Redruth carer threatened to kill man who sent sexual text...
A REDRUTH carer threatened to slit the throats of two teenage girls whose father had been exchanging sexual text messages with his wife. Jason Brunt, 43, of Blackberry Close, appeared at Truro Crown...
View ArticleHelston rental home "trashed" as Leicester couple who...
A COUPLE did a runner after trashing their rented home in Helston and pilfering furniture, fixtures and fittings.The owner, Christine Robson, who let the furnished property through an agency, was...
View ArticleDelabole man Kenneth Gledhill guilty of attack on neighbour...
A DELEBOLE man accused of assault, who claimed his former neighbour and victim had bashed his own head against the pavement, has escaped prison – despite previously being jailed for the same offence....
View ArticleFine for Camborne man's foul language in Tesco car park
A CAMBORNE man has been fined swearing at his partner in a supermarket car park. Jason Willis, 28, of Wheal Gerry, was being driven to mother's house on May 31 by his partner Kelly Marie Godliman when...
View Article'Careless' Helston lorry driver dumped mobile building on car
A DRIVER caused a portable building to fall off the back of his lorry, crushing a car which had been waiting to pass.The incident happened after the lorry became snagged on trees on a road near...
View ArticleFormer Redruth travel agent cleared of theft
A FORMER Redruth travel agent has been cleared of stealing from her employers. Tracey Parma went on trial last Tuesday at Truro Crown Court accused of stealing £4,588 from First Choice while she was...
View ArticleJack Harvey from Buckshead in court for drugs and driving...
A man from Buckshead near Truro has appeared in court charged with drugs and driving offences. Jack Harvey, 42, of Polwhele Cottages, appeared before Truro magistrates on Thursday. Harvey faced one...
View ArticleAlleged conman supply teacher Mike Hale confronted at Camborne...
THE supply teacher wanted by South African police over an alleged £1.5 million fraud investigation has been confronted at a converted barn home near Camborne. Former insurance broker Mike Hale, 63,...
View ArticleTheft and criminal damage in Falmouth and Penryn
POLICE are asking for information in relation to a burglary, two thefts and an incident of criminal damage in Falmouth and Penryn. Between Monday night and Sunday morning, in the area of Quay Hill,...
View ArticleWoman kicked in door of Office nightclub, Truro
A woman kicked in the front door of a Truro nightclub in the early hours of the morning. Police are appealing for information after the woman smashed the door of the Office nightclub at approximately...
View ArticleTwo seagulls shot dead in Penzance
TWO seagulls were shot dead by someone with an air rifle in the centre of Penzance on Monday evening. The seagulls are believed to have been shot while perching on a roof at Voundervour Lane,...
View ArticleTailgating in Truro led to road-rage attack
A road-rage attack broke out on a main road into Truro that led to a car being damaged. The victim of the road-rage told police the attack came after sustained tailgating on the Newquay Road coming...
View ArticleTeacher's fiancé had indecent images of children
A TROON man whose fiancé was a teacher had more than a hundred indecent images of children on his computer. Christopher Williams, 41, appeared at Truro Crown Court on Friday to be sentenced after he...
View ArticleSurvivor describes carnage on M5
DRIVERS crashed "like pinballs in a machine" as dense smoke from a firework display mixed with fog on the M5 during a crash which killed seven people, a court heard.A survivor of the carnage, which...
View ArticleIt's gown, gown, gone as Iain drops his briefs
A BARRISTER who has prosecuted hundreds of Cornish criminals has been praised for his "hobbit-like" qualities as he retires after more than 24 years of practice.Iain White, 53, hung up his gown and wig...
View ArticleCharge is dropped
A CHARGE of careless driving against a 76-year-old woman was dropped after a court was told that she had suffered an unforeseen medical episode at the wheel.Helen Hall, of Middle Path, Crewkerne,...
View ArticleAbusive messages
A PAR woman sent herself abusive e-mails and then complained to police that they had been sent by members of her family.Michelle Chapman, 24, of Robins Close, appeared at Truro Crown Court on Friday...
View ArticleWoman hit nurse in the face
A HOSPITAL nurse was left with a bloody nose when he was struck by a drunken woman patient he was trying to help, Bodmin court was told.Susan Griffiths hit senior staff nurse Anthony Smith in the face...
View ArticleFined £230
THOMAS ADAMS, 26, of The Bungalow, Treburgett Mine, St Teath, has been fined £230 with a £23 victim surcharge and £85 costs by Bodmin magistrates after pleading guilty on November 19 to driving a van...
View ArticleChance of detox
A PLACE on an alcohol detoxification programme helped a Bude thief to stay out of prison this week.Ian Evans, 34, of Maerdown, Bude, who stole alcohol while on a suspended sentence order, was ordered...
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