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November 3, 2015, 8:31 am

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A CHILDMINDER who drove two young boys to school while more than three times over the alcohol limit has been spared jail. Kay Elson, aged 46, told a court she "bitterly regrets" her decision to drive the youngsters, both aged under seven, after a night of drinking. Magistrates said they were "extremely shocked" by the offence, but decided to impose a suspended prison term of six weeks and ban her from the road for more than two years. The court heard Elson, of Craven Avenue, Mount Gould, is a...

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November 3, 2015, 8:40 am

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A MEMBER of a gang which flooded the streets of Plymouth with amphetamine has been ordered to pay back more than £50,000 from his illegal trade. Darren Ford, aged 48, was part of a ring which brought drugs worth £1.2 million into the city. He has served a jail sentence of five years after he was convicted of conspiracy to supply amphetamine after trial in November 2013. He had denied the charge. But Ford, from Redruth in Cornwall, was dragged back to Plymouth Crown Court under the...

Death row dog wrongly branded a pit bull earns Plymouth reprieve

November 3, 2015, 10:03 am

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A FAMILY is celebrating after their beloved dog was reprieved from a death sentence – because she was wrongly identified as an illegal pit bull. Ice is set to return home tomorrow following a year in police kennels as its owner fought a legal battle through the courts. Magistrates had ordered the death of the four-year-old family pet because she was identified as a banned dog from a type originally bred for fighting. But owner Jake Barton appealed to Plymouth Crown Court arguing that she...

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November 4, 2015, 10:40 am

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VANDALS have sawn in half more than a dozen newly planted trees along a new foot-and-cycle path to Saltram Park. The new trees were part of a large-scale upgrade to the paths along The Ride, on the banks of River Plym. While many appear to have been snapped in half, vandals have clearly taken a saw to a large number, cutting through the inch-and-a-half trees and leaving them laying next to the stumps. A spokesman for Plymouth City Council said: "What a pity that someone sees fit to come to...

Mattress thieves in Tavistock have not been sleeping on the job

November 4, 2015, 1:27 pm

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TIRED thieves made off with a double mattress from a set of garages in Tavistock The crooks struck the garages near Endsleigh Garden Centre in Milton Abbot sometime between 10.30am and 3.30pm on October 22. Once inside they took the brand new cream Revitalise 1600 mattress which was still in its covers. Police said inquiries suggest a white van was seen parked close to the garage during the day, but as yet the van nor the driver has been identified. If you were the van driver there on...

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November 5, 2015, 5:56 am

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POLICE are appealing for information after a Plymouth man was repeatedly punched and kicked by five others in the city centre. The 25-year-old was walking along Cornwall Street, near the Specsavers and Barclay's Bank, sometime shortly after midnight on September 27. He was approached by five men, one of whom asked him for a cigarette. When he refused he was punched in the face and knocked to the ground, whereupon all five men kicked him repeatedly. The young man, from Plymouth, was treated...

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November 5, 2015, 6:30 am

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A BOY of 15 who was cruel to chickens killed at a special school is to remain under an interim ASBO injunction until a psychiatric assessment has been carried out. The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was seen swinging the bird by its neck. One of the conditions of the order could see him arrested if he causes cruelty to any animal in Plymouth. The boy was one of three youths convicted of causing unnecessary suffering to three chickens killed at Brook Green Centre for learning...

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November 5, 2015, 8:02 am

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A PARKING officer was subjected to litany of verbal abuse as they handed out tickets in Tavistock. Police say the Civil Enforcement Officer was in the car park near The Wharf club at around 12.40pm on October 8 as they dealt with a vehicle. They were approached by a motorist and spokesman for Tavistock police said they were "subjected to some seriously unpleasant verbal abuse." Anyone with information about the incident is urged to call police on 101 or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800...

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Woman tells Plymouth court of suicide bid after childhood...

November 5, 2015, 8:56 am

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A WOMAN has told a jury she was driven to attempt suicide at the age of seven because of the neglect of a mother who allowed visitors to sexually abuse her. She tried to hang herself using her dressing gown belt from her bedroom door, Plymouth Crown Court heard. The woman told the court her mother regularly locked her in the bedroom for "days at a time". She added her mother frequently beat her and left them with no food – so that once they were even forced to eat cat food. The mother, who...

Plymouth drug user jailed for breaching suspended prison term

November 5, 2015, 9:23 am

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A DRUG user who allowed the family flat to be used to deal cocaine and cannabis has been jailed after failing to comply with her suspended prison sentence. Deana Thornton, aged 31, was locked up for repeatedly failing to attend appointments with probation officers and drugs counsellors. Thornton allowed partner Colin Brown to use the home they used to share with two children in Raglan Court, Devonport, as a base to supply large amounts of drugs. They then went on a long spree of thefts and...

