Plymouth drug dealer caught with deadly 200,000 volt stun gun

April 11, 2017, 9:49 am

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A dealer was caught with a huge stash of cannabis, a deadly stun gun and pepper spray in the home he shared with his partner and two young children.Reece Molyneaux, aged 25, had a weapon capable of firing 200,000 volts – four times more powerful than a police Taser, Plymouth Crown Court heard.He also had almost eight kilograms of cannabis worth £7,680 when police raided his home.Judge Ian Lawrie called him an "idiot" for mixing with drug dealers.He added: "He has been...

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April 12, 2017, 8:53 am

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A van driver has been jailed for firing up and wielding a chainsaw at a man who tried to stop him burgling workshops.Michael Eastwood, aged 24, fetched the fearsome weapon from his vehicle and brandished it at the stranger, a court heard.Victim Jonathan Rowell had blocked in his van at an industrial estate where Eastwood was looking to steal from units.Eastwood, who was once locked up for committing a string of eight robberies, also pushed him in the confrontation, Plymouth Crown Court heard.Mr...

Plymouth man denies repeated sexual abuse of girl

April 12, 2017, 9:27 am

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A man has denied the repeated sexual abuse of a girl more than a decade ago.Anthony Dannan, aged 29, said he never indecently touched the youngster in her bed while she was primary school age, a court heard.The complainant, now a grown woman, came forward in 2015, a decade after the allegations.Dannan took the stand at Plymouth Crown Court to deny the claims.He said the first time he knew of the allegations was when he was arrested.Dannan said he could think of no reason why the complainant and...

Teenage thug finally locked up for robbing man - with his mum

April 12, 2017, 10:11 am

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A teenage thug who robbed a man in the street with his mother has finally been locked up – much to the relief of his traumatised victim.Aaron Walker, aged 19, has been jailed for breaching his suspended prison sentence for the second time by failing to do his unpaid work.Alcoholic Lisa Walker, aged 41, was jailed for 16 months in January after the pair attacked 51-year-old John Lennox in the street after a night drinking.Upset Mr Lennox called for them both to be locked up for five years...

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April 13, 2017, 5:20 am

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A woman grabbed around the throat by an angry driver in a road rage attack at a busy roundabout says she has been left with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.The 29-year-old mother says she needs counselling four months after angry James Goodall assaulted her during the morning rush hour.She said Goodall grabbed her by the neck and then by the back of the head, pushing her against the steering wheel of her Citroen C3 in front of shocked drivers.The mother, who does not want to be named, said the...

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April 13, 2017, 5:31 am

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It appears the new five pound note may not be as indestructable as previously claimed. Police in Cornwall have issued a warning over fake versions of the new fiver after notes appeared without the Big Ben tower. However, the Bank of England have responded by saying the polymer fivers could be damaged by a hot wash. Officers issued the alert after suspected counterfeits of the new design were seized in Wadebridge. Police published two key differences between a real £5 note and...

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April 13, 2017, 5:41 am

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An angry teenager has been locked up for picking up a meat cleaver during a fight with a neighbour.Vengeful Connor Mitchell, aged 19, fetched the weapon from his home after the two men argued – because their girlfriends had fallen out.Witnesses saw the neighbours throwing punches before Mitchell went into the other man's home carrying the cleaver.Mitchell, of no fixed address, was sent to a young offender institution for 24 weeks at Plymouth Magistrates' Court earlier this month.He...

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April 13, 2017, 6:13 am

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A man has been charged with dangerous driving after a Christmas Eve crash left a teenager with serious injuries. Ashley Godber, 27, from Plymouth, will face Plymouth Magistrates later this year following a collision four months ago. Ruby-Tuesday Hobbs suffered horrific injuries in an early morning crash and underwent several operations at Derriford Hospital. A man was arrested on suspicion of driving while under the influence following the incident in Charles Street at 6.30am on...

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Man facing jail after repeated sex abuse of young girl

April 13, 2017, 8:26 am

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A man faces jail after he was convicted of the repeated sexual abuse of a girl more than a decade ago.Anthony Dannan, aged 29, was convicted after a trial of indecently assaulting the child many times when she was primary school age.He abused the girl in bed at night and then told her to keep it "their little secret" between 2002 and 2004.But the complainant, now a grown woman, only came forward two years ago – after seeing in The Herald that Dannan had been convicted of flashing...

Bridal shop benefit fraudsters ordered to pay back £30k

April 13, 2017, 9:41 am

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A woman who claimed to be severely disabled while working in a bridal shop has been ordered to pay back more than £30,000 with her husband.Christina Soulsby, aged 62, and Cyril Soulsby, aged 66, will have to sell a property to meet the debt or face a prison sentence, Plymouth Crown Court heard.She pleaded guilty to an £11,000 benefit fraud after she was trapped by undercover surveillance.Soulsby falsely claimed Disability Living Allowance on the basis that she had severe arthritis...

