Warning for Cornish home owners on aggressive door-knocking...
Reports of suspect tree surgeons operating in Newquay and the arrest of a man who used aggressive sales tactics and tried to overcharge a lady in Hayle has led to fresh warning from Cornwall Trading...
View ArticleThreemilestone McDonald's boss Charles Middlemass left CCTV on as...
LONG hours and late nights led to the manager of a McDonald's restaurant stealing nearly £6,000 before fleeing to Scotland in a taxi, a court heard. Hapless Charles Middlemass forgot to turn the CCTV...
View ArticleRichard Michael Harvey took naked photos of friend at Helston...
A VOYEUR took photographs of a naked friend while she slept unaware.At Truro Magistrates' Court Richard Michael Harvey, 29, giving an address in Bedfordshire, pleaded guilty to a charge of voyeurism at...
View ArticlePerranporth father Darren Bown is jailed for attack on his ex
A PERRANPORTH father who breached a suspended sentence four times has been jailed after he bit his partner and pulled her hair. Michael Brown, for the prosecution, told Truro Crown Court that Darren...
View ArticleHomeless man Leslie Hicks sentenced for stalking Redruth...
A TEENAGER is terrified of leaving her house after being stalked for months by an illiterate homeless man as she waited for her school bus.Every day Leslie Hicks, 66, followed and stared at the girl,...
View ArticleNorman Treseder from Wendron faces manslaughter charge over death...
TWO men have appeared in court over an electrocution death on a farm.Norman Treseder, 54, from Wendron, was in the dock at Bodmin Magistrates' Court charged with manslaughter.Roger Matthews, 47, of St...
View ArticleCORNWALLTrio accused
TWO women and a man are to appear at Truro Crown Court alleged to have neglected or ill-treated people in their care who lacked or were reasonably believed to lack mental capacity at the Ponsandane...
View ArticleBenefit fraud
LYNNE BRIMICOMBE, 39, of Holly Close, Threemilestone, Truro, entered a guilty plea at Truro Magistrates' Court on July 22 to benefit fraud between 2012 and 2013 at Truro and was conditionally...
View Article18-month ban
CATHERINE ALISA BARNES, 34, c/o Tregolls Road, Truro, admitted at Truro Magistrates' Court to using a vehicle without insurance on December 24 and was fined £110 and banned for 18 months. She also...
View ArticleSon ordered to stay away from his father
A 42-YEAR-OLD has been ordered by Truro magistrates to keep away from his father and his home for two years.Andrew Paul Salmon, of Pendeen Road, Truro, denied causing criminal damage to a pair of...
View ArticleSentence cut for 'bomb plan' man
A "DANGEROUS and angry" father who plotted to kill his estranged wife and mother-in-law after distracting police with home-made bomb blasts has had his sentence cut on appeal.Christopher Hines-Randle...
View ArticleTRUROEaterie attack
A TRURO restaurant has been damaged in what is thought to have been an attack in the early hours.Gravy Boesti Restaurant in Edward Street was vandalised between midnight and noon on July 27. Anyone...
View ArticleHAYLENo plea given
MATTHEW James Cooper, 40, of Penpol Terrace, Hayle, appeared before District Judge Kevin Gray at Truro Magistrates' Court facing three allegations of possessing drugs with intent to supply to another...
View ArticleTRUROIntruder scare
POLICE are appealing for information after a man was woken up in the night by two men attempting to climb into his Truro flat.The pair climbed scaffolding to reach a bedroom window at the rear of...
View ArticleDefendant remanded in custody
ADAM SCOTT BURGOYNE, 24, of Webber Hill, Falmouth, was before Truro magistrates alleged to have attempted to cause grievous bodily harm to Ricky Sutton at Falmouth on July 27. No plea was entered and...
View ArticleSuspect 'fiddled with genital area'
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a man was seen touching himself inappropriately near a Truro school.The man was spotted in a popular walking area between St Clement and Tresillian near...
View Article'Frail' pensioner failed to recover after fall at home
A 79-YEAR-OLD died due to a fall in her home, an inquest heard.Jenefer Mary Parnell, of Paynters Lane, Redruth, died on May 27 last year in Camborne and Redruth hospital.Cornwall Coroners' Court in...
View ArticleDrink driver Anthony Nathan Bruce Gilbert had to be tasered when...
A DRINK-DRIVER became violent after police heard his car scraping the road and followed the tracks, Truro magistrates heard.Anthony Nathan Bruce Gilbert, 26, of Langton Road, Falmouth, pleaded guilty...
View ArticleUncollected milk led to discovery of man's body
A SEMI-NAKED obese recluse was found dead in the hallway of his house by a policeman after a milkman noticed he was not collecting his milk, an inquest has heard.PC Andrew Shorten found 70-year-old...
View ArticleCOVERACKDriver banned
GEORGE ROBERT FOXTON, 69, of North Corner, Coverack, Helston, entered a guilty plea at Truro Magistrates' Court to drink driving at Helston on March 8 and was fined £600 and banned from driving for a...
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