Zelah alcoholic Dawn Swinscoe stabbed friend in row over lost bus...
AN ALCOHOLIC stabbed her friend six or seven times after an argument about a bus pass, a court has heard. Truro Crown Court was told Dawn Swinscoe, 43, was letting Dean Brannigan stay at her home at...
View ArticleDad admits assaulting ex-partner
A COUPLE who were separated two years ago and had difficulties between them were forced together afterwards because of their continued relationship with their child, Truro magistrates heard.That was...
View ArticleTwo men sought after attempt to take woman's car at hospital
POLICE are asking for help to identify these two men suspected of stealing a woman's car keys and mobile phone from the emergency department at Royal Cornwall Hospital and attempting to take her...
View ArticlePeter Richard Silverlock, of Truro, stole flowers for poorly...
UPSET at being unable to provide proof of his age when trying to buy cigarettes in Truro's Co-op store, a 25-year-old man knocked over a display stand and did further damage.At Truro Magistrates'...
View ArticleGunwalloe pensioner collapsed and died in Treliske hospital after...
A PENSIONER was said to be lively and putting on lipstick a day before she collapsed and died as a result of complications arising from her cancer treatment.Margaret Elizabeth Marett, 74, of Parc...
View ArticleFALMOUTHTrial date set
BENJAMIN YOUNG, aged 23, of Trelawney Road, Falmouth, pleaded not guilty at Truro Magistrates' Court to assaulting Robyn Duffield at Penryn and to criminal damage to property belonging to her valued at...
View ArticleHELSTONCrown Court
DANIEL JOHN HENDRA, 27, of Coronation Place, Helston, entered no pleas to charges at Truro Magistrates' Court of making indecent photographs of a child and attempting to pay for sexual services of a...
View ArticleFootball club power washer stolen after only four days
A £1,000 REWARD has been offered after a power washer was stolen from Truro City Football Club – only four days after it was bought.The £2,000 Kärcher machine was taken from the Treyew Road ground in...
View ArticleHelston father Darren James Ireland sent texts threatening to...
A FATHER sent text messages threatening to kill his former partner in breach of a court order.Darren James Ireland, of Trenear, Helston, pleaded guilty at Truro Magistrates' Court to sending harassing...
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JAMES ANDREW MARTYN, 35, of no fixed address in Camborne, pleaded guilty at Truro Magistrates' Court to possessing 1.249 grams of cannabis at Camborne on May 7 and was sent to Truro Crown Court on June...
View ArticleKieran Bradshaw, 18, of Balfour Street, Leicester, has been sent...
AN 18-YEAR-OLD charged with nine sexual offences against teenage girls has been remanded in custody by Bodmin magistrates.Kieran Bradshaw, who gave an address at Balfour Street, Leicester, appeared...
View Article100 pregnant ewes stolen in 'sophisticated' operation
SOPHISTICATED thieves have stolen more than 100 pregnant ewes from a farm.The sheep from Fentongollan Farm on the Roseland had been put out for the winter across farms in the local area.In total 1,700...
View ArticleRedruth man Kevin Cooper denies murdering David Alderson
A REDRUTH man has denied murdering a former driving instructor whose body was found at a disused Cornish mine. At Truro Crown Court this morning, Kevin Cooper, aged 33, entered a not guilty plea to...
View Article'Feud' fear as vandals hit Falmouth Oggy Oggy pasty shop again
STAFF at two Falmouth pasty shops fear vandals who smashed windows in three separate attacks will return to cause more damage. One of the windows at the Oggy Oggy Pasty Co shop in Arwenack Street was...
View ArticleHayle teen Cameron Preston, 18, downloaded hundreds of child...
A TEENAGER has admitted downloading hundreds of indecent images of children. Truro Crown Court heard 18-year-old Cameron Preston first looked at that type of material at the age of 15. Elaine Hobson,...
View ArticleRedruth burglar Robert Llewellyn asks 'what do I have to do to...
A BURGLAR who walked into a police station to confess to a break-in before being released on bail to commit further crimes asked a court what he had to do to get jailed. Robert Llewellyn, 26, went to...
View ArticleMum Michelle Harvey of Illogan tells of 'hellish' months as...
A SINGLE mother has spoken about her "eight months of hell" after being accused of stealing a customer's money while working for a national store chain. Michelle Harvey, 47, from Illogan, was sacked...
View Article'I'm not racist - I've worked overseas', claimed Carl Badem Jones...
A WELSH train passenger racially abused another man because he was speaking on his mobile phone, Truro magistrates heard.Carl Badem Jones, from Gwynedd, had accused the Asian passenger of "disgusting"...
View ArticleHayle teen caught with cannabis worth £3,500 sold the drugs...
A HAYLE teenager had been picked by an older man to sell drugs for him for a cut of the profits, a court heard.At Truro Magistrates' Court, sitting as a youth court, Deborah Von Kohler, solicitor for...
View ArticlePolice dealt with violence at weddings and wakes across Cornwall...
Police officers from the Devon & Cornwall force were called to tackle violence at 16 weddings and wakes last year after fighting broke out between guests. They were called to deal with fights at...
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