Nurses' sackings were unfair, judge decides
THREE nurses who were sacked after a mentally ill patient was allegedly assaulted at a hospital have won a two-year battle to clear their names.Sharon Little, Martin Smith and Tim Spear were dismissed...
View ArticleNurses were unfairly dismissed, judge rules
THREE nurses who were sacked after a mentally ill patient was allegedly assaulted at Bodmin Hospital have won a two-year battle to clear their names.Experienced nurses Sharon Little, Martin Smith and...
View ArticleNurses were unfairly dismissed, judge rules
THREE nurses who were sacked after a mentally ill patient was allegedly assaulted at Bodmin Hospital have won a two-year battle to clear their names.Experienced nurses Sharon Little, Martin Smith and...
View ArticleOver the limit
MARK TRUDGIAN, 47, of St Austell Road, Par, has been fined £300 with £60 costs and a £30 victim surcharge, as well as being banned from driving for 15 months after pleading guilty to driving on...
View ArticleAssault by beating
EMMA ROWETT, 30, of Elizabeth Road, St Austell, and Laura Rowett, 30, of Ledrah Gardens, St Austell, have been conditionally discharged for three years after pleading guilty to jointly assaulting...
View ArticleTargeted twice
THIEVES have twice broken into a house in Trebetherick in the past few days, stealing a large quantity of household goods.Police say a large van or lorry would have been needed to take the items...
View ArticleCitroën scratched
POLICE are seeking information after damage was caused to a vehicle parked in St Mary's Crescent, Bodmin overnight on March 5 and 6, when the driver's door of a Citroën was scratched.Witnesses are...
View ArticleAdmits drink-driving
JAMIE FREEMAN, 34, of Fernleigh Lane, Wadebridge, pleaded guilty to driving with 73 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath – the limit being 35 – when he appeared before Bodmin magistrates...
View ArticleNo drugs found as police target pubs
POLICE in South East Cornwall said drugs raids carried out in pubs have proved "really positive" after no one was found in possession of banned substances.Fourteen police officers and their passive...
View ArticleShop fraud warning as pair try to dupe staff
POLICE are warning shopkeepers to be aware of a fraud known as "ringing the changes" after a recent incident in Wadebridge.Two men of Asian or Eastern European appearance are being sought after...
View ArticleThree nurses unfairly dismissed, judge rules
THREE nurses who were sacked after a mentally ill patient was allegedly assaulted at Bodmin Hospital have won a two-year battle to clear their names.Experienced nurses Sharon Little, Martin Smith and...
View ArticleNurses clear their names
THREE nurses who were sacked after a mentally ill patient was allegedly assaulted at Bodmin Hospital have won a two-year battle to clear their names.Experienced nurses Sharon Little, Martin Smith and...
View ArticleArson attack on Subaru Legacy near Truro - police searching for...
Police are appealing for information after an arson attack near Truro. A Subaru Legacy estate was burned out between midnight and 12.30am on February 21 in the Porth Kea area. Police want to identify a...
View ArticleBarnstaple woman Emma Lambert claimed £57,000 in benefits...
A BARNSTAPLE woman has admitted claiming £57,000 in benefits she was not entitled to by failing to tell the authorities she was living with her partner. At Truro Crown Court on Monday, Emma Lambert,...
View ArticleRucksack stolen from van in Beechwood Gardens, Truro
A RUCKSACK was stolen from a van parked on a Truro street.Thieves broke into the Vauxhall Movano, on Beechwood Gardens, between 1pm and 2.30pm on March 5. Anyone with any information can call police on...
View ArticleSent for trial
JAKE SHAKESPEARE, 24, of St Peter's Way, Porthleven, pleaded not guilty at Truro Magistrates' Court to assaulting Deborah Smalley at Helston on February 12 and also to causing criminal damage to her...
View ArticleHarassment and arson charges
A 21-YEAR-OLD Truro man has appeared in court accused of harassment, arson and damaging property.At Truro Crown Court, Christopher Chynoweth, of Richards Crescent, entered no pleas to the charges,...
View ArticleShoplifters only had 56p
TWO shoplifters who stole DVDs and food from Tesco at Pool worth £80.09 only had 56p between them, Truro magistrates heard.Barry Michael Hardman, 23, of Croft Common, Troon, and Steven Williams, 29, of...
View ArticleFALMOUTHDriving ban
JUDE FRANCIS IAIN CULLEN, 18, of Western Terrace, Falmouth, entered a guilty plea at Truro Magistrates' Court to drink- driving at Falmouth on February 7 and was fined £110 and banned from driving for...
View ArticleVERYANChild rape trial
CHRISTOPHER CHARLES HARRIS, aged 51, of Four Acres Road, Veryan, entered no pleas at Truro Magistrates' Court to four charges of raping a girl under 16 and three charges of indecently assaulting a girl...
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