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Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Hogg backs Newquay's Taxi...
POLICE and Crime Commissioner Tony Hogg presented new radios to Newquay taxi firms as part of a new crime prevention scheme at the resort this week.Taxi Watch is the first of its kind in Cornwall and...
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Gay recluse Alexander Channer gagged and killed lover
AN OBESE recluse who hated going out during the day because he was abused about his weight, murdered his lover after being asked to buy some sherry from a supermarket.Alexander Channer, 55, of St...
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Mormons 'wrong' to approach 14-year-old schoolboy in Falmouth
The Mormon church has admitted it was wrong to approach a schoolboy on the street in Falmouth asking him to meet them in a nearby park to discuss their beliefs. A complaint was made to the police after...
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Angler Mick Kearns' tragic death was an 'isolated' case
THE "tragic" death of a 48-year-old man outside a Newquay club at the weekend will not have long-term repercussions on the town's reputation, say police and community leaders.Shockwaves continue to...
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Hotelier knocks £450,000 off asking price after being fined...
A ROSELAND hotelier has knocked hundreds of thousands of pounds off the asking price of his hotel after being fined for breaching food hygiene regulations.Richard Maior-Barron, of The Hundred House,...
View ArticleCould not remember collision
AFTER a student teacher drove her car into a lamppost in Truro, inquiries were made as to whether someone had spiked her drinks that evening.But they drew a blank, her solicitor Paul Simons told Truro...
View ArticleNeighbour is in court over row about 4am DIY
A DOCTOR took a Dictaphone and camera to get evidence against his neighbour who had woken him up at 4am by hammering.Truro magistrates heard Peter Andrassy, a consultant surgeon at Royal Cornwall...
View ArticlePolice cold caller warning
POLICE are warning people about two men going door to door in Falmouth offering substandard gardening services.Sergeant Phil Binnie said the men were overcharging customers and in one case, on Monday,...
View Article"One man crime wave" a history of prolific offending
ORIGINALLY from Falmouth, Michael Starling's offences numbered "in the hundreds spread over a 20-year crime wave", said police.At Truro Crown Court in 2005 he was described as a "one-man crime wave" by...
View ArticleBungling burglar Ryan Staffiere falls asleep in Zafiros
A BURGLAR was found drunk in a flat above a Truro bar with a bottle of Jägermeister he had taken, a court heard.Ryan Staffiere, aged 30, from Sparnock Grove, Truro, was already barred from every pub in...
View ArticlePet-keeping ban
MAXINE MILLARD, 65, of Cross Close, St Columb Minor, was banned from keeping animals for five years at Truro Magistrates' Court on April 19 after she pleaded guilty to failing to provide adequate...
View ArticleCaught on CCTV: Camborne youth with drugs and arson attack in...
A GROUP of youths were caught red-handed with illegal drugs in Camborne and two men were arrested in Hayle for deliberately setting a shed on fire, CCTV footage has revealed.Cameras also directed...
View ArticleFALMOUTHYouth assaulted
A YOUTH on a bike was assaulted in Kimberley Park, Falmouth, on April 14 at about 5.15pm.He claimed a man in his late 30s shouted at him, pushed him off his bike and kicked him. The offender is...
View ArticleTruro Harbour Master's £9,000 boat engine stolen
POLICE in Truro want to speak to anyone with information about a £9,000 Yamaha 80 outboard engine stolen from a harbour master's boat.Penryn and Truro harbour master Mark Killingback said his boat was...
View ArticleHELSTONBenefit fraud
A HELSTON man has been given a 12-month community order to carry out 120 hours' unpaid work after admitting benefit fraud of £12,471.56.Robert Foster, 49, of Hawkins Way, pleaded guilty at Truro...
View ArticleMormon church admits its was wrong to approach 14-year-old in...
MEMBERS of the Mormon church have admitted it was wrong to approach a schoolboy on the street asking him to meet up in a nearby park to discuss their beliefs.A complaint was made to the police after...
View ArticleNeighbours' shock at killing of 'lovely' Colin
AT the time of Colin Payne's death, the police said an initial post-mortem examination had failed to establish the cause of death. But officers based at Camborne immediately treated it as suspicious,...
View ArticleMurdered by his lover after row over sherry
A SHOCKED son found the body of his dead dad at his home on Father's Day. The pensioner had been bound, gagged and suffocated by his lover.Retired postmaster Colin Payne, 72, was discovered by his son...
View ArticleTRUROSpeeder fined
SARAH ROWE, 26, of Tregolls Road, Truro, entered a guilty plea at Truro Magistrates' Court to speeding at Truro on October 12 and was fined £65.
View ArticleCopper wiring worth more than £1,000 stolen from Perranarwo...
COPPER house wiring worth more than £1,000 was stolen from a property in Perranarworthal.Police said the wiring was taken between 6pm on Thursday and 6am on Friday.Information to police can be given on...
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