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Sentencing for 27 different offences changes - here's what they...

April 24, 2017, 10:00 pm
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A wide range of criminal offences now have new guidelines for how they should be punished, including speeding, rail fare evasion and skipping school. Sentencing guidelines for 27 different offences came into force yesterday, April 24, for JPs to use when deciding what sentences should be given down in magistrates' courts, reports the Nottingham Post. The sentencing guidelines produced by the Sentencing Council were last heavily updated in 2008. The new Magistrates' Court...

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Crime czar Alison Hernandez: 'Police investigation has not...

April 25, 2017, 2:11 am
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The South West's 'crime czar' says she will not step down despite being under police investigation as she has done nothing wrong and the process has not affected her work. Writing exclusively in today's Western Morning News Alison Hernandez says: "we live in a system where you are innocent until proven guilty". She adds: "I was elected to serve as your commissioner and that is what I have done, and will continue to do." Ms Hernandez, the Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for Devon...

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Gran guilty of dangerous driving which killed two Plymouth women...

April 25, 2017, 7:01 am
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A grandmother who ran over and killed two women standing on a pavement faces jail after she was found guilty of dangerous driving.Teresa Sant, aged 58, left court in tears after she heard she would be jailed for causing the deaths of the women in a horror accident.Her Ford B-Max veered from the road and drove along the pavement, hitting colleagues Maria-Helene Giebelen, aged 60, and 42-year-old Victoria Hodge after they stepped from a bus.Ms Giebelen died at the scene, close to the Morrisons...

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Veteran Plymouth solicitor retires from court - but still has his...

April 25, 2017, 7:55 am
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A defence solicitor has retired aged 68 after more than 40 years in the courts – but he is still doing his paper round seven days a week.Stephen Walker has given up the chore of late night police station visits and hours spent before city magistrates.But he still helps out at the family's two Spar convenience stores and does two paper rounds seven mornings a week.Mr Walker has not become cynical after 42 years after representing defendants in court almost daily – and still enjoying...

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Plymouth man punched and strangled his ex-partner so she could...

April 25, 2017, 8:48 am
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A man strangled his ex-partner so she struggled to breathe and threatened to kill her, a jury has ruled.Thomas Hughes, aged 29, attacked the woman in bed after they woke in the early hours, a court heard.Hughes punched her in the face, leaving her bruised and swollen. She told Plymouth Crown Court: "He tried to murder me, I have had nightmares about it every single night".The defendant, of Waterloo Close, Stonehouse, denied assault causing actual bodily harm on November 12 last year....

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Man caught with crack cocaine and knife in his car in Plymouth...

April 25, 2017, 9:39 am
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A man found asleep by police in a car had a fishing knife and crack cocaine, a court heard.Lee Hore, aged 30, took refuge in the Vauxhall Zafira to escape a family row.He told police that he had forgotten the fishing knife and 0.17 grams of the Class A drug was in the vehicle, Plymouth Crown Court heard.Hore was found in the vehicle in High Street, Stonehouse, last Christmas Eve.The court heard he turned on the ignition at night to keep himself warm.Hore, of Bampfylde Way, Southway, pleaded...

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Pioneering child safeguarding scheme to be rolled out across the...

April 25, 2017, 10:49 am
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Two of Devon and Cornwall Police's most senior officers and the region's Crime Tsar have said they want to see a Plymouth-born safeguarding children scheme rolled out across Cornwall.Assistant Chief Constable Andy Boulting, recently promoted from his role as Police commander of Plymouth, admitted he was "professionally embarrassed" that Operation Encompass had fallen by the wayside in the city of its birth. However, speaking candidly at a special symposium being held at Pentillie...

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A petite Navy Wren was murdered by a seven foot loner 20 years...

April 25, 2017, 10:00 pm
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She was a petite 23-year-old enjoying life as a Royal Navy Wren photographer in Plymouth. He was a seven-foot one inch tall, unemployed loner living in a flat in Stonehouse.And when their paths tragically crossed in April 1997, Tammy Williams would end up being murdered, her body callously hidden in a cupboard.Tammy had fulfilled a life-long ambition to follow in her mother's footsteps and join the Royal Navy.She signed up aged 17 in 1990 and became one of the first women to take up a sea...

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Wife admits £30,000 benefit fraud in Plymouth

April 26, 2017, 2:00 am
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A wife has admitted telling lies about her husband's earnings to pocket more than £30,000 in benefits.Tearful Barbara Jones, aged 46, pleaded guilty to making false statements over four years to boost claims for housing benefit and council tax relief, a court heard.Jones and husband Andrew, also 46, were due to face a trial on more serious charges.But she pleaded guilty to the lesser offences and prosecutors dropped the case against her husband at Plymouth Crown Court.Jones, of Compton...

Wife admits £30,000 benefit fraud in Plymouth

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Gran who killed two friends is jailed for four years

April 26, 2017, 3:42 am
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A disabled gran was today jailed for four years for running over and killing two friends standing on a pavement.Teresa Sant, aged 58, shook with sobs as she was sentenced for driving her car into the women in a horror accident.Her Ford B-Max veered from the road and drove along the pavement, hitting colleagues Maria-Helene Giebelen, aged 60, and 42-year-old Victoria Hodge after they stepped from a bus.READ: DEVASTATED MUM SAYS I CANNOT FORGIVE DANGER DRIVER WHO KILLED MY DAUGHTERMs Giebelen died...

