Charges admitted
GARY LESLIE ANDERSON, aged 43, of St Martin's Court, Bodmin, entered guilty pleas at Truro Magistrates' Court on December 14 to criminal damage and theft at Penzance and was conditionally discharged...
View ArticleMeat thief is bailed
LOOE man Eric Cullen appeared before Bodmin magistrates on Boxing Day when he pleading guilty to stealing two joints of beef valued at a total of £24.72 from the Co-op in Looe on Christmas Eve.The case...
View ArticlePaddington train hits a lorry tyre left on tracks by vandals
POLICE are on the hunt for offenders after a high-speed train struck a lorry tyre deliberately placed on the main line between Menheniot and Liskeard.A First Great Western train bound from Paddington...
View ArticleMan breached bail terms
TRURO magistrates refused to remove a bail condition which prevented a man from contacting the woman he intended to marry.Phillip Ringer, 51, of no fixed address, admitted breaching bail by contacting...
View ArticleRedruth's Thomas Hewer sentenced for shouting at ex after break...
A REDRUTH man who shouted at his former partner and accused her of being with other men has been ordered to stay inside in the evenings.Thomas Hewer, 25, of Johns Park, was sentenced at Truro Crown...
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A dog's life: Canine crime-fighters retire
TWO crime-fighting police dogs with more than 18 years' service between them will retire from the force next month.German shepherd Asbo and sprocker spaniel Springo have served alongside dog handler,...
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Man serving drugs sentence guilty of affray
A PAIR of Falmouth men became involved in a brawl that would not have been out of place in a Wild West saloon.At Truro Crown Court on Friday, Adam Petrauske, 26, and George Carthey, 23, pleaded guilty...
View ArticleChacewater man Carl Mackenzie called 999 falsely claiming he'd...
A MAN who twice called the emergency services falsely claiming to have slashed his wrists had made similar calls over the past three years, Truro magistrates heard.Carl Dominic Mackenzie, 49, of...
View ArticleStudent William Nowell spat on police officer in car at Camborne
A UNIVERSITY student spat at a police officer in a car while being taken into custody, magistrates heard.The spittle was said to have landed on her neck and head. It also landed on the car seat in...
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Man is jailed for 'dangerous' chase
TWO Camborne men took a car and led police on a dangerous chase.At Truro Crown Court, Elaine Hobson, for the Crown Prosecution Service, said William Pascoe, 23, took a Peugeot on the night of November...
View ArticleCAMBORNEAdjourned
DARREN Ditchburn, 30, of Pendarves Street, Tuckingmill, Camborne, entered no plea at Truro Magistrates' Court to breaching a restraining order by telephoning Jodie Ditchburn and harassing her at...
View ArticleMYLOR AND TRURONo pleas
TWO MEN are to stand trial at Truro Crown Court after they entered no pleas at Truro Magistrates' Court to producing 46 cannabis plants at Truro on August 26. James Pedrek Hall, 31, of Restronguet,...
View ArticleTruro solicitor Ian Dudgeon sent Facebook 'noose around my neck'...
A FORMER solicitor has been given a prison sentence for sending Facebook messages to a woman he did not know, saying he had a noose around his neck and did not want to die.Truro Magistrates' Court...
View ArticleLocked up for a week
A PENZANCE man aged 75, accused of six offences of breaching a restraining order by contacting his former wife, was remanded in custody for a week at Truro Magistrates' Court after he entered no plea...
View ArticleCourt briefs
NICHOLA WAGSTAFF, 30, of Hayle Industrial Park, Hayle, pleaded not guilty to causing a computer to perform a function with intent to secure unauthorised access to a programme or data in a computer or...
View ArticleChampagne taken from town house
POLICE have reported a triple champagne theft in Newlyn just as festive celebrations began.The incident, which took place earlier this month in the run-up to Christmas, saw a bottle of Moet, a Lanson...
View ArticleGuilty of stealing alcohol and canoe
A HAYLE man has been handed a suspended sentence after pleading guilty to stealing champagne, vodka and a canoe.He was also handed a six-month drug rehabilitation order.Matthew Morris, 39, of Angarrack...
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Spiderman knocked unconscious in Looe during New Year's Eve...
A fancy-dress reveller dressed as Spiderman was left unconscious after being assaulted by a gang of men in Looe on New Year's Eve. The incident took place shortly before midnight as the 18-year-old was...
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Buckshead man Jack Harvey appears in court for drugs and driving...
A BUCKSHEAD man has appeared at Truro Crown Court accused of driving and drugs offences. Jack Harvey, 42, of Polwhele Cottages, who is accused of possessing heroin and amphetamine with intent to supply...
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Newquay woman denies stealing from Truro nightclub Vanilla
THE BOSS of a Truro nightclub set a trap for his staff after he became suspicious that someone was stealing money, a court has heard. Judy Roberts, 34, of St Johns Road, Newquay, went on trial at Truro...
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