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Plymouth trial of seven on drugs and money laundering charges...
The trial of seven people accused of plotting to supply heroin and cocaine or laundering drugs profits has been adjourned until Thursday.Five men and two women have appeared at Plymouth Crown Court...
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Hunt for two men who fled scene of three-car crash
Police are hunting for two men who fled the scene of a three-car crash. The pair fled following a crash on Greenbank Road at about 10.55am on Sunday, November 27. The road, near the Aldi supermarket,...
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Man accused of sex abuse to face September trial
A man accused of sexually abusing two brothers over eight years is to face a retrial – but not until next September.Christopher Allen, aged 58, faced a jury earlier this month but the panel failed to...
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Police investigating an alleged assault are keen to trace this...
Police are keen to trace this man following an assault outside an estate agents in Mutley.Detectives are investigating an alleged assault which took place between 2.40am and 2.45am on September 30 on...
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Police fear for missing Jason
Police say they are becoming "increasingly concerned" about a missing Torpoint man.Investigators want to hear from anyone who may have seen Jason Westbourne who is thought to be in the Dorset area. The...
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Woman seriously injured in stabbing
Officers are investigating the stabbing of a woman at address in Torquay. The incident took place in a property on Melville Street. Police were called at 10.10pm on Friday, November 25 to reports of a...
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Lying driver caught using his dead dad's Blue Badge to park for...
A lying driver caught using his dead dad's Blue Badge to get free parking in Plymouth has been hit with a hefty fine.Richard Rhodes pleaded guilty in court to using his late father's Blue Badge to park...
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Plymouth man accused of sending bomb threats to mosque appears at...
A man accused of sending bomb threats to mosques and letters to police hailing white supremacy has appeared at court. Jamie Bond of Wyoming Close, Efford, was arrested in August following an...
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Plymouth woman stole £1,500 from her ex after they split up
A woman has been found guilty of stealing £1,500 from her ex-partner.Doreen Ball, aged 52, had denied two counts of theft from the man in 2014 after they split.A jury at Plymouth Crown Court found her...
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National charity joins up with Plymouth-born safeguarding...
A national charity which has helped victims of domestic abuse for more than four decades said it will partner a Plymouth-born safeguarding children scheme. Women's Aid has announced it will lend its...
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Top cop admits police failed Plymouth child safeguarding scheme
The Chief Constable of Devon and Cornwall Police has admitted his force failed to roll out a Plymouth-born safeguarding children scheme – but said he would see it put in place.Chief Constable Shaun...
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Woman attacked with tennis racquet after dog fight in Plymouth...
Police want to trace this man after tennis racquet-wielding yob battered a woman in a park following an unplanned dogfight.Investigators say two women were walking their dogs in Bolitho Park in...
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'Flying mattress on the A38 nearly killed me'
A motorist has spoken of the moment his life flashed before his eyes after a mattress in the middle of a 70mph road sent his car crashing into a central reservation. Steven Hookway, aged 46, was sent...
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A Plymouth man who told sextortionists to get lost has urged others to not be cowed by the blackmailers as police claim some victims are taking their own lives. Jon Pearn, who spoke out in The Herald...
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Ex-cop 'attacked officers, urinated in cell and scrawled graffiti...
A 49-year-old former cop who attacked police officers and then urinated inside his cell – as well as writing graffiti in blood – has narrowly avoided a prison term.Patrick Jackson-Smith was so violent...
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Pensioner disarmed knifeman while buying wife's birthday card
A pensioner has spoken of the moment he disarmed a knifeman who burst into a newsagent - while he was buying his wife an 80th birthday card. Brave John Lugg, 75, risked his life when he tackled armed...
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Descriptions revealed of two men who fled scene of three-car...
Police have released descriptions of two men who fled the scene of a three-car crash. The pair abandoned the car they were travelling in following a crash on Greenbank Road at about 10.55am on Sunday,...
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Four face trial accused of drugs supply and money laundering
The trial of four people accused of plotting to supply heroin and cocaine or laundering drugs profits will begin next week after three others pleaded guilty to money laundering.Earlier this week five...
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Bottom pincher who slipped his electronic tag jailed
A man who claimed his electronic tag came off in the bath – a week after being convicted of pinching a young woman's bottom in a supermarket – has been jailed for four months.Andrew Blackwell, of...
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Mum pleads for help in catching the thug who stamped on her son's...
The mum of a 16-year-old boy whose head was stamped on during a vicious unprovoked assault says the attacker needs to be brought to justice.Teenager Owen Kempthorne, from St Budeaux, was walking with...
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