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Plymouth train station stabbing murder accused has appeared in...

August 10, 2017, 6:09 am
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A 28-year-old man has appeared in court charged with murdering a man at Plymouth Railway Station.Jamie Skinner was asked to confirm his name, age and address during the brief hearing at Plymouth Magistrates' Court this morning.Skinner, of Bodmin Road, Plymouth, is charged with one count of murder in connection with the death of Wayne Fenton on Tuesday.The case was sent to Plymouth Crown Court, where Skinner, who was charged late last night, is due to appear tomorrow at 10am.Skinner was not asked...

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140mph Devon and Cornwall cop sees the funny side of social media...

August 11, 2017, 5:25 am
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A police officer who had to issue an official statement after posting a video where he's seen travelling at 140mph on the M5 on a way to an ongoing incident has seen the funny side as social media went mad with memes and jokes. Devon and Cornwall Police sergeant Harry Tangye posted a video of himself and a colleague travelling at break-neck speed on the motorway while on their way to a suspected theft of metal from a scrapyard 15 miles away. The video shows the BMW X5 marked cars, with...

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These people appeared in Truro Magistrates' Court this week

August 11, 2017, 8:00 am
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These are the latest criminals up in front of Truro Magistrates this week, with crimes ranging from threatening behaviour to speeding.ROBERT SHANE BURNSBurns, 45, c/o City Road, Truro, pleaded guilty at Truro Magistrates' Court on August 8 to using threatening behaviour at Truro on August 6 with intent to cause Julian Docker harassment, alarm or distress, and was sent to prison for eight weeks, due to his previous record and a weapon being brandished in a public place.KRISTOPHER DANIEL...

These people appeared in Truro Magistrates' Court this week

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St Austell residents encouraged to report anti-social behaviour...

August 15, 2017, 1:21 am
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St Austell residents have been asked to speak up and report anti-social behaviour rather than posting about it on social media, in an attempt to make people in the community feel safer.According to a new report, in February this year a walkabout by partners of Safer St Austell found that of those who had seen or experienced anti-social behaviour, many hadn't reported it.A spokesman for Safer St Austell said: "Sometimes people just post about incidents on social media rather than report it...

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Sentimental necklace stolen from elderly man in broad daylight

August 17, 2017, 1:24 am
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An elderly man was left devastated after an opportunist thief robbed a sentimental necklace from his jacket pocket in Hayle this week.Police are requesting contact from anyone who may have information regarding the necklace stolen in the town on Tuesday afternoon.At about 3pm the elderly victim sat down on a park bench on the King George V Memorial Walk whilst he was on his way to a jewellers to have the necklace repaired.Due to the hot weather he took off his jacket and placed it next to him on...

Sentimental necklace stolen from elderly man in broad daylight

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John Darby jailed for pressing fingers into throat of disabled ex...

August 17, 2017, 5:21 am
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An ex-boyfriend forced his way into the home of his disabled former partner and pushed his fingers into her throat up until the point she was about to pass out before going after her 16-year-old son with a crutch.John Darby, 36, of Strawberry Fields in Lanner, appeared at Truro Crown Court to be sentenced today after previously admitting one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.Prosecuting barrister Philip Lee told the court how Darby had been in an on-off relationship with the victim...

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Young offender head-butted pregnant partner before punching her...

August 17, 2017, 6:56 am
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A young offender who head-butted and then punched his pregnant girlfriend in the stomach has been sent to prison.Brandon Chapman, 20, from Treningle View in Bodmin , appeared at Truro Crown Court today to be sentenced after being convicted at Cornwall Magistrates' Court of an assault on his then-partner Katrina Godfrey.The conviction also placed him in breach of a suspended sentence previously given to him for carrying a knife or bladed article in public.The court heard how Chapman and Miss...

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Bude hairdresser shares warning over scam which sees thieves...

August 17, 2017, 7:05 am
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A Bude salon owner has warned others of a scam which sees thieves run-off with hairdressing scissors after taking them away to be sharpened.Jen Short co-owner of Just Gentz said that a man phoned the salon on Friday (August 11) offering to visit the Queen Street barbers to sharpen their tools.She added: "The girl he spoke to asked around and there were a few others who said they would be interested."He told her he would pop in on Saturday before 1pm to sharpen the scissors but didn't...

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Cornwall PC Ryan Canning denies three counts of rape and will...

August 18, 2017, 7:46 am
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A serving police officer from Cornwall has denied three counts of rape following a hearing at Truro Crown Court on Friday.PC Ryan Canning, 43, of Burraton Coombe, Saltash, is accused of three separate incidents of rape at addresses in Saltash between May 1, 2014, and April 27, 2016.Canning, who is based at Plymouth police station, denied all three charges when he appeared before Judge Simon Carr at Truro Crown Court on Friday morning.Canning was bailed by Judge Carr and will go on trial on March...

Cornwall PC Ryan Canning denies three counts of rape and will...

