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Two teenage boys robbed a man at knifepoint while riding stolen motorbikes.The youths, aged 15 and 16, admitted holding up the stranger at night near the city centre.They sped away on stolen motorcycles with the man's mobile phone, computer games console, jacket and rucksack, Plymouth Crown Court heard.The youths, who cannot be named, pleaded guilty to robbery on February 23.The 15-year-old also pleaded guilty to possession of a locking Stanley knife in Cornwall Street that same night.He was in...

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March 28, 2017, 1:00 am

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Police were forced to close a busy rush-hour rat run road in a bizarre stand-off between a lorry driver and 60 queuing motorists - which has triggered tailbacks on several busy routes this morning. A flatbed lorry carrying a digger had reportedly faced off with dozens of motorists on the single-track Blunts Lane, between Derriford and Forder Valley Road. Police were called amid reports that up to 60 vehicles were queuing in the Derriford direction. The incident caused tailbacks on busy...

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March 28, 2017, 3:53 am

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A Cornish tree surgeon with a chronic drink problem was caught driving along the M5 while three times over the limit..Police were tipped off by other drivers that a black VW Golf car was being driven erratically 'at some speed' along the A38 from Plymouth to Exeter, one afternoon in February.Harry Davies, 20, was stopped by police at 4.30pm at J28 at Cullompton, Devon, and blew a breath test reading of 109mg of alcohol – the legal limit is just 35mg.READ MORE: Yours for £1.3m -...

Police identify body found on Cornish beach

March 28, 2017, 4:59 am

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Police have confirmed a body found on Watergate Bay beach, near Newquay, is that of missing man John Hurst.The 46-year-old was last seen in Cubert, near Newquay, on Tuesday, March 7, at approximately 1pm.His next of kin has been informed.READ NEXT:Two cars crash on A38, leaving one lane blockedPlymouth library closures and bin cuts 'not being done out of spite'Severe delays on Outland Road and Manadon as ambulances struggle to get through

Drug addicts 'robbed pensioner of more than £2,000'

March 28, 2017, 5:02 am

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Two drug addicts robbed an 86-year-old man of more than £2,000 in broad daylight in a town centre, a court heard.Tony McDonough, aged 30, wrestled a satchel from the pensioner in front of shocked onlookers in Tavistock, a jury was told.Shaken garage owner Fred Carr was dragged along the ground as he held on to the bag containing his takings, Plymouth Crown Court heard.Getaway driver David Knight, aged 36, dropped his friend McDonough off and picked him up after the mugging, prosecutors...

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March 28, 2017, 5:06 am

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Shocking video footage shows an innocent member of the public being used as a human shield as two men - one armed with a machete - faced off on a Plymouth traveller site this morning. Police were called following reports of an altercation between two men outside the PDSA animal hospital in William Prance Road, Derriford at 11am on Tuesday. Travellers set up camp there at the weekend - and there have since been reports of fighting, illegal fires and men chopping up cars with chainsaws. This...

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March 28, 2017, 6:47 am

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A thug who punched a Plymouth dad-of-three and threatened to return with a gun has failed to get his jail term overturned.Kevin Shane Fitzgerald, 33, of no fixed abode, was jailed for three years and 10 months at Plymouth Crown Court on September 23 last year.He admitted dangerous driving and was convicted of attempted robbery.READ MORE: 60 cars stuck in stand-off with lorry in rush hour chaos on Plymouth roadOn December 8 2015, Fitzgerald and another man went to the home of Dale Byrne, in...

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March 28, 2017, 8:47 am

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The tragic case of Tanis Bhandari's murder and the concerns surrounding the monitoring of his killer has been raised at a national meeting of councillors tasked with making communities safer.Councillor Simon Blackburn, leader of Blackpool Council and chairman of the Local Government Association's (LGA) Safer and Stronger Communities board says he has been made aware of the tragic case and will be raising it with the Home Secretary.On January 23 Plymouth councillor Philippa Davey requested a...

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March 28, 2017, 9:46 am

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A dumb burglar released from court after his case was adjourned went straight to a shop and stole a football kit.Drug user Sonny Weston, aged 30, was bailed due to lack of time at Plymouth Crown Court and walked almost immediately into the city centre to shoplift from Sports Direct.Weston was caught red-handed but released on police bail – only to steal again from another store the next day.He was already facing sentence for burgling a home, taking power tools and electronic goods worth...

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March 28, 2017, 10:03 am

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A former Boys' Brigade leader accused of touching four children sexually more than 20 years ago has been further charged with indecently assaulting a fifth youngster.David Wall, aged 53, is to face trial to answer allegations brought by all five 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 16 between 1997 and 2001.He has pleaded not guilty to two counts of indecent assault against one child between 1981 and...

