Man faces jail in Plymouth for breaching court orders

December 24, 2015, 3:52 am

≫ Next: Court extends powers of Plymouth police to monitor sex offender

≪ Previous: Man sentenced for having knife in Plymouth street

$

0

0

A MAN faces jail for breaching a suspended prison sentence. Lancelot Dube, aged 24, pleaded guilty before Plymouth magistrates to breaching a non-molestation order on December 8. The offence puts him in breach of a suspended prison sentence imposed at the city's Crown Court in October for offences of assault causing actual bodily harm and common assault. Magistrates sent Dube back to face a judge – who must impose the suspended term unless it is deemed unjust to do so. Dube, of Erith in...

---

Court extends powers of Plymouth police to monitor sex offender

December 24, 2015, 4:24 am

≫ Next: Plymouth man cleared of breaking woman's nose in unprovoked...

≪ Previous: Man faces jail in Plymouth for breaching court orders

$

0

0

A COURT has extended the powers of police to monitor a man convicted of having more than 100 indecent images of children. Magistrates have granted an interim Sexual Harm Prevention Order against 31-year-old Matthew Percival. It limits his use of the internet and contact with children. Percival, of Ker Street, Devonport, was convicted of making or downloading more than 100 indecent images of children in February 2014. The offences dated back to 2010. City magistrates imposed a two-year community...

Plymouth man cleared of breaking woman's nose in unprovoked...

April 28, 2016, 9:16 am

≫ Next: Police watchdogs praise dumped Plymouth-born scheme to safeguard...

≪ Previous: Court extends powers of Plymouth police to monitor sex offender

$

0

0

A MAN has been cleared by a jury of punching a woman and breaking her nose in a violent unprovoked attack.Luke Richards, aged 28, was acquitted of assault causing actual bodily harm by a unanimous verdict after a trial.Richards told the jury that he was not the man shown on CCTV knocking the woman off her feet in an unprovoked midnight street attack.The victim told a jury that the stranger hit her so hard a bone was showing through her nostril in August, 2014.She was previously struck by another...

Police watchdogs praise dumped Plymouth-born scheme to safeguard...

April 28, 2016, 9:24 am

≫ Next: Plymouth man who stole cash from ice cream van is jailed after...

≪ Previous: Plymouth man cleared of breaking woman's nose in unprovoked...

$

0

0

A PLYMOUTH-born child safeguarding scheme which no longer operates in the city has received praise by police watchdogs.Operation Encompass was the brainchild of former Devonport police sergeant David Carney-Haworth and his wife, Torpoint nursery and infant school headteacher, Elisabeth. The simple but effective scheme saw police notify schools before 9am the following day if they had attended a domestic abuse incident at a schoolchild's home the previous evening. This allowed teaching staff to...

Plymouth man who stole cash from ice cream van is jailed after...

April 28, 2016, 9:39 am

≫ Next: Dopey drug dealer jailed for lying to court by claiming he had a...

≪ Previous: Police watchdogs praise dumped Plymouth-born scheme to safeguard...

$

0

0

A man who stole nearly £300 from a cousin working in an ice cream van has been jailed after failing to work with probation.Kaylon Turpin, aged 22, admitted failing to comply with a two-year community order imposed for a string of offences.He was jailed for a total of 14 months for his original offences at Plymouth Crown Court.Revoking his community order, Judge Ian Lawrie said: "I look at this and it screams out slack, slack, slack. The man has no courage and has made no effort. There...

Dopey drug dealer jailed for lying to court by claiming he had a...

April 28, 2016, 10:10 am

≫ Next: Biker still in critical condition four weeks after horror smash

≪ Previous: Plymouth man who stole cash from ice cream van is jailed after...

$

0

0

A DOPEY drug dealer lucky to escape jail has finally been put behind bars for lying to a court by claiming he had a job.Scott Jeffrey, aged 25, forged letters from Princess Yachts and persuaded an accomplice to tell a probation officer that he had an apprenticeship.He even completed a fake worksheet showing his hours.But suspicions were raised because the company had just laid off hundreds of staff, Plymouth Crown Court heard.Even the judge turned detective by looking at the Princess Yachts...

Biker still in critical condition four weeks after horror smash

April 29, 2016, 12:13 am

≫ Next: Hot Fuzz comes to Plymouth as women beg to be arrested by sexy...

≪ Previous: Dopey drug dealer jailed for lying to court by claiming he had a...

$

0

0

A BIKER is still in hospital fighting for his life four weeks after a crash which has left his pillion passenger suffering "life changing injuries" police have revealed.The pair of motorcyclists were taken to Derriford Hospital with serious, life-threatening injuries following the crash at 12.40pm on Wednesday, March 30.The 24-year-old rider of a motorcycle and his 28-year-old female pillion passenger, who both live in the Plymouth area were travelling along the busy Billacombe Road in...

