NEIGHBOUR was accused of kidnapping and assaulted by the drunk mother of a young girl found distressed in the street in the night, Truro magistrates heard.Michelle Harvey, 49, was in her dressing gown, wobbling and stumbling, smelling of alcohol and accusing someone of kidnapping her child.At Truro Magistrates' Court Harvey, Bosvean Gardens, Paynters Lane, Illogan, pleaded guilty to assaulting neighbour Chloe Hunt.The youngster had been found is a distressed state. Her mother was told she with...

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April 26, 2016, 6:31 am

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Devon and Cornwall Police are on the lookout for a cyclist who twice rode through a busy street wearing a dark hoodie - but no trousers or underwear. In the early evening of Monday, April 25, police received reports of a man cycling around Exeter who was naked on his lower half. Officers say they believe this to be the same person who was seen cycling in and around the same area on April 18 at around 4am. Once again he was wearing a dark hoodie with the hood up and no trousers or...

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April 26, 2016, 10:30 pm

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A FRAUDSTER who unlawfully claimed more than £32,000 in benefits while receiving income as a student told magistrates she did not think she had been dishonest.Michelle Orton, 52, said "it was genuine, not greed or anything like that" as she pleaded not guilty to benefit fraud between 2009 and 2014 relating to payments of job seekers' allowance, income support, housing benefit and employment support allowance. The total overpaid to her was £32,433.62.The court heard that...

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April 27, 2016, 2:09 am

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POLICE have condemned burglars who they suspect directly endangered the lives of officers by slashing the tyres of patrol cars in Helston.They said the reckless vandalism could have caused the death of the officers or other drivers as the police responded to a burglary at Helston's Cooperative supermarket.The damage occurred as two men raided the Co-op store on Sunday night and stole cigarettes from the supermarket kiosk.Police sergeant Mark Cooper, the neighbourhood team leader for Falmouth and...

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April 28, 2016, 2:11 am

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Police are hunting these 10 people who are on the most wanted list for Devon and Cornwall.Offences range from sex crimes and violence to theft and conspiracy.Some of the alleged offences were committed here in the South west while others were across the UK - but all the people pictured are believed to either be in the South west of have connections to the area.10. UNKNOWN MANPolice are looking for this man to assist with their investigations into a sex crime. His name, date of birth and location...

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May 3, 2016, 4:04 am

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A MAN has been charged with drink driving after a car crashed into a house in Helston.On Sunday, at around 6am, a silver coloured Audi A3 collided with an occupied house in Passmore Road.A woman, aged in her eighties, who was in the property at the time of the collision was not hurt and went to stay with family while the property was made safe. The driver of the vehicle was uninjured.The fire service attended along with Cornwall Council to assess structural damage to the property. Electrical...

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May 4, 2016, 3:22 am

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Police are warning business in Cornwall of a hacking group which is threatening to bring down websites across the UK - unless a ransom is paid. A group calling itself 'Lizard Squad' has sent emails to businesses demanding a payment of five Bitcoins – a form of currency on the internet – by a certain time and date. For every day the Bitcoin fee goes unpaid it will rise by five Bitcoins, according to the threatening email. If their demand is not met, they have threatened to...

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May 4, 2016, 10:17 am

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Specialist officer from Devon and Cornwall Police are digging up the back garden of Fred and Rose West's paedophile friends - in a search for bodies.David Williams, 57, of Bradninch, Devon, was convicted of 10 rapes, 13 indecent assaults, five counts of gross indecency, two of cruelty, and one of sexual activity with a child, while his wife Pauline, 52, was found guilty of two rapes and five indecent assaults.They were found not guilty of eight other allegations involving two other...

Gang who fleeced Cornwall pensioners of life savings jailed

May 5, 2016, 1:24 am

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A gang of conmen who posed a police officers and fleeced pensioners in Cornwall and Devon out of their life savings in a £1 million fraud have been jailed for a total of 35 years.The cash was spent bankrolling a trip to Syria and frittered away on foreign holidays and designer clothes.Victims, the oldest of whom was 94, included those from Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Bedfordshire, London and Kent.Many have been left nearly penniless by the phone scam as they have not had all their money...

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May 6, 2016, 5:30 am

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A CHILD abuser who frightened his victim into silence by threatening to firebomb her home has jailed for 28 years at Truro Crown Court today.Robert Singleton used three social media accounts which he set up under false names to send messages to the terrified witness warning her not to come to court.The former taxi driver groomed the girl and his sexual abuse had moved on to rape before she found the courage to reveal what he was doing.Read Next: Redruth sexual abuse victim calls for criminal...

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May 6, 2016, 5:33 am

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AN INTIMIDATING, aggressive and controlling boyfriend harassed his partner through Facebook when she broke up with him, a court heard.Semi-skilled mason Victor Mitchell, 41, of Johns Park, Redruth, pleaded guilty at Truro Magistrates' Court to harassing Jessica Hunt and admitted two bail offences.Alison May, for the CPS, said Ms Hunt ended their two-year relationship due to his aggressive, intimidating and controlling behaviour, not allowing her to go anywhere without him. He was paranoid that...

Pony porn father uploads new horse head Facebook pic

May 9, 2016, 11:27 pm

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A FATHER who was handed a suspended sentence after being caught with pony porn on his phone has uploaded a new Facebook profile photo of him wearing a horse mask.Ross Burt claimed his children had been bullied at school surrounding publicity of the case.But just two days after being served a suspended prison sentence, the 30-year-old updated his profile picture on his public Facebook page showing someone wearing the fancy dress horse mask.It is not confirmed whether the person in the image is in...

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May 12, 2016, 11:50 pm

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A HOME Office immigration team has staged the first of several proposed visits to Hayle and St Ives.The team arrived in Hayle yesterday and with the assistance of local police, visited local businesses and checked the legality of a number of workers.Read More: Mebyon Kernow suspend Truro councillor Lance Dyer for holocaust denial tweetRead More: Disappointment as long-awaited Hayle bridge is further delayedA Hayle and St Ives Police spokesman said: "We are pleased to say that the businesses...

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June 1, 2016, 12:21 am

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A YOUNG homeless man stole an elderly couple's suitcases from the luggage compartment of a train that he was travelling on after being given a travel warrant when he appeared in court just hours earlier.The couple, from Penzance, and in their seventies, were returning from holiday on a train when they saw two youths get off at Redruth station carrying their suitcases.Despite trying to raise the alarm, they were unable to stop the train.Read more: Second home owner claims St Ives treats tourists...