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Battery charges are dropped against pair of Plymouth men
TWO MEN have been cleared of burgling the vacant Breakwater Fort in Plymouth Sound. Shane Cruickshank, aged 24, and 23-year-old Robin Rice appeared at Plymouth Crown Court to plead not guilty to...
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Pensioner started blaze at marital home in Plymouth, court told
A PENSIONER started a fire in her marital home, a court heard. Jennifer Bullen, aged 67, who has mental health problems, took a lighter to her husband's bedroom. She appeared at Plymouth Crown Court to...
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Former Plymouth licensee admits burgling another pub
A FORMER licensee has admitted stealing a fruit machine in a burglary at another pub nearby. Paul Braidwood, who has since left the Clipper Inn in Union Street, pleaded guilty to raiding the Duke of...
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Danger driver crashed into Plymouth nursery wall and flipped car
A DANGER driver reversed into the wall of a nursery and flipped his car over, a court heard. Steven Ford, aged 46, was at the wheel of a Volkswagen Golf which struck another vehicle containing a mother...
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Fears Plymouth paedophile continued teaching children in Spain...
IT is believed a convicted child sex offender and former teacher has continued teaching at schools in Spain and Cambodia since failing to return to Britain in 2010. Former primary school teacher and...
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Plymouth woman urinated in front of praying Muslim family
A WOMAN who urinated in front of a Muslim family praying in the park has been warned that she faces jail. Mother-of-three Natalie Richardson dropped her trousers in view of a couple and their children...
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Hate Crime Awareness Week - victims and carers learn about hate...
POLICE, victims and carers learned how to help tackle hate and mate crime in Plymouth at an awareness event. Plymouth People First supported by the Plymouth DCT and the Victims Care Unit ran an...
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Walkers stroll through Plymouth to highlight human trafficking
CAMPAIGNERS walked through Plymouth to raise awareness of human trafficking. The Saturday stroll saw the second annual global Walk For Freedom by The A21 Campaign. In all there were more than 200 walks...
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Plymouth police commandeer tourist boat to rescue man off...
POLICE commandeered a day tripper boat to help rescue a man who had gone into fast moving water off the Barbican this evening. Police were called to the waters edge near the Elphinston car park in...
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Plymouth students warned to get TV Licence or risk being...
NEARLY 100 young people in Plymouth have been caught watching telly without a TV licence. TV Licensing, tasked with prosecuting those who fail to pay the annual fee, revealed that 98 18-25 year olds...
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Three people wanted in connection with attack on Plymouth Islamic...
CAN you help police identify these three people following an attack on a Plymouth Islamic centre? The two men and a woman spotted in the CCTV footage are wanted for questioning in connection with the...
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Drug dealer faces jail for pushing heroin and crack in Plymouth
A MAN has admitted dealing heroin and crack cocaine in Plymouth. Krzysztof Drewnicki, aged 20, faces jail after he pleaded guilty to two counts of possessing Class A drugs with intent to supply....
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Homeless man started blaze outside Plymouth furniture store
A HOMELESS man set fire to the outside of a store selling pine furniture. George Hocking, aged 35, lit paper at night and left without properly extinguishing the flames, a court heard. Hocking pleaded...
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Prisoner threw scalding water over inmate, Plymouth jury told
A PRISONER threw scalding water from a kettle over a fellow inmate, a court heard. Gary Iles, aged 49, attacked the man in his cell at Dartmoor Prison after complaining the machine was broken. Victim...
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Plymouth drug runner given 'one final chance' by judge being...
POLICE are hunting a convicted Plymouth drug dealer who has turned bail bandit after being given "one final chance" by a city judge. Samuel Hughes, aged 20, was caught with wraps of heroin, crack...
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Dog fighting investigation launched after dying dog is found at...
An animal cruelty investigation has been launched after an unusual looking dog was found at the side ofn a road near Plymouth with suspicious injuries. The RSPCA believes the all-white dog with...
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Plymouth man punched two revellers who said he looked like TOWIE...
A 25-YEAR-OLD has appeared in court accused of seriously assaulting two men after they allegedly said he looked like Joey Essex. Nicky Weight, of Limetree Road, Peverell, appeared in front of a jury at...
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Police sniff out cannabis plants at Plymouth address
POLICE seized five four-foot-high suspected cannabis plants from a house in Estover after catching a whiff of the pungent aroma. Officers were in the area of Keswick Crescent at around 5.50pm on Monday...
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Plymouth man faces jail for sexual assault of girl
A MAN has admitted sexually assaulting a girl. Alexander Hunt, aged 20, faced a judge to plead guilty to two counts of indecently touching the child. A judge adjourned sentence for a probation report...
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Killer threw scalding water over prisoner, Plymouth court heard
A CONVICTED killer threw scalding water from a kettle over a fellow inmate, a court heard. Gary Iles, aged 49, jailed for life for stabbing his mother, attacked the man in his cell at Dartmoor Prison....
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