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Truro man Christopher Teague jailed for 14 years for rape and...
A TRURO man has been jailed for 14 years after being found guilty of raping a young girl and indecently assaulting a boy.Christopher Teague went on trial at Truro Crown Court last Monday accused of a...
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Falmouth hotel owner says £100,000 stolen by employee may...
THE owner of St Michael's Hotel in Falmouth said he may never again see the £100,000 stolen by a former accountant.Lisa Thompson was rumbled by another staff member for paying colleagues fake wages...
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Hayle man Christopher Prowse who indecently assaulted child...
A HAYLE man who admitted sexually assaulting a five-year-old girl in a barn near Penzance in the 1970s has walked free from court. Christopher Prowse, 60, forced the child, who cannot be named for...
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CPS is 'disintegrating' says judge after delays in Truro court
CRIMINALS could start to walk free from court in Truro despite being accused of serious offences because the agency that prosecutes cases is "disintegrating", a judge has said. The Crown Prosecution...
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Camborne cannabis grower Brian Rossitter has made court...
A CANNABIS growing pensioner who restarted cultivating the drug on numerous occasions despite repeated raids by the police has been jailed for five years. Brain Rossitter, also spelt Roissetter in...
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Student Adam Newton stole woman's handbag from Truro nightclub
A STUDENT who stole a woman's handbag while in a Truro nightclub after drinking more than a dozen pints of cider has been ordered to carry out unpaid work. Adam Newton, 22, picked up Emma Smith's...
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Office move by Devon and Cornwall crime boss will cost £500...
Half a million pounds of tax payers' money is to be spent on relocating the office of Devon and Cornwall police and crime commissioner Tony Hogg.Mr Hogg and his team will be moving to the region's...
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VIDEO: New drug-driving laws come into force in the UK today
New tough laws come into force today to stop people driving while on drugs, with officers now armed with "drugalysers". Drivers can now be prosecuted for being caught exceeding limits set for eight...
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COURT LISTINGS: Who has appeared before Truro Magistrates Court -...
ARTUR EUGIENIUSZ PIECKA, 29, of Queensway, Hayle, was convicted in his absence at Truro Magistrates' Court on February 18 of failing to give information to the police at Hayle on October 30 and was...
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Police investigating disappearance of Bristol teenager Rebecca...
Police investigating the disappearance of Bristol teenager Rebecca Watts have found body parts at a house in the city this morning.Five further people have been arrested on suspicion of assisting an...
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Redruth woman Karen Pedley appears in court over Truro care home...
A WOMAN is set to stand trial accused of murdering a 96-year-old woman following a fire in a Truro care home in 2008. Karen Pedley, 41, of Park Stenak, Carharrack, Redruth, appeared at Truro Crown...
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Benefit fraudster Suzann Nevitt from Camborne did not think to...
A WOMAN who claimed more than £9,000 in benefits and failed to declare she had been working at the time told an investigator it did not cross her mind to reveal that fact.Suzann Nevitt, 47, of Parc an...
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Witness appeal after woman is sexually assaulted by another woman...
Police are appealing for witnesses after a woman was sexually assaulted by another woman in the toilets at a popular beachside pub.The incident took place at the Watering Hole at Perranporth on...
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Former Falmouth heroin addict Karl Flanagan spared jail for...
A FORMER heroin addict from Falmouth and serial shoplifter has been spared jail after the court heard he had managed to stop taking the Class A drug. In November, Karl Flanagan admitted committing 50...
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Syria extremists arrested after Cornwall money-laundering scam
Two men have been arrested on suspicion of money-laundering in Cornwall after a counter-terrorism investigation into large-scale fraud linked to British extremists travelling to Syria.The men, aged 29...
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Truro dad spends £10,000 on tracking down killer of his...
A Truro dad has racked up a £10,000 bill from private detectives he hired to track down the killer of his daughter's kitten.Neil Tregarthen decided to take matters into his own hands after he says...
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Perranporth man Darren Bown guilty of supplying cocaine after...
A TRURO landlord is facing jail after police raided the house he was renting out and found more than £15,000 worth of cocaine. Darren Bown, aged 32 who lives in Perranporth, was subletting rooms in the...
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Truro mother Charmaine Kirkpatrick claimed she had separated from...
A TRURO mother defrauded the state out of nearly £7,000 in benefits while her husband worked for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). Charmiane Kirkpatrick, told the authorities she had split...
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Landlord fined for Camborne property failings
A LANDLORD has been prosecuted for failing to provide adequate fixed heating in his Camborne property, forcing an elderly tenant to fill her bath with a kettle.Landlord Hadi Tolui, 69, originally...
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Police appeal to trace St Austell man, Mark Thornton, who has...
Police are appealing for information about a St Austell man who has failed to comply with licence conditions following his release from prison.Mark Thornton, 28, who was originally charged with...
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