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A masked suspected serial thief is being hunted after being caught on CCTV brazenly swiping a charity collection box from a shop.Only this afternoon he was seen hanging around near the Norway Stores in St Ives two days after stealing the collection from its counter.The thief, wearing a balaclava and a large dark-coloured coat with the hood up, is seen entering the shop, calmly walking to the counter, taking the pot and walking out before the worker behind the counter realises what has...

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November 24, 2016, 12:39 am

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Police have issued a photograph of a man they want to speak to in connection with an assault on a 70-year-old man near Falmouth.It happened on the coastal footpath at Trefusis Point, Flushing at around 12.20pm on Saturday October 8.The victim, from West Sussex, was walking his dog in the company of friends when his pet approached two Springer Spaniel type dogs being walked by another man.An argument broke out over the dogs and the victim was punched in the face by the other man, causing a black...

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November 25, 2016, 4:42 am

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A Penryn man who exposed himself to a female student, made a petrol bomb and owned magazines on serial killers could be released from prison in only four months despite presenting a "high risk" danger to women.Shaun Powell, 34, was sentenced at Truro Crown Court this morning having been found guilty by a jury in September of intentionally exposing his genitals at the combined universities campus in Penryn.The court heard he had also been found to have latex gloves, a homemade cosh,...

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November 25, 2016, 6:35 am

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Police want to speak to this man in connection with an altercation at a Chinese restaurant in Liskeard.Officers were called to the Hot Wok in Pondbridge Hill at around 3.15pm on Wednesday the 23rd of November.It is alleged that one man struck his victim over the head with a meat cleaver during the incident. Read more: Police investigate after 49-year-old was injured in violent altercation in LiskeardParamedics attended to treat a 49-year-old man who had sustained wounds to the neck and scalp and...

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November 25, 2016, 6:35 am

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A man has been jailed after slashing his mother's car tyres with a knife and threatening to slit her throat while she was inside.Allex Pond, 28, was sentenced to 12 months in prison at Truro Crown Court following an incident in Tintagel on September 22. Pond had pleaded guilty at a previous hearing to carrying a knife in public, destroying two car tyres and using threatening language.Pond had contacted his mother, Dawn Russell, three months prior to the incident, asking her to accommodate him...

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November 29, 2016, 11:30 pm

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A NEWSPAPER delivery driver whose van suddenly veered across the road into the path of a 38-tonne articulated lorry had little recollection of it, and could only think he had nodded off, his solicitor told Truro magistrates.Darren King, 38, of Polwheal Road, Tolvaddon, Camborne, had to be cut free from the van and was flown to Derriford Hospital with a badly broken leg and shoulder. The lorry driver had no significant injuries. Both vehicles had to be written off.The magistrates saw how the van...

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November 30, 2016, 3:24 am

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National Lottery operator Camelot has admitted that some 26,000 accounts may have been hacked. The company insisted its systems were safe and secure and the accounts had been targeted by cyber criminals because players' login details have been stolen from elsewhere. Camelot said no money had been taken from or added to the compromised accounts. But it added that there had been other suspicious activity on fewer than 50 of them. Read more: Penzance marathon runners win £1 million...

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December 2, 2016, 10:55 am

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A Penzance man who went on a "brutal", violent rampage in an attempt to kill a friend who rebuffed his advances has been jailed for ten years. Brendan Devine, 51, of Polweath Road, Penzance, pleaded guilty to the attempted murder of Karen Richardson during a hearing in August. Devine was today jailed at Truro Crown Court for the attack, which happened at a house in Penzance on November 22 last year. The court heard that Devine had been drinking heavily when he visited Ms...

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December 3, 2016, 11:00 am

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A Newlyn businessman who inflicted grievous bodily harm on another dog walker after kicking and punching him has avoided jail to prevent his employees from losing their jobs. David Bosworth, 54, of Penkernick Close, Newlyn, was found guilty by a jury at Truro Crown Court last month of maliciously injuring Roger Pinsent while they were both walking their pets in Penzance on March 4.The court heard that the former Royal Marine punched Mr Pinsent before kicking him while he was on the ground,...

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December 8, 2016, 4:14 am

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More than 300 police officers across Devon and Cornwall have not been vetted to the latest national standards, according to a new independent report published today. It said Devon and Cornwall Police should also do more to meet the national recommendations to stamp out corruption. Overall, the force was assessed as 'good' at keeping people safe and reducing crime. The report comes from Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC), which judges if a force is 'legitimate', which means it...

