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June 17, 2016, 5:41 am

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A notorious drug addicted offender has been jailed for snatching £150 from a visually-impaired man at a cash machine.Chronic heroin user Ashley Carter-Moore, aged 31, grabbed the notes in what a judge called a "mean and nasty offence".The career criminal taunted the man by asking his friends whether they had seen him take the money when confronted by his victim, Plymouth Crown Court heard.Carter-Moore, who has convictions going back half his life, recognised victim Tony Docking...

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June 17, 2016, 8:30 am

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A father-of-five who married in a glamorous 'fairytale' wedding has avoided going to prison for dealing cannabis from his shed ­- and lavishing the money on a Jacuzzi and other home improvements.Michael Stacey, aged 32, was spared jail for the sake of his children.He was caught with £5,000 at his home and a kilogram of skunk cannabis worth up to £10,000 in his shed, Plymouth Crown Court heard.Car mechanic Stacey admitted making about £15,000 from dealing drugs over more...

Plymouth 'stoner' avoids jail sentence for having cannabis again

June 17, 2016, 8:43 am

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A 'stoner' caught with cannabis has avoided going to jail despite being in breach of a suspended prison sentence.Ross Pickering was caught with what a judge a "substantial amount" of the drug.He was in breach of a suspended jail sentence for the second time.Judge Paul Darlow handed Pickering a curfew which he told the defendant was designed to be inconvenient for a "stoner like you".He extended the existing suspended sentence and added a second term.Pickering, aged 27, of...

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June 17, 2016, 9:40 am

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A drugs courier was stopped bringing heroin and crack cocaine worth up to £85,000 to Plymouth – in a Nissan Micra.Carl Hitchmough, aged 47, was arrested by the police on the M5 near Exeter with more than 1.5 kilograms of hard drugs.He was jailed for a total of six years and ten months at Plymouth Crown Court.The Liverpudlian, once a successful graphic designer, fell into heroin use and drugs debt, the court heard.Hitchmough, from Birkenhead, pleaded guilty to two counts of possession...

Man burgled same Plymouth home in three days, court told

June 17, 2016, 10:36 am

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A former soldier burgled the same student flat twice within three days, a court heard.John McMillan, aged 30, was released on bail by city magistrates after the first offence – only to go back to the same property and steal a television set.He also confronted the students during one of the break-ins.McMillan, of Kibbiscombe Terrace in Duloe between Looe and Liskeard, pleaded guilty to two burglaries on March 22 and March 24.He stole a computer games console from the home in Hastings...

Noisy neighbour slapped with hefty fine and five-year order

June 18, 2016, 5:48 am

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A man has been slapped with a hefty fine and five-year criminal behaviour order after making his neighbours' lives a misery.Complaints of banging and shouting led to David Thompson, 50, being handed a £1,320 fine and five-year criminal behaviour order at Plymouth Magistrates' Court on Friday, June 17.Thompson, of Parsons Close, Plymstock, pleaded guilty to breaching a noise abatement notice between October 16 and 22, 2015 and between March 16 to 21, 2016 after neighbours complained about...

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June 18, 2016, 6:23 am

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A grieving son was left devastated after callous thieves stole his war hero dad's medals from him – on the way back from his father's funeral. Keith Ridings, 64, was returning home after the service for his father Ken when the honours were snatched on Tuesday, June 14 – just one week after his dad passed away. Distraught Keith, of Sidmouth, Devon, has appealed for the thugs to return the medals, which were won in North Africa and the Middle East between 1945 and 1948. They are...

iPhone app helps police recover phones and other items in Newquay

June 18, 2016, 11:27 am

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A haul of suspected stolen items, including iPhones, has been recovered after tech-savvy police officers traced the items using an app on their phones. On the night of Wednesday June 15 a series of burglaries were reported in Newquay. Officers were conducting house to house enquiries in the area of one of the burglaries, Ennors Road, when they spoke to a member of public who had her iPhone stolen from her nearby place of work. The victim provided details of her iPhone to the officers and...

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June 19, 2016, 4:12 am

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Concern is growing for a missing teenager who was last seen at a beach six days ago with a male.Police are appealing for information on the whereabouts of 18-year-old Elizabeth Breja Timar, from Exeter, who was last seen at Blackpool Sands, Stoke Fleming, on Monday, June 13.Elizabeth is a white female who is of Romanian nationality.She is described as being 5ft 4ins tall, of medium/proportionate build, with shoulder length brown straight hair and wearing glasses.She was last seen wearing a black...

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June 19, 2016, 10:33 pm

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The alleged victim of a child sex abuse suspect has said he is "devastated" by the decision to halt the 97-year-old's trial.Former head teacher Jack Mount was ruled unfit to stand trial last week after denying 50 sex offences spanning from 1954 to 1979.Mr Mount became the oldest defendant in British legal history after his trial began earlier this year following an investigation by West Midlands Police in 2014.Proceedings against the father-of-five had been split into three parts.Mr...

Five Plymouth Argyle fans as young as 16 are banned from games...

