Plymouth pole dancer was 'secretly filmed' and racially abused by...

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A "vile" reveller hurled racial abuse at a group of young black people after filming one of them pole dancing at a nightclub in Plymouth, a court has heard. Plymouth Magistrates' Court heard Soufian Ben Mohamed, also known as Khalid, referred to the revellers as "f*****g n*****s", "sluts" and "whores" in the early hours of November 19. The court heard the 35-year-old, originally from Mauritania in West Africa near Morocco, first encountered the group...

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Man found dead on Cornish beach has been named

February 17, 2017, 6:09 am

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Police are appealing for witnesses after a body was discovered at a beach in Cornwall. Police were called to Perran Sands, Perranporth, after a man's body was found just after 8.30am on Monday, February 6. The body has since been identified as that of Stephen Lloyd Thomas, aged 43 from Truro. READ NEXT: Motorcyclist dies after crash on the A38 Police say his next of kin have been informed and the death is currently being treated as "unexplained". Officers are appealing to...

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February 17, 2017, 6:15 am

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A 62-year-old man has admitting having more than 2,000 indecent images and videos of children.Michael John Barry, of Cattedown Road, entered guilty pleas to three charges of making an indecent image of a child or pseudo image of child at Plymouth Magistrate's Court on Thursday. The charges state that between January 29, 2014, and September 3, 2015, Barry made more 2,233 indecent images of children and 238 indecent videos.The case was transferred to Plymouth Crown Court for sentencing. He could...

Alleged traffic cone attacker appears in court in Plymouth

February 17, 2017, 6:25 am

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A 27-year-old has again appeared in court accused of battering a man with a concrete lump, a fence post and traffic cone. Louis Shorthouse appeared at Plymouth Crown Court today charged with causing grievous bodily harm with intent after allegedly assaulting his 54-year-old victim in Geasons Lane in Plympton. He is alleged to have assaulted the man with a number of weapons, including a lump of concrete, a traffic cone and a fence support. The alleged victim was left with a fractured leg,...

Plymouth pole dancer was 'secretly filmed' and racially abused by...

February 17, 2017, 6:33 am

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A "vile" reveller hurled racial abuse at a group of young black people after filming one of them pole dancing at a nightclub in Plymouth, a court has heard. Plymouth Magistrates' Court heard Soufian Ben Mohamed, also known as Khalid, referred to the revellers as "f*****g n*****s", "sluts" and "whores" in the early hours of November 19. The court heard the 35-year-old, originally from Mauritania in West Africa near Morocco, first encountered the group...

Locked up: Pervert who caused £20,000 of damage to his...

February 17, 2017, 6:34 am

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A man who torched his neighbour's flat and admitted making and distributing indecent images of children has been jailed.Gary Buckland, aged 49, set fire to the property at Valletort Flats which then led evacuation of six flats in the block and caused damage valued at around £20,000.He admitted arson reckless as to whether life was endangered in Stonehouse in June. The damaged flat, where a man died of a suspected drugs overdose only a week before, has since been closed down.In January...

This legend is doing free repairs on cars smashed up by vandals

February 17, 2017, 6:43 am

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A kind-hearted mechanic is offering free repairs after vandals smashed up more than 20 cars in a quiet Cornish village.Mobile mechanic David Hosking says he will provide free labour to fit parts after several vehicles were damaged at a car park in Millbrook on Sunday night.The 31-year-old, who moved to the village in October last year, posted his offer on a community group on Facebook.He said: "I put the post up because we have had to pay the excess to get the windscreen replaced on our...

Britain's dumbest burglar told to pay owners of house £500

February 17, 2017, 7:43 am

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A burglar caught on camera climbing a ladder into his victim's home has been told he has until the summer to prove he should not be jailed for breaching his conditions.In January Darren Gaylor, aged 42, was handed a two-year prison sentence, suspended for two years, for the burglary of a property in Estover. Gaylor, dubbed 'Britain's dumbest burglar' in the national press, was arrested after rsidents released footage showing him using a ladder in the garden to slip through an open window in...

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Drug addict's life is a 'wreck' says judge who says she taxed his...

February 17, 2017, 8:27 am

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A judge has told a notorious heroin addict who has repeatedly breached her licence conditions that her life is a "wreck".Judge Ian Lawrie said that Shelley Reynolds had taxed the patience of himself, the court and the public after she was received a suspended prison sentence for stealing a woman's handbag. Reynolds, aged 39, was jailed last year after she and her partner took the bag after they were allowed into the victim's home so their daughter could use the toilet. The handbag was...

Tanis family call for help in push for release of key document...

February 17, 2017, 11:49 am

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The mother of Tanis Bhandari has met with the mother of another young man whose life was taken by a violent criminal supposedly being monitored by a privatised arm of the Probation Service. Andrea Sharpe – whose son was stabbed to death in the early hours of New Year's Day in 2015 – has called for more openness and transparency over how decisions are taken regarding offenders who are released from prison who then go on to commit appalling crimes of violence. As part of her...

Police are trying to track men down after 'incident' at petrol...

