JENNIFER MARY STAMP, 47, of West Street, Penryn, entered a guilty plea at Truro Magistrates' Court to using threatening behaviour at Penryn and was conditionally discharged for a year.
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PENRYNPleaded guilty
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ST KEVERNESpeeder fined
PHILIP CHARLES EXELBY KEVERN, aged 36, of Lanheverne Parc, St Keverne, entered a guilty plea at Truro Magistrates' Court to speeding at Marazanvose on April 5 and was fined £400.
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HELSTONNo insurance
JACE LEE BOWDEN, aged 31, of Kellaway Park, Helston, pleaded not guilty at Truro Magistrates' Court of using a car without insurance at Camborne on February 21 but was convicted and fined £200.
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TRUROAssault charge
A WOMAN has been accused of assaulting her former partner on two occasions at Truro in April and May and will stand trial at Truro Magistrates' Court on August 28.Kayleigh Joanne Louise Solomon, 23, of Carlyon Close, City Road, Truro, denied both charges she assaulted Lloyd Lemar at Truro.
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Police Sergeant Ray Jones: Right of Reply
ON December 16, 2009,we published an article called "'Meddling' officer has been warned by police" which reported that the police officer mentioned in that story, Sergeant Ray Jones, had been subjected to Words of Advice, a police disciplinary sanction, as a result of a complaint against him having been found proven. Sergeant Jones disputes that he had been "disciplined" by Devon and Cornwall Police, and feels that he never had the opportunity to put his side of the story...
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Rival's stabbing 'was self-defence'
A BUILDER accused of hunting down his former wife and stabbing her new lover on their doorstep was acting in self- defence, a jury has heard.Raibeart Browne, 69, who denies attempting to murder musician Robert Norrington on December 30, told his trial at Truro Crown Court on Tuesday he had been trying to deliver a new year gift of fruit and vegetables in a cardboard box to his former wife Sally Gale.The box also contained a kitchen knife, a rubber mallet and a bottle of washing-up liquid...
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Jailed for 'malicious' digger attack on his former home
A BANKRUPT businessman who caused £255,000 worth of damage when he hired a JCB to destroy his former home has been jailed for two and a half years.Christopher McGowan, 50, hired the digger from a nearby construction firm to destroy the detached house near Truro after a property deal went sour.Sentencing him on Monday at Truro Crown Court, Judge Christopher Harvey Clark, QC, described McGowan's actions as "spiteful" and "malicious".He said: "This case concerns...
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Police swoop reveals £350,000 drugs farm
POLICE have uncovered a sophisticated cannabis farm at a house in a quiet rural hamlet outside Penzance that could have reaped criminals £350,000 a year.CID officers found nearly 300 mature cannabis plants at a four-bedroom house in Buryas Bridge that had been rigged with high-tech growing equipment worth an estimated £20,000.Neighbours in the sleepy spot, many of whose houses are set back from the road, have said they were shocked at the news that a drugs gang was operating on their...
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Court round up July 17
A CAMELFORD man has appeared at Truro Crown Court accused of a series of sexual and violent offences.
Michael Hatchell, of Hill View, Valley Truckle, appeared at the court yesterday charged with causing a woman to fear violence by assaulting her and threatening her with violence repeatedly between January 1, 2008 and February 13, 2012, at Bodmin as well as five sexual offences allegedly committed against her on dates between 2009 and 2012.
Hatchell, 37, who was placed on conditional bail, made...
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'Scourge' man sent back to prison
A MAN police named as "a scourge of Falmouth and Truro" found himself sent back to prison after breaching a court order.Michael John Starling, 31, of no fixed abode, was sentenced at Truro Magistrates' Court on July 9 after he was found under the influence of alcohol in Truro city centre on July 5.In May, magistrates handed Starling a five-year antisocial behaviour order (Asbo) to keep him out of trouble.He was subsequently banned from being under the influence of alcohol in the...
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FALMOUTHCar damaged
THE bonnet of a grey Vauxhall Corsa was damaged in Kimberley Park Road, Falmouth on Monday evening, between 5.45pm and 7.10pm.Anyone with information is asked to call 101.
