A BODMIN man charged with Class A and B drugs offences, including the alleged production of 90 cannabis plants, has had the case against him adjourned for committal to Truro Crown Court.Stephen Smith, 50, of Western Terrace, appeared before Bodmin magistrates on May 14 when the court directed jury trial.He is charged with production of the plants on January 21; possession of 0.584g of cocaine; using electricity dishonestly between November 22, 2012, and January 1, 2013; possession of 797.56g of...
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Man admits theft offences
A BODMIN man who admitted a series of offences committed last year and this year, mostly of theft, has been sentenced to a community order.Jake Rossi, 31, of Harmer Close, appeared before Bodmin magistrates on May 15 when he was given the order with an employment, education and training requirement, and a drug rehabilitation requirement, as well as probation supervision.He had pleaded guilty to stealing two 25-litre containers valued at £40 belonging to Robert Nash at Bodmin on November...
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Drove after three pints
THREE pints of beer had been drunk by a man who admitted drink-driving in Bodmin.Shane Sawyer was spoken to by police after being seen driving a Ford Fiesta on Dennison Road in the early hours of May 5, said Sally Daulton, for the prosecution.The officers saw 25-year-old Sawyer leaning against the vehicle in Sainsbury's car park and could smell alcohol when they spoke to him. He failed a roadside breath test and gave a police station sample which showed he had 52 micrograms of alcohol in 100...
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Court order was breached
A LANDRAKE man has admitted breaching a restraining order by contacting his former partner ten times by phone and text between November 23 and December 26 last year.David Rayner, 22, of Meldon Park, West Lane, had originally denied the charge but at Bodmin Magistrates' Court on Friday, the day his trial was due to take place, he changed his plea to guilty.He also admitted breaching a conditional discharge and using a car with a cracked windscreen which would obscure the driver's vision.Graham...
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Boy damaged plants at café
CCTV footage at St Austell's White River Place shopping centre showed a youth uprooting plants and throwing them in the air at the rear of the Eden Café, Bodmin Youth Court was told.The boy, aged 16, appeared before the court on Monday when he pleaded guilty to causing criminal damage on March 8. His solicitor, Dawn Hallett, said that he only accepted damaging one plant, however, stating that his friends had damaged the others.The boy also pleaded guilty to stealing two jumpers from the...
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Woman knew iPod stolen
OFFENCES committed last year were admitted by a 25-year-old woman who had failed to answer police bail.Sarah Duggan, of Hawkins Road, Newquay, was arrested and brought before Bodmin Magistrates' Court in custody on Thursday when she pleaded guilty to possession of cannabis and handling stolen goods.She also admitted failing to surrender to Newquay police station on April 5 this year having been released on police bail in September, 2012.Sally Daulton, for the prosecution, said that on Wednesday...
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Fisherman's extra time to pay £14k bill
A FISHERMAN who admitted fraud offences in connection with sea safety has been given extra time to pay a £14,428 penalty due to be paid in full this week.District Judge Nicholls rejected an application that the sum should be remitted due to 45-year-old Alan Fairless's changed financial circumstances but permitted him an extension to settle the debt.Fairless, of Fairbourne Road, St Austell, appeared before the district judge at Bodmin Magistrates' Court on Thursday when he was represented...
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Newquay rapist Anthony Blake jailed for 14 years
A NEWQUAY man who raped a woman while holding a knife to her throat has been jailed for a total of 14 years.On Friday Truro Crown Court heard that Anthony Blake held the woman hostage in her own home on New Year's Day and carried out what Judge Christopher Harvey Clark, QC, described as an "horrific sexual attack".Mr Clark said: "Effectively you made her a prisoner in her own flat for 18 hours."You punched her to the face and to the chest. You held a knife to her throat and...
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No charges over death
NO FURTHER action will be taken against two men who were arrested in connection with the death of a man at a farm in Roche.Jason Morgan, 33, from the Bristol area, was found dead at Great Brynn Barton Farm, Roche, in June 2011.He had been on site to install safety netting at the time of his death.A 52-year-old, from Helston, and a 45-year-old, from Wadebridge, were held on suspicion of manslaughter and gross negligence. They have since been released from police bail.
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Two jailed after Cornwall crime spree
TWO tourists have been jailed after they went on a crime spree raiding a golf club and farm near Padstow and crashing their getaway car during a high-speed police chase.They also burgled the Bedruthan Steps Hotel near Newquay.They came from Birmingham for a mini-break but ran out of money and turned to crime during their visit in February.Matthew Pitt, aged 41, and Paul Gregory, aged 36, struck in Exmouth and North Cornwall before crashing their Renault Clio just feet away from a police...
