FALMOUTHBoat raided
POLICE are appealing for help after thieves broke into a pleasure boat and stole items from it.The crime took place between 4.30pm on Sunday, August 3, and 4.15pm on August 4, on the beach behind...
View Article'Popping out' for paper ends in drive ban
A DRIVER tested positive for excess alcohol when police stopped him while driving at Tregony on July 22.David Clifford Tregunna, 61, of Mill Lane, Tregony, who pleaded guilty to drink-driving, told...
View ArticleMANACCANCourt order
JASON FRANCIS NICHOLAS, 38, of Manaccan, Helston, was made the subject of a domestic violence protection order at Truro Magistrates' Court, on July 22.
View ArticleDate set for trio on charges of neglect
TWO women and a man are to appear at Truro Crown Court alleged to have neglected or ill-treated men and women in their care at the Ponsandane Residential Home in Penzance.Anna Dalziel, 34, one of the...
View ArticleRedruth man Tony Pengelly denies dangerous driving and assault
A REDRUTH man has denied dangerous driving and assaulting a woman by beating her. At Truro Crown Court on Tuesday, Tony Pengelly, 28, of East Park, pleaded not guilty to having driven a Ford Ka...
View ArticleCamborne man Timothy Glasson admits defrauding 11 people
A CAMBORNE man has admitted defrauding 11 people over rents and deposits. At Truro Crown Court on Monday, the day his trial was due to start, Timothy Glasson, aged 51, of Higher Pengegon, admitted six...
View ArticleFraud by steward Kevin Cavanagh almost forced Constantine Social...
CONSTANTINE Social Club was almost forced to close down after a fraudster steward left it thousands of pounds in debt. Kevin Cavanagh failed to pay thousands of pounds worth of tax bills with money set...
View ArticleMystery over drink-driver who 'had no alcohol for seven years'
A MOTORIST told magistrates it was a complete mystery that alcohol had been found in his system as he claimed he had not touched a drop for seven years.Stephen Tailor, 40, of Tye Lane, Rosudgeon Downs,...
View ArticleRolf Harris paintings among items stolen from Falmouth's...
A BOOK of paintings by convicted sex offender Rolf Harris was one of the thousands of pounds worth of paintings and money stolen from a Falmouth gallery by one of its employees.At Truro Crown Court on...
View ArticleFalmouth man was Tasered after jumping on car, stripping and...
AFTER arguing with a 17-year-old girl, a Falmouth man jumped on her car in rage, doing so much damage it had to be written off – then emerged from his house in his underpants, slathered in baby oil.At...
View ArticleTruro woman Catherine Barnes spared jail for a second time after...
A TRURO woman with a history of dishonest offending has been spared jail for a second time after stealing cash her victim had saved for a holiday. On the day her trial was due to start at Truro Crown...
View ArticleMan struck in face by ex-stepson in Hayle pub fracas
A MAN was left unconscious and with several injuries after attempting to end a conflict between himself and his former stepson.At Truro Magistrates' Court the former stepson Perry Abel, 22, of Connor...
View ArticleTeenager hit his parents
TROUBLE between a teenager and his parents because he would not follow their house rules culminated in an assault by him on both of them after he had been drinking.At Truro Magistrates' Court...
View ArticleMotoryclist killed in collision in St Mawes was 25-year-old Truro...
A 25-year-old motorcyclist from Truro has died following a collision with a car in St Mawes yesterday afternoon. The incident took place on Tredenham Road at 5.55pm, and involved a Yamaha motorcycle...
View ArticleDevon and Cornwall Police to target illegal bank holiday raves
Illegal ravers can expect to have their parties halted in full swing over the coming August Bank Holiday weekend.Devon and Cornwall Police have fired out the warning as part of their Operation Derig...
View ArticleHelston's Paul Copeman admits carrying knuckleduster
A HELSTON man has admitted having a knuckleduster after being searched by police officers. Paul Copeman, aged 51, appeared at Plymouth Magistrates' Court following the search on July 4 this year....
View ArticleTruro kebab shop owner who refused to close as clocks hadn't gone...
A TRURO kebab shop owner who refused to close up because the clocks hadn't gone forward in Turkey has been ordered to pay more than £1,000 in costs by magistrates.Mehmet Gulenc, who operates the One...
View ArticleThieves steal holiday money from Illogan grandmother's home
A GRANDMOTHER has been left shocked and shaken after thieves broke in to her home and stole money, a camera and jewellery.Judith Dixon, 73, had been shopping with her partner Tony Parkins in Redruth...
View ArticleCurfew condition removed
TRURO magistrates removed a bail curfew condition imposed on a 26-year-old Camborne man when they heard he no longer had a fixed address.James Wilson, formerly of Basset Street, Camborne, now of no...
View ArticleMotorist 'unaware she was in a collision'
A PORTSCATHO driver whose car was in collision with another in the nearby village of Gerrans told Truro magistrates she had no recollection of the incident.Jennifer Pascoe-Price, aged 76, of Garden...
View Article