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Two child sex offenders including Plymouth Royal Marine convicted...
TWO years after the Prime Minister urged the industry to 'obliterate' child abuse images from the internet, sex offenders are still being convicted at the rate of two a day for possessing them, new...
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Plymouth police officer numbers could fall further, admits...
THE Plymouth region's crime tsar has admitted police numbers could fall below the "touchstone" figure of 3,000, as he prepares to leave his job. The Herald revealed yesterday how Devon and Cornwall...
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Drug dealers threw cannabis from car watched by Plymouth police
DOPEY drug dealers threw packages of cannabis out into the street when police started following their car because it was being driven badly, a court heard.Henry Conteh and Julius Titiloye, both aged...
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Gang of 19 brought £5.8million of heroin and cocaine to...
A gang of drug dealers brought £5.8 million worth of heroin and cocaine to Plymouth and Devon in a plot which was masterminded from a quiet seaside town.A cottage in a Devon village was used as a base...
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Plymouth woman 'tried to take her life' after alleged rape by man
A WOMAN who says she was raped on her doorstep after a drunken night out has told a court how she was driven to attempt suicide. She described to a jury how she tried to self-harm with a razor and took...
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Judge increases sentence on Plymouth sex monster to 18 years
A JUDGE has increased the prison sentence of a monster who raped and abused a girl over a decade – including keeping her in the boot of a car. Colin Goss, now aged 77, saw his jail term lengthened from...
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Plymouth police appeal for witnesses to fight - at charity boxing...
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a unexpected fight took place at a charity boxing event. Investigators say that while the Ultra White Collar Boxing event in aid of Cancer Research took place...
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A surfboard, a Xmas tree and a shower - police reveal items which...
BOUNCY castles, ladders, mattresses, a surfboard and a Christmas Tree – not a shopping list, but items which have fallen onto Plymouth's busiest road. A Freedom of Information request to Devon and...
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Tavistock police want to trace this man to find out if everything...
POLICE are keen to identify this man after he was spotted in a Tavistock shop. The man entered the store on July 8 just before 1pm. He was seen leaving with a box of Lego Minifigures worth more than...
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Boy, 18, has heart attack after taking legal high in Plymouth
An 18-year-old youth has suffered a suspected heart attack on Plymouth waterfront after taking legal highs. The incident on Monday came on the same day a woman in Plymouth assaulted a police officer,...
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Drunk Plymouth fisherman attacked girlfriend when she refused him...
A drunken Plymouth fisherman has been jailed for attacking his girlfriend when she refused to have sex with him. Lewis Main grabbed Michelle Ward and pinned her down by to the floor by her neck but she...
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Witnesses wanted to assault outside Plympton pub
POLICE want to hear from witnesses after a man was attacked as he left a Plympton pub. The 38-year-old victim left the Joshua Reynolds Inn in the Ridgeway area, sometime between 9.30pm and 10.30pm on...
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Man faces jail for bringing huge amounts of cannabis to Plymouth
A MAN is facing years in prison after he admitted being part of a gang which trafficked large amounts of cannabis into Plymouth. Robert Beighton, aged 34, appeared at court to plead guilty to plotting...
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Thieves steal Boxer cross bitch from back garden
POLICE are urging people to be on the look out for a stolen Boxer bitch which is in heat. The three-year-old cross Boxer, called Sarah, was stolen after crooks broke into a fenced garden at the rear of...
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Man left battered and bitten after barn dance brawl
A YOUNG man was left bitten and battered after being attacked at a barn dance. Police say three men were injured – one seriously – following the fight at an annual party and barn dance at a farm in the...
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'Angry' landowner ran over hunt's hounds, Plymouth court told
AN ANGRY landowner ran over some harrier hounds in a lane and reversed at speed at some of the hunt's horse riders, a court heard. Jonathon Wright-Watson, aged 55, also attacked a foot follower,...
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Rape accused was 'on the pull', felow drinker tells Plymouth...
A MAN accused of raping a drunken woman on her doorstep in the early hours was "on the pull" that night, a jury was told. Alan Seager, aged 28, made advances on a married woman and on a much younger...
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Plymouth man admits assault and having bladed tool in street
A MAN has admitted assault and having a bladed multi-tool in the street. David Dugdale, aged 32, committed the offences in breach of a suspended prison sentence, Plymouth Crown Court heard. Dugdale, of...
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Tavistock man cautioned for making hoax fire calls 'for a bet'
A 62-YEAR-old man has been given a caution after making two hoax calls to firefighters for a bet. Police say the man made two emergency calls between 6pm and 9pm on July 14, claiming there were fires...
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Police say MTV Crashes Plymouth 'went well' - despite reports of...
POLICE say the first night of MTV Crashes Plymouth passed peacefully - despite some gig-goers reporting a number of fights breaking out. Irish alt-rock band Kodaline, who were second to take to the...
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