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Con Ryan Herring beat up man he believed to be sleeping with...

August 18, 2017, 7:28 am
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An ex-con who beat up a man who he believed to be sleeping with his girlfriend while he was in prison has been put back inside.Ryan Herring, 24, most recently of Ivybridge, violently attacked Caspian Proszynski in Liskeard in the middle of the afternoon on July 11 of this year.Herring appeared at Truro Crown Court today to be sentenced after previously admitting one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.Prosecuting Herring, Philip Lee told the court that Herring had only been out of...

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From assault to drink driving: 14 cases to have appeared before...

August 18, 2017, 11:45 pm
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Here is a round up of the latest cases to have appeared before Truro Magistrates Court in August: ZELAINE BEATTIE, 40, of Wheal Vyvyan, Constantine, Falmouth, pleaded guilty at Truro Magistrates' Court on August 15 to speeding at Temple, Bodmin, on August 16 and was fined £70 and given three points on her driving record. JONATHAN HARRIS, 71, of Albany Gardens, Redruth, had his application to remove a 46 month disqualification from driving, imposed in July 2015, refused at Truro...

From assault to drink driving: 14 cases to have appeared before...

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Serial thief Michael Sean Watkins barred from entering supermarke...

August 21, 2017, 1:01 am
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A serial nuisance has been slapped with an order banning him from entering a number of supermarkets in the Camborne and Redruth area as well as a Pets at Home store.Michael Sean Watkins was recently issued a two year Criminal Behaviour Order at Cornwall Magistrates' Court, an application made in partnership between Cornwall Council's Anti-social Behaviour team and Devon and Cornwall Police.As a result of the order Watkins is preventing from entering Morrisons in Pool, Co-Op in Higher Broad Lane...

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Knife-wielding homeless man Gareth White attempted to break-in to...

August 22, 2017, 3:50 am
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A homeless man with a Union Jack tattoo across his cheek asked passers-by about the value of items inside before attempting to break into a St Austell business.Gareth White, 38, previously of Horse Whim Drive in St Austell, appeared at Truro Crown Court via video link from Exeter prison to be sentenced after previously pleading guilty to two counts of possession of a knife or bladed article in public and attempted burglary.Prosecuting barrister Francesca Whebell told the court how on June 26...

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Cornwall teenager raped girlfriend on her sofa after she said no...

August 22, 2017, 4:01 am
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A 17-year-old living in Cornwall has been told he faces a prison sentence after admitting raping his girlfriend on the sofa despite her repeatedly saying she did not want to have sex.The teenager is facing a possible jail sentence for forcing himself on the girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, and leaving her in tears.The girl, aged 17 at the time, fell asleep on a sofa at her Plymouth home after the couple watched a film, a court heard.She awoke to find her boyfriend touching her...

Cornwall teenager raped girlfriend on her sofa after she said no...

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Summercourt family comes to terms with arson attack which killed...

August 22, 2017, 4:13 am
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A devastated family from Summercourt is coming to terms with losing thousands of pounds worth of pony equipment in an arson attack which also killed its beloved guinea pigs.Chloé Cookson and her friends could only watch as a fire ripped through their new yard in the village shortly before midnight on Tuesday, August 15.A shed full of horse tack (equipment) worth thousands of pounds was burnt to the ground, as was the hutch in which guinea pigs Vivian and Gordon were sleeping as the fire...

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Rapist from Cornwall broke into victim's house as she tried to...

August 22, 2017, 7:20 am
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A rapist broke into his victim's house after trying to get in through upstairs windows as she raised the alarm through a Facebook message.Darren Whelband, from Camelford, used a ladder to try to get through two upstairs windows before smashing through a glass panel in the front door of the house.The victim, who cannot be named for legal reasons, could not alert the police because there was no mobile signal in the area and Whelband had broken her landline handset.She tried to report his attack on...

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Reports of child neglect in Cornwall are at an all-time high, new...

August 22, 2017, 4:01 pm
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There have been a record numbers of reports of neglect of children in Cornwall received by the NSPCC in the past year.The charity said it was referring an average of three cases a week to the police and social services in the county. The figures represent a nearly 30% increase on the previous year.One person told Helpline staff that her neighbour regularly left her children at home long past midnight to go out drinking and she saw the youngsters "peering through the curtains a few times as...

Reports of child neglect in Cornwall are at an all-time high, new...

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'Racist offenders' target Cornish language signs on First Kernow buses and people are outraged

August 14, 2017, 4:30 am
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Kernow Matters to Us are considering offering a cash reward for information leading to the identification of the vandals
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Three people arrested as part of Operation Allied Wolf at Boardmasters

August 14, 2017, 8:27 am
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Some people have been arrested for drug and driving offences.
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St Austell residents encouraged to report anti-social behaviour rather than post on social media

August 15, 2017, 1:12 am
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A group has said sometimes incidents are shared on social media and not reported         
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