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July 11, 2015, 3:00 am

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ALARMING CCTV footage shows a holidaymaker launch an attack on a man in front of children and families in the children's soft play area at a Croyde holiday park. Three videos released by the Crown Prosecution Service show James Evans throw wild punches at Douglas Lockyer, while alarmed onlookers either scatter or rush to split them up, at Ruda Holiday Park on Boxing Day 2014. VIEW footage from camera behind the bar: Evans, 26, from Oxfordshire, appeared in front of North Devon...

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July 11, 2015, 9:08 am

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AN ex-boyfriend shattered an old school mate's jaw in a Barnstaple nightclub and left him needing metal screws in his mouth because he was angered by his ex chatting to other men.Okehampton man Sam Nicholls could not get over the break-up from Kirsty Fishleigh and punched Nathan Walter while he chatted to her on the dance floor of Fever nightclub.Mr Walter underwent specialist treatment at Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital. Doctors extracted two of his teeth and inserted metal plates and screws...

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July 11, 2015, 9:33 am

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A FORMER hotel receptionist will not be allowed on the road for the next 42 months after police caught her drunk behind the wheel at almost three times the legal limit.Hayley Notley, of Whites Lane, Barnstaple, had drunk a bottle of wine before getting in her Peugeot 306, North Devon Magistrates' Court heard.The 32-year-old appeared at the court on Friday, July 10, and pleaded guilty to drink driving. The court heard from Lyndsey Baker, for the prosecution, who said police saw Notley's car...

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July 11, 2015, 12:25 pm

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THE teacher who became involved in a relationship with a 15-year-old pupil and ran away to France has dumped the teenager he told he loved as he was due to be released from prison in Devon yesterday.Jeremy Forrest left HMP Channings Wood near Newton Abbot with half of half of his five-and-a-half year sentence served.Apparently he no longer wants anything to do with the girl, who he ran away to Bordeaux with in 2012, sparking an international man hunt.The girl, who was 15 at the time, is now 17...

Teenage boy admits four counts of raping girl under 13 and four...

July 11, 2015, 1:11 pm

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A TEENAGE boy from Devon has pleaded guilty to four counts of raping a girl under the age of 13.The 16-year-old also admitted a string of other sexual offences. He is to be sentenced on August 7 following reports.He cannot be named for legal reasons and was not required to attend a youth court hearing in Torquay yesterday where his case was adjourned for sentence.The youth had previously appeared at court and pleaded guilty to eight serious sexual offences.He admits four counts of raping a child...

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July 12, 2015, 12:28 am

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"CACK-HANDED" – that is how one judge described the attempts of a group of men to make fake cash with a colour printer and A4 paper and spend it in the South West.The bungling counterfeiters then tried to use the fake notes to buy £3 worth of cookies.Contenders for Westcountry's dumbest criminals are Durai McFarlane, Dwaine Graham and Joshua Dunwell.A judge described it as one of the most "cack-handed" attempts at counterfeiting imaginable.The trio went to Cabot...

​Depraved paedophile who kept girl in car boot jailed 20 years...

July 12, 2015, 1:28 am

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A HOST of missed chances by police and prosecutors saw a girl sexually abused and kept in the boot of a car between the ages of five and 15.Now depraved and devious Colin Goss has been jailed for 16 years – 20 years after the abuse took place.Goss, now aged 77, repeatedly raped and indecently assaulted the child in a depraved and drug-fuelled campaign over a decade.Plymouth Crown Court heard he at one stage abducted her and kept her inside the boot of a car while he was at work.His victim,...

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July 12, 2015, 2:51 am

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A PENSIONER is urging the public to help track down a teenager who punched him in the face in an "unprovoked and cowardly attack". Eddie Stockdale, of The Strand, Bideford, was attacked by a young man wearing a blue hoodie at Bideford Football Club on Thursday night. (July 2)The 78-year-old, a volunteer at the club, had been at a supporters' meeting when he was approached by a young woman just before 10pm."She asked whether I had a mobile phone as she thought she had seen someone...

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​Fuel thief caught siphoning fuel from lorry and Renault Scenic...

July 12, 2015, 6:11 am

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A FUEL thief must complete 100 hours of unpaid work and pay compensation to victims from whose cars he siphoned fuel.Dale Thorne, age 40, of John Gay Road, Forches, Barnstaple, was caught in the act siphoning fuel from a lorry and a Renault Scenic car, both in Bratton Fleming.He appeared at North Devon Magistrates' Court on Friday, July 10, and pleaded guilty to two counts of theft from a vehicle. The court heard from Lyndsey Baker, for the prosecution, who said John Balman saw a man run from...

​Ford Mondeo driver whose car smashed into Dragon Tattoos in...

July 12, 2015, 8:08 am

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A CLEANER whose car smashed into a Bideford tattoo parlour causing almost £2,000 worth of damage claimed a faulty handbrake saw it roll into the shop.Dean Garrett, age 28, of Culm Close, Bideford – also known as 'Billy Barrell' – appeared at North Devon Magistrates' Court on Friday, July 12, and pleaded guilty to failing to stop after an accident and driving without insurance. The court heard a Ford Mondeo car was found stationary and at an angle outside Dragoon Tattoos on...