Gran who killed two friends is jailed for four years

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'I cannot forgive danger driver who killed my daughter' says...

April 26, 2017, 4:50 am
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The devastated mother of one of the women killed by danger driver Teresa Sant told a court how she could never forgive the grandmother who had thrown their lives into chaos.Maureen Hodge, aged 80, spoke out as Sant was jailed for four years for running over and fatally injuring her daughter Victoria and her friend Maria-Helene Giebelen.Disabled gran Sant, aged 58, shook with sobs as she was sentenced for driving her car into the women in a horror accident.Her Ford B-Max veered from the road and...

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Conduct of BBC TV licence collectors raises 'concerns' as nearly...

April 26, 2017, 8:09 am
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Television licence collectors have been attacked for their "poor" performance amid high levels of evasion and plummeting enforcement rates. The BBC is losing up to £291 million a year through fee-dodging, according to a committee of MPs. Successful enforcement cases under Capita have dropped by nearly a fifth and it has failed to drive down evasion, with the worst offenders Scottish and Northern Irish viewers, the probe found. Collectors often find homes empty as more than...

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Drunk thug strangled his ex and knocked her nose out of line

April 26, 2017, 8:12 am
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A drunken thug has been jailed for punching and strangling his ex-partner so she feared she would die.Thomas Hughes, aged 29, knocked the woman's nose out of line and left her face swollen and bruised, a court heard.He strangled his victim so she struggled to breathe after launching an unprovoked attack in her own home in the early hours.The woman said she was still living in fear almost six months later, Plymouth Crown Court.Recorder Jane Rowley said that Hughes was under the influence of...

Drunk thug strangled his ex and knocked her nose out of line

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This convincing 'Primark' scam is all over Facebook

April 26, 2017, 11:12 am
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A voucher which is being promoted on Facebook is actually a fake, social media users have been warned. The Primark voucher tells people they've been given £100 worth of Primark vouchers as part of their 'Annivesary'. Now as we all know, not many people would turn down a free £100 voucher, but as they saying goes; if it looks too good to be true... The post is being widely shared and promises the £100 vouchers for anyone who clicks on the link and follows the...

This convincing 'Primark' scam is all over Facebook

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Woman who blasted out Shaggy and One Direction risks jail if she...

April 26, 2017, 11:14 am
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A woman who blasted out Jessie J, Shaggy and One Direction at full volume day and night, causing misery and torment to her neighbours, faces prison if she continues. Danielle Tonkin failed to appear at Plymouth Magistrates Court where she faced three counts of failing to comply with a noise abatement notice. Andrea Gilbert, representing Plymouth City Council's public protection service, prosecuted the case and told magistrates neighbours had made a series of complaints about noise from 75...

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Recent spate of stabbing and violent assaults in Plymouth...

April 26, 2017, 10:00 pm
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Police have sought to reassure Plymouth people following a spate of stabbing incidents across the city, saying some were the result of drug-related matters. Over the past few months a series of violent incidents have rocked the city, often involving suspects using a variety of weapons leaving 'victims' suffering numerous wounds and requiring medical treatment at Derriford Hospital. On Easter Sunday officers were called to Patna Place, Stonehouse, after two men were understood to have been...

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This is all the contraband that has been smuggled into Dartmoor...

April 26, 2017, 11:00 pm
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The massive trade in contraband at Dartmoor Prison – including drugs, booze and weapons – has been revealed by an investigation by The Herald.The jail at Princetown has seen a huge rise in the number of seizures of illegal goods from prisoners in the last 12 months.Figures released to The Herald showed prisoners had been caught with prohibited items 54 times in 2016, compared to 19 in 2015 and 30 in 2014.Read more: Prison drug 'bird killer' is targeted in crackdown on Dartmoor...

This is all the contraband that has been smuggled into Dartmoor...

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Mum walks free after £30,000 benefit fraud which paid for...

April 27, 2017, 6:28 am
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A woman told lies about her own and her husband's income so she could pocket more than £30,000 in benefits – lavishing some of the cash on a trip to Australia.Recruitment consultant Barbara Jones, aged 46, repeatedly submitted false accounts grossly underestimating the household earnings, a court heard.The figures meant she was paid full-rate housing benefit and council tax relief for four years.Plymouth Crown Court heard that Jones one year estimated the income for herself and her...

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Serial liar inflated insurance claims for burglary and bus theft,...

April 27, 2017, 7:17 am
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A SERIAL liar scammed an insurance company by claiming he had lost valuables in a burglary and on a bus, a court heard.Multiple fraudster Robert Rees, aged 37, inflated claims for a break-in and theft of a bag which he had left on public transport.Rees, who has a previous conviction for benefit fraud, tried to get his hands on more than £10,000, Plymouth Crown Court heard.But most of the money was not paid out after insurers smelt a rat.Recorder Jane Rowley said: "Clearly you are a...

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Man jailed in Plymouth for threatening volunteer at soup kitchen

April 27, 2017, 7:52 am
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A man has been jailed for threatening violence to a volunteer at a soup kitchen.Peter Goodenough, aged 36, was locked up by city magistrates for breaching a suspended prison sentence for assault.Goodenough, of Burke Road, Totnes, pleaded guilty to threatening behaviour causing fear of violence on December 2.The court heard he was in breach of a suspended prison sentence imposed for several assaults.Magistrates jailed him for 36 weeks.The bench ruled that the offence was so serious because it was...

Man jailed in Plymouth for threatening volunteer at soup kitchen

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