GRAHAM PATRICK COUSINS, 57, of Blisland, had a case against him discontinued at Truro Magistrates' Court on August 13. He had been charged with speeding at Redruth on April 28.
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Case dropped
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Fined £600
PATRICK COUGHLAN, 73, of Higher Bore Street, Bodmin, was convicted in his absence at Truro Magistrates' Court on August 23 of failing to give information to the police on March 18 and was fined £600.
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Boss keeps his licence
A BODMIN factory manager has retained his driving licence despite driving at 80mph in a 50mph area of the A38 in the Glynn Valley.Magistrates decided not to ban 46-year-old Arthur Chaffe after hearing that he had held a clean licence for nearly 30 years.Chaffe, of Broadhams, South Knighton, Devon, pleaded guilty to speeding in a BMW when he appeared before Bodmin court on Monday.Gail Hawkley, for the prosecution, said that Chaffe was stopped by police on the evening of July 22 after an officer...
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Car found on its roof
A CAR found on its roof in Lanivet had been bought earlier the same night in a Bodmin pub and then driven by a banned driver who could remember nothing about the purchase.Joshua Bristow, who was uninsured, drove the Peugeot out of town, crashing on the Old Coach Road, Bodmin court was told.Bristow, 22, of St Leonard's, Bodmin, was jailed for 180 days and banned from driving for two years by magistrates on Monday after pleading guilty to his third offence of disqualified driving committed in a...
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Found guilty
CHRISTOPHER Anthony Lewis Whyte, 27, of Quintrell Road, Newquay, pleaded not guilty but was convicted at Truro Magistrates' Court on August 12 of using threatening behaviour at Truro on May 13 and was fined £110.
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Break-ins revealed by burglar
A SERIAL burglar who was caught after targeting a St Austell family home for electronic equipment has revealed details of eight other break-ins he carried out.At Truro Crown Court on Friday Matthew Adams of Truro Road, St Austell, was jailed after admitting the offences.Iain White, for the Crown Prosecution Service, said Adams, 33, stole two iPads from a home on Trevarthian Road on July 24, leaving a finger mark that the police were able to use to trace him.Once he had been arrested, he worked...
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Sequined attacker must pay £1,000
A MAN has been found guilty of assaulting a man while wearing a sequined top and bottomless trousers on his Newquay stag night.Luke King, 32, went on trial last Tuesday at Truro Crown Court accused of assaulting Paul Ruddock and causing him actual bodily harm in Sailors nightclub on June 3, 2011.King from Essex, and a group of around 25 of his friends, had travelled to Newquay for his stag night and they went to the club where Mr Ruddock also was with a group of friends.Joanna Martin, for the...
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Wheel nuts removed
SOME time between 4pm and 8pm on Sunday, August 18 a silver Volkswagen transporter van, parked, secured and unattended in Trethellan Hill, Newquay, had four wheel nuts removed from the front passenger wheel. Please contact the police on 101 quoting GN/13/1858 with any information.
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Flat burgled
POLICE are appealing for information following a burglary at a flat in Callington.A representative from Devon and Cornwall Police said thieves targeted the flat in Penlee Close sometime between 2pm on Monday, August 12, and 3.30pm Wednesday, August 14.The stolen items include a £350 Toshiba laptop, which is missing the letter 'T,' and a £150 Nikon S2 digital camera.Clothing worth a combined total of £200 and bottles of aftershave were also taken from the premises.Anyone with...
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Vandals strike hotel
A HOTEL in Port Isaac was the target of vandals in the early hours of last Tuesday.Three people were arrested and released on bail. Detectives believe the attack may be linked to a recent burglary of the Bay Hotel.Garden ornaments were smashed at the front of the premises, lights were damaged and a dining room window was also smashed. A parked car which was not connected to the hotel was also damaged by an ornament thrown from the hotel.Witnesses are asked to call, 101, quoting crime...
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Illegal employees found at takeaway
TWO illegal workers from China have been arrested following a Home Office operation in Bodmin.Acting on intelligence, immigration enforcement officers raided the Peking Palace takeaway in Turf Street and individuals were questioned to check if they had the right to be in the UK.They arrested two men, aged 27 and 50, who were both found to be failed asylum seekers.Both were transferred to an immigration detention centre pending their removal from the UK.The business was served a notice...