Hot Fuzz comes to Plymouth as women beg to be arrested by sexy...

April 29, 2016, 1:49 am

≫ Next: Plymouth benefit cheat who fiddled about £40,000 went on...

≪ Previous: Biker still in critical condition four weeks after horror smash

$

0

0

THE appointment of a new police chief in Devon has seen the force's Facebook page attract hundreds of comments by women keen to be arrested. And frisked. And locked up for the night, with the officer. New Chief Supt Jim Colwell, a former Plymouth detective, will now oversee policing in the county, ensuring officers, specials, PCSOs and support staff work hard to ensure the safety of the community. However, after Devon and Cornwall Police alerted its Facebook followers to the new police...

---

Plymouth benefit cheat who fiddled about £40,000 went on...

April 29, 2016, 2:14 am

≫ Next: 'Supermarket sweep' mum and daughter are banned from Plymouth...

≪ Previous: Hot Fuzz comes to Plymouth as women beg to be arrested by sexy...

$

0

0

A BENEFIT cheat who fiddled about £40,000 in benefits enjoyed holidays to Egypt and Tenerife at taxpayers' expense before she was caught out, a court heard.Lying Kirsty Trotter said that her partner was not living with her – but he opened the door to investigators in pyjamas and dressing gown.The 27-year-old pocketed a swathe of benefits by claiming she was a single mum of two, Plymouth Crown Court heard.But she went on two family holidays to Tenerife and one to Egypt using her...

'Supermarket sweep' mum and daughter are banned from Plymouth...

April 29, 2016, 5:16 am

≫ Next: Sleep sex husband cleared of raping wife after claiming...

≪ Previous: Plymouth benefit cheat who fiddled about £40,000 went on...

$

0

0

A mother and daughter who went on a "supermarket sweep" to steal a trolley full of shopping have been banned from a city store for five years.Jane Sacker, aged 47, and Lisa Sacker, aged 29, pushed shopping worth about £200 out of the door of Sainsbury's at Marsh Mills.Sacker junior did exactly the same thing less than 12 months before, Plymouth Crown Court heard.Judge Paul Darlow handed them community orders and banned them from Sainsbury's for five years.He told the daughter...

Sleep sex husband cleared of raping wife after claiming...

April 29, 2016, 6:05 am

≫ Next: Former Plymouth Royal Marine caught with fake goods must pay...

≪ Previous: 'Supermarket sweep' mum and daughter are banned from Plymouth...

$

0

0

A husband has been cleared of raping his wife as she slept after telling a jury she had invented the allegations in revenge for him having an affair.The 29-year-old denied having sex with his wife as she slept and at first told police he had sex while he was also asleep.He was cleared by a jury at Exeter Crown Court despite them hearing evidence from a world-renowned sleep expert that his account of 'sexsomnia' was scientifically impossible.The husband said the wife had made false allegations...

Former Plymouth Royal Marine caught with fake goods must pay...

April 29, 2016, 6:18 am

≫ Next: Pony porn dad from Plymouth facing jail over sick mobile phone...

≪ Previous: Sleep sex husband cleared of raping wife after claiming...

$

0

0

A FORMER Royal Marine caught with a haul of fake goods and equipment to copy DVDs and CDs has been ordered to pay back just over £17,500 as his ill-gotten gains.Christopher Marshall, aged 53, was caught with counterfeit clothes, perfume and headphones as well as films and music for sale.He also had large fireworks without a proper licence and incorrectly-labelled tobacco.Trading standards officers claim that the genuine versions of the goods were worth almost £14,0000.Marshall, of...

Pony porn dad from Plymouth facing jail over sick mobile phone...

April 29, 2016, 7:14 am

≫ Next: Opinion: 'Crime tsar' must be apolitical and experienced

≪ Previous: Former Plymouth Royal Marine caught with fake goods must pay...

$

0

0

A MAN found with more than £17,000 of unique bicycles stolen from a Yelverton store – as well as two videos of bestiality and extreme pornography on his phone – has been told he could face prison.Ross Burt, aged 30, appeared at Plymouth Crown Court after pleading guilty to concealing criminal property, receiving stolen goods and two counts of being in possession of extreme pornographic images. The court heard how Burt, of Lark Hill, was arrested by police on December 19 last...

Opinion: 'Crime tsar' must be apolitical and experienced

April 29, 2016, 7:46 am

≫ Next: Drink driver admits killing carnival-going couple and trying to...

≪ Previous: Pony porn dad from Plymouth facing jail over sick mobile phone...

