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This is the moment burglars smashed their way into a city store and stole about £2,000 worth of candles and computers during a two-hour long spree. The incident has left Chris Harris, the owner of the House of Yankee on Faraday Mill, clearing up broken glass and trying to get his business back on track. Watch more of the CCTV footage below CCTV footage of the two men suggests they targeted the candle store between 2am and 4am on Tuesday morning. Chris, a former intelligence...

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July 4, 2017, 10:05 am

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A female thug has been jailed for biting and spitting at three police officers.Career criminal Gemma Pinkerton, aged 26, has been locked up for two months for attacking two constables and an acting inspector trying to arrest her.Pinkerton, a chronic drinker and drug user, was only last year jailed for indecently assaulting a taxi driver who refused to accept sex in payment for her fare.Homeless Pinkerton pleaded guilty before city magistrates admitted assaulting a male acting inspector, a male...

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July 4, 2017, 10:15 am

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A woman wiped away tears as she told police how she was raped by a fellow student on her bed while heavily drunk.Daniel Perkins, aged 32, is on trial for allegedly having sex with the woman after her walking her home from a night out.A jury watched a recording of an interview the woman gave police where she frequently broke down in sobs.The woman said she had allowed fellow Plymouth University student Perkins into her flat only to use the toilet – while she collapsed on the bed.But she...

Stonehouse pub at centre of manslaughter investigation allowed to...

July 4, 2017, 11:22 am

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Watch above: Footage from the scene following the incident at the weekend A Stonehouse pub at the centre of a manslaughter investigation will be allowed to stay open for the time being, police have confirmed. Officers who attended an urgent meeting today with council licensing chiefs have taken the decision to keep the Clarence pub open following the death of a customer at the weekend. But the venue, on Clarence Place, will only be able to keep trading if the landlord remains on...

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July 3, 2017, 12:55 pm

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A pub landlord says he hopes to re-open the venue tomorrow following the death of a customer in the early hours of Sunday morning.The Clarence public house in Clarence Place, Stonehouse, was attended by police following an incident which ended with a man in his 60s deceased and another man charged with manslaughter.Three notices have now been placed at the venue, noting how Devon and Cornwall Police have made an application to Plymouth City Council for "the expedited/summary review of the...

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July 4, 2017, 10:45 pm

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An aggressive beggar has been jailed for almost two years for repeatedly knocking on doors and making up sob stories to ask strangers for money.Natalie Haynes, aged 26, targeted elderly people, claiming to be a pregnant or with young children, in need of money for gas or another emergency, a court heard.She often knocked on door after door at nearby homes, sometimes late at night, to scrape together a few pounds to fund her drug habit.Haynes even called on one woman within hours of being...

Police report 'sudden death' in frenzy of late night activity

July 5, 2017, 12:58 am

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Police reported a 'sudden death' yesterday amid a frenzy of activity last night.Officers in Tavistock say they had to deal with a range of incidents which stretched their resources in a busy late night for the town's police.The incidents included the 'sudden death' of a member of the public and dealing with a suicidal woman.Officers were also called to cases of a violent person and shoplifters - all in the space of an hour.Police are expected to release more details of the incidents later...

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July 5, 2017, 1:05 am

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A man allegedly went a 'mini rampage' while wearing a t-shirt with the words 'I AM GOD', and police are appealing for any victims to come forward. Police received reports of a disturbance in Exeter city centre at around 3am on Saturday, April 22. Units attended and after a short chase, two men aged 30 and 27 were arrested on suspicion of affray; the 27-year-old has since been released with no further action to be taken against him. PC Dave Walter, from Heavitree Police Station, said:...

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Stolen bicycles worth £21k found in back of van

July 5, 2017, 1:44 am

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A collection of stolen bicycles worth £21,000 have been recovered by police after they were taken during an early-hours raid. Police were called to Rockin Bikes in Yelverton on Sunday, July 2 at 4am to reports of a high value burglary. Offenders had broken through rear basement doors to the bike store on Harrowbeer Mews and took approximately £21,000 worth of bicycles. The offenders then escaped with the bikes using a white Ford Transit van. A similar vehicle was used a...

Conman facing jail after trying to rent same Plymouth flat seven...

July 5, 2017, 2:00 am

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A conman faces jail for advertising the same city flat for rent seven times over in a £3,500 swindle.Christopher Wilson, aged 26, lied to potential tenants over two weeks to pocket sums of between £250 and £750, a court heard.He also tried to swindle another £200 by offering a caravan in Newquay for rent into the bargain.Wilson appeared at Plymouth Crown Court after admitting eight charges of fraud by false representation.Judge Ian Lawrie released Wilson on bail for a...

