Faces £4,588 theft charge
A FORMER Redruth travel agent covered up stealing thousands of pounds from her employers by changing banking documents, a court has heard.Tracey Parma, 27, went on trial at Truro Crown Court on Tuesday...
View ArticleMan cleared of sex abuse and rape charges
A CAMBORNE man has been cleared by a jury of sexually abusing a young boy and raping him as an adult.Derek Pascoe, of Redbrook Road, was accused of five counts of indecency with a male, two of...
View ArticleILLOGANNot guilty plea
A WOMAN from Illogan is to face trial at Truro Crown Court accused of stealing coins worth £180 at Redruth on August 19.At Truro Magistrates' Court Michelle Harvey, 47, of Bosvean Gardens, Paynters...
View ArticlePENZANCEDrunk in street
POLICE were called to Market Jew Street in Penzance when a drunken man was upsetting shoppers by shouting and swearing at them.At Truro Magistrates' Court Peter Angel, 66, of Basset Street, Camborne,...
View ArticleHouse break-in at Feock
THIEVES broke into a house in Feock and stole a petrol hedge trimmer.Police said garden tools were used to break into the house at Harcourt on November 19 or 20.Anyone with any information is asked to...
View ArticleBurglaries at allotments near Truro
A SERIES of burglaries were carried out on sheds at allotments near Truro.Police said the break-ins at Wheal Busy, Chacewater, took place overnight on Sunday.The thieves stole petrol and ransacked ten...
View ArticleTRUROAssault case
A MAN charged with assaulting a police officer will go before Truro Magistrates' Court next month.Steven Wise, aged 37 and of Grenville Gardens, Troon, has been charged with three assaults, one assault...
View ArticleEnough ketamine to knock out 3,000 men
POLICE have issued a warning about the devastating effects of the drug ketamine after a raid near Penzance uncovered a stash big enough to knock out more than 3,000 men.Alister Semmens, 34, and Jay...
View ArticleNo insurance
WAYNE CHARLES HOUSE, 37, of St James Street, Penzance, entered a guilty plea at Truro Magistrates' Court on November 15 to using a car without insurance at Redruth on May 26 and was fined £110.
View ArticleDrunken man launched himself at crowd
A DRUNKEN man was arrested near Matt's Bar, in Penzance, when police officers saw him launch himself at a crowd of people, shouting abuse and clenching his fists.It was obvious he was drunk Alison May,...
View ArticleShouting at top of his voice
A HAYLE pensioner who was drunk and disorderly in Penzance on the night of October 29 pleaded guilty at Truro Magistrates' Court and also admitted breaching a drink banning order by being under the...
View ArticleLight error led to ban
A MOTORIST who drove in the dark in St Ives one night without his lights switched on was stopped by the police and found to be a drink-driver.At Truro Magistrates' Court Brett Curtis Collier, 39, of...
View ArticleThrew tea over wife at divorce talk
TOLD by his wife that she had just started divorce proceedings a St Erth man reacted by throwing a cup of tea at her Truro magistrates were told.When his wife tried to call her solicitor on her mobile...
View ArticleHedge crash driver already banned
A WOMAN driver who got behind the wheel of a car a week after being disqualified by a court panicked when she saw another car following her at night, thinking it was the police, and drove into a...
View ArticleOAP 'betrayed' by trusted carer
AN 89-YEAR-OLD man told the police he felt betrayed when his carer raided a safe in his house and stole £360 of his cash.Ruby Martin, 37, of Mount Pleasant, Hayle, had been heavily in debt, Truro...
View ArticleThief ripped TV from maternity unit's wall
A PENZANCE man who brazenly walked into a hospital maternity unit and stole a television off the wall, before breaking into two Heamoor homes, has been jailed.At Truro Crown Court on Friday Daniel...
View ArticleEnough ketamine to knock out 3,000 men
POLICE have issued a warning about the devastating effects of the drug ketamine after a raid near Penzance uncovered a stash big enough to knock out more than 3,000 men.Alister Semmens, 34, and Jay...
View ArticleVandals slash polytunnels
THE owner of a newly established West Cornwall nursery says she is distraught after vandals slashed her polytunnels, smashing plant pots and overturning tables.All five polytunnels at the Churchtown...
View ArticleClub fracas
PENZANCE police are seeking help in identifying a man suspected of committing an assault in the early hours at Sound Nightclub.An argument broke out between two men in the club. All those involved were...
View ArticleDisturbance in Truro - three police cars called to High Cross
Police rushed to Truro city centre this lunchtime to deal with a disturbance. Christmas shoppers were shocked to see three police cars and an ambulance called to High Cross at the front of Truro...
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