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View ArticleMum tells Plymouth cruelty trial claims of neglect 'lies and...
A MOTHER has told a cruelty trial that claims she abandoned and neglected her children were "lies and rubbish". The woman said that she had no idea that a babysitter and allegedly other men had...
View ArticlePlymouth man who tried to sell nuclear submarine secrets to...
A fantasist who claimed he was researching a spy novel when he tried to sell classified documents about nuclear submarines has had his jail term cut by top judges. Polish factory worker Marcin Andrzej...
View ArticleBike worth £1,500 with no seat or chain stolen from busy...
A Plymouth shop manager has offered to resign after a rare bicyle which was shackled to a wooden block and a sink was stolen from a shop window on Plymouth's busiest city centre road. The Pashley bike,...
View ArticlePlymouth's head shop reopens after police fail to prove sale of...
A HEAD shop whose sale of legal highs has drawn the ire of the authorities will re-open after police failed to prove it was the cause of antisocial behaviour in Plymouth city centre. The Dam Good Head...
View ArticleDrugged-up driver swerved and crashed friend's car in Plymouth
A DRUGGED-UP driver took a friend's car and swerved across the road before crashing, a court heard. Heroin addict Terry Moules, aged 39, took a cocktail of drugs before grabbing the keys of the Ford...
View ArticlePlymouth man charged with sexual abuse of girl
A MAN has appeared in court accused of attempting to rape and indecently assaulting a girl more than 20 years ago. Phillip Hartill, aged 55, faced Plymouth magistrates to answer five charges. He...
View ArticleMan attacked by fancy dress thugs on Halloween left with broken...
A MAN was left with a fractured jaw, cheekbone and nose after he and his wife were attacked by a group of thugs in fancy dress. The man, aged 38, was with his wife, also aged 38, in Regents Street at...
View ArticleAttempted murder charge
A FORMER soldier from near Torpoint is being prosecuted for the attempted murder of a man with learning difficulties in Northern Ireland in 1974.John Pat Cunningham, 27, who reputedly had an inherent...
View ArticleDoes drugs bust signal return of cannabis gangs?
VIETNAMESE crime gangs who build cannabis factories in unassuming homes may have returned to Plymouth after a three-year absence.Acting on information from locals, police carried out a Misuse of Drugs...
View ArticlePlymouth man stabbed wife to death before killing himself in...
A RETIRED dockyard worker stabbed his wife to death in their Plymouth home before attempting to take his own life, an inquest has heard. In what was described by the coroner as "an extremely unusual...
View ArticleMum faces jail for allowing men to abuse girls at Plymouth home
A CRUEL mum faces jail after she was found guilty of allowing a string of men to sexually abuse three of her daughters. The 71-year-old grandmother worked as a prostitute while babysitters and clients...
View ArticleWoman speaks out as pervert stepdad who drove her to suicide bids...
A WOMAN driven to attempt suicide after she was indecently touched by her stepfather has bravely spoken out to help other victims of sexual abuse to come forward. Leyna Tucker, aged 46, faced her...
View ArticleThieves smashing their way into pay and display machines across...
Thieves are smashing their way into ticket machines at pay and display car parks across South Devon. Police say multiple pay and display machines have been badly damaged at sites across the area. More...
View ArticleDopey driver jailed for naming dead man as Plymouth speeder
A DOPEY driver caught speeding has been jailed for nominating another man as the offender – even though he had been DEAD for months. Sheep farmer Andrew Evans, aged 48, tried to pull the wool over the...
View ArticleAngry thug jailed for spitting and baseball bat attack in...
AN ANGRY thug smashed a car windscreen with a baseball bat and spat in a woman's face as a family row boiled over in the street. Lee Jones, aged 28, has been jailed for what a judge called a "very...
View ArticleMan caught with cannabis worth £15,000 jailed for drug...
A MAN caught with cannabis worth £15,000 has been jailed for his second offence of drug dealing. Christopher Collier, aged 23, told police he was looking after 1.5k of cannabis which had been delivered...
View ArticleMan sneaked into store staffroom to steal computer in Plymouth
A MAN sneaked into a staffroom and stole an iPad from a supermarket. Peter Smith, aged 47, pleaded guilty before Plymouth magistrates to burglary of the Co-op in Hoegate Street. He took the tablet...
View ArticleUp before Plymouth magistrates
ASSAULT: ROBERT BENNETT, aged 42, of Laira Avenue, Plymouth: assaulting a woman by beating – 12-month community order with Rehabilitation Activity Requirement, ordered to pay £150 criminal courts...
View ArticlePolice warn Plymouth's boozy Christmas revellers to beware of...
WHILE the office party season gears up for boozy celebrations and mistletoe kisses, police are warning men and women to beware putting themselves at risk of rape, either as victim or as the accused....
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