TWO drug users might have used their benefit money to buy drugs in bulk because it was cheaper, Truro Magistrates' Court was told.Amanda Arji, aged 51, and Craig Philip Payne, aged 34, of Foxes Fields, Penzance, admitted jointly possessing 21.22 grams of heroin at Penzance on January 10.Anita Kennett, for the prosecution, said the drugs were found in the home they shared. Arji had tried to swallow a small packet but it was retrieved, and another was found in her bra.Other drugs were found at the...
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Heroin pair guilty
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Threat to pub worker
UPSET because he felt staff at Wetherspoons in Penzance whom he considered were his friends had not told him one of their colleagues was seeing his partner, a St Ives man behaved threateningly towards the bar supervisor.At Truro Magistrates' Court Phillip Clive Ringer, aged 51 and of Lannoweth Road, Penzance, pleaded guilty to using threatening behaviour with threats likely to cause fear of violence, and also admitted a bail offence.Gail Hawksley, for the prosecution, said Ringer had stood nose...
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Mum had kept son's attacks on her secret
THE mother of a man accused of assaulting her told police that although he had attacked her in the past she had always covered up for him.Before Truro magistrates was James Ian Osborne, aged 30, of Treweeth Road, Penzance, who admitted two assaults on Michelle Venn.Gail Hawksley, for the prosecution, said Mrs Venn had told the police she always hid the injuries he inflicted on her from her friends and family and covered for him.Now she was afraid of what he would do next.On November 19 last year...
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Cases in brief
DARIN ALAN SMITHAM, aged 43, of Higher Green Street, Newlyn, entered a guilty plea at Truro Magistrates' Court on April 8 to resisting a police officer at Penzance on March 17 and was put under curfew for three months.MARIJUS RYCKIS, aged 27, of Trewarveneth Street, Newlyn, entered a guilty plea at Truro Magistrates' Court on April 5 to speeding at Redruth on June 24 and was fined £125.KAREN O'DELL, aged 35, of Trinity Watch, Higher Trewidden Road, St Ives, entered guilty pleas at Truro...
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Abuse victim is angry at the law over attacker's excuses
A DOMESTIC abuse victim has hit out at the justice system for allowing her attacker to have his day in court while she was left without a voice.Theodora Land spoke to The Cornishman after former partner Stephen Andrew Pearce of Church Street, Newlyn, was given a 12-week suspended prison sentence for assaulting her and her two adult sons at the end of last year.Ms Land, from Penzance, said she was told she was not required at court because he had pleaded guilty, but it was unfair that he was able...
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Family's heartbreak over poisoning fears
A DEVASTATED family believe their cat was deliberately poisoned and are warning other pet-owners to be aware.Tammy Surridge, from Treveneth Crescent, Newlyn, had to put five-year-old Roxy to sleep after she was found to have ingested anti-freeze.And a Penzance veterinary practice also treated another cat with similar symptoms last week."I am disgusted that someone could be so cruel," said Miss Surridge."There is someone going around sick enough to do this to cats."It has...
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Police seek man after Truro railway staff threatened
British Transport Police (BTP) officers are appealing for the public's help to identify this man following an incident at Truro railway station.
Officers have released CCTV images in the hope that someone will be able to help them identify and trace this man, who is believed will have information which can assist an ongoing investigation where railway staff were subjected to abuse.
The man officers would like to speak to is described as white, about 6ft, 25-years-old and walking with a slight...
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VIDEO:Falmouth man lets handbrake off bus in boatyard
This shocking video shows the moment when a man released the handbrake of a double-decker bus - sending it careering downhill.
The bus smashed into a car and a boat at the Ponsharden park-and-float yard in Falmouth. Three young men are seen entering the boatyard with one man sticking his hand through the window to get to the handbrake.
20-year-old Luke Anthony Pentecost, of Meadow Bank Road, Falmouth, pleaded guilty this morning at Truro Crown Court to criminal damage of a double-decker Western...
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Deadly snakes stolen from St Agnes
Massive deadly snakes have been stolen from a house in St Agnes.
Police said three snakes were stolen from a shed on Lawrence Road in the coastal village.
The snakes have been identified as an adult royal python and two Columbian rainbow boa constrictors.
Adult pythons and boa constrictors can be up to 6ft long.
The theft took place between April 6 and April 10. Police said the three snakes needed specific care and feeding and could die if not handled correctly.
Anyone with any information...