Creepy man took hundreds of pictures of schoolgirl on train

April 13, 2017, 11:57 pm

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A creepy Devon man who took thousands of photographs of women on his phone – including hundreds of a 15-year-old girl on a train – has been banned by a court from snapping anyone else without permission.Edwin Charles White, 46, was reported to police after the schoolgirl on the train between Exeter and Barnstaple complained she was being harassed.When police caught him he had taken 481 pictures of the girl, our sister title Devonlive reported.White, from Parsonage Way, Woodbury, was...

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April 14, 2017, 12:41 am

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Police have warned drinkers in Plymouth to "pace yourself" ahead of Argyle's promotion clash with Portsmouth this afternoon. Many football fans will be making the most of the Good Friday holiday to follow the Green Army's progress at Fratton Park from 2.30pm. But Devon and Cornwall Police have warned anyone causing trouble will be moved on.A spokesman said a 'Section 35 dispersal order' is in place across the city, meaning anyone causing harassment, distress, crime or disorder can...

Fitness fans short-changed as Life Centre lockers don't take new...

April 14, 2017, 2:33 am

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Fitness fans may find themselves short-changed at Plymouth's biggest sports centre because lockers do not take the new £1 coin.Visitors to the Life Centre have been confronted with notices telling them the slots do not accept the 12-sided coin.Bosses have said that the lockers, which are only five years old, will not be replaced immediately.But sports fans are offered locker tokens at the reception.The Life Centre, with dozens of lockers, is the latest and perhaps the biggest business...

Light-fingered Plymouth thief jailed after stealing a chandelier

April 14, 2017, 5:06 am

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A light-fingered thief has been locked up again – after stealing a chandelier.Brazen shoplifter Paul Palmer, aged 45, has taken meat, vodka and baby formula during his latest spree.Prolific thief Palmer takes anything he can sell, no matter how bulky.He was locked up for 20 months in October 2015 for being part of a gang which counted a curtain pole and even a bouncy castle among its haul.Palmer was back in court 12 months later for stealing no fewer ten cosmetic gift sets worth almost...

These 15 people have all been in trouble with Plymouth magistrate...

April 15, 2017, 12:00 am

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The following 15 people have all been convicted after being hauled before magistrates in Plymouth.The convictions are categorised by type.AssaultDARREN BOYLE, aged 34, of Crossway, Plympton: assaulting a police constable in the execution of his duty – fined £218, ordered to pay £100 compensation, £85 costs and £30 victim surcharge.SAMMY COURAGE, aged 21, of Colebrook Road, Plymouth: two counts of assaulting constables in the execution of his duty, one of threatening...

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April 15, 2017, 5:00 am

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A fundraising appeal has been set up to help support the family of a young father who continues to fight for his life at Derriford Hospital following a hit-and-run. Self-employed fisherman Jason Bunce remains in an induced coma following brain surgery, after he was hit by a car at 12.55am on Saturday in Kingsteignton, South Devon. The 25-year-old's condition has been described as critical but stable. Police are continuing to hunt for the driver of the vehicle. A member of the Bunce...

Career criminal jailed after burglary of Plymouth charity shop

April 15, 2017, 6:27 am

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A career criminal has been jailed yet again for burgling a charity shop and an office in a convenience store.Serial sneak thief Daniel Fry, aged 33, stole a purse and mobile phone from the Cancer Research.He also crept into an office at a Premier Store looking for something to steal – less than two weeks after he was released from his previous prison sentence.The chronic drug user, who has clocked up more than 60 offences, also asked for seven other similar offences to be taken into...

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April 15, 2017, 7:00 am

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A man has been banned from wearing clothing which might expose his genitals after he was caught exposing himself on a busy bus.Andrew Horne, 36, was handed a suspended prison sentence for flashing in the middle of the day in front of passengers.Magistrates also imposed a seven-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order with a single prohibition.Horne, of Leg O Mutton, Yelverton, is banned from "being in a public place without wearing suitable clothing to cover your genitals at all times".He...

Plymouth's most feared criminals revealed

April 15, 2017, 10:00 pm

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They hid behind a thin veneer of respectability – but behind closed doors they were ruthless drugs dealers and sexual deviants who ruled by fear. All are either now dead or serving long prison sentences, a few may never be released from jail. These are some of Plymouth's most feared criminals. ROBERT STONEMAN For decades, drug baron Robert Stoneman thought he was above the law. But as justice finally caught up with the 53-year-old, a different and sickening aspect of his evil nature...

The most notorious inmates of Dartmoor Prison revealed

April 16, 2017, 7:00 am

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For two centuries, Dartmoor Prison has stood in the midst of bleak, misty moorland, where forbidding weather and isolation add to the feeling of punishment. Built at Princetown to house French prisoners of war, the foundation stone was laid in 1806. The French were then joined by American PoWs, but so many consequently died the jail was closed in 1816, the year after the Battle of Waterloo. The jail and its farm reopened in 1850 at about the time prisoners stopped being transported abroad as...