Probe leads to heroin dealers being jailed
THREE heroin dealers have been sent to prison after an undercover police operation infiltrated a drugs ring.Judge Christopher Harvey Clark, QC, praised the investigation in which two officers pretended...
View ArticleHELSTONCase dropped
GEORGE WALSH, 24, of RNAS Culdrose, Helston, who was charged at Truro Magistrates' Court on April 9 with using threatening behaviour had the case discontinued.
View ArticleTHE LIZARDAdjourned
ISABELLE IPAS, 43, of Croft Parc, The Lizard, pleaded not guilty at Truro Magistrates' Court to assaulting Connie Bray at The Witchball, The Lizard, and guilty to assaulting landlord Adam Weston on the...
View ArticleFirefighters tackle blaze after tyres set alight
Fire crews were called to deal with a shed fire in the West Tolgus area of Camborne last night. Crews from Redruth and Camborne were later joined by a unit from Helston and were forced to use two sets...
View ArticleMushroom thieves target Redruth
Police are appealing for information after mushroom thieves target gardens in the Redruth area. Over the past month thieves have carried out five attempted and actual thefts of granite mushrooms from...
View ArticlePetrol stolen from car in Portreath
POLICE are appealing for information after petrol was stolen from a parked car in Portreath. The incident took place between 5pm Wednesday May 7 and 7am Thursday May 8 while it was parked overnight on...
View ArticleBrothers Benjamin and Dominic Harvey jailed for selling ecstasy...
TWO brothers have been jailed for three years each after they were found to be selling the Class A drug ecstasy from a property in Penryn. At Truro Crown Court on Monday, Dominic Harvey, 35, of...
View ArticleTresillian mechanic Martin Penman guilty in case of the...
A MECHANIC helped to make a Bentley Continental car worth more than £100,000 "vanish", a court has decided. Martin Penman, 52, was found guilty by a jury at Truro Crown Court of a series of charges...
View ArticlePolice appeal for help after spate of Falmouth burglaries
POLICE have called on business owners and the public to help them in the fight against the spiralling number of burglaries in FAlmouth. In the latest figures, released today, police said almost 30...
View ArticleBusinessman Keith Spicer sold substandard runway lights to RNAS...
LIVES could have been put at risk after a businessman supplied substandard runway lights to RNAS Culdrose with "potentially disastrous consequences". At Truro Crown Court on Friday, company director,...
View ArticleChild arrests fall by 74% in five years
NEW figures have revealed that the number of children arrested in Cornwall and Devon fell by 74 per cent between 2008 and 2013.The number of children arrested dropped from 5,495 in 2008 to 1,431 in...
View ArticleTRUROIntimidation
GEORGE DEREK ANTHONY TOKLEY, 19, of Northfield Drive, Truro, entered no plea at Truro Magistrates' Court where he faced a charge of intimidating a female witness. The charge detailed that he drew his...
View ArticleMobile phone containing treasured photos of late partner goes...
POLICE are appealing for information after a mobile phone containing sentimental photos went missing from a train.A 29-year-old woman had got off the 4.30pm Plymouth to Penzance train at Truro on May...
View ArticleDenies assaulting two nurses
MICHAEL ROBERT TOLLEY, 28, of Merrifield Close, Truro, pleaded not guilty at Truro Magistrates' Court to assaulting two hospital nurses, Susan Johnson and Janet Davies, and to having no driving licence...
View ArticlePlanning order case
PAUL ANTHONY MANN, of Penwarne Close, Mawnan Smith, was convicted in his absence at Truro Magistrates' Court on May 13 of failing to comply with a requirement of a planning contravention notice within...
View ArticleJohn Alex Mundt of Hayle assaulted girlfriend, her cousin,...
A BOYFRIEND sent shattered glass flying at the woman he described as the love of his life when he smashed a window in her home.At Truro Magistrates' Court John Alex Mundt, 31, of the Pathway Fields,...
View ArticleTroubled son assaulted parents for refusing him money
A MAN pushed both his parents after they refused his request for money.Justin Uren, aged 35 and of Hayman Way, Falmouth, pleaded guilty at Truro Magistrates' Court to assaulting Charles and Priscilla...
View ArticleFALMOUTHVan break-in
POLICE are appealing for information after a mobile phone was stolen from a van in Falmouth.The incident took place between 2pm and 5pm on Tuesday, May 20, while the white van was parked in Brook...
View ArticleTwo people seized in drugs swoop
TWO people have been arrested after suspected cannabis plants were discovered at a property in Pool, Redruth.Police attended an address in Wheal Agar on Friday morning where 21 suspected cannabis...
View ArticleDrunk and staggering Amanda Jayne Clift swore at police in Truro
A DRUNK and staggering woman was loud and abusive to the police who were called to the back of Truro Bowl.Amanda Jayne Clift, aged 44, of Kenwyn Mews, Truro, pleaded guilty at Truro Magistrates' Court...
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