Crash man over limit
THE DRIVER of a Vauxhall Astra which crashed into a wall in Launceston on Saturday has admitted being more than three times over the drink-drive limit.Shortly before the collision witnesses saw the...
View ArticleDriver's escape bid
A VAN driver who failed to stop for police as they pursued him at up to 60mph through Bodmin on Saturday was later found to be over the alcohol limit.Bodmin court was told that John McEwan, 24, a...
View ArticleProlific shoplifter jailed
MAGISTRATES jailed a prolific shoplifter for 12 weeks on Thursday after hearing that his most recent offence was committed while he was on a suspended sentence order.Fraser Soul, 28, appeared before...
View ArticleKnew her attacker by his tattoos
A WOMAN grabbed from behind by a man in a Newquay bar recognised her assailant by the tattoos on his arms, a court was told.Following the attack the woman fled into the women's toilets, locking herself...
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Inquest on PC Gail is on Monday
AN INQUEST into the death of a former Truro police officer who was found dead in her car is to be held next week.Gail Crocker was found at Hornick Hill in High Street, near St Austell, on the morning...
View Article£100 compensation
MARTIN SMITH, 22, of Wellpark Road, Drakewalls, Gunnislake, has been conditionally discharged for 12 months and ordered to pay £100 compensation by Bodmin magistrates after pleading guilty to...
View ArticlePair admit ABH
TWO LISKEARD men have been sent to Truro Crown Court for sentence on conditional bail after admitting jointly assaulting a third man causing him actual bodily harm at Pound Street in the town on...
View ArticleDriver in court
A 26-YEAR-OLD man has pleaded guilty to driving a VW Golf without due care and attention following an accident in which he collided with the fence of the Liskeard Tavern on April 24.Stuart Pillar, of...
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Evil rapist likened to Dickens' character
A FORMER Bodmin man, jailed for 18 years for rape and child cruelty, was likened to a notorious Charles Dickens' character by a court judge.Judge Christopher Harvey Clark, QC, said Steven Crump was...
View ArticleTo stand trial
A 65-YEAR-OLD Bodmin man has appeared before magistrates charged with 15 offences of making or possessing indecent or prohibited images of children between December 2011 and June 2012.Derek Long, of...
View ArticleAcer laptop stolen
DETECTIVES are seeking in formation about a burglary in Bodmin in which a black Acer laptop, Apple TV box and Sky On-Demand box were among the items stolen.The burglary took place between 7.30am and...
View ArticleOver drink-drive limit
MATTHEW MACDONALD, 23, of Margaret Crescent, Bodmin, appeared before Bodmin magistrates on Tuesday last week when he admitted to driving on October 24 with 88 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres...
View ArticleGraffiti 'disgrace'
POLICE are warning the parents of youngsters who have scrawled graffiti over numerous buildings that they could be liable to pay the costs of cleaning it up.Police have taken pictures of at least 20...
View ArticleMan threw bleach over girl student
POLICE in Bodmin are hunting a man who attacked a Bodmin College student with bleach yesterday.The girl was walking in Whitestone Road at 8.15am when the man approached her and threw the bleach over...
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Missing man found and fined in court for order breach
A MILLBROOK man who sparked a police appeal after he went missing for several days has been found.Andrew Robson, 22, disappeared after police were called when he went to his estranged partner's address...
View ArticleInspection shows 78% of town's taxis unfit
MORE than three-quarters of taxis checked in Liskeard were deemed unfit to be on the road, a police operation has revealed.Liskeard police and Cornwall Council's licensing department ran an inspection...
View ArticleJudge's warning after disabled man's conviction
A JUDGE has warned that an intellectually disabled man who sexually assaulted a woman at a North Cornwall care home should be supervised at all times during the day for public safety.At Truro Crown...
View ArticleMan, 41 denies attack in street
A DISPUTE between former Delabole neighbours ended with one man's head in a bloody mess and the other accused of assaulting him.Kenneth Gledhill, of The Sidings, Pengelly, is accused of attacking Henry...
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Truro woman woken by thieves pushing her car down the road
A Truro woman was woken in the middle of the night by the noise of her car being pushed down the road by thieves. The woman and her husband shouted at the thieves who then abandoned the silver Peugeot...
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Bodmin student "very shaken'' after bleach attack
Police are continuing their search for a man who grabbed a Bodmin student and splattered her with bleach yesterday morning. The 12-year-old girl was walking to the bus stop in Whitestone Road at around...
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