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Alcoholic Plymouth childminder who drove children to nursery...
A CHILDMINDER who drove two young boys to school while more than three times over the alcohol limit has been spared jail. Kay Elson, aged 46, told a court she "bitterly regrets" her decision to drive...
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Member of Plymouth drugs gang order to pay back £50,000...
A MEMBER of a gang which flooded the streets of Plymouth with amphetamine has been ordered to pay back more than £50,000 from his illegal trade. Darren Ford, aged 48, was part of a ring which brought...
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Death row dog wrongly branded a pit bull earns Plymouth reprieve
A FAMILY is celebrating after their beloved dog was reprieved from a death sentence – because she was wrongly identified as an illegal pit bull. Ice is set to return home tomorrow following a year in...
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Vandals hack down young trees along Plymstock's new foot and...
VANDALS have sawn in half more than a dozen newly planted trees along a new foot-and-cycle path to Saltram Park. The new trees were part of a large-scale upgrade to the paths along The Ride, on the...
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Mattress thieves in Tavistock have not been sleeping on the job
TIRED thieves made off with a double mattress from a set of garages in Tavistock The crooks struck the garages near Endsleigh Garden Centre in Milton Abbot sometime between 10.30am and 3.30pm on...
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Man who refused to give cigarette punched and kicked by group of...
POLICE are appealing for information after a Plymouth man was repeatedly punched and kicked by five others in the city centre. The 25-year-old was walking along Cornwall Street, near the Specsavers and...
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Plymouth teen told to not not be cruel to animals as he waits for...
A BOY of 15 who was cruel to chickens killed at a special school is to remain under an interim ASBO injunction until a psychiatric assessment has been carried out. The teenager, who cannot be named for...
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A PARKING officer was subjected to litany of verbal abuse as they handed out tickets in Tavistock. Police say the Civil Enforcement Officer was in the car park near The Wharf club at around 12.40pm on...
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Woman tells Plymouth court of suicide bid after childhood...
A WOMAN has told a jury she was driven to attempt suicide at the age of seven because of the neglect of a mother who allowed visitors to sexually abuse her. She tried to hang herself using her dressing...
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Plymouth drug user jailed for breaching suspended prison term
A DRUG user who allowed the family flat to be used to deal cocaine and cannabis has been jailed after failing to comply with her suspended prison sentence. Deana Thornton, aged 31, was locked up for...
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Plymouth house burglar jailed after he 'disappeared'
A HOUSE burglar has been jailed after he went home to Poland rather than comply with his suspended prison sentence. Grzegorz Dabek, aged 28, "disappeared" and failed to keep in touch with his probation...
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Plymouth woman accused of taking revenge with knife threats
A WOMAN accused of using a knife to threaten revenge is to face a judge and jury. Kaitlyn Burbridge, aged 25, pleaded not guilty to two charges when she appeared at Plymouth Crown Court. Burbridge, of...
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Police on the look out for this distinctive BWM stolen after...
POLICE are keen to hear from anyone who may have seen a orange BMW which has been stolen from Stoke. The distinctive "Valencia orange" BMW 118i was taken from outside a property in Portland Road in...
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Trial of six people accused of dog and animal fighting as part of...
THE TRIAL of six people accused of a raft of offences relating to dog and animal fighting has restarted. The five men and one woman – Nathan Baker, Craig Ford, Benjamin Luscombe, Craige McCormick, Alex...
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Plymouth man admits sex assaults on sisters, cruelty trial hears
A MAN sexually assaulted two sisters, a child cruelty trial has heard. Raymond Williams, aged 60, has admitted indecently assaulting the girls in the 80s. The mother of the sisters is on trial at...
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Jail for dole singer who claimed 32,000 notes in disability...
AN ENTERTAINER sang and danced on stages from Cornwall to Cyprus – while claiming he could hardly walk. Lying Jerry Foale pocketed £32,000 in disability benefits over six years while telling the...
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Teen taken to hospital after meat cleaver attack
A teenager has been taken to hospital with an injury to his arm after an attack with a meat cleaver near Plymouth. A 21-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the incdient. Police say an...
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Police appeal after allegation of dog hunting and killing fox...
POLICE are hunting a dog owner whose hound chased, captured and killed a fox near Cadover Bridge. Witnesses told police they saw numerous people gathering near the bridge area of Wotter between 3.46pm...
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Plymouth man racially abused and spat at black officer
A MAN racially abused and spat at black police officer after a string of thinly veiled insults, a court heard. David Mears, aged 59, abused the constable and spat on to his stab vest as he was being...
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Plymouth man at Million Man March left bloodied after alleged...
A PLYMOUTH man has claimed he was beaten by officers after becoming trapped between police and protestors are march in London. Terry Small, aged 20, and from Plymouth was photographed and filmed with...
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