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March 9, 2017, 11:55 pm

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Armed police officers were called to reports of men with guns in Plymouth - only to discover the weapon was a water pistol. Armed Response Sergeant Harry Tangye said the call came in at around 1am today. The caller said they had seen "men in cars with guns" in Plymouth. Sgt Tangye said his team "quickly established" things were "not as first reported." He tweeted a picture of a large orange and yellow water pistol, and said the caller was spoken to for making...

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March 10, 2017, 12:35 am

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Arsonists who torched a car, sending it careering down a hill and crashing into someone's property may never be found. Police say they have closed the investigation into a terrifying blaze on Donnington Drive in Compton - unless new information arises. Residents of the quiet cul-de-sac in Plymouth were said to be horrified by the incident, which police are treating as arson. Eyewitnesses reported that the car had rolled down the road and smashed into a nearby property. But Devon and...

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March 10, 2017, 1:45 am

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A gift shop owner from Plymouth put his Royal Marines training to good use when he chased a shoplifter on foot from his store while alerting the police on his mobile phone. Chris Harris, a former Intelligence Officer for the Royal Marines Police based at Stonehouse Barracks, caught up with a known Plymouth offender and his partner 100 yards from his House of Harris store on Faraday Mill. But when Chris demanded he return the £20 Yankee candle he had stolen from the shop minutes...

World record sailor in court to deny string of fraud charges

March 10, 2017, 5:04 am

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A world record-holding yachtsman from Plymouth who has sailed with some of of the sport's top names has appeared in court to deny a string of fraud charges. Peter Berry, who has also gone by the name John Keady, pleaded not guilty to seven counts of fraud by misrepresentation at a hearing on Thursday. The 51-year-old appeared before magistrates in Sussex to face the charges, which relate to allegations dating back to 2012. Berry, who grew up in Plymouth, once sailed with late American...

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March 10, 2017, 6:07 am

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A man faces jail after he was convicted of having sex with a 15-year-old girl after plying her so many drugs that she was being sick.Michael Bragg, then aged 19, ignored the pleas of the teenager to call an ambulance because she was convulsing.He went on to have sex with her as she was vomiting because of a cocktail of mephedrone, cannabis and Valium, a jury decided.Bragg was cleared of raping the girl after a four-day trial at Plymouth Crown Court.He had denied both rape and the alternative of...

Posh hotel caught selling fake gin

March 10, 2017, 6:42 am

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A posh countryside hotel named one of the most romantic in the country has been caught selling fake gin and vodka.The Trelaske Hotel and Restaurant, near Looe, boasts two AA Rosettes and is one of the best getaways for lovebirds, according to TripAdvisor.But the hotel and co-owner Ross Lewin appeared in court earlier this week after being caught selling gin which was wrongly labelled as Gordon's and vodka which purported to be Smirnoff which wasn't. Lewin, 39, pleaded guilty to four offences...

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March 10, 2017, 6:51 am

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Hundreds are expected to attend the funeral of a Falklands veteran and long-serving police officer who suddenly died less than two years after retiring.The remarkable life of Ian 'Soapy' Watson will be celebrated at the Minster Church of St Andrews in Royal Parade on Monday March 13 at 10am and officers from Devon and Cornwall Police will be among those who bear his coffin. Born in 1957 in Wolverhampton, his parents Betty and John moved him and his younger sister Elaine to Milford Haven when he...

The sick social media 'suicide game' parents need to be aware of

March 10, 2017, 7:15 am

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Local PCSOs are warning people against a "sick" social media challenge after it has been blamed for more than 100 teenage suicides. PCSO Kirsty Down, based in Saltash, reacted with anger when she read the tweet of a fellow Devon and Cornwall officer warbluening about the deadly Blue Whale Challenge. The 'game', much discussed on social media, is said to be found on the internet and is also known as the 'suicide game'. It was created in Russia, where two schoolgirls fell to their...

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Three blue badge cheats are caught and fined in Plymouth

March 10, 2017, 7:35 am

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Three people from Plymouth who abused the use of disabled parking badges have been slapped with fines. The misusers of Blue Badges were brought before Plymouth Magistrates who found them guilty of their offences under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.A 30-year-old male from Plympton parked in a disabled only car park in Courtenay Street using a Blue Badge in July.He was fined £220, ordered to pay £450 costs and a victim surcharge of £30.The second person found guilty was a...

​Plymouth danger driver caught moving car 20ft dodges jail

March 10, 2017, 8:24 am

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A danger driver who rammed into the door of a police car has swerved a jail sentence after he was later caught driving while disqualified.Connor Calam was banned from the road and given a suspended prison sentence for nearly hitting the officer.But he breached that sentence when he was caught behind the wheel of a van three months later, Plymouth Crown Court heard.Judge Paul Darlow deferred sentence for three months to see whether Calam could find work, save money and stay out of trouble.He has...

