Truck stolen from Plympton driveway

July 23, 2015, 12:30 am

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THIEVES made off with pick-up truck which had been left on a Plympton driveway. The blue Nissan Cabstar pickup, bearing the registration number R432 STA, was stolen from the driveway in Plymouth Road sometime between 7.15pm and 11.25pm on Wednesday night. Anyone who knows the whereabouts of the vehicle or saw the truck being driven off should call police on 101 or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111 quoting crime reference number CR/051040/15.

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July 23, 2015, 12:41 am

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July 23, 2015, 12:51 am

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A COUNCILLOR has been ordered to pay more than £4,000 in rent, damages and costs after a Judge ruled he had left his rented flat in a "squalid" condition. Judge Lee Thomas, sitting at Bodmin County Court this morning, said Launceston councillor Alex Folkes had also failed to give proper notice to his former landlady. The judge said: "You obviously lived in a certain way, Mr Folkes, which belies your immaculate appearance here today." Mr Folkes now has 28 days to pay a...

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July 23, 2015, 2:15 am

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A MAN terrorised a young Devon woman and threatened to kill her after finding her by randomly picking a number out of the phone book - and changing two digits. Sick Sakkir Choudhury, 30, chose a number from the telephone directory and changed the last two digits before dialling it repeatedly. In a series of terrifying calls he told his victim he was watching her house and threatened to kill her, causing her to fear for her life, a court heard. Following the incident, Sunderland magistrates...

Devon grandmother admits killing 18-day-old baby

July 23, 2015, 2:28 am

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A GRANDMOTHER has admitted killing her 18-day-old baby boy - more than 50 years ago when she was a schoolgirl. Melody Cassan smothered little Wayne Harper with a cushion in 1963, a court heard. The 67-year-old even lied to a coroner at the time about the circumstances of her son's death. But, overcome by guilt, the grandmother finally revealed the truth when police were called to her home to deal with a domestic incident last year. She pleaded guilty at Leicester Crown Court to committing...

Buddhist man on Plymouth bus was accused of being ISIS terrorist,...

July 23, 2015, 4:40 am

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POLICE are keen to trace this man - or his two friends – after an incident on a bus which saw a Sri Lankan Buddhist accused of being an ISIS terrorist before being assaulted. The alleged victim was on the upper deck of a 21a Citybus heading towards the city centre on Union Street at sometime between 10.15pm and 10.45pm on July 3. Two men and a woman boarded the bus somewhere between Stonehouse Bridge and the Palace Theatre and one of the men went upstairs and sat next to the Sri Lankan...

Landowner cleared by Plymouth jury of running over hunt dogs

July 23, 2015, 5:42 am

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A LANDOWNER has been cleared of running over some harrier hounds in a lane and reversing at speed at some of the hunt's horse riders. Jonathon Wright-Watson, aged 55, has also been acquitted by a jury of attacking a foot follower by grabbing him by his neck and pulling him down an embankment. He told Plymouth Crown Court that about 15 dogs in a "frenzy" had run on to his property – menacing his own dog and cornering his cats. The artists and sculptor admitted picking up one of the hounds...

Plymouth rape accused: 'drunken doorstep sex was consensual'

July 23, 2015, 8:50 am

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A MAN who had sex with a woman on her doorstep said he made "a stupid drunken mistake", a rape trial heard. But Alan Seager, aged 28, told police the sex was consensual and he had not taken advantage of her after a night out. Seager is on trial after pleading not guilty to rape between November 23 and November 26, 2012. The jury was read a transcript of the interview Seager gave police in July 2014, three months after the woman made her complaint. He admitted he had been very drunk on a night...

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July 23, 2015, 9:09 am

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ASSAULT: JAN DE BRAUW, aged 38, of Glanville Road, Tavistock: assaulting a woman by beating and harassment of a woman – 24-month community order with 180 hours unpaid work and the Building Better Relationships course, ordered to pay £300 compensation, £85 costs and £60 victim surcharge. JULIAN DAVID JONES, aged 37, of Edgecumbe Park Road, Plymouth: assaulting a man by beating, five counts of theft from a shop and failing to surrender to custody – 24-week prison...

Knife-wielding thug is jailed for attacking Plymouth housemate

July 23, 2015, 9:36 am

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A KNIFE-WIELDING thug has been jailed for attacking a neighbour after accusing him of breaking a house rule by bringing a woman home late at night. David Edwards, aged 41, scratched the face of the housemate in an unprovoked attack in their hallway, a jury ruled. Edwards told his trial at Plymouth Crown Court that he struck the complainant with his empty fist in self-defence in a row over noise. He denied assault causing actual bodily harm but was convicted by a jury. The victim, who has asked...

Plymouth trio part of gang dealing heroin worth £120,000

July 23, 2015, 9:54 am

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THREE people face years in jail after confessing to being part of gang supplying heroin worth £120,000. Alison Daniel, aged 50, Andrew McFarlane, aged 49, and 46-year-old Kevin Kingwell were arrested after police seized 1.12kg of the drug. All three have now admitted to offences relating to the supply of heroin. Daniel, of Notte Street, the Barbican and McFarlane, of Exmouth Road, Devonport, have pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of a Class A drug. Kingwell, of Newcastle...

