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October 28, 2015, 9:51 am

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A 77-year-old man was left unconscious in his home after finding an intruder in his lounge.Brian Newton suffered a suspected fractured eye socket as well and bruising and swelling to his cheek and left eye when he was attacked by a man demanding money.Mr Newton returned to his home in the Buckland area of Newton Abbott around 12.30am on Sunday, October 25 to find his front door open. When he entered the lounge there was a man standing behind the door. The intruder demanded money before attacking...

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October 29, 2015, 4:41 am

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A FORMER drug addict crashed into a house and fled, having caused £6,500 damage.North Devon Magistrates' Court heard Adam Webb, 30, of Backstone Moor, Rackenford, had been in the pub before he crashed on May 11.The owner of the property reported the house shook "like an earthquake" at 6,15pm, said Sean Tipton, for the prosecution.Vehicle parts were left at the scene and police followed the markings made by the car in the road, which led them to Webb's house.The car was found in a...

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October 29, 2015, 5:15 am

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A COCAINE-FUELLED carpenter beat his girlfriend at a rural North Devon B&B, spitting in her face, ripping her hair straighteners in half and telling her to "close her legs".Edward Steele, 28, of Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, was on a weekend break with his partner of 14 months when he flew into a rage over a message she had received.It was ­­­12.15am on August 15, and Steele had used all his cocaine on the trip to a farm with B&B in Ashwater, Beaworthy, and was...

Barnstaple driver, 48, banned from the road in his absence...

October 29, 2015, 5:28 am

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A BARNSTAPLE man facing disqualification from driving failed to turn up to court but sent a letter saying he had been traumatised by being in a crash in which a woman died.Deyn Parssley, 48, of Chichester Court, Valley Close, Barnstaple, was banned in his absence for speeding and failing to give information relating to the identification of a driver when required to do so by police.He must also pay £745 in fines and costs.This was despite magistrates receiving a letter explaining why he...

'Vile and evil' child rapist from North Devon jailed for 20 years

October 29, 2015, 6:57 am

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A CRAFTSMAN has been jailed for 20 years after he used a handmade rocking horse as a lure to entice two girls into his home.Retired cheesemaker Gerald Goff groomed one of his victims by showing her the toy and went on to rape both girls repeatedly when they were aged just 12 to 14.He ensured their silence by warning them they would not be believed if they reported his abuse and was proved right when one of the girls tried to tell her mother and was ignored.Goff abused the two girls in the 1970s...

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October 29, 2015, 10:17 am

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A HUSBAND has denied murdering his estranged wife during an argument about their divorce and said he felt as if he was under a general anaesthetic when he strangled her to death.James McDonald said he killed his wife at his flat in Dawlish but did not intend to do so and did not know what was going through his mind at the time.The 37-year-old builder admitted hitting and strangling his wife Sophie after she came to discuss their divorce but denied subjecting her to a sustained beating which left...

​Serious assault victim Tom Coe wakes from coma as family fear he...

October 29, 2015, 10:32 am

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THE family of Tom Coe fear he never fully recover from the horrific injuries he suffered in a serious assault before he was struck by a car in August.The 22-year-old was found unconscious in Exeter shortly before 4.20am on Saturday, August 8, and has finally spoken for the first time since the incident left him in a coma for 24 days.His mother has spoken of her joy at this but "can't be sure if he will recover" in the long term.It is believed he was the victim of an assault before...

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October 29, 2015, 10:44 am

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A TWO-MONTH-OLD baby suffered life-threatening injuries described as being as severe as those caused by a "high-speed car crash" – at the hands of his own father.Truro Crown Court last week heard that Martin Griffiths of Bodmin was arrested after his baby boy was taken to hospital in September 2013 suffering with broken thigh and bleeding to the brain.The Bodmin man is facing jail after being convicted of causing his baby grievous bodily harm (GBH) with intent.Giving evidence,...

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Student jailed after stealing to fund heroin habit

October 29, 2015, 11:46 pm

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AN agricultural student has been jailed after he went shoplifting to fund a heroin habit.Ross Lewis was already on a suspended sentence and had lost the support of Christian rehabilitation project in Mid Devon when he went thieving in Exeter.He was jailed at Exeter Crown Court after a judge said he could not see any reason not to impose the suspended sentence, which was made in November 2014 for a burglary in Tavistock.Lewis, 21, was a student at Bicton College but developed problems with drugs...

Serial burglar jailed after being caught by neighbours keeping...

October 29, 2015, 11:56 pm

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A SERIAL burglar has been jailed after he was caught by two sharp eyed neighbours who were keeping an eye on a couple's home while they were on holiday.Shaun Bennett broke into the isolated country cottage just weeks after being freed early half way through a four-year sentence for almost identical crimes.He was caught because neighbours who had been asked to water seedlings at the home in Budlake, near Broadclyst, noticed him acting suspiciously in the country lane.They challenged him and he...

