All these people have been in trouble with Plymouth magistrates

April 2, 2017, 12:00 am

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ASSAULT:TOM RICHARD DAVIS, aged 23, of Radford Avenue, Plymouth: assaulted a woman by beating – jailed for four weeks and ordered to pay £115 victim surcharge.DEAN FENN, aged 33, of Duncombe Avenue, Plymouth: one count of assaulting a woman and one count of assaulting a girl by beating – 18-week prison sentence suspended for two years, with 200 hours unpaid work, probation's Building Better Relationships course and Rehabilitation Activity Requirement, ordered to pay £200...

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April 2, 2017, 1:08 am

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A woman has spoken of her shock after discovering she had become a victim of arson in the middle of the night.The Kenley Gardens resident, who did not want to be named, says she woke in the middle of the night to find her partner's car - a silver Volkswagen Golf - was on fire.The incident is thought to be the third suspected case of vehicle arson to have hit this particular area of Ernesettle in the last few weeks.The woman said: "Me and my chap were in bed, I woke up to see blue flashing...

Popular Plymouth cafe attacked and damaged by arsonists

April 2, 2017, 2:41 am

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A popular cafe has reportedly been set alight and damaged by arsonists.Eyewitnesses says the Cafe in the Park in Freedom Fields was on fire early on Sunday morning.The fire service was called to reports of smoke seen coming from a building in Greenbank Terrace at 6.28am.Paul Blank, who lives near the building, said: "I heard around 6.30am the sound of the fire engines and the crackling sound of fire."I think the building is all right, a little charred but the structure looks all...

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April 2, 2017, 4:05 am

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Two teens rushed to the aid of a man who collided with a bus and comforted him while 'blood rushed from the back of his head.Shannel Howard, 18, and Caitlyn Powell, 16, were heading to the fair in Central Park when they saw the man lying in Alma Road shortly after the crash at about 7pm on Saturday night.They say they helped to look after the man, thought to be in his 30s, for about 20 minutes while they waited for the emergency services to arrive.Shannel, who studies animal care at college,...

New law to combat alarming rise in child grooming offences

April 3, 2017, 5:24 am

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A children's charity say that offences involving groomers who arrange to meet up with children has risen 144 percent in five years.The NSPCC say Devon and Cornwall Police recorded a 144 percent rise in abusers meeting children after grooming them over the last five years – but from today police will have the powers to stop groomers sooner.A law was created in 2015 to make it illegal to send sexual messages to children, following the NSPCC's Flaw in the Law campaign. Read more: Wanted over...

Serial sex offender back in jail for contacting girl in Plymouth

April 3, 2017, 5:46 am

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A convicted sex offender faces jail for contacting a girl once he was released from prison.John Clements, aged 49, has been thrown back behind bars for getting in touch with the child without supervision.He appeared at Plymouth Crown Court via videolink from Exeter Prison to admit two counts of breaching a Sexual Offences Prevention Order.Clements, living at a Plymouth bail hostel, had contact with a girl under 16 on March 14 and March 15.He was handed the order when he was jailed at Exeter...

Wanted over £1,400 supermarket cashpoint theft from woman...

April 3, 2017, 8:19 am

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Police need help tracking down this man after more than £1,000 was stolen from an elderly lady using her card at Morrisons on Outland Road over the weekend. The theft took place around 9am on Saturday, March 25 at the Morrisons supermarket on Outland Road in Plymouth, say police. A woman in her 80s was using the cashpoint at the superstore, when a man stole her cash card and fled the area, say police. The victim then had in the region of £1,400 taken from her account, say...

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April 3, 2017, 9:09 am

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A man smashed a bottle and thrust it into the face of his partner in a street attack, a jury was told.Wayne Barnes, aged 30, left the woman with a badly gashed cheek after an argument.Witnesses rushed to help distressed Rhiannon White who was covered in blood.Barnes has admitted attacking his partner but said he never meant to cause her serious injury.The defendant, of Warwick Avenue, Whitleigh, is on trial at Plymouth Crown Court having denied assault with intent to cause grievous bodily...

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April 3, 2017, 10:26 am

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A drunken thug has been jailed for more than nine years for crushing the leg of a man with a concrete block – and now he fears he will never walk properly again.Crazed Louis Shorthouse, aged 27, attacked the stranger with an 18 kilogram fence support and a traffic cone during a terrifying late night incident.Victim Steven Jones had challenged Shorthouse who was jumping on his BMW car in the street, Plymouth Crown Court heard.Shorthouse, who had been drinking, repeatedly hit him with a...

Violence breaks out at McDonald's, customers barricaded inside

April 3, 2017, 1:39 pm

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Police in a riot van have been called to a McDonald's store as violence erupted and customers and staff ended up barricading themselves inside tonight.The fight has broken out outside McDonalds on New George Street.Eyewitnesses told The Herald that McDonald's staff had barricaded their customers inside to protect them from the fight outside the fast-food restaurant.The fight was reportedly between two men who were "punching each other" outside the West End branch.Read next: McDonald's...