Angry thug ran over neighbour in Plymouth parking dispute

July 24, 2015, 7:08 am

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AN ANGRY thug run over a neighbour in his car in a row over parking, a court heard. Andrew Glazsher, aged 46, knocked over the man after he moved a wheelie bin saving a space outside his home. He drove his Ford Fiesta into the man as he stood in the street and bruised his back, Plymouth Crown Court heard. His own barrister said he described himself as a "human volcano". Recorder Nicholas Hall said his behaviour was "deplorable". He added: "You ran over the complainant. It may not have been a...

Plymouth heroin addict locked up for having blade in street

July 24, 2015, 7:26 am

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A CHRONIC heroin addict has been jailed for assault and having a bladed multi-tool in the street. David Dugdale, aged 32, was locked up for five months in total at Plymouth Crown Court. Dugdale, of Wolsdon Street in Stonehouse, pleaded guilty to having the Leatherman tool in Union Street on January 30. He also admitted common assault against a man on that day. The offences put him in breach of a suspended prison sentence for shoplifting. But Dugdale was released immediately because of time spent...

Child rapist who got teen pregnant loses appeal against...

July 24, 2015, 7:55 am

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A Cornwall child rapist who was caged after getting a teenage girl pregnant today failed in a Court of Appeal bid to clear his name and win his freedom. Terrence Harold Tucker, 49, denied four counts of rape and three of sexual activity with a child but was found guilty in September. Tucker, of Golitha Rise, Liskeard, was jailed for 15 years at Truro Crown Court in October. Still claiming he is innocent, he today took his case to the Court of Appeal, where three top judges rejected his...

Plymouth sex offender in jail because he doesn't know the Turkish...

July 24, 2015, 8:02 am

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A fugitive sex offender who was caged after he was caught on-the-run in Turkey today claimed he is only in a British jail because he forgot the Turkish word for 'absent'. Alfred John Palmer, 58, of Alcester Street, Plymouth, was jailed for five years after he was convicted in his absence in 2007 of a series of sex offences against teenage boys. The disgraced letting agent had fled to Turkey, where he remained at large until his arrest in 2009 and subsequent extradition back to the UK to serve...

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Depressed woman set fire to curtains at block of Plymouth flats

July 24, 2015, 8:03 am

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AN ALCOHOLIC woman started a fire in her home which forced the evacuation of a four-storey block of flats, a court heard. Shirley Mears, aged 56, told neighbours she had meant to kill herself in the early hours of New Year's Day last year. She was one of three people treated at hospital for the effects of smoke inhalation after the blaze at Flora Court in Stonehouse, Plymouth Crown Court heard. Police at the time praised residents for putting their lives at risk to make sure everyone was out of...

Runaway courier who brought cocaine to Plymouth is jailed

July 24, 2015, 8:29 am

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A RUNAWAY courier who brought cocaine worth tens of thousands of pounds into Plymouth has been jailed for more than nine years. Daniel Harris, aged 45, was part of a sophisticated gang which trafficked drugs from London. He was on the run for three and a half years until police eventually caught up with him in Amsterdam – where he was armed with a revolver and carrying a large quantity of cash. Harris, also known as Hyde, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine. He was sentenced at...

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July 24, 2015, 9:27 am

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A CALLOUS conman fleeced a widow he met on a dating website out of her £40,000 life savings, a court heard. Ian Mackenzie, aged 50, lied to the pensioner over 11 years and borrowed money he never intended to repay. The pair spoke online and over the phone but never met, Plymouth Crown Court heard. Jailing him for two years, a judge said he had "groomed" the Plymouth woman, who is now aged 75. Recorder Nicholas Hall said: "This was a vulnerable lady, significantly older than you. You...

83-year-old woman fights off handbag robber outside Plymouth...

July 24, 2015, 9:58 am

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AN 83-YEAR-OLD woman managed to fight off a would-be robber - even after she pushed her to the floor in a bid to make off with her handbag.The pensioner clung on to her bag after being attacked in the car park to a Plymouth bingo hall.Police are now hoping a taxi driver who came to her aid will get in touch and help them catch the suspected female beggar who carried out the heartless robbery attempt.The incident happened at around 4pm on Wednesday, July 22, in the car park behind the Gala Bingo...

Police close down Plymouth section of A38 to rescue missing...

July 25, 2015, 12:11 pm

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POLICE shut all four lanes of the A38 to rescue a teenage girl who had gone missing. Response officers had initially received calls after concerns were raised for the missing 16-year-old girl by family members on Saturday afternoon. A short while later, police began to receive an increasing number of calls from worried motorists on the A38 near the St Budeaux interchange about a teenage girl in the road. Four police vehicles were used to shut down the Parkway at around 6.10pm this evening, two...