Over the limit
PETER LE DAIN, aged 62, of Springfield Road, Looe, admitted driving with 121 milligrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood, the limit being 80mg, on November 7 at Looe and was fined £200 with a...
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A ROCHE man was so drunk he didn't hear a representative of security firm G4S knocking at his door to fit his curfew tag, a court was told.Michael Starling, aged 32, of Tremodrett Road, appeared before...
View ArticleBenefits overpaid
A NEWQUAY woman who was overpaid around £10,500 in benefits after failing to declare that her partner was self-employed at the Retallack Resort and Spa has been committed to Truro Crown Court for...
View ArticleDrunk put in the cells
URINATING at a Bodmin bus stop led to a man's arrest and a night in custody.The action by 52-year-old John Upton had put him in breach of an antisocial behaviour order, Bodmin magistrates were...
View ArticleVictim of an assault was naked
A WOMAN told police she feared she would die as a man rammed his fingers down her throat, causing her to urinate on the kitchen floor.Mark Nash also punched the victim several times in the face during...
View Article'Dangerous offender'
A TOURIST who followed two teenage girls on a Newquay beach and exposed himself to them was a dangerous sex offender, a police officer told Truro Crown Court on Friday.Paul Lyons, aged 34 and of...
View Article'Appalling behaviour'
RESIDENTS of a Nanpean cul-de-sac were appalled at the driving of a 20-year-old man who revved his engine, reversed at speed and performed a handbrake turn, a court was told.Leon Commander, of West...
View ArticleBoundary fence fire probed by town police
POLICE are appealing for information after a wooden fence was set alight in Bodmin.The fence, which borders the garden of a house in Tredanek Close and the Scarlett's Well recreation field, was damaged...
View ArticleVehicles seized as officers join forces
DRIVERS have been fined and vehicles seized during a multi-agency operation in North Cornwall aimed at enforcing the laws on road safety and animal welfare.The operation, in the Hallworthy area between...
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Companies fined after man died following fall
TWO companies have been ordered to pay £135,000 after admitting offences under health and safety legislation following the "preventable" death of a scaffolder at Davidstow Creamery, near...
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Suspects sought after theft
POLICE are appealing for assistance to identify at least two suspects after £60 cash and logs with a total value of £150 were stolen from Blakes Keiro farm in St Minver.CCTV images have been supplied...
View ArticleNot guilty plea
A 15-YEAR-OLD Bodmin boy pleaded not guilty to the theft of items valued at a total of £600 from a 70-year-old man.The boy appeared before Bodmin Youth Court on Monday in connection with the incident...
View ArticleWitnesses sought
POLICE are appealing for information after a man was badly assaulted by several people during the early hours of Sunday, January 19, in the car park to the rear of the Molesworth Arms in...
View ArticleCrime in St Austell fell by 8.6 per cent in January
THE NUMBER of reported crimes in St Austell fell by 8.6 per cent in January compared to the same month last year.Sector inspector for St Austell Tony Joslin said: "We have seen a reduction in crime in...
View ArticleThieves take cash and tins
THIEVES stole two charity boxes as well as cash from tills during a spate of burglaries in Tintagel.Police in North Cornwall are investigating the break-ins at three shops and a fish and chip shop that...
View ArticleMan fined after assaulting woman with push
A FATHER pushed his partner during an argument over taking their children out, Truro magistrates heard.Jason Fenton, 28, of Poldark Road, Paynters Lane, Redruth, said he had been angry when he pushed...
View ArticleRUAN MINORDriver guilty
MORRIS Stowe, 41, of Ruan Minor, entered a guilty plea at Truro Magistrates' Court to driving while disqualified at Helston on December 28 and was fined £110. He also admitted using the vehicle without...
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Woman in shop is sought
POLICE want to speak to a woman after an electric toothbrush was stolen from Boots on Trelowarren Street in Camborne.The woman in this CCTV image, left, is sought in relation to the incident, which...
View ArticleTeenager fined £50
AFTER shouting and swearing at the police and accusing them of never doing anything to help, a 19-year-old Truro man found himself before Truro magistrates for being drunk and disorderly.Ross...
View ArticleAccident cost drink driver Josephine Pearce, of Four Lanes, her...
A DRINK-DRIVER lost a finger after skidding and overturning her car.Josephine Pearce, 65, of The Square, Four Lanes, pleaded guilty at Truro Magistrates' Court to drink-driving on September 5 when she...
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