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Vandals target cars in Hayle with cross scratches
Police in Hayle are looking for vandals responsible for a spate of car damages.
A number of cars were targetted on Madison Close between 12pm and 3.30pm on Saturday.
PC John Fulker from the Hayle neighbourhood policing team said that most of the damages seem to consist of a cross being scratched into the paint on the bodywork.
He said that while three cases had been reported there could well be more damaged cars out there.
He said: "We did door to door enquiries and thoughts from people...
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HELSTONCharge denied
CHARLES ARNOLD DOBSON, 61, of Retanna Country Park, Edgecumbe, Helston, pleaded not guilty to drink-driving on May 18.Truro Magistrates' Court heard the defence was likely to be based on his alleged post-driving alcohol consumption. He will appear at the court again on July 8.
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Police arrest man, 33, after siege
AN ARMED man was arrested in Constantine after a two-hour stand-off with police.Officers were called to Brillwater Road at 4.45pm last Wednesday after reports of a 33-year-old from Camborne inside a property with a knife. A number of units, including the firearms team, were called to the scene and eventually he was arrested.A police spokesman said: "We had reports he had a knife and had self-harmed and was in an agitated state."When he came to the door he was calm and compliant and was...
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Police arrest man, 33, after siege
AN ARMED man was arrested in Constantine after a two-hour stand-off with police.Officers were called to Brillwater Road at 4.45pm last Wednesday after reports of a 33-year-old from Camborne inside a property with a knife. A number of units, including the firearms team, were called to the scene and eventually he was arrested.A police spokesman said: "We had reports he had a knife and had self-harmed and was in an agitated state."When he came to the door he was calm and compliant and was...
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Police arrest man, 33, after siege
AN ARMED man was arrested in Constantine after a two-hour stand-off with police.Officers were called to Brillwater Road at 4.45pm last Wednesday after reports of a 33-year-old from Camborne inside a property with a knife. A number of units, including the firearms team, were called to the scene and eventually he was arrested.A police spokesman said: "We had reports he had a knife and had self-harmed and was in an agitated state."When he came to the door he was calm and compliant and was...
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Police arrest man, 33, after siege
AN ARMED man was arrested in Constantine after a two-hour stand-off with police.Officers were called to Brillwater Road at 4.45pm last Wednesday after reports of a 33-year-old from Camborne inside a property with a knife. A number of units, including the firearms team, were called to the scene and eventually he was arrested.A police spokesman said: "We had reports he had a knife and had self-harmed and was in an agitated state."When he came to the door he was calm and compliant and was...
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Redruth John Rosewarne and Helston Robert Simpson sentenced for...
JUSTICE has caught up with two "disturbing and sickening" paedophiles who sexually abused a schoolgirl in the late Seventies.John Rosewarne, 63, of Pencarn Parc, Four Lanes, Redruth, was convicted at Truro Crown Court of exploiting his young victim on a Helston farm 37 years ago.He was jailed for ten years on Friday after a jury found him guilty of two counts of indecent assault and one of sexual intercourse with a girl under the age of 13. He admitted one count of sexual intercourse...
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Redruth John Rosewarne and Helston Robert Simpson sentenced for...
JUSTICE has caught up with two "disturbing and sickening" paedophiles who sexually abused a schoolgirl in the late Seventies.John Rosewarne, 63, of Pencarn Parc, Four Lanes, Redruth, was convicted at Truro Crown Court of exploiting his young victim on a Helston farm 37 years ago.He was jailed for ten years on Friday after a jury found him guilty of two counts of indecent assault and one of sexual intercourse with a girl under the age of 13. He admitted one count of sexual intercourse...
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PERRANPORTHFraud charges
A CHARTERED accountant from Perranporth, accused of defrauding clients out of more than £200,000, is to stand trial at Truro Crown Court on December 9.David Malcolm Pennington, 68, of Bolingey, faces 16 counts of fraud involving funds belonging to Park Retail South West and Derek Coyle.Mr Pennington was released on bail.
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CAMBORNEFraud charges
A CAMBORNE estate agent has been charged with 12 offences of fraud.Tim Glasson, 50, of Tim Glasson Estate Agents in Trelowarren Street, was arrested and released on bail in August in connection with allegations of theft.On Monday he was charged and released on bail to appear at Truro Magistrates' Court on June 13.A police spokesman said: "He has been charged in relation to his business in Camborne. His bail conditions do not prevent him from trading."
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