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A BARNSTAPLE woman stole meat and perfume to fund her heroin addiction, a court heard.Laura Ward, of Church Cottages, appeared at North Devon Magistrates' Court on Friday.The 29-year-old was charged with the theft of £54 worth of meat from Barnstaple's Marks and Spencer's, the theft of £142.94 worth of perfume from the town's TK Maxx store and a bail act offence.Ward pleaded guilty to all three charges.Rod Ball, for the defence, told magistrates she stole the items to sell for...

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November 2, 2015, 7:01 am

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A couple allegedly made a 13-year-old girl carry out a humiliating sex attack on a 14-year-old boy during a party.Jemma Baskerville allegedly held the boy down and forced him to watch a pornographic video which was put on a DVD by her partner Stephen Lawrence.A jury at Exeter Crown Court heard how the boy suffered months of bullying at school, where he was given a nickname which referred to his ordeal.Baskerville, 37, of Bridgeland Street, Bideford, and Lawrence, aged 45, of Fore Street,...

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November 2, 2015, 7:21 am

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The sentence of a pair of shed raiders has been adjourned to enable the probation service to update a report. Trevor Galliford and Kirk Jarvis stole tools, lawnmowers and a pressure washer during a burglary spree in North and Mid Devon in June last year. Galliford, 28, of Gould Road, Barnstaple, admitted eight burglaries and Jarvis, 34, from Broadcroft, Bristol, admitted nine. He also admitted personal possession of cannabis.The raids were all on June 18, 2014 on sheds and garages at South...

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November 2, 2015, 10:48 pm

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A JUDGE has lifted an order which banned a former policeman from taking photographs of his neighbours in a long standing village planning dispute.Nicholas Coffey was made subject of a restraining order by Exeter magistrates despite being cleared of harassing neighbours Kevin and Trudi Luxton at a trial in the summer.A judge at Exeter Crown Court has now overturned the restraining order after ruling that the differences over land at Withleigh, near Tiverton, were a civil rather than a criminal...

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November 3, 2015, 12:36 am

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A BARNSTAPLE alcoholic who drove with her children in the car when over the alcohol limit has avoided jail.Sarah Peart, of Old Torrington Road, appeared at North Devon Magistrates' Court on Friday.The 32-year-old had pleaded guilty to two offences of driving when above the alcohol limit at a previous hearing and a pre-sentence report had been prepared.On September 18, Peart was caught driving on the B3232 towards Tawstock, with 135 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath - the legal...

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November 3, 2015, 6:05 am

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A JILTED husband has been jailed for life for killing his estranged wife and putting her body out with the rubbish.James McDonald strangled 36-year-old Sophie with an electric cord during an argument about their divorce and then tried to cover up the killing with an elaborate charade.He was jailed for life after a judge heard heart rending victim impact statements from Sophie's parents and oldest daughter telling how her death had destroyed their lives.The daughter, now 13, told of her anger and...

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November 3, 2015, 8:21 am

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November 4, 2015, 12:59 am

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A dad-of-two smashed two of his girlfriend's mobile phones during an argument, a court heard.Stewart Hampshire, of Wrafton Road, Braunton, appeared at North Devon Magistrates' Court on Friday.The 35-year-old pleaded guilty to two charges of criminal damage, admitting damaging his girlfriend's Samsung mobile to the value of £80 on September 27 and damaging her iPhone 4, to the value of £150 back in December last year.He had a further three charges, two charges of assaulting his...

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November 4, 2015, 8:29 am

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A NORTH DEVON couple have denied making a 13-year-old girl carry out a humiliating sex act on a 14-year-old boy, telling a court they were actually trying to stop the teenagers. Jemma Baskerville denied encouraging the sexual activity or holding the boy down while her partner Stephen Lawrence played a pornographic film on the television. She said she had caught the girl and boy together at Lawrence's flat in Bideford and ordered them to stop. She denied giving the boy a love bite or engaging...

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November 5, 2015, 4:02 am

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A NORTH DEVON nurse allegedly accessed porn on hospital computers.Male nurse Colin Barrett has been accused of one charge of accessing pornographic material on adult internet sites using Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust computers.He will face a hearing at the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) headquarters in London between November 23 and 25.This will determine if he is guilty of accessing the pornographic material on one or more dates between January and March 2014.The charge, detailed on...

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November 5, 2015, 7:31 am

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A MARKET trader from Barnstaple who was caught selling heroin on Instow beach claimed she was bullied into it, but has been asked to explain how payments of £230,000 passed through her bank account.Puzzle-seller Tracey Harris's sentence at Exeter Crown Court was adjourned to allow the police and probation service time to investigate her claim that her illegal activities were being controlled by an abusive ex-partner. The 46-year-old businesswoman was found with around £10,000 worth...

