A BLUE BMW was broken into at Trewan Hall, St Columb Major, and a number of items were stolen including a digital camera.Police are appealing for witnesses to the theft, which took place overnight on Thursday, May 9. Anyone with information is asked to call 101, quoting GC/13/147.
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BMW break-in
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Video charges
DAVID PARNALL, 25, of Chegwyns, Foxhole, St Austell, has been committed for trial at Truro Crown Court on June 25, charged with recording a person doing a private act, for sexual gratification, on May 4, 2012 and between September 1, 2011 and November 30, 2011. Parnall elected trial by jury.
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Found with drugs
JOSEPH WHEELER, 24, of Plantation Cottages, The Coombes, Polperro, was conditionally discharged for nine months by Bodmin magistrates on Tuesday last week after pleading guilty to possession of 20.1g of ketamine, a Class C drug, on March 13.He was ordered to pay £85 costs and a £15 victim surcharge.
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Drawing pin menace
POLICE are appealing for information after drawing pins left on the Camel Trail caused numerous cyclists to have punctures.Several reports have been made to the police, who are treating the incidents as criminal damage.Most of the punctures have occurred near the Iron Bridge towards the Padstow end of the trail.Call Wadebridge police on 101 and quote BW/13/365.
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Damage to Punto
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a blue Fiat Punto was damaged in St Columb Minor.The incident took place between the hours of 3.30pm on May 9 and 8.15am on May 10. The vehicle was parked on Stanways Road.Anyone who may have witnessed the incident or has any further information is asked to contact the police on 101, quoting reference GN/13/860.
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Tesco cash theft
EVELYN STARKEY, 59, of St Merryn Holiday Village, Foxglove Crescent, Padstow, has been ordered to pay £587 compensation to Tesco after admitting stealing cash to that value from the Padstow store between December 20, 2012 and January 31 this year.Starkey, who appeared before Bodmin magistrates last Tuesday, was conditionally discharged for three years and ordered to pay a £15 victim surcharge as well as £60 in prosecution costs.
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Thief sent to prison
A FOUR-MONTH jail sentence has been imposed on a man with 65 previous convictions for theft who stole alcohol from Bude Co-op while drunk.Karl Hake, 44, of Littleway, Exeter, appeared before Bodmin magistrates on Tuesday, May 21, when he pleaded guilty to stealing alcohol valued at £32.78 from the Burn View store.He was given an immediate custodial term after magistrates had considered his record, which totalled 160 offences.
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Thief stole alcohol from shops
A BODMIN man admitted to stealing alcohol from local shops while stood before magistrates on Tuesday, May 14.Christopher Worden, 42, of Kinsman Estate, pleaded guilty to stealing the alcohol from Costcutter in Bodmin on February 28 and from Spar on March 10.He also asked for another offence to be taken into consideration.He was conditionally discharged for 18 months and ordered to pay a total of £14.18 compensation, £85 costs and a £15 victim surcharge.
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An age of legends
PEOPLE can step back in time to an age of myths and legends at Tintagel Castle today and tomorrow, from 11am to 5pm.Visitors will be invited to step into the legend of King Arthur as the castle is transformed into a medieval battleground for sparring knights.Using ancient weapons these brave knights will do battle in exciting arena shows, demonstrating the courage needed to fight for the king's honour.Elsewhere, storytellers will treat visitors to magical tales of King Arthur and his court.For...
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Ordered to pay up
A JUDGE has ordered a pensioner from North Cornwall to pay £35,000 within six months after his conviction for drugs offences.John Edwards, who was convicted at Truro Crown Court last year of cultivating 24 cannabis plants at his home at Widemouth Bay, was given a 12-month community order and a three-month electronically tagged curfew.Now the 66-year-old may have to sell his £250,000 home in Long Park Drive to pay the money.Police said that, following his conviction, a confiscation...
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Former Looe town councillor Kim Smith spared jail after swindling...
A FORMER Looe town councillor who had been crowned "Citizen of the Year" has been given a suspended prison sentence after swindling the taxpayer out of £46,000.On Monday, at Plymouth Crown Court, Kim Smith, who admitted to falsely claiming incapacity benefit, income support and council tax relief over a six-year period, was handed a 45-week jail term, which was suspended for two years.Judge Darlow told him: "You, of all people, with your past working history, would have...
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Thieves steal more than 1,000 toilet rolls from Truro disabled...
Thieves stole more than 1,000 toilet rolls from a disabled toilet in Truro.
The theft took place overnight on April 24 from the public toilets on The Leats in the city centre.
The thieves forced the padlock on the toilet and got away with 1,224 toilet rolls.
Police are hoping to clean up the crime with help from the public. Anybody with any information is asked to call 101.
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Truro pensioner at home as thief breaks in
A TRURO pensioner was at home when she was burgled in the middle of the day.
Police said a woman in her seventies was at home in Dobbs Lane when a mobile phone was taken from her kitchen on May 23.
The resident came downstairs and found the thief leaving her property.
The suspect is a man about 5ft 10ins tall wearing a beige or brown jacket and possibly with mousey hair.
An attempted burglary was also reported at a nearby property in Hayne Corfe Crescent on May 20.
Police said attempts had...
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Driver was twice limit
A HELSTON woman who was due to take part in a charity bike ride found herself in court for drink- driving after hitting a bridge.Sigourni Freebury, aged 25, of Meneage Parc, pleaded guilty at Truro Magistrates' Court.Gail Hawksley, for the prosecution, said a police officer was called to St Just that evening where he found her vehicle had collided with a bridge parapet and was being moved. Freebury was being treated in an ambulance.She later tested at 81mcg alcohol in breath, more than twice the...
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PENRYNMixer theft
A CEMENT mixer was stolen from a garden at Chapel Lane, Penryn between May 9 and 13.Anyone with information is asked to contact Falmouth police on 101.
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ST KEVERNESpeedster fined
TREVALEE SYKES, 34, of Trevithian Farm, St Keverne, entered a guilty plea at Truro Magistrates' Court on May 17 to speeding at Carland on October 27 and was fined £35.
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FALMOUTHStolen safe
A SAFE was stolen during a burglary at Mango Tango bar in Church Street, Falmouth, between 3.45am and 9.45am on May 7.The safe, containing money, was small enough to carry and anyone with information is asked to contact Falmouth police on 101.
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TRUROAdjournment
DANIEL James Farrier, aged 23, of Trevethenick Road, Truro, pleaded not guilty at Truro Magistrates' Court to causing criminal damage, taking a vehicle without consent, drink-driving, having no insurance and racially aggravated harassment, and admitted theft, using threatening behaviour and a bail offence.The case was adjourned until next month.
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Drink-driver called police to admit crime
A WOMAN who admitted drinking "a considerable amount" before driving was arrested after she called the police from a telephone kiosk and said: "OK. I drove. I am guilty", a court heard.Jennifer Mary Stamp, 47, of West Street, Penryn, pleaded guilty at Truro Magistrates' Court to drink-driving at Penryn on March 22.Gail Hawksley, for the Crown Prosecution Service, said officers found her screaming in the street outside the phone box. Her car was still warm and they had CCTV...
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Father and son in court over cows
A BREAGE father and son have denied causing unnecessary suffering to their cattle and failing to ensure the welfare of the animals.William Harris, 71 of Treorlis Farm, was charged with breaching a disqualification from keeping cattle, imposed by Truro Magistrates' Court in October last year.Mr Harris and his son, Mark, 37, were also accused of failing to ensure their cattle's welfare by keeping them on short chains and near dangerous sharp objects, and failing to provide suitable feed and...
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