Assault on the quay
POLICE are appealing for witnesses to an assault which occurred during the Falmouth Week festivities.The incident took place in a marquee on Discovery Quay on August 15 between 11pm and 12.30am.The...
View ArticleDrink driver Roy Burgoyne from Falmouth claimed he drove fast due...
A DRINK-DRIVER blamed a faulty pedal after being pulled over when he was seen accelerating away fast from a junction in Redruth at around midnight.Roy Burgoyne, aged 49, of Killigrew Street, Falmouth,...
View ArticleKarl Flanagan, 31, of no fixed address, has been jailed for 12...
A DRUG addict who stole a games console from a Falmouth hotel has been jailed for 12 weeks by a district judge.Karl Flanagan, 31, a prolific offender of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to theft when...
View ArticleCARNON DOWNSGoing to trial
PETER HENRY PHILLIPS, aged 67 and of Carnon Valley, Carnon Downs, entered no pleas at Truro Magistrates' Court to 16 charges of indecent assault on a child under the age of 14 years.The case was sent...
View ArticleFALMOUTHPolice appeal
POLICE are appealing for information after a motorbike was stolen from a Falmouth address.Overnight on Monday, August 11, a green Kawasaki ZX, with a 2011 number plate, was stolen from Trelawney...
View ArticleAbusive texts sent to 'wind up' ex-husband
SENDING text messages to her ex-husband saying "You look 100" and "You are the worst of a Dad," resulted in a Hayle woman pleading guilty at Truro Magistrates' Court to harassment between December and...
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Cold nights led thief to shoplift clothes
CLOTHING stolen from Trago Mills was being worn by the thief when a store detective caught up with him outside the shop.Jodi Childs, 33, of Killigrew Street, Falmouth, pleaded guilty at Truro...
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Camborne man's fight to clear name over false sex offence...
A CAMBORNE man has spoken out about his fight to clear his name over a false allegation of a sex offence that resulted in his wife losing her foster child.David Wilkins was serving in the Army in...
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Tent in flames at campsite
A TENT with gas cylinders inside burnt to the ground at a Cornish campsite.Fire crews from St Mawes and Truro stations were called to extinguish the tent shortly after 2pm on Saturday at a campsite on...
View ArticleAnonymous tip leads to arrest of drink driver Adam Garfield...
A TRURO motorist appeared before city magistrates as a result of an anonymous tip-off to the police that he might be a drink-driver.That proved to be true when Adam Garfield Roberts, 35, of Riverside...
View ArticleKieran Church, 27, who gave an address at North Roskear Village,...
RAZOR blades and cosmetics were stolen from the Camborne branch of Tesco by a man with 47 previous convictions for theft and other offences, a court was told.Kieran Church, 27, who gave an address at...
View ArticleCPS ordered to pay Redruth man Francis Royston Charles Fletcher's...
THE CROWN Prosecution Service (CPS) has been told to pay a Redruth man's £1,393.56 legal costs after a judge criticised its handling of a case against him which was later dropped.Francis Royston...
View ArticleCases before magistrates
JOHN FRANCIS SYMONS, 37, of The Cottage, Feock, entered guilty pleas at Truro Magistrates' Court on August 4 to charges of resisting PCs Long and Palmer, at Feock, on June 5 and destroying a motor...
View ArticleLONGDOWNSCase dropped
THE case against David Lewis, 42, of Trolvus Vean, Longdowns, who was alleged to have used a car without insurance at Redruth on March 21, has been discontinued by Truro magistrates.
View ArticleTRUROGuilty plea
PETER RICHARD SILVERLOCK, 25, of Lemon Row, Truro, entered a guilty plea at Truro Magistrates' Court to using threatening behaviour at Truro on June 21 and was conditionally discharged for a year.
View ArticleTRUROTrial date set
PAMELA JEAN SMITH, 38, of Trelander Highway, Truro, pleaded not guilty at Truro Magistrates' Court to assaulting Mark Taylor at Truro on July 27 and her case was adjourned for trial at Truro...
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Racist attack on taxi driver in city street
A TAXI driver in Truro was subjected to an "appalling" racist attack by a customer who was already subject of a suspended jail sentence.At Truro Crown Court Jack Keat, 20, was sent to prison for nine...
View ArticleHomeless man sent threats in a letter
A HOMELESS man who had been banned from St Petroc's home in Truro for a week, sent a message to the woman who issued him with the banning notice, threatening he would slice her face off.Dean Brannigan,...
View ArticleFALMOUTHDrug charge
TOMASZ URBAN, aged 33, of Trevethan Road, Falmouth, entered no plea at Truro Magistrates' Court to a charge of producing 34 cannabis plants in his attic on May 17, and his case was sent to Truro Crown...
View ArticlePERRANPORTHFined £1,800
ANDREAS READ, of Droskyn Point, Perranporth, entered a guilty plea at Truro Magistrates' Court on August 12 to failing to comply with a waste regulation authority notice asking for information and was...
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