A HOUSEHOLDER in Penzance was returning home from the shops when he saw a man rummaging inside his car which was parked on the drive."I am sorry, I am sorry," the man said and left, and afterwards the owner found he had walked away with an iPad and case and other items belonging to him, worth £800 in all.The victim identified Mark Stephen Lobb after looking at Facebook, Gail Hawkley, for the prosecution, told Truro Magistrates' Court.Lobb, 40, of Market Street, St Just, pleaded...
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Thief said sorry as he took goods
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Driver sped to escape
A ST AUSTELL man who admitted careless driving and failing to stop for the police was in breach of a suspended sentence, a court has heard.Ryan Stephens, aged 20, of Truro Road did not have a driving licence or insurance and was subject to a suspended sentence for burglary on May 26 when he was spotted by police driving on Edgcumbe Road.He appeared at Truro Crown Court for sentencing last Thursday when Sarah Vince, for the prosecution, said Stephens drove through red lights on to Truro Road and...
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Door was kicked in
A SOUS-CHEF who was "stoned out of his mind" when he went to Newquay and kicked in a door has avoided jail.Oliver Reeve, 23, appeared at Truro Crown Court on Thursday for sentencing after admitting possession of a Class A drug and causing criminal damage in the early hours of June 23.Garth Richardson, for the prosecution, said a taxi driver spotted Reeve, of Chy-an-Gweal, Carbis Bay, kicking in a door on Fore Street and called the police, who found Reeve sitting in the communal area of...
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Stole from man who aided him
A PUBLICAN who befriended a serial thief and gave him a place to live was rewarded by having more than £3,500 stolen – and then being called an "idiot" for trusting him.Daniel Lea, 29, of Furness Avenue, Blackpool, who appeared at Truro Crown Court on Friday for sentencing, had pleaded guilty to the theft of £3,520 from Paul Gooding, who runs the Bath Inn, in Penzance, on the day of his trial in June.Emily Pitts, for the CPS, said that Lea met Mr Gooding in 2011 when...
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Woman stole £12k from ex-husband
A CAMBORNE health worker who admitted stealing more than £12,000 from her former husband while he was in jail and using it to go on holiday has been ordered to carry out unpaid work in the community.Christine Mills, 63, of Scowbuds, Tuckingmill, who represented herself at Truro Crown Court last Wednesday, was acting as power of attorney for John Mills when she took £12,633 from his bank account and spent it on clothes, CDs and a £926 holiday to Turkey.The court heard that bank...
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Man accused of raping a child
A HELSTON man is to stand trial at Truro Crown Court charged with 12 counts of rape and indecent assault against a young girl under the age of 14.Terrence Williams, of Trengrouse Way, pleaded not guilty to the allegations, which relate to dates between 1988 and 1997, when he appeared at the court on Friday.The 67-year-old is accused of seven offences of rape and five of indecent assault.His trial is set to start on February 17.
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Shop assistant jailed after stealing £17,000
A PORTHTOWAN woman who stole more than £17,000 from a village store and spent it "lavishly" buying clothes and drinks, has been jailed.Natalie Viljoen, 35, of Sandy Cove, even used some of the cash she pilfered to buy a meal for her bosses Brian and Linda Yates who own Porthtowan Village Stores.Viljoen, who appeared at Truro Crown Court for sentencing last Wednesday, was caught when the couple became suspicious and set up CCTV over the till last November.When they viewed the...
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Postmistress not guilty: IT now suspected
THE case against a St Keverne postmistress accused of false accounting involving sums of up to £22,500 has been dropped as part of a review into Post Office accounting systems.A verdict of not guilty was officially recorded in the case of Susan Knight, 58, who has worked for the company for 32 years, when she appeared at Truro Crown Court.Michelle Clarke, for the prosecution, said all cases alleging dishonesty by Post Office employees were being reviewed individually but that in Mrs...
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A Helston farmer has been fined for causing unnecessary suffering...
A HELSTON farmer found guilty of causing unnecessary suffering to his cattle has been fined £750 and ordered to pay £1,600 in costs.However, Truro magistrates told Mark Harris, 37, of Treworlis Barton Farm at Breage, that it would have been "unnecessarily punitive" to ban him from keeping animals after his father was disqualified from owning animals in January for similar offences.Mark Harris had denied failing to provide enough drinking water for his rare-breed dairy...
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Mother and son guilty of laundering drugs money
A DRUG dealer and his pensioner mother have been found guilty of money laundering by a jury at Truro Crown Court.
Trevor Duncan Worth – known as Duncan – was accused of seven counts of transferring, concealing and converting criminal money.
He was found guilty of four counts involving sums of £38,000 and has been jailed for five and a half years.
His mother Catherine Murrell, 65 of, North Roskear Road, Camborne, was accused of three counts of converting criminal funds.
