BMW break-in
A BLUE BMW was broken into at Trewan Hall, St Columb Major, and a number of items were stolen including a digital camera.Police are appealing for witnesses to the theft, which took place overnight on...
View ArticleVideo charges
DAVID PARNALL, 25, of Chegwyns, Foxhole, St Austell, has been committed for trial at Truro Crown Court on June 25, charged with recording a person doing a private act, for sexual gratification, on May...
View ArticleFound with drugs
JOSEPH WHEELER, 24, of Plantation Cottages, The Coombes, Polperro, was conditionally discharged for nine months by Bodmin magistrates on Tuesday last week after pleading guilty to possession of 20.1g...
View ArticleDrawing pin menace
POLICE are appealing for information after drawing pins left on the Camel Trail caused numerous cyclists to have punctures.Several reports have been made to the police, who are treating the incidents...
View ArticleDamage to Punto
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a blue Fiat Punto was damaged in St Columb Minor.The incident took place between the hours of 3.30pm on May 9 and 8.15am on May 10. The vehicle was parked on...
View ArticleTesco cash theft
EVELYN STARKEY, 59, of St Merryn Holiday Village, Foxglove Crescent, Padstow, has been ordered to pay £587 compensation to Tesco after admitting stealing cash to that value from the Padstow store...
View ArticleThief sent to prison
A FOUR-MONTH jail sentence has been imposed on a man with 65 previous convictions for theft who stole alcohol from Bude Co-op while drunk.Karl Hake, 44, of Littleway, Exeter, appeared before Bodmin...
View ArticleThief stole alcohol from shops
A BODMIN man admitted to stealing alcohol from local shops while stood before magistrates on Tuesday, May 14.Christopher Worden, 42, of Kinsman Estate, pleaded guilty to stealing the alcohol from...
View ArticleAn age of legends
PEOPLE can step back in time to an age of myths and legends at Tintagel Castle today and tomorrow, from 11am to 5pm.Visitors will be invited to step into the legend of King Arthur as the castle is...
View ArticleOrdered to pay up
A JUDGE has ordered a pensioner from North Cornwall to pay £35,000 within six months after his conviction for drugs offences.John Edwards, who was convicted at Truro Crown Court last year of...
View ArticleFormer Looe town councillor Kim Smith spared jail after swindling...
A FORMER Looe town councillor who had been crowned "Citizen of the Year" has been given a suspended prison sentence after swindling the taxpayer out of £46,000.On Monday, at Plymouth Crown Court, Kim...
View ArticleThieves steal more than 1,000 toilet rolls from Truro disabled...
Thieves stole more than 1,000 toilet rolls from a disabled toilet in Truro. The theft took place overnight on April 24 from the public toilets on The Leats in the city centre. The thieves forced the...
View ArticleTruro pensioner at home as thief breaks in
A TRURO pensioner was at home when she was burgled in the middle of the day. Police said a woman in her seventies was at home in Dobbs Lane when a mobile phone was taken from her kitchen on May 23. The...
View ArticleDriver was twice limit
A HELSTON woman who was due to take part in a charity bike ride found herself in court for drink- driving after hitting a bridge.Sigourni Freebury, aged 25, of Meneage Parc, pleaded guilty at Truro...
View ArticlePENRYNMixer theft
A CEMENT mixer was stolen from a garden at Chapel Lane, Penryn between May 9 and 13.Anyone with information is asked to contact Falmouth police on 101.
View ArticleST KEVERNESpeedster fined
TREVALEE SYKES, 34, of Trevithian Farm, St Keverne, entered a guilty plea at Truro Magistrates' Court on May 17 to speeding at Carland on October 27 and was fined £35.
View ArticleFALMOUTHStolen safe
A SAFE was stolen during a burglary at Mango Tango bar in Church Street, Falmouth, between 3.45am and 9.45am on May 7.The safe, containing money, was small enough to carry and anyone with information...
View ArticleTRUROAdjournment
DANIEL James Farrier, aged 23, of Trevethenick Road, Truro, pleaded not guilty at Truro Magistrates' Court to causing criminal damage, taking a vehicle without consent, drink-driving, having no...
View ArticleDrink-driver called police to admit crime
A WOMAN who admitted drinking "a considerable amount" before driving was arrested after she called the police from a telephone kiosk and said: "OK. I drove. I am guilty", a court heard.Jennifer Mary...
View ArticleFather and son in court over cows
A BREAGE father and son have denied causing unnecessary suffering to their cattle and failing to ensure the welfare of the animals.William Harris, 71 of Treorlis Farm, was charged with breaching a...
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