Police warning after wallet taken in toilet scam at Marazion
Police have issued a warning to west Cornwall residents after a woman pretended to need to use the toilet at a Marazion house and stole a wallet. A spokesman for Devon and Cornwall Police ssaid that at...
View ArticleAttorney General to review sentencing of paedophile artist Graham...
The Attorney General has reportedly stepped in to review the sentencing of Cornish artist Graham Ovenden. Ovenden was found guilty of six charges of indecency with a child and one allegation of...
View ArticleMoped rider was 'wobbling' about
A DRINK-DRIVER was caught riding a moped which had a passenger and seemed to be wobbling about in the road, Truro magistrates heard.Learner driver Liam Nolan Charlton, 24, of Mithian Downs, St Agnes,...
View ArticleCar was parked in a dangerous spot
A DRINK-DRIVER was caught by police when an officer was attracted to his car because it was parked in a dangerous position on the Truro to Falmouth road in the dark, Truro magistrates heard.Michael...
View ArticleAngry teen punched pictures 'rather than hit dad in face'
A TEENAGER who punched and broke two pictures at his father's home told the police he did it rather than hit his father in the face because he was so angry.Jeffrey Bawden, 19, of Carn Brea Lane, Pool,...
View Article'Upside down' chaos hits club room
VANDALS appeared to turn a room upside down as they wrecked facilities at St Agnes used by youth football teams.Club members found chairs had been forced into the ceiling and windows, and doors broken...
View ArticleMABE BURNTHOUSENo insurance
SARAH FERNIE, 32, of Cunningham Park, Mabe Burnthouse, entered a guilty plea at Truro Magistrates' Court to having no insurance for a car at Penryn on February 5 and was fined £375.
View ArticleTRUROGBH alleged
A 44-YEAR-OLD has appeared in court after allegedly kicking a man unconscious outside a pub.Fergus Moriarty, of Hawthorn Way, Truro, appeared at Truro Magistrates' Court on May 30.Moriarty was charged...
View ArticleDo you know who hit cyclists?
POLICE are hunting a hit-and-run driver who knocked over two cyclists.The pair were heading along the B3292 towards Treluswell at Penryn at about 1am on May 25 when the incident happened.PC Andy...
View ArticleFALMOUTHSpeeder fined
JOANNA FERRIS, 42, of Longfield, Falmouth, was convicted in her absence at Truro Magistrates' Court of speeding at Redruth on October 23 and was fined £290.
View ArticleREDRUTHDiscontinued
MICHAEL MARK WILSON, 32, of Cardrew Close, Redruth, had cases discontinued against him at Truro Magistrates' Court. He had been charged with burglary and assault on April 5.
View ArticlePONSANOOTHArson suspected
A PIECE of wooden play equipment at Ponsanooth Playing Fields was severely damaged after being set alight.Police believe the incident, which the fire service attended on May 15 at about 6.30pm, was...
View ArticlePERRANPORTHMan robbed
POLICE are investigating the knifepoint robbery of a man in St Piran's Road, Perranporth, between 4.30am and 4.45am on Saturday.The victim was believed to have been returning home from a night out in...
View ArticleGuilty plea
VICTORIA LOUISE KATI, 40, of Morrab Road, Penzance, entered a guilty plea at Truro Magistrates' Court on May 28 to theft and breaching a suspended sentence at St Ives on May 19 and was given a 12-week...
View ArticleCharged over food hygiene
A POLISH man operating a crab processing business at Newlyn will go to court to face allegations that he breached food hygiene regulations on three occasions in May last year.Jacek Sylwester Fester,...
View ArticleDrunk and disorderly
A MAN with a record of convictions for drink-related offences appeared before Truro magistrates charged with being drunk and disorderly at Hayle on May 1.Richard Collett Harvey, 65, of Bridge House,...
View ArticleJailed for stealing
WANTING to keep up the fitness regime he had experienced while in prison, a homeless man stole bodybuilding supplements worth more than £100 from a Penzance health shop.Shane Marks, 42, told officers...
View ArticleAttacker squeezed woman's throat
A MAN who grabbed a woman around her throat and squeezed until it hurt later told police he had been "mucking about and play-fighting".Peter Maddern, 47, of Parc Letta, Heamoor, pleaded guilty at Truro...
View ArticleWallet taken in toilet scam
POLICE are warning west Cornwall residents after a woman pretended to need to use the toilet at a Marazion house and stole a wallet.Police said that at around 4.30pm on May 27 a woman knocked on the...
View ArticlePolice appeal for information after vandals strike in St Blazey
Police are appealing for information after a silver Vauxhall Vectra was left damaged when paint stripper was thrown over it in Landreath Place, St Blazey. The act of vandalism occurred sometime between...
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