She was...
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Burglary victims in South East Cornwall to be reunited with...
Burglary victims in South East Cornwall are set to be reunited with items stolen from their homes.
Following a spate of thefts from sheds in the region, police recovered a haul of stolen tools and equipment from a house in St Budeaux in June.
Now members of the public are being invited to try to identify their stolen belongings at a drop in session at Saltash police station this weekend.
The recovered items will be on show on Saturday August 10 and Sunday August 11 between 9am and...
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Falmouth woman: They stole my house from under my nose'
A FALMOUTH woman conned out of her own home has described the situation as a "horrendous nightmare".Patricia Young was duped by a brother and sister when she replied to a debt service advert in a national newspaper in 2008.They convinced her to complete forms to remortgage her four-bedroom bungalow off Bickland Water Road but used the details provided to fraudulently sell her house.She is now being forced to 'squat' in her own home as she goes through the civil courts to try and regain...
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Mother left son, 5, alone to go drinking
A PENZANCE mother who left her disabled five-year-old son home alone while she went out drinking has been jailed.Acting on a call from a concerned member of the public, police forced their way into Cheryl Walton's home where they found her terrified son locked into his room by a child gate.Sarah Vince, for the CPS, said that just before midnight officers arrived at the property on Trezela Road and found the house in darkness.Unable to rouse anyone inside, they broke down the door, causing...
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Shock as kids' rugby tour cash vanishes
SHOCKED parents of young players at Redruth Rugby Club maxed out their credit cards to pay for an away tournament – after all the money raised for the trip went missing.The 30-strong mini-junior squad and their families had booked in February this year a weekend trip to Butlin's Minehead rugby festival.But on arrival at the resort the parents discovered that almost £5,500 raised to pay for accommodation and three coaches had not been paid.Lorna Colwill, stepmother of one of the...
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Turkish man holds up Truro bookies with a butter knife
A TURKISH man gambled away the money he had saved for his daughter's hospital fees and then held up a Truro betting shop with a butter knife, getting away with £700, a court has heard.
Cuma Talan, 28, was jailed for two years for the robbery when he appeared at Truro Crown Court on Wednesday.
The court heard Talan had been working in Falmouth and was on his way to London to fly to Turkey with £1,000 to help pay for his daughter's medical fees because she had been in hospital with a...
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Bodmin man Jake Rossi jailed for two burglaries
A BODMIN man who stole drugs from the rehabilitation centre he was staying at and smashed in the window of a camera shop has been jailed.
Jake Rossi, 32, of Harmer Close, was staying at Bosywns treatment centre, near Hayle, in April when he broke into the medical centre and took a large quantity of drugs destined to be used by patients there, Truro Crown Court heard on Thursday.
Rossi then left the centre with his loot but was arrested two days later and found to have number of pills on...
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Police: 'Don't make it easy for summer burglars'
POLICE in Bude have urged people not to give criminals easy access to their possessions by leaving doors and windows open.The warm weather has meant people leave open their doors and windows – but thieves are taking advantage.Officers said thefts from beaches are also a problem.A police spokesman said: "Even though we may live in a safe area and crime rates are still very low, we have recently had a couple reports of thefts of belongings on the beach."If you are heading off into...
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Truro teenager took bulldozer for joyride "to cheer himself...
A TEENAGER from Truro who went joyriding in an eight-tonne bulldozer "to cheer himself up" has walked free from court.
The 15-year-old boy also pleaded guilty to threatening people with a 10-inch butcher's knife at playing fields on a separate occasion.
Magistrates said that both incidents could have led to somebody being killed.
The youth court at Truro Magistrates ruled that the 15-year-old should remain anonymous despite an appeal from the West Briton to name the youngster.
The court...
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Newquay 'loner' died of heart attack after learning to cope with...
A "LONER" from Newquay died of a heart attack after struggling to cope with multiple sclerosis (MS) for more than 20 years, an inquest has been told.Adrian Hicks, aged 40, of Porth Bean Road, was discovered in his bedroom by neighbour and friend Paul Darcy on December 4 last year.Truro Coroner's Court heard on Wednesday that he had been diagnosed with the neurological illness at the age of 18, and eventually learnt to manage it with prescription drugs and cannabis.In a statement, Mr...
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iPad, bank cards and digital camera among items stolen from Looe...
Police are urging members of the public to stay vigilant following a spate of break-ins at an isolated car park near Looe.
On Thursday August 8 between 2pm and 6pm three vehicles were broken into at Lansallos National Trust car park.
Police say the offenders smashed the window of a Vauxhall Astra and stole a digital camera, an iPad valued at £500, and two jackets.
They also smashed the window of a Lexus 200 and took a wallet containing bank cards and £30 cash.
The driver's door...
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