Travellers trying to sell dogs for a tenner outside pet hospital

March 28, 2017, 10:21 am

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People taking their sick animals to a PDSA hospital have claimed travellers from a nearby camp are offering them dogs "for a tenner each".According to staff and clients of the PDSA pet hospital at William Prance Road, some travellers arrived on neighbouring land on Saturday with a number of small dogs and chickens. And since then people arriving with sick and injured animals have apparently been getting offered the Chihuahua-like dogs at knockdown prices.A PDSA staff member told The...

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March 28, 2017, 10:21 am

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A man caught with a knife in the street was so drunk that he could not recall why he had the weapon, a court heard.Jake Murray, aged 20, was caught by police responding to a reported street fight – but there was no evidence he was involved in trouble.He dropped the blade when challenged by police, Plymouth Crown Court heard.Handing him a community order with unpaid work, Judge Ian Lawrie said Murray had received a "wake-up call".Murray, of Hastings Street, Stonehouse, had earlier...

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March 28, 2017, 9:29 am

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Two drug addicts face years in jail for robbing an 86-year-old man of more than £2,000 in broad daylight in a town centre.Tony McDonough, aged 30, and 36-year-old David Knight mugged the pensioner in front of shocked onlookers in Tavistock.Shaken garage owner Bob Carr was dragged along the ground as he held on to the bag containing his takings, Plymouth Crown Court heard.The defendants then spent hundreds of pounds on drugs.McDonough wrestled Mr Carr to grab the satchel before getaway...

REVEALED: How Plymouth is winning the war against Spice

March 28, 2017, 10:00 pm

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Plymouth's early action on tackling the scourge of 'legal highs' may have saved it from becoming yet another city plagued by 'Spice'.While other parts of the UK such as Bristol has recently reported a worrying rise – particularly among the homeless – in the use of what were later termed new psychoactive substances, Plymouth appears to have fared far better. Users often use the term Spice in describing a chemical cannabis – known as a cannabinoid – which became popular...

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March 29, 2017, 1:08 am

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A Plymouth sunbed salon hammered with a big fine after failing an underage sale test for the second time in 12 months has issued a grovelling apology - and warned similar businesses to tighten up their practices.Owner of Wispy Styler salon, Gillian Rowe, has been ordered to pay a whopping total of £3,450 by Plymouth magistrates after she sold sunbed treatment to a 16-year-old - two years under the legal age.Mrs Rowe pleaded guilty for failing to check the age of the teenager during a test...

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March 29, 2017, 5:47 am

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A brazen burglar raided more than 20 cars, sheds and garages in a drug-fuelled crime spree – confronting shocked residents in their homes and gardens.Under the influence of cocaine and Valium, 32-year-old Paul Rowe grabbed a holdall from a pensioner and appeared in a man's kitchen in the early hours, a court heard.He was spotted climbing over garden walls by householders in broad daylight but claimed he was looking for his cat.Rowe, a drug user since the age of 16, was arrested but...

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March 29, 2017, 7:58 am

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A man accused of threatening his father with a machete during a heated row filmed at a pet hospital has been remanded to appear at Crown court.Tyson Eastwood, 21, of William Prance Road, Plymouth, was arrested following an incident in the car park of the PDSA hospital in William Prance Road, Derriford on Tuesday morning. He was later arrested by armed response officers as he drove a van from the area. Eastwood – who gave the court a home address of William Prance Road – appeared at...

Crime suspect took a poo in police cell and now he's got to pay

March 29, 2017, 9:01 am

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A man who defecated in a police cell in a 'dirty protest' has been hit with a fine to get it cleared up.Appearing at Plymouth Magistrates Court, Anthony Boylan pleaded guilty to causing criminal damage to the cell at Charles Cross custody suite. Prosecutor Gareth Warden Anthony told magistrates Boylan, from Higher Broad Lane, Redruth, was arrested at around 7pm on Friday March 24 following an incident. He was taken to Charles Cross police station and after being placed in a cell, he was seen on...

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March 29, 2017, 9:17 am

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A crossbow raider faces years in jail for holding up a shop with a knife.Lewis Wilde, locked up more than six years ago for robbing a post office with the bow, threatened staff in a Tesco Metro.Wilde, now aged 25 is now facing a long prison sentence for raiding the store in Eggbuckland Road on March 21.He appeared at Plymouth Crown Court to admit robbing the member of staff.Wilde, of Blandford Road, Efford, escaped with just two bottles of wine.READ: PLYMOUTH PAIR LOCKED UP FOR ARMED ROBBERY...

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March 29, 2017, 9:47 am

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A man attacked and sexually assaulted a woman in her home after waking her in the middle of the night, a jury was told.She told a court that 24-year-old Gareth Weeks somehow got into her flat and roused her with a hand over her mouth.The woman told a jury that she tried to run but Weeks held her in the doorway and repeatedly closed the door upon her, bruising her arm and leg.She told a trial that Weeks then touched her indecently.The woman told Plymouth Crown Court: "I was screaming and...