A SERVING prisoner was found with heroin worth £3,000 hidden inside a hand cream dispenser when his cell was searched by officers, a jury have been told.Wayne Savage allegedly had the drugs hidden in one of three Kinder egg packages with so-called legal highs in the other two.The drugs were found when his cell at Channings Wood prison, near Newton Abbot, was searched by officers using a specially trained drugs dog.Slips of paper with the details of three bank accounts, including one in...
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Prisoner found with heroin worth £3k in hand cream
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Court registers: Find out who has been sentenced recently in...
This is our round-up of some of the latest convictions at North Devon Magistrates' Court. Dates included are August 4, 7 and 10. A G at the end of each entry denotes a guilty plea, while all other forms of plea shall also be stated.04/08/15Marc Griffin, age 36, of Trinity Court, Wilder Road, Ilfracombe, was handed a 12-month conditional discharge and ordered to pay £40 for using threatening or abusive words or behaviour or disorderly behaviour likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress,...
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41-year-old arrested in connection with knifepoint robbery at...
A 41-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a knifepoint robbery at a Cornish tourist attraction.Police were called around 4pm on Sunday, August 30 to a report of a robbery at Launceston Steam Railway.A man, who had a knife and was wearing a scarf across his face, entered the gift shop and repeatedly demanded cash from the till.The elderly female shop assistant refused so he opened the till himself, removed around £400 cash and ran off towards Newport Industrial Estate.The woman...
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Barnstaple woman suffered serious injuries when husband hit her...
A BARNSTAPLE pensioner has admitted causing his wife serious head injuries in an attack with a wok-style frying pan at their home.John Isaac, 76, was told he would not face an immediate jail sentence after he changed his plea on the first morning of his trial at Exeter Crown Court.He admitted attacking his wife Janet with the heavy-based wok-style pan during an argument in February this year.Isaac, of Walton Way, Barnstaple, admitted causing grievous bodily harm with intent and was remanded in...
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Prisoner not guilty of heroin dealing after jury hears he was...
A PRISONER has been cleared of dealing heroin from his jail cell after telling a jury he thought the drugs were legal highs. Wayne Savage was found with heroin worth around £3,000 hidden in Kinder eggs at Channings Wood Prison, but said he had been duped and bullied into taking the blame for someone else's illegal operation. Savage was cleared after telling a jury at Exeter Crown Court he was pressurised into looking after the three eggs by another inmate with a reputation for violence. ...
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Husband jailed for using aerosol flamethrower to torch his home...
A FORMER soldier has been jailed for using a deodorant can like a flame thrower to set light to his home after his wife walked out on him.
Keith Bailey was seen laughing at a window of the burning house and had to be dragged from the flames in handcuffs by a brave police officer who went in to help firefighters rescue him.
The handyman builder set light to his home in Brixham after his wife packed her bags and left because of his drinking and "horrendous" behaviour.
He set light...
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Men deny kicking punter in face in North Devon pub in argument...
A PUB customer was allegedly punched and kicked in the face in North Devon after an argument with two strangers over who was going to walk home with a couple of female pool players.Christopher Whyte and Daniel Banyard were visiting North Molton when they went to the White Hart pub and met alleged victim Oliver Hodgson and his two friends Jade Dunster and Jessica Nott.Trouble flared up outside the pub after closing time when Mr Hodgson started walking the two women home and an argument broke out...
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CCTV video shows horrifying robbery by masked knifeman at Devon...
AN armed robbery at a store in Devon was caught on CCTV.
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This video saw a jury take just five hours to convict knifeman Mark Symes and the judge locked him up for seven years.
The career criminal told a host of lies to the court despite being caught on camera holding up the store wearing identical clothes to those he had been seen in hours before.
He was also caught on camera hours before stealing from a nearby shop in identical clothes to the robber.
The masked knifeman...
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Unconscious man robbed of phone in Barnstaple street but police...
A MAN'S mobile phone was allegedly stolen from him while he lay unconscious in a Barnstaple street - leading his step-father to say he has "lost faith" in the people of the town.Matt Cox, 18, of Lethaby Road, said he had been left deflated and frustrated because there were no CCTV cameras to record the incident, police were unable to investigate the alleged theft further.The father-of-four said Sean Potts, his step-son, had a doctor's appointment at Boutport Street Medical Centre at...
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Charity money stolen by burglars from Coffee Break and...
BURGLARS stole money raised for charity from a café and market in Ilfracombe.At some point between 8pm on Monday and 9am Tuesday Coffee Break and Ilfracombe Indoor Market on Ilfracombe High Street were burgled.More than £500 in cash was taken, and this included money raised for charity, said a Devon and Cornwall Police spokesman.The spokesman added: "We are keen to speak to anyone who may have information which will help our investigation."If you can help please ring 101...