$

0

0

I believe that independence from political ties and an extensive knowledge of every aspect of the job are two vital qualifications for the next Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for Devon and Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. I have experience of working with safeguarding partners, being a magistrate and running my own business.As a former senior police officer who is fighting unsupported for the post of commissioner I see the resignation of Tony Hogg, the current PCC, from the Conservative...

Drink driver admits killing carnival-going couple and trying to...

April 29, 2016, 8:25 am

≫ Next: Student with 20-name 'stabbing list' is locked up for arming...

≪ Previous: Opinion: 'Crime tsar' must be apolitical and experienced

$

0

0

A drink driver has admitted killing a couple after ploughing into them as they walked home from a carnival. Ryan Morrish, 27, crashed his Audi S4 into Calvin Trevena and Ann Varran as they left St Agnes Carnival on foot. He then tried to cover up his crimes by reporting the car stolen, hiding his keys and then washing his clothes after the incident in Cornwall last August. Morrish, of Redruth, appeared in Truro Crown Court today where he admitted two charges of causing death by careless...

---

Student with 20-name 'stabbing list' is locked up for arming...

April 29, 2016, 8:34 am

≫ Next: Cases which have been heard by Plymouth magistrates

≪ Previous: Drink driver admits killing carnival-going couple and trying to...

$

0

0

A bullied student has been jailed after he drew up a 'stabbing list' of his enemies and took a knife into his college.Jimmy Ford had 20 names on his list of which his own was the last because he intended to stab himself after taking revenge on his tormentors.He had endured a decade of abuse and snapped after fellow student nicknamed him Jimmy Savile and falsely accused him of being a paedophile.Catering student Ford was caught with a three inch knife in his coat after another student, who had...

Cases which have been heard by Plymouth magistrates

April 29, 2016, 9:45 am

≫ Next: Do you recognise this man at centre of Plymouth hammer theft...

≪ Previous: Student with 20-name 'stabbing list' is locked up for arming...

$

0

0

ASSAULT:ROBERT CARPENTER, aged 73, of Ham Drive, Plymouth: assaulting a PCSO and threatening behaviour – fined £525, ordered to pay £775 costs and £35 victim surcharge.JOSEPH OLDHAM, aged 23, of Mainstone Avenue, Plymouth: assaulting a woman by beating – six-week prison sentence suspended for 12 months, with Rehabilitation Activity Requirement, ordered to pay £115 victim surcharge and £85 costs.JANE PERKS, aged 26, of Mildmay Street, Plymouth: assaulting...

Do you recognise this man at centre of Plymouth hammer theft...

April 30, 2016, 8:57 am

≫ Next: Masked raiders in daylight 'smash and grab' robbery at Plymouth...

≪ Previous: Cases which have been heard by Plymouth magistrates

$

0

0

Police in Plymouth are hunting this man in connection with the disappearance of a hammer from a city centre store.The hammer - which was only worth about £2 - went missing from The Tool Shed in Frankfort Gate on Friday.CCTV footage shows the tool disappeared at around 1pm.Police investigating the incident believe the man in this image may know where it went.Anyone with information is asked to contact police on 101 quoting log number 435 of Friday, April 29.READ NEXT: Hot Fuzz comes to...

Masked raiders in daylight 'smash and grab' robbery at Plymouth...

April 30, 2016, 9:53 am

≫ Next: Three-year football ban for teen who threw smoke bomb at Plymouth...

≪ Previous: Do you recognise this man at centre of Plymouth hammer theft...

$

0

0

Shocked shoppers looked on in horror as balaclava-wearing thugs armed with a hammer raided a Plymouth city centre store - in broad daylight.The masked raiders made off with thousands of pounds of jewellery after smashing their way through a pawnbrokers window on busy Exeter Street.Staff told how the female worker behind the till had to lock herself in and push a panic button during the terrifying ordeal on Friday afternoon.Police are now hunting two men suspected of being involved in the...

Three-year football ban for teen who threw smoke bomb at Plymouth...

April 30, 2016, 11:52 am

≫ Next: Dog walker forced to 'repeatedly punch' attacking Labrador which...

≪ Previous: Masked raiders in daylight 'smash and grab' robbery at Plymouth...

$

0

0

A teenage Plymouth Argyle fan who threw a smoke bomb onto the pitch when the Pilgrims travelled to Yeovil Town earlier this season has been banned from all football matches for three years.Kristyan Kearney, ages 18, admitted charges of possessing a flare at a sporting event and throwing a missile onto a football playing area during the second half of Plymouth Argyle's visit to Yeovil on February 23.In a statement through defending solicitor Chris Ivory at a hearing at Somerset Magistrates' Court...