A MAN stole two bouncy castles and a gas barbecue to amuse children playing in a Callington street in a "Robin Hood" gesture, a court heard.Daniel Danvers, aged 31, of Therlow Road, Plymouth, also had a grudge against Tesco from which the items were stolen, Bodmin magistrates were told.Danvers appeared in custody on Monday when he admitted stealing the items, valued at more than £300, from the Callington supermarket on July 20.Terry Eastwood, for the prosecution, said that...
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Generous store thief
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Area of curfew is extended
A BODMIN teenager who breached her curfew 39 times in 8 days has had it extended by a week as a punishment – but magistrates also agreed to increase the area covered by monitoring equipment.Karen Altass, 19, was told she would now be able to go into a communal corridor to use a computer in the multi-occupancy residence in St Nicholas Street.Altass had explained to the court on Friday that as there was no TV or radio in her room she got bored.She admitted breaching the 12-week...
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Police appeal for evidence in dolphin death inquiry
POLICE investigating the death of a young dolphin off the North Cornwall coast were yesterday due to question the owners of three boats thought to have harassed a group of the mammals at the weekend.A £2,000 reward is on offer to trace those responsible for the death of the bottlenose dolphin which was mown down on Saturday afternoon.It is believed the calf was killed after up to 25 boats surrounded a pod of dolphins.It was found dead at around 4.45pm on Saturday near The Rumps,...
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Drink-driver banned
A TWO-YEAR driving ban has been imposed on a 65-year-old Lostwithiel drink-driver.Colin Gooch, of Grenville Road, appeared before Bodmin magistrates on Tuesday last week when he pleaded guilty to driving a Jaguar on Grenville Road on July 1 with 96 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, the limit being 35mcg.He was fined £415 with a £41 victim surcharge and £85 costs and told his ban would be reduced by 24 weeks if he completes a drink-drive rehabilitation...
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Carnival ends in youth disturbance
SIXTEEN police officers were called to an altercation in Delabole on Saturday – hours after the carnival had finished.A group of around 30 boys and girls – some as young as 13 were involved in the violence at around midnight, police said.A 16-year-old from Delabole arrested for being drunk and disorderly and a 16-year-old from Tintagel, arrested for obstructing a police constable in the course of his duty, were released on bail to appear at Launceston Police Station again on August...
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'Pilfering Paula' is back in the dock for stealing village hall...
THE manager dubbed 'Pilfering Paula' after stealing from the post office where she worked has been said to have "ruined" her village by taking thousands of pounds from the village hall.At Truro Crown Court on Friday, former treasurer Paula Jeffery was given a suspended sentence, having pleading guilty to stealing £3,500 from the Nancegollan Village Hall committee funds.Angry villagers who attended court claimed the case had caused many of them to be abused in the streets by her...
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TRUROTools stolen
POLICE want to speak to witnesses after thefts of power tools in Truro and surrounding areas.Police have identified four thefts between July 10 and 16 in St Mawes, Tregony and St Clements.Angle grinders, electric saws and a cement mixer are among the items stolen from building yards.Police want to hear from anyone who may have witnessed suspicious activity, and warned contractors to keep their tools locked up at night.Anyone with information should contact Truro CID by dialling 101.
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Tree surgeon spared jail for cannabis production
A NEWQUAY tree surgeon who turned a room in his house over to cannabis production has escaped jail.Rory Smith, 26, was given a suspended sentence after he admitted to growing the plants at his home which, the court heard, could have had a street value of £12,900.Iain White, for the CPS, said the plants were found after police issued a drugs warrant on a converted chapel Smith was renting in Mitchell at the time to search the premises on October 23, and that the amount of the Class B drug...
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Man denies affray claim
A 50-YEAR-OLD man has denied using or threatening unlawful violence at Camborne.Last Wednesday, at Truro Crown Court, Dean Crowner of Roscroggan Chapel, Camborne, pleaded not guilty to one charge of affray and another of having an offensive weapon – a knife – on July 4.Crowner, who appeared via prison video link, is due back at the court on September 27.