Man is banned from EVERY church after vile YouTube campaign

March 10, 2017, 10:00 pm

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A man jailed for harassing a Christian couple by posting videos on YouTube has been banned from churches.Robert Skynner, aged 55, has been handed a court order barring him from making vile allegations in messages or on social media.He was locked up for eight weeks and handed a restraining order preventing him from contacting the couple or referring to them again on social media in November.Read more: Plymouth danger driver caught moving car 20ft dodges jailA judge, sitting with two magistrates,...

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March 11, 2017, 1:02 am

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Police are hunting arsonists who destroyed a lorry and a car parked on neighbouring streets within minutes of one another in the early hours.Thugs torched a Fiat flatbed lorry and a Honda CR-V in Ernesettle just after 4am on Saturday morning.Both vehicles were wrecked and fire crews believe they were deliberately targeted.Firefighters from Camels Head were first called to Kenley Gardens at 4.01am.Watch manager Jim Young said the 4x4 vehicle was "burning from end to end".He added:...

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March 11, 2017, 1:24 am

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A predatory paedophile has been jailed for more than six years for grooming a 12-year-old girl online so that she sent him explicit naked images of herself.Lee Savage, aged 35, arranged to meet the youngster for sex but never travelled to her home town, a court heard.He pestered and pressured the girl over a messaging app, even threatening to kill himself if she did not comply with his perverted demands.Police who caught up with Savage found he had more than 4,500 indecent images of children on...

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March 11, 2017, 3:13 am

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A man who wielded a large machete in a busy Plymouth street has been handed a suspended prison sentence.Samuel Perry, aged 35, pleaded guilty to having a bladed article in public without reasonable excuse or lawful authority.Police were called to an incident in Alma Road in Milehouse on December 15 last year, Plymouth Crown Court heard.Armed officers shut the road just after 9am after an incident near the Citybus depot. The defendant was arrested within about ten minutes.Perry, of no fixed...

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March 11, 2017, 7:52 am

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A mum has called for a pervert to be chemically castrated after he tried to lure her 13-year-old daughter into sex through Facebook.Joshua Parker, aged 19, has been jailed for more than six years for grooming two underage girls into sex online.He was prosecuted for sending girls as young as 12 explicit indecent images of himself and making explicit requests.One disgusted mum whose daughter Parker asked crudely for sex said she was glad he was off the streets.But the city mother added: "He...

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Plymouth's amazing urban farm is being to take root

March 11, 2017, 8:20 am

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Volunteers have helped plant Plymouth's biggest orchard as part of a huge community park which will provide a green space in the growing city.More than 200 fruit trees are set to provide free food for residents as new homes and roads are built.Planning chiefs say they are keen to preserve the city's green spaces even as the north of the city is developed.Volunteers did their bit today, planting 216 fruit trees as part of Derriford's new community park.Plymouth City Council wants to open up...

Car crashes off road and just misses Plymouth bar

March 11, 2017, 9:51 am

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This is the scene after a car left a busy road and crashed close to a city bar.The Mazda was damaged and crashed into a pole near The Dairy in Notte Street in the Barbican just after 5pm today.Nobody was hurt in the accident and the road remained open because the vehicle had fully left the road.Police attended the crash and the vehicle was towed away within the hour.READ NEXT:Woman in hospital after Drake Circus door collapses on herFacebook pervert should be castrated, says angry mumPolice...

Crazed knifeman jailed for mugging random passers-by in Plymouth

March 11, 2017, 10:00 pm

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A crazed knife-wielding robber has been jailed for four years for a terrifying spree of attacks on passers-by.Drugged-up Jordan Row, aged 36, kicked one man and threatened him with a kitchen knife, a court heard.He tried to grab another man's rucksack and punched him in the face, before he succeeded in snatching a woman's handbag,Her partner managed to chase him and pick up the bag – but Row punched him in the face too and snatched it back, Plymouth Crown Court heard.The three incidents...

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March 11, 2017, 11:36 pm

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Manoucehr Bahmanzadeh ran the Union Street Dance Academy venue from 1997 until its forced closure following a police raid in May 2006. During those years the Dance Academy became the largest and most popular nightclub in the South West attracting superstar trance and hard house DJs like Judge Jules, Lisa Lashes and Sasha. However, according to police, by 2005 local and northern drug gangs began to infiltrate the venue, selling class A drugs to revellers while Mr Bahmanzadeh and his key...

These people have all been in trouble with Plymouth magistrates

March 12, 2017, 12:00 am

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ASSAULT:MATTHEW TAMPLIN, aged 25, Randwick Park Road, Plymouth: common assault of a man, one count of resisting a constable, one count of obstructing a constable – 12-month community order, with 100 hours unpaid work and Rehabilitation Activity Requirement, ordered to pay £100 compensation, £85 costs and £85 victim surcharge.ANTHONY WESTON, aged 51, of Citadel Road, Plymouth: assaulting an officer in the execution of his duty – fined £80, ordered to pay...