Teenage Yankee Candle burglary suspect to appear in court

July 17, 2017, 3:18 am

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A teenager is to appear at court later this month charged with breaking into a candle store and stealing around £2,000 of goods and equipment. Liam Freeman was arrested following the incident at the House of Yankee on Faraday Mill in the early hours of July 4. CCTV footage released to The Herald showed two men inside the store collecting candles and computers during a two-hour-long period. Read next: Armed robbery at Plymouth newsagents Staff arrived the following morning...

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July 17, 2017, 4:46 am

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A man has faced a court accused of stealing Furby toys during an alleged shoplifting spree.Robert Moogan, aged 44, appeared before a judge to answer six charges of thefts from stores.He allegedly stole two Furbies on April 5 and another on April 7. All creatures, worth £50 each, were said to have been taken from Smyths Toys.Moogan, of Scott Road, Milehouse, is further charged with stealing meat from Iceland, perfume from the Perfume Shop and candle jars from Clinton Cards in February.READ:...

Woman set up fake store account in ex-partner's name, jury told

July 17, 2017, 5:14 am

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A woman set up a store credit account in the name of her ex-partner without his permission, a jury had been told.Jade King, aged 24, spent £900 with Littlewoods by using the man's details months after their break-up, a court heard.She created an email address including his name but used his real address and other personal details, the jury was told.Ex-partner Samuel Owen only discovered the account when Littlewoods sent him a letter – by which time King had reached the £900...

Plymouth Argyle star to appear in court tomorrow

July 17, 2017, 6:12 am

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A Plymouth Argyle footballer already facing three motoring charges is set to appear at another court on a speeding charge.Yann Songo'o, is to appear at Bodmin Magistrates Court on Tuesday where he will face one charge of speeding. The Pilgrims defender, aged 25, is accused of travelling in a Porsche Boxster in excess of 30mph on a restricted road in Peverell on January 27 this year. Read more: Armed robbery at Plymouth newsagentsSongo'o, who has given the court his address as Grantley Gardens,...

Witnesses on dirt bike may have seen armed robber

July 17, 2017, 8:07 am

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Police are appealing for two witnesses who may have seen an armed robber as he left a city convenience store.The two young men arrived at the Premier A&P Store in Mount Gould Road just moments after the robbery at 9.50pm on Sunday. It is believed they arrived on a dirt bike or motocross bike shortly after the suspect fled on a mountain bike. Detectives have revealed how the lone male suspect approached the counter where the sole member of staff was in attendance and brandished a bladed...

Case of PSCO and Scout leader accused of sex attack is moved out...

July 17, 2017, 9:13 am

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A PCSO and Scout leader accused of sexually assaulting a young boy and having indecent images of children has had his case moved to Truro.Matthew Hopkins, aged 29 from Ivybridge, was due to appear at Plymouth Crown Court next month accused of indecently touching a boy aged under 13 in 2006.He has already faced Torquay magistrates charged with four counts of possessing indecent images of children, three counts of making indecent images of children and one count of possession of an extreme...

All these terrifying weapons have been taken off the streets of...

July 17, 2017, 9:28 am

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Vicious-looking weapons have already begun to be handed in within hours of a knife amnesty being announced, say police.Devon and Cornwall Police is supporting Operation Sceptre, a Home Office week of action aimed at detecting knife related crime, increasing intelligence and public reassurance. Read more: What on earth is this? Police stumped by item dug up on beachAs part of the operation, a knife amnesty has been launched with distinctive red bins placed in police stations. In Plymouth,...

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July 17, 2017, 9:41 am

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A man exposed himself and performed an indecent act while staring at a lone woman across a main Plymouth road, a court heard.Kyle Friend, aged 30, pulled down his trousers in front of the stranger in the early hours, a jury was told.The woman said she was scared as the man crossed the road behind her.He later came out of a side street and stared at her once again, Plymouth Crown Court heard.Friend, of Crantock Terrace, Ford, has gone on trial after he denied indecently exposing himself on...

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Plymouth teenager accused of having knife in street to face trial

July 17, 2017, 10:06 am

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A teenager accused of having a kitchen knife in the street is to face a judge and jury.Naomi Gray, aged 19, appeared at Plymouth Crown Court to deny having a bladed article in public without good reason or lawful authority.She allegedly had a kitchen knife in Anstis Street, Stonehouse, on March 17.Mr Justice James Dingemans set down a two-day trial to start on September 26.Gray, of Wyndham Street West, Stonehouse, was released on unconditional bail.READ NEXT:Plymouth man who went missing in...

