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Man jailed for sexually abusing girl and driving her to suicide...
A man has been jailed for seven years for twice sexually abusing a teenager and driving her to attempt suicide.Mark Wright, aged 57, laughed off the first incident making it difficult for the girl to...
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Two human trafficking victims are 'missing without trace'
Police are searching for two victims of human trafficking who have been missing in the South West for a month.The Southwest Regional Organised Crime Unit, known as Zephyr, has issued an appeal for...
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Plymouth Royal Marine on trial accused of raping and assaulting...
A Royal Marine has gone on trial accused of raping and assaulting a woman.Lee Fraser, aged 34, is facing a jury at Plymouth Crown Court.He has pleaded not guilty to raping the woman in the city between...
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Man in court over 'four-hour armed siege' in Plymouth
A man has appeared at court charged with firearm offences following a four-hour armed police siege in Ernesettle on Saturday night. Darren Morgan, 51, appeared at Plymouth Magistrates Court today...
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Man suspected of cooking Breaking Bad drug crystal meth in...
A man suspected of cooking crystal meth in a Lipson basement last year has been rebailed again.The 38-year-old man from Exmouth was arrested on the evening of July 6 at a property in Craven Avenue, off...
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Pervert who had sex with underage girls after giving them drugs...
A man has been jailed for more than four years for giving underage girls drugs and having sex with them – one while she was being sick.Michael Bragg, aged 21, plied the teenagers with mephedrone and...
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Police hunt man who glassed victim in Plymouth Revolution Bar
Police are investigating a suspected glassing attack which left a man requiring stitches to a cut on his chin.Investigators say the incident happened at the Revolution Bar on Derry's Cross at around...
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Taxi driver avoids jail for £70,000 tax fraud
A taxi driver who defrauded the taxman out of almost £70,000 has narrowly avoided jail.Self-employed Robert McMahon, aged 60, falsely claimed VAT rebates and failed to pay his income tax for six years,...
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Notorious paedophile is unmasked after he tried to leave the...
A notorious child abuser who moved to England under a new name has been unmasked after he broke the conditions of the sex offenders register.Joseph McColgan was known as The Beast of Sligo and was...
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Alleged stalker 'stared at woman's home for more than ten hours'
A man allegedly stared at a woman's house for more than ten hours as part of a campaign of stalking, a court heard.Domenico De Rosa, aged 55, is also accused of following her and waiting for her in the...
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The final messages of tragic fishermen revealed at inquest
Messages and phone calls made by a fisherman in the last hours before his boat sank, were heard by an inquest today. Skipper Mike Hill, aged 22, was aboard the JMT, a 36ft scalloper, when it was said...
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Emotional farewell for officer 'who served others all his life'
Colleagues and comrades of a much-respected former police officers and Falklands veteran heard of the many lives he had touched during his life.The Minster Church of St Andrew's in Royal Parade was...
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There's a toilet roll holder thief on the loose in Plympton...loc...
It could just be a strange form of toilet humour - but owners of a coffee shop in Plympton have been left baffled after a customer nicked one of their hand-made loo roll holders.Finla Coffee on the...
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Devon police staff cleared over death of church caretaker Thomas...
A custody sergeant and two detention officers have been found not guilty of killing a church caretaker with mental health problems.Thomas Orchard, 32, died in hospital seven days after being arrested...
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Devon police could be punished over death of Thomas Orchard
Police could face disciplinary action over the death of tragic church caretaker Thomas Orchard.Sarah Green, deputy chairwoman of the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC), said 'subsequent...
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Four released over Vospers heist - but another man is arrested
Four men have been released without charge by police after a well-known Plymouth car showroom was ransacked.Vospers at Marsh Mills had its safe ripped open, a huge haul of expensive specialist tools...
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Care home boss conned pensioner out of £9,000 to fund...
A care home boss conned a resident into £9,000 of unnecessary cash withdrawals to fund her spiraling online gambling addiction, a jury has heard.The trial of Sharon Smith, 51, from Burraton in Saltash,...
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Royal Marine 'strangled and raped' woman at Plymouth home, court...
A Royal Marine strangled and raped a woman in his home after a row, a court heard. Lee Fraser, aged 34, grabbed her around the neck and later raped her in his bed, a jury was told. The alleged victim...
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Plymouth man admits having sex with ANOTHER underage girl
A man has admitted having sex with a 15-year-old girl – his second offence of sleeping with an underage girl.Orin Harrison, aged 20, returned to Plymouth Crown Court the day after he was released from...
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WhatsApp security flaw could allow hackers into your account 'in...
Hackers could access the accounts of thousands of desktop WhatsApp and Telegram messaging users after a security flaw was uncovered The security lapse could allow hackers to hijack users' accounts "in...
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