A YAMAHA Malta outboard engine was stolen overnight on Sunday from Mylor Yacht Harbour, Churchtown, with a serial number of 6L50314906 Malta L.
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Outboard motor theft
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STITHIANSPolice appeal
POLICE are appealing for information after a black VW Golf was badly scratched while it was parked in Southlea Terrace, Stithians, sometime between September 4 and 5.Anyone with details can call PC James Alexander at Falmouth Police Station on 101 quoting crime reference GP/13/1796.
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BLACKWATERPub burgled
A THIEF stole £20 from a hospice charity collection box during a burglary at a pub.Thieves broke into the Red Lion at Blackwater overnight on September 8 and took the money belonging to St Julia's Hospice.Anyone with any information is asked to call the police on 101.
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MOUNT HAWKEStolen overnight
GIANT granite mushrooms have been stolen from two properties in Mount Hawke.A total of four mushrooms were stolen from the gardens of two properties in the village overnight on September 9.The base of the mushrooms is approximately 2ft high.Anyone with any information is asked to contact the police on 101.
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Police warning over spate of catalytic converter thefts in and...
POLICE are warning people to beware after a spate of thefts of catalytic converters from vehicles in the Truro area.The thefts took place in Probus, at the Tresillian Business Park and at Vospers on the Newham Industrial Estate over the past two weeks.Inspector Mark Richards, from Truro police, said car dealerships and any business storing vehicles should step up security, particularly at weekends.
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FALMOUTHMan jailed
A FALMOUTH man appearing before Truro magistrates on his birthday pleaded guilty to six breaches of a community order, requiring him to do 110 hours of unpaid work.Probation officer Jenny Davis said he had completed just over seven hours of the order which was made in March, and she asked for it to be revoked.Paul Garth, 41, of Killigrew Street, who was originally charged with failing to provide a specimen of breath, using a motorcycle with an inappropriate licence and without insurance, was...
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Did you see this assault?
POLICE have issued an appeal for witnesses to an assault in the area of Cross Street, Penzance, at 6pm on Friday, September 13, to come forward and leave their details at Penzance Police Station, 101 or Crimestoppers quoting reference AP/13/2312.
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Window shattered in night incident
A WINDOW was smashed in the café of a Penzance guest- house in the early hours of Friday.The incident happened between midnight and 1.30am at the Whiteways Guest House Café on East Terrace.An object was thrown through the window, smashing a hole in it and damaging a poster frame inside.A spokesman for Penzance police said: "The café was closed for several hours in the morning for the damage to be cleared up, causing inconvenience for guests and customers and distress to...
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Hayle man, 21, punched former boss
A 21st BIRTHDAY night out for a Hayle personal trainer went "horribly wrong" when he punched his former boss because he was upset about his former girlfriend being in the same pub.On May 31, Charlie Bizley had been celebrating the milestone with family in Newquay before going for drinks with his friends.Bizley, of Lethlean Lane, Phillack, Hayle, a former employee at Berties nightclub, had been in the venue but left because he became uncomfortable watching his former partner, Faye...
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Probation officers in Truro protest against sell-off
Probation officers took to the streets of Truro to protest against the privatisation of the service they work for.
The Ministry of Justice announced today that payment-by-results contracts for dealing with offenders will be split between private companies and charities.
Probation officers in Truro said the deal would result in a poorer service and that justice and public protection should not be about profit.
Mags Hopwood, a probation officer based in Truro, said: "That is what it would turn...
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Hanging balls stolen from Truro coffee shop
Police are appealing for information after two decorative floral balls were stolen from a coffee shop in Truro.
The two hanging balls were stolen from the Bamboo Coffee Shop in Pydar Mews between 5.20pm and 5.50pm on Monday.
The balls were then damaged by vandals with one of the pair found outside the WH Smiths shop in Pydar Street later that evening.
Anyone with any information is asked to call the police on 101.
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St Austell woman 'wanted to cut her heart out' in supermarket
A ST AUSTELL woman tried to kill herself in a supermarket, saying she wanted to cut her own heart out.