CCTV shows moment armed robber raids newsagents in Plymouth

July 17, 2017, 10:00 pm

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Watch above: The Mount Gould Road store's CCTV footage CCTV footage has emerged of an armed robber brandishing a knife in front of a Plymouth shopkeeper. Police hunting the lone male say he walked into the Premier Store – also known as the Premier A&P Store – in Mount Gould Road at just before 10pm on Sunday night. The footage, released on Monday, shows a sole member of staff being approached by the male who brandished a bladed weapon, believed to be a kitchen...

Revealed: The crime wave gripping Plymouth

July 17, 2017, 10:00 pm

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Plymouth has suffered a major rise in crime over the last 12 months.And we've broken down the figures for every neighbourhood in Plymouth in the video above, detailing every crime in each area and whether offences are rising or falling.Devon and Cornwall Police's figures painted a grim picture in the city with all but one of the 17 crime types recorded by officers seeing a rise.Across Plymouth, the number of offences recorded between June 2016 and May this year rose to 20,152 compared to 17,718...

Human skulls found on building site could be 100 years old

July 18, 2017, 1:29 am

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Two human skulls, one with some hair still present, have been found in Totnes. At 12.15pm yesterday men working behind the empty Budgens building on Fore Street, Totnes discovered the human skull left in a bag. Further enquiries led police to a second skull, found on the banks of the River Dart later that day, also being stored in a carrier bag. The skulls have been examined by specialist officers and believed to be up to 100 years old, although will be more accurately dated upon...

Police warning after brawl involving 20 youths

July 18, 2017, 4:54 am

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Police in Totnes have told 'nuisance youths' that their behaviour is preventing officers from dealing with serious offences following a mass brawl in the town. Officers were called to incidents involving teenagers fighting on both Friday and Saturday night in Totnes Road and Plymouth Road with over 20 people found fighting on one of the occasions. Three adults were arrested on suspicion of affray on Friday night following the incident on Station Road and are assisting police with their...

Why you could be breaking the law if you film MTV Crashes

July 18, 2017, 6:52 am

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At MTV Crashes Plymouth 2017, it's likely that we'll see swathes of fans getting their phones out to film their favourite artists as they perform on Plymouth Hoe.With the likes chart-topping band Clean Bandit, Martin Garrix and former X Factor winner Louisa Johnson. It's not unheard of for performers to ban fans from videotaping their concerts and plenty have been known to have a whine about it.Artists such as Alicia Keys and Childish Gambino have urged fans to leave the phones at home to try...

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July 18, 2017, 8:25 am

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A man has been cleared of exposing himself and performing an indecent act in front of a lone woman after a jury found he was the victim of mistaken identity.Kyle Friend, aged 30, faced a two-and-a-half year ordeal after he was arrested near the scene of the late-night incident.A jury took less than two hours to acquit him after a day-long trial at Plymouth Crown Court.Mr Friend smiled with relief and thanked the panel as the foreman announced the verdict.He had told the court: "I have a...

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The owner of this phone is in massive trouble with their mum

July 18, 2017, 8:40 am

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Police want to reunite this phone with its owner – and have a word with them about the dangers of playing on building sites.Southway neighbourhood officers took to Twitter to show the phone, noting how "your mum's tried to ring you 17 times", and adding "happy to return it but need to talk about where you lost it !!"A spokesman for Devon and Cornwall Police confirmed the phone had been found by the site manager at a building site in Bampfylde Way, Southway who had...

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July 18, 2017, 9:26 am

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A bank worker addicted to gambling who plundered almost £250,000 from customers has been ordered to pay back less than ten per cent of his ill-gotten gains.Mark Cooney, aged 26, abused his position at two banks to target the accounts of the elderly or deceased, a court heard.He then gambled away the money online – taking more and more in a bid to pay back his losses.Cooney was jailed for 28 months in September 2015 but hauled back to Plymouth Crown Court under the Proceeds of Crime...

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July 18, 2017, 9:27 am

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Mature student caught using sick mother's disabled parking badge

July 18, 2017, 9:44 am

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A mature student who used his mother's disabled parking badge and then lied about it says "a stupid decision has cost me my future". Robert Warrington, aged 60, left his car in a pay and display space in Gibbon Lane, North Hill, at 9.30am on December 13 last year. A parking warden noticed the blue badge belonged to Warrington's mother, Jean Gauntlet, who was at home. Warrington initially told police he had been out for lunch with his mother, then wrote a letter to Plymouth City...

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July 18, 2017, 11:00 am

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A disabled woman whose purse was stolen during a shopping trip says she has been having nightmares about the incident.Georgina Ivins, aged 23, has cerebral palsy and uses a wheelchair to get around.On Friday afternoon she was shopping on her own in Plymouth City Centre."I went into Primark first to get a coat for MTV Crashes," she said. "Then I went into Clintons to buy a birthday card for my boyfriend's mum."I was looking at the cards and this lady came up beside me and said...