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Assault provoked by rude comments
LOSING his temper because he thought a stranger was being rude to him led a man from Helston before Truro magistrates.Aaron Lee Hawkins, 23, c/o Trelawney Road, Helston, pleaded guilty to assaulting Colin Maceachen at Helston on July 6.Alison May, for the CPS, said he had head-butted Mr Maceachen before punching him in his face, leaving him with a sore nose and a chipped tooth.Hawkins told the police the victim had made a comment about his daughter.He had previous convictions.His solicitor...
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Drink-driver sorry for getting in car
A WOMAN who told the police she had acted on impulse and driven her car after drinking said she should have just walked out of the door after an argument at home.On her drive she hit a parked car, causing extensive damage to her own vehicle with a tyre almost removed from the rim.Police got a call about her and found her car near where the accident took place. The defendant approached them, obviously under the influence of drink. She failed a roadside test, later testing at nearly three times...
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TRUROOut of control
MARGUERITA LOUISE DOWNEY, aged 47, of City Road, Truro, entered a guilty plea at Truro Magistrates' Court to being drunk and disorderly at St Ives on August 9 and was fined £100. She also admitted a bail offence.
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Illogan man's suspended jail sentence for benefit fraud
AN ILLOGAN man has been sentenced to eight weeks in jail, suspended for 12 months, and given a six-month supervision order after he admitted benefit fraud of more than £12,000.Peter Everett, 52, of Alexandra Road, Illogan, pleaded guilty at Truro Magistrates' Court on September 6 to housing benefit and council tax benefit fraud totalling £12,934.98.He admitted four counts of benefit fraud, two of failing to tell Cornwall Council that he had a paid job and two counts of failing to...
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Arson suspected after brewery fire
ARSON is suspected following a fire at the Old Brewery in Redruth where crews from three towns were called to put out the blaze.Smoke could be seen billowing from the roof of the derelict building at around 6pm on Saturday.Fire crews from Redruth, Camborne and Truro attended the fire, which started in an out-building, and managed to stop it spreading to other parts of the site.The water carrier vehicle from Helston was also brought in.A fire service spokesman said: "Arson was suspected and...
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Trio facing trial over money laundering accusations
THREE people appeared at Truro Crown Court on Friday accused 14 counts of money laundering.Wesley Watton, 31, of Dawpool Court, Chester, Vicky Murphy, 32, and Philip Clowes, 30, both of Harriet Row, Stray Park Road, Camborne, denied the charges.Watton was accused of two charges of removing 3,738.37 euros of criminal property from England and two of converting criminal money into flights to Palma and Bangkok and into £12,360 cash deposited in a bank account and one charge of possessing...
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Van driver's carelessness killed cyclist Paul, 54
A VAN driver has admitted causing the death of a Camborne cyclist by driving without due care and attention.Paul Kemsley, 54, died after a collision between his bike and a van as he was riding along the eastbound carriageway of the A30 between Hayle and Tolvaddon on October 5, 2012.Mr Kemsley sustained serious head injuries and died as a result of his injuries two days later in the Royal Cornwall Hospital at Truro.At Truro Crown Court on Friday Mark Entwistle, aged 35, of Hopes Drive, Mount...
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Boat theft
A RIGID inflatable boat (RIB), complete with outboard motor and trailer, has been stolen from Pendra Loweth, Goldenbank. It is a Red Flatacraft Force 4G with a Yamaha 60HP outboard engine.
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CAMBORNECharges denied
A 20-YEAR-OLD Camborne man has been accused of causing unnecessary suffering to a dog by swinging it around by its collar on a lead at Camborne on June 8.Ben Kevin Rendle, of Wellington Close, pleaded not guilty at Truro Magistrates' Court. He also denies a charge of using threatening behaviour to a girl, 16. The hearing was conducted with the aid of an interpreter as Rendle was said to have a severe hearing problem.A trial will take place on November 18. Bail with conditions not to contact two...
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