Sex attacker found guilty of Mastermind chair assault

October 30, 2015, 12:00 am

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A SEX attacker has been warned he faces a jail sentence after being found guilty of groping a mother as she sat in a Mastermind type chair.Jason Jones drugged the victim by giving her a legal high called Blue Cheese and then forced his hand up her skirt as she sat in the black leather chair in his Exmouth bedsit.He grabbed her thong so violently that it tore in half but he later claimed she had ripped it herself to get him into trouble.Jones, 47, of Camperdown Terrace, Exmouth, denied sexual...

Sex offender broke order after meeting 16-year-old while hunting...

October 30, 2015, 3:34 am

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A SEX offender broke an order to stay away from teenaged girls when he befriended a 16-year-old at a hunt meet.Jason Kiddle was subject of a Sexual Offences Prevention Order as a result of having been caught encouraging a 14-year-old schoolgirl to strip off on webcam.The order banned any online or real contact with any female under 17 but he flouted it after meeting the 16-year-old while out hunting in North Devon, Exeter Crown Court was told.He chatted to her on Facebook and carried on his...

Holidaymakers get suspended sentence for North Molton assault

October 30, 2015, 7:13 am

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A PAIR of holidaymakers have been handed suspended sentences after they took part in a sustained attack on a pub customer as he walked home.Christopher Whyte and Daniel Banyard hit and kicked victim Oliver Hodgson outside the White Hart pub in North Molton after macho posturing led to a confrontation in the street.Mr Hodgson took offence at the two men chatting to two female pool players at the pub and the fight started after Whyte offered to walk one of them home.The two men lived in Newquay...

Stun gun illegal immigrant jailed

October 31, 2015, 1:23 am

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An Albanian illegal immigrant has been jailed after being found with a 55,000 volt stun gun just days after arriving in Britain.Shuaip Llapri, aged 27, had the weapon in a holdall at a house where he was living with fellow countrymen in Exmouth when it was searched by police in July.He is now facing immediate deportation after being jailed for possessing the weapon, which can deliver a shock powerful enough to disable a person temporarily.Llapri, aged 27, Broadpark Road, Exmouth, admitted...

Train groper sent on sex offender's course

October 31, 2015, 1:47 am

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A train passenger has been sent on a sex offenders' course after he subjected a 15-year-old schoolgirl to a terrifying ordeal in a deserted carriage.David Munro molested the girl after moving to sit next to her on the early morning train. She was on her way to school and in uniform but he repeatedly tried to stroke her thighs.The 23-year-old amateur athlete claimed he had been flirting with the girl on the Crewkerne to Honiton train but CCTV showed the victim shying away from him and trying to...

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October 31, 2015, 2:23 am

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A pensioner has been jailed after he posed as a teenager to lure schoolgirls into sending him indecent images.Stephen Clark, aged 63, went online under the fictional name of Sophie Turner and contacted girls who he asked to perform sex acts on webcam for him.He also spent hours watching child abuse images, one of which he posted to other paedophiles, Exeter Crown Court was told.His secret fascination was revealed by a local engineer in South Devon because his web activity led to his computer...

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October 31, 2015, 2:33 am

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A TRIO of men have appeared in court charged with the possession of cannabis.Marcus Buckley, 21, Aaron Holden, 34, of Barnstaple and Matthew Jones, 18, of Gwythers, South Molton appeared at North Devon Magistrates' Court on Friday.All three were charged with the possession of cannabis.Buckley and Jones were further charged with possession of cannabis to supply to others.All three pleaded guilty to the charges relating to July 18.The court heard police had been called to an address in Barnstaple...

Man appears in court charged with rape in Barnstaple

November 1, 2015, 1:30 am

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AN Exeter man has appeared in court charged with raping a woman in Barnstaple.Christopher Puxley, of Doriam Close, appeared at North Devon Magistrates' Court on Friday.The 32-year-old entered no plea.The offence allegedly took place on October 12 in the town.The was deemed too serious to be dealt with in magistrates court and was sent to Exeter Crown Court to be heard on November 20.

Drive to pick up missing cat lands Bideford man with driving ban

November 1, 2015, 1:08 am

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A 'STUPID' misjudgement to drink-drive to pick up a missing cat has landed a Bideford man with a community order and a three-year driving ban.Marc Hedge, of Pynes Lane, appeared at North Devon Magistrates' Court on Friday.The 38-year-old pleaded guilty to driving when above the alcohol limit.The court heard that police had been called to High View, Bideford, on October 15 at 12.45am, following reports of a collision between a stationary car and a Renault Megane.The driver of the Renault Megane...

Serial burglar feasted on luxury chocolates while couple slept

November 1, 2015, 2:49 am

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A burglar who feasted on chocolate as an elderly couple slept has been jailed after he left his DNA on a carton of fruit juice in their kitchen.Serial offender Stuart Morgan raided the house in Exeter just seven days after being freed from an earlier sentence and searched it while the owners slept in two different rooms.They woke to find the floor around their beds littered with wrappers from a box of luxury chocolates which the intruder had scoffed while they slept.Morgan is a notorious burglar...