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Police arrest Launceston man over sex assault on girl, 15
A man has been arrested following an alleged sexual assault on a teenage girl. The 33-year-old man from Launceston was taken into custody after two 15-year-old girls were approached by a man in the town in broad daylight on April 11. He is understood to have grabbed one of the girls before touching her inappropriately. The other girl is thought to have resisted his advances before both girls left the scene on Dockacre Road. The man has been released on bail until May 10.
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"Good Samaritan" returned a large amount of cash to...
POLICE in Camborne would like to hear from the "good Samaritan" who found an envelope with a large sum of money in it, and handed it back to the force.
The unmarked envelope, which contained more than £880, was found at Pool Market on Sunday, April 14.
It was handed to the police yesterday afternoon and returned to the owner this morning.
PC Geoff Streatfield from Camborne police station, said: "We were able to track the owner down because of a receipt in the package.
"But this individual...
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Camborne benefit cheat Linda Waterhouse spared jail
A CAMBORNE woman has been spared jail despite fraudulently claiming nearly £13,000 in benefits.
Linda Waterhouse, aged 45, of Park Road received a six month prison sentence suspended for twelve months for falsely claiming housing and council tax benefits.
She pleaded guilty at Truro Crown Court on Friday last week to two counts of benefit fraud for dishonestly causing or allowing another person to fail to promptly report to Cornwall Council that she had commenced paid employment.
The...
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Teenage girl threatened at Looe railway station
British Transport Police officers are searching for a teenage girl who threatened a 17-year-old at Looe railway station, at around 5pm on April 8.Investigating officer, PC Mike Phillips, said: "At Looe railway station, a 17-year-old girl was subjected to threats of violence by another girl who was in a larger group."The group of girls travelled on the 1715hrs First Great Western (FGW) service to Liskeard where they changed trains and travelled on the 1750hrs FGW service to...
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43-year-old St Austell man arrested on suspicion of smashing...
A 43-YEAR-OLD St Austell man has been arrested for allegedly causing damage to a police van with his head.
The window of the vehicle, parked at the town's police station in Palace Road, was smashed just after midnight on Sunday.
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Police appeal after motorbike stolen from Par
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a motorbike was stolen from Moorland Road in Par.
The black Yamaha WR125 was taken overnight on Wednesday, April 17, while it was parked on the road.
Call police on 101 with information.
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Cornwall's sentencing figures are revealed
Magistrates in Cornwall are more than twice as likely to send someone to prison than in other parts of the country, new figures reveal.South West MPs have joined the call for greater equality in the penal system after the "postcode lottery" faced by people who have been convicted of a crime was laid bare yesterday.The figures show that magistrates in Devon and Cornwall imposed custodial sentences in 3.5% of the cases they heard in 2011 – more often than areas such as...
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Spirits stolen
A SHOPPER alerted staff to a heroin-user who ran out of Marks & Spencer with four bottles of spirits worth £80, Truro magistrates heard.Matthew Michael Morris, 38, of Grist Lane, Hayle, pleaded guilty to stealing the drink on February 23. Gail Hawksley, for the CPS, said the staff member saw him outside the shop, holding his bike and his rucksack. She asked him for the bag and inside were the four stolen bottles with security tags.He told police he had been sitting at home as a...
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'Moment of stupidity' by sail-maker
A "MOMENT of stupidity" could lead to a Falmouth sailmaker being out of a job after being disqualified as a drink-driver, his solicitor Paul Simons told Truro magistrates.Neal Brenton, 40, of Tresillian Road, Falmouth, pleaded guilty to drink-driving at Falmouth on March 16, when he registered 72mcg of alcohol in breath, just over twice the legal limit.He had no previous convictions.Mr Simons said he had drunk three pints in a pub after work but had had nothing to eat.It was raining,...
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Soon back in court
SHORTLY after he had been given a conditional discharge in court for criminal damage, a man was arrested for being drunk and disorderly.David Richard Williams, 37, of Park en Venton, Mullion, pleaded guilty at Truro Magistrates' Court to being drunk and disorderly in Green Street, Truro, on March 19.He also admitted breaching the conditional discharge.Alison May, for the Crown Prosecution Service, said Williams had been disorderly at Truro Bus Station at 7pm the same day he had been before the...
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Failed to report her earnings
A HELSTON woman was given a 12-month conditional discharge at Truro Magistrates' Court after admitting housing benefit and council tax benefit fraud totalling £4,071.Kirsty Marie Dunkley, 25, of Penrose Road, Helston, pleaded guilty to six counts of benefit fraud, including two of failing to report to Cornwall Council that she had paid employment, and failing to report awards of tax credits.At court she also admitted two counts of failing to promptly report to Cornwall Council that her...
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