VIDEO: 'Car crashes into parked van on narrow Hayle street'
This is the moment a CCTV camera mounted outside a man's house in Hayle apparently captures a car crashing into his parked van in the middle of the night. Dale Jackson, 44, installed CCTV cameras on...
View ArticleTourist committed burglary because he was 'in wrong place at the...
A TOURIST was "in the wrong place at the wrong time" when he decided to break into a St Just business and steal £15,000 worth of money and cigarettes, a court has heard.At Truro Crown Court on Friday,...
View ArticlePaul Prisk of Camelford guilty of pub assault
A 52-YEAR-OLD Camelford man has been found guilty of assault by beating after an incident in a pub in the town.Paul Prisk, also known as Stumpy, of Victoria Road, had denied assaulting Phillip Thomas...
View ArticleFalmouth Taxi marshal scheme is reprieved for a month
A SCHEME which reduces night-time crime in Falmouth has been given a temporary reprieve despite being shut down through lack of funds last week. Funding for the Falmouth Taxi Marshals scheme, which...
View ArticleJames Webber, 21, guilty of 'appalling attacks' on girlfriend
"APPALLING assaults" were carried out by a 21-year-old man on his girlfriend and a man he suspected she was seeing, a court has heard.The day after attacking Sadie Pearce, James Webber and some...
View Article'Nice lad' Raymond Dean is sent to jail for drugs offences
THEFT and cannabis offences have led to a 12-week prison sentence for a prolific offender from St Austell.Raymond Dean was described by his solicitor Mark Charnley as a "nice lad whose life has been...
View ArticleBodmin man arrested after indecent exposure incidents in front of...
A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of indecent exposure following two incidents in Bodmin. The first alleged incident occurred on Friday between 4-4.30pm when the man, 31, followed an 11-year-old...
View Article'Mindless vandals pooing and smoking drugs' in a children's...
A TREEHOUSE complex at a children's centre will have to be dismantled because of 'mindless' vandals who left the structure too dangerous to use. The outdoor play area at the Lighthouse Children's...
View ArticleTruro woman left "horrified" at illegal gas fitters sentence
A Truro woman is "horrified" at the sentence a court has given to an illegal gas fitter who could have caused her death. Michael Rowe, of Gilbert Road, Bodmin, pleaded guilty to working without the...
View ArticlePolice want to trace these youths after items were thrown from...
POLICE want to identify these two youths after items were thrown from the Tamar bridge. The incident took place on the evening of January 23 which saw a car parked below the bridge damaged. A window...
View Article'Absolutely disgusted' by 'flytipper cowboy'
A MAWNAN Smith resident is 'absolutely disgusted' after building waste has been dumped by the side of a picturesque country road. Paul Glover said the 'cowboy flytipper' left an estimated half a tonne...
View ArticleFALMOUTHSent for trial
BENJAMIN AMBROSE, 24, of Park Crescent, Falmouth, has been sent to Truro Crown Court on unconditional bail for a hearing on March 7, charged with assaulting Ross Talbot causing actual bodily harm at...
View ArticlePerfume thief guilty
KAI BOWERING, 32, of Trenance Road, Newquay, appeared before Bodmin magistrates on Wednesday when he was handed a 16-week prison sentence, suspended for 12 months, after admitting to stealing perfumes...
View ArticleKiosk targeted
A THIEF targeted a kiosk near the Blue Reef Aquarium at Towan beach in Newquay last week.The incident took place between 11pm on Saturday, February 1, and 1.30pm on Monday, February 3.Police are...
View ArticleJailed for 60 days
DAVID ALLEN, 36, of no fixed abode, was jailed for 60 days by Bodmin magistrates last week after pleading guilty to causing damage valued at £300 to a double-glazed glass door panel belonging to...
View ArticleCase adjourned
MATTHEW MORTON, 28, of Higher Road, Pensilva, who pleaded guilty to stealing items to a total value of £6,250 during a burglary at Launceston Road, Callington, on December 10, has had the case against...
View ArticleThree-year ban
MATTHEW CROWTHER, 31, of High Street, Delabole, admitted driving with 84 milligrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood, the limit being 80mg, on November 13 at Delabole.He was fined £250 with £60...
View ArticleDrink-driver fined
STUART HAMMOND, 22, of Mount Pleasant Farm House, Tideford, Saltash, has been fined £220 with £85 costs and a £20 victim surcharge by magistrates.He pleaded guilty to driving at Tideford on January 4...
View ArticleToolbox found
POLICE are appealing for the owner of a stolen red coloured toolbox to come forward.The box was recovered from a known local burglar on Sunday. It is not known who the box belongs to.Call PC 1040 Kelly...
View ArticleDrive-away thief
A THIEF entered the porch of a property in Lanivet, took the key to a black Peugeot 308 and drove off in the car.The thief struck on January 30 and police are appealing for information from the...
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