Plymouth house burglar jailed after he 'disappeared'

November 5, 2015, 9:49 am

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A HOUSE burglar has been jailed after he went home to Poland rather than comply with his suspended prison sentence. Grzegorz Dabek, aged 28, "disappeared" and failed to keep in touch with his probation officers, Plymouth Crown Court heard. He only resurfaced when he was caught stealing from a shop on his return to the country. Dabek was handed a ten month jail term in March, suspended for two years. He was ordered to do 180 hours unpaid work and pay £1,425 compensation to the resident...

Plymouth woman accused of taking revenge with knife threats

November 5, 2015, 9:58 am

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A WOMAN accused of using a knife to threaten revenge is to face a judge and jury. Kaitlyn Burbridge, aged 25, pleaded not guilty to two charges when she appeared at Plymouth Crown Court. Burbridge, of King Street, Stonehouse, denied taking revenge by using a knife to threaten a woman who had assisted in the investigation of an offence. She also denied affray on the same day, July 6. Burbridge is to face a trial on January 4 next year. Judge Paul Darlow remanded her in custody until that hearing.

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November 5, 2015, 10:27 am

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POLICE are keen to hear from anyone who may have seen a orange BMW which has been stolen from Stoke. The distinctive "Valencia orange" BMW 118i was taken from outside a property in Portland Road in Stoke sometime between 10.30pm on November 4 and 7.15pm this morning. The crooks entered the property, before taking the keys to the £18,000 car, which bears the number plate YA13 CUK. A police spokesman said: "The car may well have been dumped at a location in Plymouth or beyond, as it is...

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November 6, 2015, 3:02 am

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THE TRIAL of six people accused of a raft of offences relating to dog and animal fighting has restarted. The five men and one woman – Nathan Baker, Craig Ford, Benjamin Luscombe, Craige McCormick, Alex Salt and Kerry Wrightson – have already spent nearly two weeks on trial at Newton Abbot Magistrates Court, where they face a total of 33 counts under the Animal Welfare Act, the Protection of Badgers Act and the Deer Act. All six deny the charges. The case was brought following a...

Plymouth man admits sex assaults on sisters, cruelty trial hears

November 6, 2015, 5:51 am

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A MAN sexually assaulted two sisters, a child cruelty trial has heard. Raymond Williams, aged 60, has admitted indecently assaulting the girls in the 80s. The mother of the sisters is on trial at Plymouth Crown Court after denying ten charges of child cruelty between 1976 and 1988. She allegedly worked as a prostitute and allowed clients and boyfriends access to her three daughters. The girls, all of primary school age, were regularly touched indecently and in one case raped at the home on a...

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November 6, 2015, 6:22 am

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AN ENTERTAINER sang and danced on stages from Cornwall to Cyprus – while claiming he could hardly walk. Lying Jerry Foale pocketed £32,000 in disability benefits over six years while telling the authorities he was bed-ridden, Plymouth Crown Court was told. But undercover investigators watched the 54-year-old performing in pubs and found he was entertaining holidaymakers in the Mediterranean. Jailing Foale for 18 months, Judge Paul Darlow said that he did have real health problems....

Teen taken to hospital after meat cleaver attack

November 6, 2015, 6:37 am

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A teenager has been taken to hospital with an injury to his arm after an attack with a meat cleaver near Plymouth. A 21-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the incdient. Police say an 18-year-old from Looe suffered a cut to his elbow from a "meat-cleaver-type" knife. The incident happened at about 2.30am on Sunday in Fore Street, Looe. A 21-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of assault and has been released on police bail until January 11.

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November 6, 2015, 7:43 am

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POLICE are hunting a dog owner whose hound chased, captured and killed a fox near Cadover Bridge. Witnesses told police they saw numerous people gathering near the bridge area of Wotter between 3.46pm and 4.46pm on Saturday October 31. They told police their attention was drawn to a hunting dog which was seen to chase a fox, which it eventually captured and killed. Officers are now investigating the allegation of animal cruelty and are keen to hear from anyone who may have been in the Cadover...

Plymouth man racially abused and spat at black officer

November 6, 2015, 7:59 am

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A MAN racially abused and spat at black police officer after a string of thinly veiled insults, a court heard. David Mears, aged 59, abused the constable and spat on to his stab vest as he was being taken to a police station. The man had previously told the officer and his colleagues that he apparently had a black cat called "Sambo", Plymouth Crown Court heard. He also made pointed reference to black clouds. Judge Paul Darlow said that his behaviour had been "grossly insulting" to the...

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November 6, 2015, 8:24 am

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A PLYMOUTH man has claimed he was beaten by officers after becoming trapped between police and protestors are march in London. Terry Small, aged 20, and from Plymouth was photographed and filmed with blood pouring down his face after clashes between police and activists during the "Million Mask March, organised by the Anonymous hacking group. While much of the march passed without incident, there were flashpoints of violence and destruction as the marchers were herded by officers from the...