Rebecca Trudgeon, of Trenance Place, appeared at Truro Crown Court on Thursday, where she was sentenced after she admitted to being in the possession of a bladed article.
On July 27, this year, Trudgeon, 29, went to Co-op Moorland Road in St Austell, where she threatened to kill herself.
Philip Lee, for the Crown Prosecution service, said: "The defendant had entered the Co-op on Moorland Road....
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'Ketamine Kate' house closure is first in Penryn
AN ANTISOCIAL tenant known as 'Ketamine Kate' has been thrown out of her house after a two-year investigation and a court order.No 36 Permarin Road was boarded up on Monday under the first house closure notice to be served in Penryn since new legislation was introduced ten years ago.Since Cornwall Housing tenant Kate Martin, aged 39, moved into the property almost two years ago neighbours had repeatedly complained about noise, threatening behaviour, abusive language and parties, Truro...
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Serial 999 nuisance claimed to be the Duke of Edinburgh
A MAN who called 999 nearly 60 times only to swear at the operators and on one occasion pretend to be the Duke of Edinburgh has been given an antisocial behaviour order (Asbo).Carl Dominic Mackenzie, 49, of Brookside, Chacewater, who said he was registered blind, pleaded guilty at Truro Magistrates' Court to sending a grossly offensive message on August 6; to persistently sending communications on August 13 and 14 causing inconvenience or anxiety; and to using threatening behaviour at Camborne...
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'Friend' left OAP with £3 in bank after stealing thousands
A BUGLE man befriended an elderly woman and then swindled her out of thousands of pounds leaving her with just a few pounds in her bank account.Cynthia Foxall, 79, thought she had a friend in Mark Green, 52, and trusted him so implicitly that when money started to disappear from her account she did not consider he could be to blame.The widow, who has lived on her own for 13 years and has mobility problems, was left with just £3 in her account after Green, of Minorca Lane, Bugle, made 24...
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£400 fine for tractor driver, 59
A 59-YEAR-old man who drove a tractor with a hardcore-laden trailer without an operator's licence while carrying out non-agricultural work has been fined by magistrates.Barry Rogers appeared before Bodmin magistrates for sentence on Monday having been convicted in his absence of the offence – as well as using the vehicle without insurance and driving it without the correct licence – by a district judge on September 5.Rogers, a farm and general building contractor of Caudledown Lane,...
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Facebook used to find man
A TORPOINT homeowner used Facebook to track down a man who brandished a claw hammer at him in a drugs deal that went wrong, a court has heard.Ryan Nicholson, 21, went on trial on Monday last week at Truro Crown Court accused of aggravated burglary, which he denied, claiming that he had been invited into the house on Anthony Road to buy £600 of cannabis.Philip Lee, for the prosecution, said Philip Rundle was at home with his wife, uncle and teenage daughter on March 25 when he became aware...
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Heating oil is stolen
POLICE are appealing for information after oil was stolen from a storage tank in Summercourt.Between 9am on Sunday, September 1, and 7pm on Thursday, September 12, heating oil was taken from a storage tank situated in a lane adjacent to the Clock Garage in Chapel Town.Anyone with any information relating to this theft is being asked to get in touch with Newquay police by calling 101, quoting the crime reference number, which is GC/13/329.
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Cars are jumped on
TWO cars were damaged on the same day in Newquay by someone jumping on the roofs.The cars targeted were a grey Toyota Corolla hatchback, which was parked and locked on Fernhill Road, and a dark blue Daihatsu Materia hatchback.Police say the damage is thought to have been caused by someone walking and jumping on the roofs, and took place between 10am and 5pm on Tuesday, September 10.Anyone with information about either incidents is being asked to call police on 101 or Crimestoppers on 0800...
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Drugs cash courier gets suspended jail term
A COURIER who carried cash from a family-run heroin dealing operation in Bodmin to a Liverpool drugs gang has escaped an immediate jail sentence.Kevin Knox made two trips to meet members of the Wood family, who were suppliers of drugs to North Cornwall and were under police surveillance.Knox's Peugeot car was spotted making a series of trips to the West Country which police believed were part of a massive conspiracy in which more than £1 million of heroin was trafficked to Tiverton, Torbay...
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