Nazi graffiti spray-painted around Plymouth
Yobs have daubed Swastikas up and down a busy Plymouth road. The Nazi symbol has appeared on electricity substations in the Laira and Efford areas of the city. The vandals have sprayed the offensive...
View ArticleVile gang which set dogs on wild animals will not have sentences...
A gang convicted of carrying out a series of "abhorrent" attacks using dogs on deer, badgers and foxes, have escaped further punishment. Graphic and distressing video footage found on the mobile phone...
View ArticleArson attack sounded 'like a bomb going off'
A late night arson attack on a caravan left a VW van completely destroyed. Residents described two loud explosions like "a bomb had gone off" on Tuesday, January 3, in Old Road, Tiverton. Two fire...
View ArticleCrime chief interviewed by police investigating election expenses...
Devon and Cornwall's under-investigation crime chief has been interviewed by police probing expenses allegations.The region's police and crime commissioner, Alison Hernandez, attended a meeting...
View ArticlePlymouth man told partner he loved her while breaking her collar...
A man attacked his partner and left her with a broken collar bone while telling her how much he loved her, a court heard.Stephen Cook, aged 41, has gone on trial accused of assaulting the woman in her...
View ArticleSerial Plymouth tyre slasher handed suspended jail sentence
A serial tyre slasher who vandalised three cars for no clear reason has been handed a suspended prison sentence.Autistic Roger Duque, aged 30, has already spent almost 150 days behind bars as judges,...
View ArticlePlymouth man accused of rape to face trial
A man accused of raping a girl is to face a judge and jury.Orin Harrison, aged 20, appeared at Plymouth Crown Court charged with raping a 15-year-old girl in April 2015.Harrison, of Kings Tamerton...
View ArticleMan accused of wounding to face judge and jury
A 24-year-old has denied an assault which left a man seriously injured.Christian Andrews appeared at Plymouth Crown Court to plead not guilty to malicious wounding.He allegedly caused grievous bodily...
View ArticleBoots shop windows smashed in with brick in Plymouth city centre
Police are investigating an incident which saw four panels of a Boots store in Plymouth city centre 'significantly damaged'.The store manager of the shop on New George Street called the vandalism a...
View ArticleBurglars target three next door neighbours in Plympton
Burglars have targeted three houses all next door to each other in the same Plymouth street. Plympton police and Crownhill CID are investigating the three burglaries which took place on Saturday,...
View ArticleTeen arrested in handcuffs police chase drama in Plymouth is...
A man arrested in connection with a haul of around £9,000 worth of cannabis has been bailed by police until March.The drugs were seized after an incident in Apsley Road, Keyham on October 3, 2016 which...
View ArticleEscaped drug gang leader could flee abroad, says cop who put him...
A gangland drug dealer who went on the run on Christmas Day may use his underworld connections to flee abroad, the lead detective who jailed him believes.The Herald reported how Blake Donnellan, who...
View ArticlePlymouth woman allegedly attacked by partner 'looked like she had...
A neighbour who saw a woman just after she was allegedly attacked by her partner has told a jury he thought she had been "hit by a car".Matthew Hart said friend Kelly Harte was "battered, bruised and...
View ArticlePlymouth man goes on trial accused of sexually abusing three...
A man has gone on trial accused of sexually abusing three girls over 15 years.Nicholas Wickett, aged 56, faced a jury at Plymouth Crown Court charged with eight counts of rape, attempted rape and...
View ArticleHow escaped drug baron laughs in the face of justice on Facebook
A drugs baron who is on the run has used his Facebook to brag about sports cars, drugs and bling - from his prison cell.Blake Donnellan, who was jailed for 15 years for his part in a...
View ArticleMan found with cannabis, stun gun and pepper spray appears in...
A man who was found with around £8,000 of cannabis, a stun gun and pepper spray is to appear at Crown Court next week.Reece Molyneux, of Brentford Avenue, Whitleigh was initially arrested on October...
View ArticleOnly surviving records of Plymouth graves stolen in sickening...
Hardworking volunteers have been left distraught after thieves stole an old but priceless laptop. The visitor centre at Ford Park Cemetery was broken into on New Year's Eve when the graveyard was...
View ArticleDramatic police chase through Plymouth closes busy road
A Plymouth salon owner got a little closer to the action than she would have liked when a police operation unfolded just metres from her car.Gemma Hayes, owner of GG's Salon, on Mutley Plain was sat in...
View ArticleMan stabbed with huge knife outside Plymouth flats
A 44-year-old faces years in jail for stabbing a man in the arm with a huge knife – with the blade going in one side of the arm and out the other.Glyn Collier, aged 44, stabbed his victim with a...
View ArticleMan denies attempted murder in village near Plymouth
A man has appeared in court accused of trying to kill a resident in a village near Plymouth.Ben Frost, aged 28, faced a judge to deny the attempted murder of the man in Buckland Monachorum.But he has...
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