Police appeal for information after dolphin killed off North...
Police are appealing for information after a young dolphin was killed off the North Cornwall coast on Saturday afternoon. Marine conservation groups say a pod of dolphins were "harassed" by a group of...
View ArticleFormer Camborne pub landlord admits assaulting one-armed man
A former Camborne pub landlord assaulted a one-armed regular, a court heard on Monday. Alan Wilson, 45, was working as a temporary manager at the Waggoners Arms last March when a fight broke out...
View Article17-year-old girl sexually assaulted in Launceston alley
Police are appealing for information after a 17-year-old girl was subjected to a serious sexual assault in Launceston town centre yesterday morning. The assault took place in an alleyway in Tower...
View ArticleCallington man Michael Johns admits making indecent images
A CALLINGTON man has admitted 25 counts of making and distributing indecent images of children and of possessing extreme pornographic images. Michael Johns, 52, appeared at Truro Crown Court from...
View ArticleTwo arrested after Western Greyhound bus depot fire in Newquay
TWO men have been arrested on suspicion of arson following a fire that ripped through a bus depot destroying £1.5 million worth of vehicles and equipment in Newquay. Fire crews from across mid-Cornwall...
View ArticlePolice carry out door-to-door enquiries in Camborne
POLICE in Camborne are making door-to-door enquiries to find witnesses after an ancient Cornish wall was damaged in the town. Youth have been blamed for causing a "considerable" amount of damage to the...
View ArticleFined and faces ban
HUGH PARFITT, 36, of Fresh Field Cottage, Higher Trevibban Farm, Wadebridge, was banned from driving for 22 months and fined £225 with a £22 victim surcharge and £85 costs by Bodmin magistrates on...
View ArticleDriver was triple limit
KIERAN MURPHY, 38, of Phyllis Walk, Gwithian Road, St Austell, has pleaded guilty to driving on Ropehaven Road, St Austell, on June 25, with 121 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, the...
View ArticleGiven ban and order
A COMMUNITY order with an alcohol programme has been imposed on an uninsured Wadebridge drink-driver.Ben Bowdery, 32, of Church Park Mews, was also banned from driving for 36 months by Bodmin...
View Article10 people charged after raids
NINE people from Bodmin and one from Par appeared before magistrates last week charged in connection with alleged drugs offences following police raids in June.All ten were sent to Truro Crown Court on...
View ArticleCarer hit dementia sufferer aged 91
A CARER who hit a 91-year-old dementia sufferer on the arm as she sat in a wheelchair at a Par care home has been fined by a court.Tracy Dunn's actions were witnessed by a colleague who later described...
View ArticleGuilty plea
PAUL HADLEY NOBLE, aged 46, of Valley View Caravan Site, Dunmere, Bodmin, was given a restraining order at Truro Magistrates' Court on July 4 after pleading guilty to harassing Zoe Allister at Newquay...
View ArticleAssault case
PHILIP SHEEHAN, aged 48, of Restormel Road, Looe, has been ordered to attend a Building Better Relationships programme as part of an 18-month community order with probation supervision after admitting...
View ArticleDefendant hit woman
MATTHEW LENG, aged 27, of Poldhu Road, Liskeard, has been curfewed by magistrates after pleading guilty to assaulting a female by beating.Leng, who appeared before the court in Bodmin on July 16, was...
View ArticleOrder was breached
JACOB DAY, aged 18, of Tregay Lane, Liskeard, has been conditionally discharged for two years after admitting breaching a restraining order at Looe on July 13 by speaking to a female whom he was...
View ArticleAssaults are denied
BAIL was withheld when a 30-year-old Newquay man appeared before magistrates charged with two allegations of violence.Benjamin Eastwood appeared before Bodmin magistrates in custody on Monday to deny...
View ArticleLoitering prohibited
A CAMELFORD man charged with two public order offences has been released on bail by magistrates on condition he does not loiter in Fore Street or Market Street in the town.Patrick Walshe, aged 43, of...
View ArticleBenefits overpaid
A NORTH Cornwall man has been ordered to pay more than £1,200 in a fine and costs for benefit fraud.Julian Smeeth, aged 53, of Treskinnick Cross, Poundstock, Bude, pleaded guilty at Bodmin Magistrates'...
View ArticleRacist gets a curfew
A CURFEW has been imposed on a teenager who used racist words towards an employee of Tesco in Launceston.The youth, who was 17 at the time of the offence but is now 18, appeared before Bodmin Youth...
View ArticleTractor uninsured
DOING a favour for a family friend led to a court appearance for a teenage farm worker who drove a tractor without insurance.The 17-year-old from the Par area was stopped by police officers on April 13...
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