Police want to trace this man about an attack in Union Street

July 5, 2017, 4:36 am

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A man who punched his victim in the face while waiting for a taxi in Union Street is being sought by Plymouth police.The incident happened between 4.30am and 5.15am on Sunday, July 2, outside the Two Trees pub.Read more: Stolen bicycles worth £21k found in back of vanA police spokesman said: "A 31-year-old Plympton man was waiting for a taxi when he was approached by another man who began to harass him and wouldn't leave him alone."When the victim got into a taxi the offender punched him...

​Police investigate arson attack at Plymouth shop

July 5, 2017, 5:14 am

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Police are investigating a suspected arson attack at a shop in Devonport. Firefighters were called to Albert Road at about 3am following reports of a fire, which was started in a wheelie bin and spread to the back of a shop. A spokesman from Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service said the shop and both the first and second floor flats above it became logged with smoke. There are no reports of any injuries. READ NEXT: Plympton Police Station has been saved from the chop – but...

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July 5, 2017, 5:29 am

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A man accused of raping a fellow student while she was drunk had 'no interaction' with her in a club before the alleged attack, a jury was told.Daniel Perkins, aged 32, is on trial for allegedly having sex with the woman against her will after walking her home from the night out.The woman has told the court that she was "in and out" of consciousness because of what she had to drink as Perkins raped her.Perkins later told police the woman had not been "out of control" and they...

'I was abused while I watched TV' alleged victim tells jury

July 5, 2017, 5:45 am

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A woman has told a jury she was repeatedly sexually abused as a girl by a man while watching television.She said Scott Barton showed her pornography as well as Emmerdale while touching her more than 15 years ago.The woman fought back the tears as she told police in an interview shown to the court that Barton was a "nasty, horrible man".She said: "I thought: 'You are the only one to get off scot free, you are not going to get away with this."Barton, now aged 42, of Rydal...

Revealed: The drivers caught doing more than 100mph on our roads

July 5, 2017, 6:40 am

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Drivers racing at up to speeds of 130mph are still putting their lives - and others - at risk on the region's roads, say road enforcement chiefs.Figures released by the Peninsula Road Safety Partnership show that last year 83 drivers and motorbike riders were nabbed travelling at 100mph – and even faster – on the regions roads. A spokesman for the partnership said that the figures for 2016 could not be fairly compared with previous years – where the fastest motorist was a...

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July 5, 2017, 1:10 pm

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A danger driver has been jailed for speeding for nearly four miles through busy city streets to get away from the police.Banned motorist Nathaniel Freeman, aged 31, wanted to dodge detectives keen to question him about drugs, a court heard.He then assaulted an officer after he was stopped by police in an Audi in Prince Rock.Londoner Freeman has at least eight previous convictions for driving while disqualified, many of them chalked up before he passed his test.Judge Ian Lawrie jailed him for a...

Plymouth pervert jailed for 12 years for abusing girl and driving...

July 6, 2017, 3:42 am

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A pervert has been jailed for 12 years for abusing a girl and driving her to repeated suicide attempts.Depraved taxi driver Paul Jennings often filmed himself and the girl and kept a vile collection of indecent images, a court heard.The 61-year-old groomed the child for eight years, ending up simply offering her cash for sexual favours.His victim was so tormented she tried to take her life several times from the age of 13, Plymouth Crown Court heard.She also scrubbed herself with bleach because...

Police hunt man and woman after expensive sound kit stolen from...

July 6, 2017, 4:50 am

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Police are on the hunt for two people after expensive sound equipment was taken from a Plymouth shop. Officers would like to identify the man and woman pictured in connection with the shoplifting incident. At about 3.15pm on Wednesday, May 7, Naim audio equipment worth in the region of £650 was taken from Richer Sounds in Exeter Street. Officers are seeking help to identify and speak to the man and woman pictured in connection to this offence. If you recognise those pictured, or...

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July 6, 2017, 5:08 am

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A dopey drug dealer killed his meagre cannabis crop because he forgot to switch the light on in the wardrobe, a court heard.Police sniffed out Steven Taylor, aged 27, because the smell of the drugs was so powerful in the street.The cannabis user admitted dealing the drug to support his own habit, Plymouth Crown Court.Taylor confessed that he had tried to grow four plants in the wardrobe, but said they had died because he had not switched the light on.Handing him a community order with unpaid...

Man, 54, accused of murder at Jehovah's Witness hall

July 6, 2017, 5:52 am

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A man accused of committing murder at Jehovah's Witness hall in Devon is set to face trial later this yearPhilip Ryan, a 55-year-old married man from Westward Ho!, North Devon, was found with stab wounds inside the religious centre on June 6.Mr Ryan, who ran Ryan Alarms & Electrical Services, was a church elder in the Christian group. Keith Beviss, 54, of Woodhayes Drive, Honiton, has been charged with Mr Ryan's murder and today Exeter Crown Court set a provisional trial date of November...