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Cash stolen from Stagecoach safe at Barnstaple Bus Station
CASH was stolen from a safe belonging to Stagecoach at Barnstaple Bus Station last month.
The incident took place at 1.45am on Monday, August 24.
Police said there was no forced entry and the cash was stolen from a safe.
A Stagecoach spokesman said "We can confirm that a break in took place at our Barnstaple depot. We have reported this to the police, provided them with CCTV and we are continuing to assist them with their enquiries."
Police are appealing for witnesses. Anyone with...
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Barnstaple garden shed cocaine dealer jailed
A BARNSTAPLE drug dealer has been jailed after he supplied more than 100 customers from his garden shed.Gary Passmore was found with cocaine and cash at his flat in the town when police were called to investigate a strong smell of cannabis which had seeped into a communal hallway.They found sachets of white powder, £905 cash, and lists showing the names of customers and how much they owed, Exeter Crown Court was told.Messages on Passmore's iPad and two iPhones showed he had a large number...
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Devon police call for vigilance as tricksters con £1...
Have you received any worrisome or disconcerting phone calls recently? Are you worried that the caller may not have been who they claimed to be?There has been a rise in the number of elderly victims conned by tricksters and, since December 2013, there have been 238 crimes of telephone scamming reported in Devon and Cornwall alone, with victims losing close to £1million.Now, a dedicated team of highly-trained officers has been set up by Devon and Cornwall Police to investigate the scams....
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Angry pedestrian attacked deaf Domino's driver through car window
AN angry pedestrian has been ordered to pay £1,500 compensation to a pizza delivery driver who he stopped in the street and attacked.
Spencer Dunnett flagged down Domino's delivery man Christian Nicholls because he mistook him for another driver who had narrowly missed him as he stood outside a pub in Tiverton.
Mr Nicholls is profoundly deaf so when he stopped the misunderstanding went from bad to worse and ended with builder Dunnett punching him repeatedly through the driver's...
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Binge drinker jailed for attack which left woman unrecognisable
A BINGE drinker has been jailed after she joined in a savage and motiveless attack on a woman who was left battered beyond recognition.
Kate Williams arrived at a flat in Exeter to find victim Carly Bennett already being attacked by two other guests and joined in "out of fun".
She landed a punch which broke Carly's nose and contributed to such serious facial injuries she was left looking like the victim of a car crash.
Williams had been drinking before the attack and fell asleep...
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Professional fraudster jailed for fraud involving Tesco Click and...
A PROFESSIONAL fraudster has been jailed for a carefully planned swindle which exploited a flaw in Tesco's Click and Collect system.
Randeep Kooner travelled across Devon and Cornwall pulling off the same scam in which he ordered high value goods using a bogus credit card and picked them up before shop staff realised they had been conned.
He set up the sting by using one duff card to place the online orders and then turning up at stores to pick up the goods.
When he was told the card had...
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Northam man, 67, found with images of children tracked down...
INTELLIGENCE provided by law enforcement agencies in Canada led to police tracking down a 67-year-old and charging him with making indecent images of children.
David Bradshaw, of Hanson Park in Northam, pleaded guilty to six charges dating between December 31, 2007 and September 5, 2014.
He appeared at North Devon Magistrates' Court yesterday where he was sentenced to a community order and told to sign on to the Sex Offenders Register.
Bradshaw was also made the subject of a Sexual Harm...
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Woman who had sex in front of park full of bystanders skips court
A WOMAN charged with having sex in front of a park full of bystanders failed to turn up to court for sentencing.
Gemma Pinkerton, 24, was due at Plymouth Magistrates on Friday but did not attend, resulting in a warrant being issued for her arrest.
Pinkerton, along with Darren Carter-Moore, 27, was caught having sex in front of witness in Devonport Park on July 30, which she has admitted.
The court previously heard the pair had engaged in sexual intercourse in the hours of daylight in full, open...
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Woman's cat strangled to death and dumped under rose bush in her...
A SIX-YEAR-OLD cat was strangled to death and left under a rose bush in his owner's front garden last month.
Joan King was heartbroken after a neighbour made the gruesome discovery in her garden on Monday, August 10.
Sam the cat had gone missing two days previous.
Joan soon realised Sam had been strangled to death with a bike chain lock which had gone missing from her fence a few days earlier.
She said: "The bike chain was padlocked to the post to keep the gate shut from local farm animals. It...
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Compensation for police officer called 'lesbian' and 'dyke' in...
A MAGISTRATE told a man it was "totally unacceptable" for him to call a police officer a "lesbian" and a "dyke" during an incident in Barnstaple.Colin Selley, 33, of Bellaire Drive in Barnstaple, appeared in front of North Devon magistrates where he pleaded guilty to using abusive or insulting words on August 1.The court heard it was 5.52pm when Selley was arrested in relation to a different offence by PC Jones.He became aggressive and was saying he did not need the police.There was a strong...
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