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Denies burglary
A BODMIN man denied a charge of burglary when he appeared by prison video link at Truro Crown Court last Wednesday.Darren Tomkiss, 34, of Hillside Park, is accused of entering as a trespasser a property at Granny's Green, Bodmin with the intent to steal on May 5, 2013.He was further remanded in custody and a date is due to be set for his trial.
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Bail conditions
A 50-YEAR-OLD man made no plea when he appeared before a judge at Truro Crown Court on an allegation of burglary, last Wednesday.Charles Masters, of Tremena Road, St Austell was placed on bail on the condition that he does not enter the village of Rock.He is due to appear in court again on October 2.
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Crown Court hearing date
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 on Wednesday last week, 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...
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Earnings reduced eligibility for benefit
A MADRON woman has pleaded guilty to receiving more than £4,500 in benefits after failing to notify Cornwall Council that her earnings had increased.Deborah Rodger, aged 48, pleaded guilty at Truro Magistrates' Court on Friday to two counts of failing to promptly report to Cornwall Council that she was now bringing home more money.After magistrates heard she had received £4,579.44 to which she was not entitled, they handed her a 12-month conditional dischargeMrs Rodger was also...
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Drunken man 'danger to himself'
A DRUNKEN man who called an ambulance after jumping or falling downstairs at Hayle told police he intended to throw himself out of a window.At Truro Magistrates' Court Ceith Jeffrey McAllister, 43, of no fixed address in Hayle, pleaded guilty to being drunk and disorderly on July 1.McAllister, whom the court heard was obviously drunk and abusive to the ambulance crew and the police officers, told magistrates he could not remember anything about what happened.Community psychiatric nurse Jim...
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Winch allegation
A BODMIN man is accused of intending to pervert the course of justice by removing the identifying features on a stolen winch.Jonathan Orchard, 37, of Vivian Road, who is also accused of dishonestly receiving stolen goods, entered no pleas when he appeared before Truro Crown Court last Wednesday.He was placed on unconditional bail and is due to appear before the court again on October 2.
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SUN CREAM valued at nearly £700 had been stolen by a shoplifter from Boots, it was alleged at Truro Magistrates' Court.Claudette Olney-Bell, 39, of Mount Pleasant, Alverton, Penzance, pleaded not guilty to stealing the 25 boxes of sun cream from the store in St Ives, and not guilty to stealing a bottle of wine worth £6 from the Co-op in St Ives.The case was adjourned to September 2.
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'Dry' driver was over the limit
A ST IVES drink driver stopped after being reported to the police told the officers she had not had anything to drink for 24 hours.At a police station she registered 58mcg alcohol in breath, 23 points over the legal limit.Charmaine Goulden, 43, of Barnoon Terrace, St Ives, pleaded guilty at Truro Magistrates' Court to drink driving on June 27.She had no previous convictions.She was fined £110 and £105 costs and surcharge and banned from driving for 15 months.
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REDRUTHMan accused
A REDRUTH man has appeared at Truro Crown Court accused of attempting to murder a 16-year-old boy.Aaron Odgers, 24, of Southgate Street, is charged with trying to kill the victim, who cannot be named for legal reasons, on June 23.He also faces a charge of wounding a woman with intent to do her grievous bodily harm.Odgers entered no pleas when he appeared before a judge last Wednesday.He is due to return to the court for a plea and case management hearing on October 11.
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Man made extreme porno images
A CALLINGTON man has admitted 25 counts of making and distributing indecent images of children and of possessing extreme pornographic images.Michael Johns, 52, appeared at Truro Crown Court from custody yesterday morning where the 25 charges were read out.Johns, of St Germans Road, spoke to confirm his name and to plead guilty to each of the charges.The charges consist of 15 counts of making images of children, some of them aged under 13 years, three counts of possessing prohibited images of...
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'Relentless and obsessive'
EVERYTHING possible was done to stop a pensioner who became so obsessed with his former wife after she left him that he subjected her to a year of harassment before trying to murder her new lover, police have said.Last week 69-year-old Raibeart Browne was found guilty of attempting to murder Robert Norrington on the doorstep of the home he shared with Browne's former wife, Sally Gale.The attack on December 30 was an escalation of a series of incidents which started nearly 12 months earlier when...
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