February 20, 2017, 12:26 am

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Can you help police identify these men? They were spotted on the forecourt of the Yelverton garage at around 1.30pm on January 25.One of the men filled up the grey Vauxhall Vectra with petrol before driving off. However, as they drove away their rear passenger door collided with the vehicle in front.Police also believe the number plates on the vehicle may have been stolen. The plates were last seen on a blue Toyota Rav4 which was involved in the theft of fuel at a garage shortly before...

Man stabbed after group of men were thrown out of pub in Stoke

February 20, 2017, 1:45 am

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A man is still in hospital this morning after suffering a single stab wound to his chest in Stoke at the weekend.The 32-year-old was stabbed in the upper part of his chest in the early hours of Saturday morning after an altercation in the Stoke Bar and Grill in Devonport Road.It is believed he was attacked at some point between the venue and the junction with Devonport Road and Albert Road.The assault – which is being treated by police as grievous bodily harm with intent – followed...

'Sex addict Royal Navy officer raped woman while she was asleep',...

February 20, 2017, 7:26 am

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A Royal Navy officer with a history of sex addiction raped a woman as she slept, a jury heard.Callum Fennell, aged 25, later texted his mother to say the woman was "asleep and drunk", a court was told.The complainant told the jury she was "shocked and shaking" after the rape.She told police during a recorded police interview watched by the jury: "I was mortified. I was pretty much crying myself asleep."The woman went to police the next day to complain of rape.She...

Former Boys' Brigade leader charged with sex attacks on four boys

February 20, 2017, 9:05 am

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A former Boys' Brigade leader accused of touching three children sexually more than 20 years ago has been further charged with indecently assaulting a fourth youngster.David Wall, aged 53, is to face trial to answer allegations brought by all four men in May.Wall, who used to live in Plymouth, appeared at the city's Crown Court to deny indecently assaulting a boy aged under 14 in 1990 or 1991.He has pleaded not guilty to two counts of indecent assault against one child between 1981 and...

Plymouth man and woman accused of cruelty to boy

February 20, 2017, 9:19 am

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A MAN and a woman have appeared in court accused of child cruelty.The man, aged 28, and the 22-year-old woman faced a judge jointly charged with causing or allowing a boy to suffer serious physical harm, between July and September 2016.The male defendant is further accused of assaulting the child causing grievous bodily harm with intent in the city on September 22 last year.Plymouth Crown Court heard that the boy is alleged to have suffered head and rib injuries.The joint charge alleges that the...

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Plymouth man accused of sexually assaulting two women to face...

February 20, 2017, 9:38 am

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A man has faced a judge charged with sexually assaulting two women.Tahsin Hassan, aged 35, appeared at Plymouth Crown Court to deny indecently touching the complainants without consent.He pleaded not guilty to sexually assaulting one woman on December 8 and another on January 12.Judge Ian Lawrie set down a two-day trial to start on May 16.Hassan, of Albert Road, Stoke, was released on bail on condition that he does not contact the complainants.READ NEXT:Teenager dies after tragic fall in student...

Serial thief admits burgling rooms of Plymouth housemates

February 20, 2017, 9:46 am

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A serial thief has admitted burgling the rooms of neighbours in a shared house.Jonathan Booth, aged 27, pleaded guilty to twice entering parts of the home in Hyde Park Road without permission between March 13 and March 19 last year.He took £150 cash and a mobile phone in the property where he stayed briefly, Plymouth Crown Court heard.Booth, now in custody at Exeter Prison, also pleaded guilty to theft of a mobile phone from a woman between the same dates.He finally denied theft of three...

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February 20, 2017, 10:17 am

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A young schoolgirl and family friend feared for their lives as they were repeatedly targeted by a speeding car in a supermarket car park.Karolina Jaworeli, 31, and the 11-year-old were forced to cower in a trolley park as the "mindless" driver was egged on by a gang of watching teenagers.The car narrowly missed the young girl three times before she was able to flee to safety. The incident, in Morrison's car park in Plymstock at 7pm on Sunday, is now being investigated by Devon and Cornwall...

Plymouth's most dangerous fisherman has just been sent to prison

February 21, 2017, 4:30 am

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A skipper has been sent to prison for fishing safety offences in Devon and Cornwall waters.Shane Barton was sent down for a year after operating his boat, the Nicky Noo, without navigation lights, safety equipment and properly trained skipper and crew.The 42-year-old was sentenced by Plymouth Crown Court on Friday (February 17) after pleading guilty to a number of offences under maritime safety laws.On several occasions between May 2014 and October 2016 Barton was subject to enforcement action...

Royal Navy sailor tells Plymouth jury he did not rape woman as...

February 21, 2017, 5:25 am

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A Royal Navy sailor has told a jury that he did not rape a woman as she slept.Able seaman Callum Fennell, aged 25, wiped away the tears as told his trial that he believed that she was making noises and movements in bed which suggested consent to sex.He said that he only knew about the complaint of rape the next morning when he received an angry text from the woman's mother.The woman had earlier told Plymouth Crown Court that she woke up in the early hours to find Fennell having sex with her.She...