No arrests over McDonald's fight in Plymouth last night

April 4, 2017, 12:20 am

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Police say no arrests were made following a fracas outside a McDonald's store on Monday night.Officers in a riot van were called to the New George Street restaurant at about 9.30pm, with reports of customers and staff barricading themselves inside.The fight was reportedly between two men who were "punching each other".This morning a police spokesman said the incident was recorded as a "verbal disagreement" and no crime was committed.McDonald's franchisee David Wynne said the...

Man brutally beaten in vicious attack outside North Hill bar

April 4, 2017, 4:08 am

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A man was brutally beaten and left unconscious in a violent assault outside a city bar.Police investigators say the assault took place at about 2.10am on Sunday February 19 opposite the Switch nightclub – formerly known as Bang Bang - at Sherwell Arcade on North Hill. The victim – a 34-year-old man – was knocked unconscious and sustained a fractured nose and bruising as a result of the attack and was taken to hospital.The suspect fled the area and it is believed entered the...

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April 4, 2017, 5:34 am

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A man has denied sneaking into a woman's flat and sexually assaulting her in the middle of the night.Gareth Weeks, aged 24, admitted to a jury that he attacked her in her home after an argument.But he told a court that the woman let him in and insisted he never touched her indecently.Weeks, of Hill Path, Ernesettle, has gone on trial at Plymouth Crown Court after he denied sexual assault on November 1 last year.He has pleaded guilty to assaulting the woman causing actual bodily harm that...

Police warn of huge spike in suicide calls at Tamar bridge

April 4, 2017, 6:19 am

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Police have revealed a "significant increase" in the number of times it is called to Tamar bridge to deal with vulnerable people. Last year, response officers were alerted to concerns for welfare at least once every week, almost double the amount of times they were called to the same location the year before. In January this year, the Tamar Bridge and Torpoint Ferry Joint Committee agreed to place signs encouraging people to call the Samaritans at the entrance of the structure. The...

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April 4, 2017, 9:13 am

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Two men who brawled outside the McDonald's in Plymouth city centre on Tuesday night were stopped again by police an hour later, for brawling in Bretonside. Police were initially called to New George Street at around 9.30pm after reports of a fight, which saw McDonald's customers and staff barricading themselves inside the restaurant. Police were called to the scene, but after speaking to the two men, the matter was recorded as a "verbal disagreement" and after the pair shook hands they...

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April 4, 2017, 9:23 am

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A homeless alcoholic has told a jury he accidentally caught his partner in the face with a broken wine bottle.Street drinker Wayne Barnes, aged 30, said the bottle smashed as he fought with the woman.He added she lunged at him and the glass made contact with her face as he moved his arms to fend her off.Barnes told Plymouth Crown Court he immediately stepped away when he cut her cheek.He said that he never broke the bottle deliberately and did not push the bottle into her face on purpose.The...

Plymouth paedophile avoids jail for talking to other perverts...

April 4, 2017, 10:47 am

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A convicted sex offender was caught talking with other paedophiles online in breach of an order designed to control his perverted behaviour, a court heard.Twisted Trevor Spicer, aged 47, accessed internet chatrooms 27 times to swap sick messages with others.But he has avoided jail after Plymouth Crown Court heard he never tried to contact any children.Handing him a suspended prison sentence, Judge Paul Darlow said Spicer had "reverted to type".He told the defendant: "You chose to...

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April 4, 2017, 11:00 pm

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A drunken intruder who walked out of an armed forces office sporting a military jacket and beret has told a jury a "Marine" gave him the uniform.Modou Fatty, aged 43, has denied burglary, claiming he thought the "boss man" had the right to be in the building at 3am.But the supposed Marine turned out to be a thief who had sneaked into the Armed Forces Careers Office in Plymouth.Four men entered Pilgrim House at Derry's Cross and escaped with two military shirts, a dress...

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April 5, 2017, 5:33 am

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A man has been cleared of sexually assaulting a woman in her flat in the middle of the night.But Gareth Weeks, aged 24, still faces jail for attacking her – leaving her beaten and bruised after an argument.A jury took less than an hour to unanimously clear Weeks of sexually assaulting the woman at her flat after a trial at Plymouth Crown Court.Weeks, of Hill Path, Ernesettle, has already admitted assaulting her causing actual bodily harm during the incident on November 1 last year.The...

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April 5, 2017, 8:00 am

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A young mum had a panic attack following a altercation with a bus driver left her scared to set foot on public transport.Mrs Ellis, who does not wish to provide her first name, was travelling home to Lipson with her seven-month-old son after an afternoon in the city centre when she says she was 'rudely' turned away by the Citybus driver.The 26-year-old mum says she had to walk to an alternative bus on Friday, when she was told her return ticket she had bought on the number eight bus in the...