June 19, 2016, 11:14 pm

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A 16-year-old Plymouth Argyle fan is among the youngest in the country to be given a banning order by police, preventing him from attending football matches. Five Argyle fans under 18 have been issued with banning orders by Devon and Cornwall police in the past three years. More than 100 under 18s including a boy of just 12 have been banned from football matches across the UK in the past three years, latest figures show. The official statistics, obtained by the Press Association, are...

False bank cards used to buy £7,000 of goods from Plymouth...

June 20, 2016, 1:52 am

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Police are hoping a man can help them with investigations into £7,000 worth of fraud at a Plymouth shop.Officers would like to speak to the man pictured in connection with a number of fraudulent transactions made at a shop in Plymouth city centre.Transactions totalling £7,000 were made over the phone to The Tool Shed, Frankfort Gate, on Friday, May 6, at 1pm, using false bank cards.The ordered goods were collected from the shop by two men on Thursday, May 12.Police believe the man...

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June 20, 2016, 3:09 am

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DETECTIVES want to hear from anyone who saw two men brawling near a pub in a quiet village near Yelverton which led to one man being arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. Officers were called to a street called 'The Village' in Buckland Monachorum after reports of a fight between two men shortly after 8pm on Saturday June 18. On arrival officers found the men near the Drake Manor Inn where the physical altercation is understood to have taken place. A 34-year-old man from Yelverton had...

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June 20, 2016, 5:33 am

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A GAMBLING addict was caught with four kilograms of cannabis in a car in Plymouth after a patrolling police officer sniffed out the drug, a court heard.Dealer Daniel Yeung, aged 46, also had almost £10,000 in cash.Officers later found a further 10 kilograms of cannabis and another £25,000 in his home, Plymouth Crown Court heard.The total value of the drugs was up to £160,000.But Yeung walked free from court after he was handed a suspended prison sentence.Judge Ian Lawrie said:...

Plymouth woman attacked man with vodka bottle, court told

June 20, 2016, 5:46 am

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A WOMAN with an alcohol problem used a vodka bottle to attack a man in his own home, a court heard.Fay Miles, aged 33, faces jail for badly injuring her victim.Homeless Miles pleaded guilty to assaulting Shaun Puddicombe causing actual bodily harm on June 10.She appeared at Plymouth Crown Court via videolink from Eastwood Park in Bristol for sentence.Her barrister Nick Lewin said she had mental health difficulties and an alcohol problem.He added that she had started to take heroin to cope with...

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Plymouth drug addict faces jail for burgling homes

June 20, 2016, 5:55 am

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A DRUG addict faces jail for burgling two neighbouring homes on the same night.Heroin and crack cocaine user Carly Maber, aged 37, stole a television and a stereo among other valuables, Plymouth Crown Court heard.She faced a judge over the videolink from prison, but sentence was adjourned so that she can appear in person.Maber, of Pemros Road, St Budeaux, had earlier pleaded guilty to two counts of burglary on June 4 or June 5.She stole from flats a few doors apart in Embankment Road, taking the...

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June 20, 2016, 6:30 am

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A retired scientist battered his partner to death with a lump hammer after a petty argument over his straightening the duvet on his bed.Edgar Fairhurst accused 83-year-old Marjorie Elphick of nagging him when she complained about the noise and launched an attack in which he 'beat her to a pulp'.Fairhurst, aged 74, told police 'I had to make sure she was dead and I put her to sleep', Exeter Crown Court was told.The couple had been together for about 40 years and were sleeping in separate but...

Woman accused of stalking ex and driving him to drink

June 20, 2016, 8:44 am

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A woman stalked her ex-partner constantly for three months - driving him to depression and affecting his whole life, a court heard.Gemma Heppolette, 40, is on trial for breaching a restraining order and stalking her ex-partner of two years. Heppolette, previously of Albert Road, Stoke, has pleaded not guilty to stalking Heath Booton since their relationship ended at the beginning of 2014. She appeared at Plymouth Crown Court today (Monday) after spending several months in Eastwood Park prison...

Plymouth man on trial accused of repeated sexual abuse of girl

June 20, 2016, 9:02 am

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A MAN repeatedly sexually abused a schoolgirl over several years – sometimes with other children in the room, a jury was told.Phillip Harthill, aged 56, has gone on trial accused of attempting to rape and indecently assaulting the youngster more than 20 years ago, Plymouth Crown Court heard.The woman told the jury that she was among a group of children who often visited Harthill's former bedsit in the city.She added that Harthill began touching her indecently but told her she would be...

Children's doctor charged over indecent images

June 20, 2016, 9:36 am

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A children's doctor at a Devon hospital has been charged with possessing and distributing indecent images of children.Jonathan Walsh, of Wordsworth Avenue, Barnstaple, faces seven allegations of making and distribution of indecent images of youngsters.The 46-year-old was a consultant paediatrician in the children's and adolescent services department of the Northern Devon Healthcare Trust. He no longer works at the hospital.Walsh, who was suspended following his arrest in July last year, was...