Drink-drive ban
A NEWLYN man was caught drink-driving a second time after police officers followed his car and saw it swerve across the road and clip a kerb at 3.30am on April 14.Thomas Howell, 32, of Old Pilchard...
View ArticleMan 'raised axe over head of his sleeping mother'
A MOTHER who was woken up by her son raising an axe towards her told the police afterwards: "He could have killed me."James Ian Osborne, 30, formerly of Treweath Road, Penzance, now of no fixed...
View Article'Violent' footballer banned from games
A FOOTBALLER who has been accused of attacking other players has been banned from playing the sport in Devon and Cornwall under an Antisocial Behaviour Order (Asbo).Former Bodmin Town player Glynn...
View ArticleRound-up of cases in court
EVAIDAS GAIDAUSKAS, 25, of Binnerton Road, Leedstown, Hayle, appeared before Truro Magistrates' Court on May 3 accused of using a hand-held mobile telephone while driving at Connor Downs on January...
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Armed man arrested in Constantine after reports he had harmed...
An armed man was arrested in Constantine last evening after a two hour stand off with police. Police were called to Brillwater Road at 4.25pm to reports of a 33-year-old from Camborne inside a property...
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Teenager threatened with a machete at skateboard park in Camborne
A TEENAGER was threatened with a machete at Tuckingmill skateboard park near Camborne. The 16-year-old boy was also assaulted while on his bike. The incident happened on Friday, May 4 at 1.30pm. Anyone...
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Heartbreak for volunteers as vandals spray popular park with...
VOLUNTEERS caring for a much-loved Penzance park have hit out at vandals for covering the grounds in graffiti.Princess May Recreation Ground has been targeted by the spray paint offenders in recent...
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Speed crackdown running
SPEEDING motorists will have nowhere to hide during an operation in west Cornwall this month, say police.Officers will be out and about with speed guns in the Penzance area and anyone caught driving...
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Men in Cornwall arrested in major child abuse investigation
Police have arrested nine men, including two from Cornwall, during a major child abuse investigation. The offences are not linked but are part of Operation Cosford which is aimed at sending a clear...
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Lizard gorse fire believed to be arson
Firefighters have been called to deal with a gorse fire at Kennack Sands on the Lizard. Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service received calls at 12.20pm this afternoon and crews from Mullion and St Keverne,...
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'Cocktail of drugs' leaves man fighting for his life after...
Police are investigating a drug related incident in St Agnes that left a 26-year-old man in a crtical condition. Detectives in St Agnes are appealing to the public to come forward with information on...
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Eight plead guilty after probe into illegal waste businesses
Eight members of the same family have pleaded guilty to running a complex series of illegal waste businesses from a former small-holding near St Austell.The case at Truro Crown Court was brought by the...
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Man in critical condition following drug incident in St Agnes
A MAN and woman have been arrested in connection with a drug-related incident in St Agnes which left a 26-year-old man critically ill in hospital. Ambulance crews alerted the police after they were...
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Holiday became a crime spree
TWO tourists have been jailed for raiding a hotel near Newquay and a Padstow golf club before crashing their car while fleeing police.Matthew Pitt, 41, and Paul Gregory, 36, came down from Birmingham...
View ArticleObstructed PC
NATHAN MILLS, 30, of The Flat, St Mabyn Post Office, St Mabyn, has been fined £115 with a £20 victim surcharge and £85 costs after pleading guilty to wilfully obstructing PC Crocker at Bodmin on March 4.
View ArticleJumped red light
A MOTORIST who jumped a red light and collided with a taxi in St Austell on March 2 has admitted driving without due care and attention.Simon Crocker, 18, of St Sulien, Luxulyan, was fined £270, with a...
View ArticleStole whisky
ANDREW KELLY, 26, of Paull Road, Bodmin, appeared before Bodmin magistrates last week when he pleaded guilty to stealing three bottles of Jack Daniels whisky from Wadebridge Co-op on February 10 and...
View ArticleFine and ban
DANIEL PARSONS, 18, of Ashburgh Parc, Latchbrook, Saltash, has admitted driving a Ford Fiesta at Lynher Drive, Saltash, on April 28, with 47 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, the...
View ArticleOver-limit OAP banned
A 72-YEAR-OLD man found to be over the drink-drive limit the morning after consuming vodka has been banned from driving for 12 months.Retired insurance broker John Norman, of Planet Park, Delabole, who...
View ArticleMan guilty of trying to steal from church
CCTV FOOTAGE from inside a Liskeard church helped to convict a 21-year-old man of attempted theft last week.Bodmin court was shown recordings made inside St Martin's Church, on Plymouth Road, which...
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