Drugs prevented James Pennington Pickard of Falmouth remembering...
A SHOPLIFTER has been ordered to undergo drug rehabilitation requirement assessment after several thefts.James Pennington Pickard, 20, of Kimberley Park Road, Falmouth, admitted at Truro Magistrates'...
View ArticleAdrian Joseph Degabriele of Redruth used key to damage neighbour'...
AN ANGRY neighbour keyed a woman's car causing damage put at £618, Truro magistrates heard.Adrian Joseph Degabriele, 24, of Harmony Close, Redruth, pleaded guilty to damaging a Corsa car belonging to...
View ArticlePENRYNSkunk charge
IN CUSTODY for another matter, an 18-year-old Penryn man was searched by the police and found to be carrying 1.89g of skunk cannabis worth £11.18 in a cannabis grinder.Brad Lenton, of Harbour View,...
View ArticleSingle mother in court for drink-driving
A MOTORIST was caught as a second-time drink-driver after staff at a Helston supermarket called the police and said they suspected her of driving while under the influence of alcohol.At Truro...
View ArticlePolice appeal for help to identify people caught on CCTV cameras...
POLICE are appealing for help to identify these people caught on CCTV cameras in relation to separate incidents of graffiti and shoplifting in Falmouth.Staff at Wilkinson reported a theft to police,...
View ArticleRedruth shoplifter Julian Pearse targeted Truro's TK Maxx to...
FED UP with his tatty clothes, a Redruth man went shoplifting at TK Maxx in Truro to get a new wardrobe after being told it was an easy target for thieves.But someone in the store spotted Julian Pearse...
View ArticleEight-year-old boy assaulted in Camborne
DEVON and Cornwall Police are appealing for witnesses after an eight-year-old boy was assaulted by a man he spotted peering into his house.Camborne police said the attack took place on Wellington Road...
View ArticlePolice ask public for help after young male was spotted firing a...
POLICE are appealing for information following reports of a young male seen firing a BB gun in Tesco car park in Wesley Street, Camborne, on Tuesday evening.The male, who was riding a BMX bike at the...
View ArticleBrendan Curtin from The Lizard banned for three years for...
BRENDAN VINCENT CURTIN, 50, of The Lizard, entered a guilty plea at Truro Magistrates' Court to a charge of drink-driving at Helston on January 26.He was fined £110 and banned from driving for 36 months.
View ArticleHayle man Anthony Bennett, 20, jailed for raping two young girls...
CONSUMED by guilt, a 20-year-old Hayle man walked into a police station to confess to raping two young girls. Anthony Bennett made the shocking confessions at Penzance police station last summer that...
View ArticleTruro man Carlos Roche denies raping and sexually assaulting...
A 36-YEAR-OLD Truro man has gone on trial accused of raping a woman while his partner was in the house. Carlos Roche, aged 36 and of Moresk Road, denies the charge, having told police he did have sex...
View ArticleTaxi driver allegedly attacked takes fight to local MP
A TRURO taxi driver allegedly attacked in his car in the early hours has taken his case to the local MP and the police and crime commissioner for Devon and Cornwall.As reported in the West Briton last...
View ArticleWarnings about Cornish police scam
Devon and Cornwall police are urging people to be on their guard after fake police officers have stolen thousands of pounds from members of the public. The criminals have used their disguises to carry...
View ArticleTruro man Carlos Roche found not guilty of rape and sexual...
A TRURO man has been found not guilty of raping a woman after a night out. Carlos Roche, 36, of Moresk Road, went on trial at Truro Crown Court on Monday accused of raping and sexually assaulting the...
View ArticleFiancee wanted to take back Samuel Paul Thomas after he bit her
A FIANCÉ who twice bit his wife-to-be in the chest said his actions were due to not taking his medication - and he "bit anyone".Asked why he had made the bites, Samuel Paul Thomas told police: "I don't...
View ArticleShoplifter Luca Seaman too drunk to remember crime
A 22-YEAR-OLD "quite drunk" shoplifter was sent to prison for ten weeks at Truro Magistrates' Court.Luca Seaman, of Budock Water, Falmouth, told police he did not remember much about stealing food from...
View ArticleFalmouth police search for Swanpool grave robber
POLICE are appealing for information in relation to an alleged serial grave-robber.A man described as "scruffy" and walking a "big dog" has been seen stealing items from graves at Falmouth Cemetery,...
View ArticleShoplifter Thomas Percival Bowden hid ice cream down his trousers
A SHOPLIFTER concealed ice cream, an ice lolly and a burger down his trousers.At Truro Magistrates' Court Thomas Percival Bowden, aged 20, of Saracen Way, Penryn, pleaded guilty to three shoplifting...
View ArticleVehicle damaged over night in Tolvadon
POLICE have appealed for information after a vehicle was damaged in Tehidy Close in Tolvaddon.The damage occurred between 5pm on Thursday and 10.30am on Friday.Anybody with information is asked to...
View ArticlePolice appeal after Redruth vehicle break in
POLICE are appealing for information after a vehicle was broken into in Redruth.The vehicle was parked in the Cardrew industrial estate and was broken into between 5pm, March 8 and 2.25pm, March...
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