Cannabis dealer in court
A FALMOUTH man has been given a suspended sentence after he was found to be dealing cannabis.Daniel Stamp, 22, of Dracaena Avenue, was stopped by police on the A30 at Innis Downs at 3.55pm on July 27,...
View ArticleGOONHAVERNSpeeder fined
GUILIANO POSTIGLIONE, 22, of The Water Edge Apartments, Penryn, entered a guilty plea at Truro Magistrates' Court on December 9 to speeding at Goonhavern on April 8 and was fined £70.
View ArticleDrink driver Samuel Butcher of Lanner said he would jump from...
A REPORT that a motorist was driving to Portreath to jump off a cliff sent police officers searching for him.They found Samuel Butcher, 24, of Pennance Parc, Lanner, in his car at Lighthouse Hill,...
View ArticleTwo are seriously hurt in car crash
POLICE are appealing for information about a car crash which left two elderly people in hospital with "serious injuries".The incident, which involved a silver Ford B-Max, a silver Peugeot 306 and a...
View ArticleTeen Joshua Roberts stabbed himself while playing with knife at...
A TEENAGER who stabbed himself while playing "an idiotic game" with a knife was spared a jail sentence.Joshua Roberts, 19, of Prospect Place, Hayle, pleaded guilty at Truro Magistrates' Court to having...
View ArticleUniversity students more likely to be victims than perpetrators...
UNIVERSITY students are more likely to be victims than perpetrators of crime in Falmouth and Penryn, according to police statistics indicating assumptions that students are responsible for many crimes...
View ArticleST NEWLYN EASTCar stolen
POLICE are appealing for information after a car was stolen.The keys for the vehicle were taken from the front porch of a home in Fiddlers Green, near St Newlyn East, between 12.30pm and 4.30pm on...
View ArticleTRUROStore break-in
CIGARETTES and alcohol were taken when a store was broken into.The burglary happened at the Malabar Stores in Truro between 1.15am and 1.30am on Thursday.Police said the offender smashed a lower window...
View ArticleTRUROMan sought
POLICE are appealing for information after a man exposed himself in a car park.The incident happened last Monday between 9.05pm and 9.15pm in the public car park at Royal Cornwall Hospital, Treliske....
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Crime is falling in Cornwall say latest figures
CRIME is down across the board in Cornwall, according to the latest figures for last year.Recorded figures for January to December 2014 showed a decrease of 3 per cent offences compared to 2013, with...
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Budget cuts threaten public safety warns police union
Cuts to police budgets are threatening officers' ability to keep the public safe, according to the union which represents staff.The warning from the Police Federation comes after yesterday's...
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Cornish Bardship withdrawn from child sex abuser Leslie Merton...
Jailed child sex abuser Leslie Merton has been stripped forever of his status as a Cornish Bard after claiming in court that he had "sought to resign".Merton, 70, of Penryn Street, Redruth, was jailed...
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Boyfriend Andrew Cook of Redruth assaulted partner then told...
A boyfriend called the police on himself after assaulting his partner and said: "Just take me".At Truro Magistrates' Court Andrew Cook, 26, of Basset Court, Redruth, pleaded guilty to assaulting Lara...
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Do you know this man? The police would like to after an alleged...
Police are asking for help in relation to an alleged shoplifting offence at a supermarket.Officers want to learn the identity of the man pictured in CCTV footage from the Asda at Hayle.The images were...
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Hundreds of jobs set to be lost in police force over next 4 years
AROUND 800 police posts are set to be lost over the next four years, it has been claimed.Around a fifth of the force is set to be cut – manly through large numbers of back and middle-room staff – along...
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Chancellor George Osborne outlines South West investment plan...
CHANCELLOR George Osborne outlined the Tories' long-term economic plan to boost the South West's economy by £6.4 billion during a visit to Newquay this week.At the heart of the six-point plan is...
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Falmouth's St Michael's Hotel employee Liza Thompson accused of...
An accountant at St Michael's Hotel in Falmouth has appeared in court charged with stealing nearly £100,000 from her employer.Liza Nan Thompson, of Treverva, near Penryn, appeared in Truro Magistrates'...
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Burglar targets six homes in Carnon Downs in just four hours
Six houses were targeted by a burglar in Carnon Downs yesterday - and police fear he may have attempted to break into more homes in the area.Windows were smashed at several of the homes during the...
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Fearless father and son tackle knife-wielding thug in Camborne
A FATHER and son have told of the moment they tackled a knife-wielding thug who was threatening others outside their home.Jon Tutte-Melluish, 35, was last week sentenced at Truro Crown Court to eight...
View ArticleDrink driver Oliver Maurice Lockley of Illogan said he had only...
A DRINK-DRIVER had his case adjourned after claiming he had only travelled 300 yards.Oliver Maurice Lockley, 31, of Lower Merrits Hill, Illogan, pleaded guilty at Truro Magistrates' Court.Alison May,...
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