North Devon kidnapping case: Three men to stand trial in January

November 5, 2015, 7:51 am

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A date has been set for the trial of three North Devon men who are facing charges of kidnap.Greg Coombes, Fabian Mcallister and Thomas Kennedy will go on trial at Exeter Crown Court in January accused of kidnapping a man in South Molton.Coombes, 26, of South Molton; McAllister, 22, of Kimberley Park, Northam; Thomas Kennedy, 25, of Boutport Street, Barnstaple; are all alleged to have taken part in an incident on June 14.Coombes, who comes from Bideford but is of no fixed address, is also charged...

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November 6, 2015, 8:40 am

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A COUPLE have been warned they face jail sentences after being found guilty of encouraging a humiliating sex act on a 14-year-old boy in Bideford.Jemma Baskerville held down the boy while a 13-year-old girl put her hand down his trousers while Steven Lawrence added to the abuse by putting a pornographic DVD on the television.They were the only adults present at Lawrence's flat in Bideford but instead of protecting children at a teenage party, they spurred them on to take part in the sex...

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November 6, 2015, 9:10 am

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A FEMALE marshal was ran over and dragged along a street yesterday evening, at the traditional Ottery St Mary's tar barrels event.The annual event, where barrels soaked in tar are set alight and carried aloft through parts of the town by residents, was mired by the apparent road rage attack.Police want to hear from witnesses who saw the woman run over and suffer a fractured wrist.Devon and Cornwall Police said the incident, involving a dark coloured Audi A3, happened at 5.30pm in Strawberry...

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November 6, 2015, 10:00 pm

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A DRUGS courier has been jailed after he was stopped on a lane just off the A386 between Bideford and Torrington with £3,400 worth of cocaine and ecstasy in his car.Adam Short was acting as a delivery driver for a drugs gang in North Devon when he was intercepted by two police patrol cars on the country road.He turned off onto the road leading to Weare Giffard where officers stopped his Ford Focus and found his stock of drugs inside a beanie hat on the back seat.Officers then found scales...

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November 7, 2015, 12:08 am

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AN "incompetent" shoplifter has been sent back to jail after he was arrested for theft – less than two hours after walking free from court.The incident, described by defence solicitor Lawrence Overend as "close to a record", saw Steven Burton, 57, of Barnstaple, hauled before North Devon Magistrates' Court on Friday.Lyndsey Baker, for the prosecution, told the court that the day before Burton had appeared via video link at Exeter Magistrates' Court where he was handed a...

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November 7, 2015, 12:11 am

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A SINGLE mother gave in to the "little girl inside her" when she stole a number of make-up products from Barnstaple, a court has heard.Pixie Strange, or Kipling Terrace, Westward Ho!, pleaded guilty to three counts of theft when she appeared at North Devon Magistrates' Court on Friday.The 40-year-old was arrested on October 1 in Barnstaple High Street after being challenged over the theft of goods, including nail polish and make-up, from Superdrug.However, Lyndsey Baker, for the...

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November 7, 2015, 12:14 am

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MAGISTRATES have banned a North Devon man from driving after he crashed his brother-in-law's car on his way home from the pub.Christopher Petherwick, of Ash Mill, near South Molton, pleaded guilty to one charge of drink-driving when he appeared at North Devon Magistrates' Court on Friday.The court heard how police were made aware of Petherwick in the early hours of October 22 after he crashed his car on an unnamed road – slightly damaging a garden wall.Lyndsey Baker, for the prosecution,...

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November 7, 2015, 12:16 am

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A DISPUTE over a chair led to a man being assaulted at an Ilfracombe residential home, a court has heard.Dennis Cowley, 57, who lives at Hilldales Residential Home, appeared at North Devon Magistrates' Court on Friday where he pleaded guilty to assaulting fellow resident Terrence Lydall.Lyndsey Baker, for the prosecution, told the court the attack took place in the home's TV lounge.She said: "Mr Lydall describes that after finishing diner he sat in a chair. Mr Cowley grabbed him by his coat...

Drunken computer user downloaded child abuse images

November 7, 2015, 3:37 am

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A COMPUTER user has been ordered to receive help from the probation service after he accessed "depraved" images of children during drunken late night browsing sessions.David Williams claimed he could not remember downloaded a movie and still images which showed the worst type of child abuse while using the internet on his own.The unemployed man was said to have been isolated and depressed at the time when he moved from watching adult online porn to downloading child images.Williams,...