​Curfew and ban for Ilfracombe hot tub man caught driving three...

July 12, 2015, 9:12 am

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A HOT TUB servicer has been given a curfew and driving ban for getting behind the wheel while more than three times over the drink-drive limit.Ben Seales, age 23, was seen staggering down Highfield Road in Ilfracombe towards his car while talking on the phone, at half past midnight on Sunday, June 14, this year.He drove 200m before police stopped him.Seales, of Dickens, High Street, Ilfracombe, appeared at North Devon Magistrates' Court on Friday, July 10, and pleaded guilty to...

Prison sentence for repeat offender after £8 wine theft

July 12, 2015, 9:54 am

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PROLIFIC offender Steve Burton will spend another term in jail for trying to steal a bottle of wine as the court heard once again how all efforts to help him met with failure.The thief and alcoholic, who has more than 170 convictions to his name, many of them for petty thefts of food and wine from shops – appeared at North Devon Magistrates' Court on Friday, July 10.He pleaded guilty to attempting to steal an £8 bottle of wine from Marks and Spencer in Barnstaple, days after coming...

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July 12, 2015, 10:33 am

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A HIGHLY-VALUED Chivenor marine who drives military vehicles for a living has been banned from the road after he crashed his car while more than twice the drink-drive limit.Lance Corporal Matthew Bradley, of the Commando Logistics Regiment at RMB Chivenor near Braunton, crashed on the A361 on April 30.He lost control, left the carriageway on the left side and drove up a steep bank before hitting a tree and rolling his car, North Devon Magistrates' Court heard.His blue Renault Laguna came to a...

​CCTV catches rural thieves breaking into shed – do you...

July 13, 2015, 7:09 am

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A GROUP set up to help raise awareness of rural crime has caught two sneaky rural raiders in the act.Rural crime is increasingly becoming a focus for crime prevention services and Farm Watcher UK aims to help farmers, landowners, and anyone living or working in a rural area to raise awareness of rural crime.The Facebook page for Farm Watcher UK is asking people to share these crystal clear images from hidden CCTV cameras which caught a pair of light fingered fellows breaking into a shed in...

Cannabis user from Bideford who admitted having large quantity of...

July 14, 2015, 4:36 am

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A CANNABIS user has admitted having a large quantity of the drug at his home in Bideford.John Jenkins, aged 57, was originally accused of drug dealing but instead pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of simple possession when he appeared at Exeter Crown Court.The Crown Prosecution Service agreed not to pursue a charge of possession with intent to supply after telling the court there was some doubt about the quantities of drug involved.An earlier hearing was told Jenkins was found with up to a...

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Man held in Amsterdam over white heroin deaths of two Devon lads

July 14, 2015, 8:52 am

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POLICE in Amsterdam report that they have a man in custody over the deaths of two young Devon men who died from sniffing white heroin they thought was cocaine.He handed himself in to police in Amsterdam recently after the deaths of Bradley Price, aged 20, and Shaun Brotherston, 21, last November.The man, known in court as Flip S, aged 42, appeared in court in the Netherlands on Thursday where it was decided he should remain in custody pending investigation.The Public Prosecutor in Amsterdam has...

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July 16, 2015, 1:27 am

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AN enraged ex-boyfriend smashed up his former girlfriend's flat, throwing things and putting his hands around her neck in a "whirlwind" incident in Ilfracombe.Jaden French, age 24, flew off the handle after an argument with Sasha Alderton on April 29 this year.He appeared at North Devon Magistrates' Court on Friday, July 10, and pleaded guilty to assault and criminal damage.Lyndsey Baker, for the prosecution, said the episode lasted an hour and the argument began as Miss Alderton...

Police seek information about items found in North Devon

July 16, 2015, 2:24 am

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POLICE are asking the public if they recognise a series of items found in North Devon. They have released the following images showing items including handbags, toothbrushes, calculators and other random items. Police are carrying out an investigation and need information about where the items may have come from. If you have any information contact DC Glyn Clark on 01271 335246 or email glyn.clark@devonandcornwall.pnn.police.uk

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July 16, 2015, 8:34 am

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A soldier who used a miniature camera to film two girls naked as they showered has been spared jail so he can carry on his career in the services. Matthew Walters was staying in the same house as the girls aged 12 and 16 when he sneaked into the bathroom and concealed the tiny camera which was pointed at the shower cubicle. He captured 10 video clips of the girls as they got into and out of the shower naked but was caught when their mother found them on Walters' laptop which he left in the...

Man who complained he was sent explicit images is cleared of...

July 16, 2015, 8:56 am

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A man who went to the police to complain he had been sent child abuse images has been cleared of downloading child pornography. Mark Brealy walked into the front desk of Exeter Police Station after being sent grossly offensive images on his phone. He named a former friend who he believed had sent the files in an attempt to get him into trouble but found he became the target of the police investigation which followed. Officers from the high tech crime unit found 123 indecent images of...