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ST ERMENo eye contact
TRURO magistrates agreed to special arrangements for a 16-year-old witness at a trial so she need not make eye contact with a man accused of assaulting her friend.Samuel Stephen Irish, 21, of Killigrew Gardens, St Erme, pleaded not guilty to assaulting Thalia Hall by beating her.He also denied a charge of criminal damage to her property, the offences alleged to have taken place at Truro on June 9.The trial takes place at Truro Magistrates' Court on September 9. Conditional bail was granted to...
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Jailed for 'malicious' digger attack on his former home
A BANKRUPT businessman who caused £255,000 worth of damage when he hired a JCB to destroy his former home has been jailed for two and a half years.Christopher McGowan, 50, hired the digger from a nearby construction firm to destroy the detached house near Truro after a property deal went sour.Sentencing him on Monday at Truro Crown Court, Judge Christopher Harvey Clark, QC, described McGowan's actions as "spiteful" and "malicious".He said: "This case concerns...
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Penzance builder Raibeart Browne found guilty of attempted murder
A JEALOUS builder from Penzance who attempted to murder his ex-wife's new lover has been told he may face an indeterminate sentence in jail.
Raibeart Browne, 69, could be facing the rest of his life in prison after being found guilty yesterday of trying to kill Robert Norrington in a frenzied knife attack on the doorstep of their Mount Hawke home on December 30 after hunting down his former wife Sally Gale.
The jury of six men and six women also found Browne, of Alexandra Road, guilty of three...
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Falmouth benefit cheat played golf and drove taxis
A £7,000 BENEFITS cheat who claimed disability stopped him doing basic tasks such as feeding himself was caught playing golf and driving taxis.Magistrates heard that for more than three years John Earnest Caulkin, 39, of Webber Hill Flats in Falmouth, was receiving disability allowance.He had told the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) he needed help seven days a week as he could not get out of a seat unaided or tend to his own personal hygiene, cooking or feeding.But between December...
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Man denies attack on Saltash father of his ex-partner
A MAN has gone on trial accused of beating the father of his former partner on the doorstep of the man's Saltash home.
Marc Nicholson, 33, of Plymouth, is accused of causing Phillip Connolly actual bodily harm in an argument that erupted after Nicholson called Mr Connolly's daughter a slag.
A jury heard that Nicholson had an 11 year relationship with Michelle Connolly, which had broken down in 2011, and that the couple had two young daughters together.
In his trial, which started yesterday at...
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PICTURED: Penzance builder Raibeart Browne found guilty of...
THE POLICE have released a picture of the jealous builder from Penzance who attempted to murder his ex-wife's new lover has been told he may face an indeterminate sentence in jail.
Raibeart Browne, 69, could be facing the rest of his life in prison after being found guilty on Wednesday of trying to kill Robert Norrington in a frenzied knife attack on the doorstep of their Mount Hawke home on December 30 after hunting down his former wife Sally Gale.
The jury of six men and six women also found...
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Court round up July 19
A MAN has admitted stealing £360 worth of DVDs and cosmetics from stores in Redruth and Camborne.
On Friday at Truro Crown Court, Neil Woodside, 28, of New Connections, Camborne, pleaded guilty to three separate thefts, which took place from Tesco in Camborne and Boots in Redruth and Camborne on dates between April 29 and May 17, this year.
Judge John Neligan deferred sentencing to August 16, for the preparation of reports.
A 30-YEAR-OLD man has been sent to hospital on a court order...
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Man found not guilty of attack on Saltash grandfather
A MAN has been found not guilty of beating the father of his former partner on the doorstep of the man's Saltash home.
Marc Nicholson, 33, of Plymouth, was accused of causing Phillip Connolly actual bodily harm in an argument that erupted after Nicholson called Mr Connolly's daughter a slag.
A jury heard that Nicholson had an 11 year relationship with Michelle Connolly, which had broken down in 2011, and that the couple had two young daughters together.
In his trial, which started on Thursday at...
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Callington man in court charged with 25 counts of making and...
A 56-year-old Callington man charged with 25 counts of making and distributing indecent images of children is due to appear at Truro Crown Court tomorrow.
Michael Johns, of The Fawns, is due to submit his pleas to the alleged offences, which date between July 2009 and October 2012.
The charges consist of 15 counts of making indecent images of children, 3 counts of possessing extreme pornographic images, 3 counts of possessing prohibited images of children and 4 counts of distributing...
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