Man detained after police helicopter involved in search of...
A man has been arrested in connection with suspected drug offences after an incident which has seen a number of officers, police dogs and the NPAS Exeter helicopter deployed. The National Police Air...
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View Article'Plymouth man raped woman while her children slept upstairs',...
A man raped a woman on her sofa while her children slept upstairs, a court heard.Russell Large, aged 28, has gone on trial accused of forcing himself upon the woman at her city home.She told the jury...
View ArticlePolice hunt man who grabbed 16-year-old girl in Plymouth street
Police are hunting a man who allegedly grabbed a girl as she was walking along a Plymouth street.Officers say the 16-year-old was approached from behind by a man on Delamare Road in Eggbuckland, near...
View ArticleSuspect in handcuffs hunted by police made brief getaway - in a...
Police say a man who fled officers in handcuffs climbed into a taxi to evade his captors.Following an incident in Apsley Road, Mutley at around 3pm a man was detained by officers. A second man was then...
View ArticleSailor leapt from yacht mast to his death during drug search,...
An experienced yachtsman – whose boat held hundreds of packages of Class A drugs – "deliberately jumped" from his boat's mast to his death, an inquest heard.An inquest jury heard how 62-year-old...
View ArticleCouple racially abused by man with Cornish accent
Police are appealing for witnesses after a man with a Cornish accent racially abused two people.Officers are looking into two incidents of racially-aggravated public order offences, the first of which...
View ArticleRacist teenage thug burgled home in Plymouth, court told
A racist teenage thug faces another stretch behind bars for burgling a city home.Connor Blampey, aged 19, is already in custody for the hate-fuelled assault of a black police officer. He also had...
View ArticlePlymouth rape trial collapses
The trial of a man accused of raping a woman on her sofa while her children slept upstairs has collapsed.The jury deciding the fate of 28-year-old Russell Large at Plymouth Crown Court has been...
View ArticleCash theft from Indian takeaway prompts police appeal for...
Police are appealing for information after the theft of cash from an Indian takeaway. The offence happened at Curry Nights in West Street, Tavistock, on Friday, September 23, some time between 9.50pm...
View ArticleMan arrested following alleged rape of 18-year-old woman
man has been arrested following an alleged rape of an 18-year-old woman in an alleyway. Police investigating the incident, which allegedly took place, on Park Lane Steps, just off Torquay's busy...
View ArticleMan who grabbed 16-year-old girl in Plymouth is still at large,...
Police say a man who allegedly grabbed a girl as she was walking along a Plymouth street is still at large.Officers say the 16-year-old was approached from behind by a man on Delamare Road in...
View ArticleCocaine worth 'between £8m and £18m' found on board...
Border Force officers found 120kgs of cocaine estimated to be worth 'between £8.3m and £18m' on a yacht after the skipper jumped to his death, an inquest heard.The jury at the inquest of Christiaan...
View ArticlePlymouth Royal Marine stamped on submariner's head after 'gay'...
A Royal Marine stamped on the head of a prostrate submariner who had called him "gay" because he was wearing white jeans, a court heard.Ryan Thompson, aged 26, lashed out in a late-night drink-fuelled...
View ArticlePolice seize massive amount of drugs in Plymouth
Police say a haul of cannabis found at a Keyham address may be worth as much as £9,000.Officers arrested two men on Monday following an incident in Apsley Road at about 2.45pm. One of the men, aged 19,...
View ArticleTwo arrested on suspicion of supplying Class A drugs after police...
Two Plymouth people were arrested by officers on suspicion of supplying Class A drugs after a car was stopped on the M5.Investigators say several officers from Plymouth, along with a number of armed...
View ArticleHorses slashed in knife attack
Several horses were slashed with knives during a 'horrifying' attack in south east CornwallThe alleged attack took place on Friday night in St Neot.Karlie Bradford, a friend of the horses' owner, has...
View ArticlePlymouth man charged with murder over death of young mum, 26
A man will appear in court charged with murder after a 26-year-old woman was found stabbed to death at a house in Bournemouth.Police discovered Natasha Wake with multiple knife wounds at the property...
View ArticleChild involved in collision outside school "given first aid ...
A child received treatment for a minor arm injury after a collision with a car outside a Plymouth primary school.Police were called to the incident at 3.45pm on Tuesday, outside Pilgrim Primary school...
View ArticleRail cops' warning as more youngsters risk lives on railway lines
Rail cops say youngsters in the South West were among the worst offenders for risking their lives on the railway lines this summer. As the new school year gets under way, British Transport Police are...
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