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December 8, 2016, 10:00 pm

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A shocking one in 10 women in Cornwall have experienced domestic abuse over the past three years - higher than the national average. According to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics, on average, 38,809 women a year in Devon and Cornwall faced abuse from their partners between April 2014 and March 2016. Read more: Jealous man who put gun in girlfriend's mouth and threatened to kill her is jailed That amounts to 10% of all women in the area aged 16 to 59 - a higher...

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December 9, 2016, 3:24 am

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A popular policeman leaves his regular beat today despite more than 1,500 people signing a petition and questions in the Houses of Parliament. Today is the last day that Sergeant Mike Friday will be working with the Hayle and St Ives community policing team. He thanked everyone for their fantastic support as he transfers to neighbouring Camborne. It was back in June that it was first revealed Sergeant Friday was to be redeployed. The news sparked an outcry in St Ives with hundreds of...

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December 12, 2016, 11:37 pm

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A wheelchair-bound man who was dissatisfied with his medical care sent bomb threats to a local primary school, doctors surgery, council offices and his local MP, sending security "into overdrive" and forcing the evacuation of the school. Andrew Snowdon, 59, from The Lizard, called MP Derek Thomas's office, stating there was a bomb outside the front door. He also telephoned Cornwall Council's Adult Social Care services and threatened to put bombs in all their council offices. And...

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December 13, 2016, 12:20 am

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A Newlyn fish and chip shop worker assaulted a traffic warden who gave him a parking ticket, flipping off his cap, throwing his pocket book and phone into a stream and threatening to throw him in if he gave him another ticket. Taylor Maddern, 20, parked his red Mini on The Strand in a restricted bay where one-hour-only parking was allowed. When warden Ashley Shutt gave him a ticket, he accused him of costing him his wages and assaulted him, saying: "You deserve what you get. You can't...

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December 14, 2016, 6:02 am

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A Truro man who carried on viewing child pornography weeks after being spared jail for similar offences has been sent to prison. Philip Matthews, 41, was given a suspended 10-month sentence in August last year for making indecent images of children. But within weeks Matthews was back online viewing more pictures of child abuse on his devices.Read more: Elvis impersonator from Looe goes on trial accused of committing child sex offences Philip Lee, for the Crown Prosecution Service, told...

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December 14, 2016, 8:55 am

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An Elvis impersonator from Looe recorded three women doing private acts and stored the footage in a shrine dedicated to his rock and roll hero, a court has heard. Derrel Weaver, 62, went on trial at Truro Crown Court on Monday accused of sexually abusing two young girls, who cannot be named for legal reasons. Weaver is accused of 19 counts of indecent assault, three of committing an act of gross indecency, two of attempted rape and a further count of taking an indecent photo of a child. All...

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December 16, 2016, 2:39 am

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More than £2 million worth of counterfeit goods have been seized by Cornwall Council's Trading Standards officers in the past seven months. Both Devon and Cornwall Police and Cornwall Trading Standards have been cracking down on people selling fake designer items on social media such as Facebook. Nigel Strick, Trading Standards team manager at the council, said that 79 complaints were received in 2015/16 about counterfeit items from consumers who lost £6,545 to fakes' sellers....

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December 16, 2016, 7:43 am

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An Elvis impersonator from Looe launched a tirade of abuse as he was sentenced to 18 years in prison after being found guilty of committing a string of child sex offences against girls as young as four and six. Derrel Weaver, 62, went on trial at Truro Crown Court on Monday accused of sexually abusing the girls, who cannot be named for legal reasons. One of the girls was aged between four and nine when the offences occurred, while the other was aged between six and 15.Read next: Hilarious...

A man has reportedly been stabbed in St Thomas Street in Penryn

December 17, 2016, 12:35 am

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A man was said to have been stabbed at a property in Penryn last night. Police were called to a home in St Thomas Street after receiving reports of an assault. It was understood to have involved a stabbing. The street was closed to traffic as officers remained in the area throughout the evening with police dogs. Read more: Elvis impersonator curses courtroom while sentenced to prison for child sex abuse The victim was taken to Royal Cornwall Hospital with serious injuries. A police...

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December 17, 2016, 3:18 am

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A family has been left reeling after a burgling Grinch crept into their home at night and stole all their presents. Even the family Christmas cake was stolen along with £800 worth of gifts – many wrapped in children's festive paper. Grandmother-of-seven Melanie Alway said presents for her children and grandchildren had been taken while she and her partner were asleep upstairs at their home in Park Corner, Penzance. The police have appealed for anyone with information to come...