Plymouth Argyle striker David Goodwillie to defend rape claim
Plymouth Argyle striker David Goodwillie will be defending a damages claim of up to £500,000 brought by a woman who alleges the footballer raped her, a court has heard.The former Scotland...
View ArticleMan appears in court accused of murdering Plymouth mum Vicky...
A man has appeared in court accused of the murder of Plymouth mum-of-three Victoria Bance.Robert Bance, aged 53, appeared via video link at Plymouth Magistrates' Court this morning.He did not enter a...
View ArticleHundreds of Plymouth girls retake 11-plus as exam fiasco...
Hundreds of schoolgirls sat their 11-plus exams again at the weekend as police continue to probe the fiasco which forced the youngsters to retake the test.The 382 girls competing to gain one of the 260...
View ArticlePolice hunting man who has to be sent back to prison
Police are hunting a Plymouth man who has been recalled to prison.Tommy McTighe was originally charged with robbery and wounding in 2011. The 25-year-old Devonport man is now wanted for failing to...
View ArticlePolice hunting firebugs who targeted city centre cafe which...
Police are investigating a possible arson outside a city centre coffee shop.Fire crews were called to the Barista Brothers coffee shop on Armada Way at about 6am on October 6 after fire damage was...
View ArticleSpanish man in court in Plymouth accused of trying to import...
A man has appeared in court to deny attempting to import cannabis.Spaniard Carlos Maldonado-Lopez pleaded not guilty to the offence after border control officers discovered 15kg of the Class B drug in...
View ArticleKiller clown craze: Police probe 10 incidents
Ten "killer clown" incidents – including five in Plymouth – were reported to Devon and Cornwall Police in the space of just three days, it has emerged. Officers have been called to a string of...
View ArticlePlymouth youth charged with rape and child sex offences
A Plymouth man has been charged with rape and seven other sexual offences against under-age girls.Josh Parker, 19, faced eight charges including sending explicit images to girls as young as 12 when he...
View ArticleThis man was beaten up at Popworld - did you see it happen?
Police are appealing for witnesses after a man was left with injuries to his head and fingers following an attack in a Plymouth nightclub.The man, who has asked not to be named but has agreed to...
View ArticlePlymouth's Killer Clowns warned they could face vigilante attacks
Plymouth police have warned people dressing up as clowns to scare others in the street they could end up being confronted by scared and angry members of the public - as well as potentially ending up...
View ArticleSafe with 'significant' amount of cash and jewellery stolen in...
Police are appealing for witnesses after cash and jewellery were taken from a home in South East Cornwall. Offenders forced the back door to get inside the unoccupied home in Castlemead Drive between...
View ArticleMan accused of murdering Plymouth mother-of-three Vicky Bance...
The man accused of murdering Plymouth mum-of-three Victoria Bance has been refused bail. Robert Bance, aged 53, appeared at Plymouth Crown Court today, Tuesday, to face Judge Paul Darlow. He was...
View ArticleHeroin, crack and cash seized in Exeter, three men arrested
Three men have been arrested and class A drugs and cash seized following a warrant being executed at an address in Exeter. On Monday, October 10, officers from the neighbourhood policing team and drug...
View ArticlePlymouth man hunted by police who want to put him back in jail
Police in Plymouth are seeking the public's help to trace a man from Stoke who is wanted for recall to prison.James Rennie, 37, was originally charged with burglary of dwelling offences in 2015. He is...
View ArticleSick school governor from Plymouth jailed for posing as teen...
A sick school governor has been jailed for posing as a Team GB swimmer online to lure girls to perform online sex acts.Matthew Curtain, aged 37, pretended to be a 15-year-old and even claimed his...
View ArticleClosed-down Plymouth police station to be turned into school...
A former police station has been earmarked for conversion to an education centre by a Plymouth school.The station on Beacon Park Road in Peverell had been the home of the neighbourhood policing team...
View ArticleWoman banned from Union Street after attacking police officers
A 23-year-old Plymouth woman has been banned from Union Street after racially abusing one police officer and assaulting two others.Heidi Louise Simpson, of Wolsdon Street, Stonehouse, was handed a...
View ArticleBoy, 13, pushed to the ground and kicked in unprovoked attack in...
Police are appealing for witnesses after a 13-year-old boy was pushed to the ground and kicked in an unprovoked attack in Plymouth. The boy, who is from the city, suffered bruising to his head during...
View ArticlePlymouth man found guilty of pinching shopper's bottom after...
A man has been found guilty of grabbing a woman's bottom in a city supermarket after he bizarrely compared his situation to that of Jimmy Savile.Andrew Blackwell, aged 43, indecently touched the...
View ArticlePlymouth Boys' Brigade leader 'sexually abused' boys in unit,...
A leader in Plymouth Boys' Brigade sexually abused three children in his unit more than 20 years ago, a court heard.David Wall, now aged 53, was known by some of the boys as "David Wandering Hands", a...
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