Around the courts: Criminals convicted in North Devon recently

February 23, 2017, 3:14 am

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A rundown of the concluded cases at North Devon Magistrates' Court, allowing you to see justice served in your community.This week we summarise court activity between February 17 and February 21. The defendant's age follows his name and a G or NG denotes a guilty or not guilty plea. Not guilty pleas mean the conviction followed a trial.NP indicates no plea was taken and the charge was proved in the defendant's absence. NG/G denotes a change of plea.February 17 Martin Bruce Ashby, 72, of Gould...

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February 25, 2017, 12:56 am

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NORTH Devon Council has spent more than £5,000 this financial year repairing toilets in Ilfracombe which were vandalised.The council has spent the money repairing 21 cases of damage caused by vandalism in Ilfracombe. This expenditure does not include the general cost of maintaining and running the facilities.Holidaymakers and locals will be pleased to know that the toilets on Wilder Road in Ilfracombe are open again after they were vandalised. The toilets, which are owned by North Devon...

North Devon thief jailed after crime spree

February 25, 2017, 3:06 am

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MAGISTRATES sent an Ilfracombe man to jail after he committed a string of offences while on curfew.Andrew Bloor, 36, of Market Street, appeared at North Devon Magistrates' Court on Friday.Four shoplifting offences were initially put to Bloor who pleaded guilty to all matters.A further six charges were put to him which included four shoplifting offences as well as stealing a bus pass and fraud. Bloor admitted these additional six charges. However, he was late attending court on Friday and he...

Shoplifter jailed after stealing vodka from North Devon shop

February 25, 2017, 4:52 am

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A SHOPLIFTER has been jailed after stealing £193 worth of vodka from a North Devon supermarket while he was already on a suspended prison sentence.Drew Alexander William Squires, 27, of Kingsley Court, Westward Ho! appeared before North Devon Magistrates' Court on Friday. He pleaded guilty to one count of theft and one count of going equipped for theft.Both matters took place on January 28 at Barnstaple's Rose Lane Tesco.Giles Rowden, for the prosecution, told the court that Squires was...

Woman in court after biting Fever doorman on wrist

February 25, 2017, 5:58 am

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A DOORMAN ended up being bitten on his wrist by a Bideford woman during a night out, a court has heard.Kerri-Ann Crystal Turton, 20, of Buckland View, appeared before North Devon Magistrates' Court on Friday. She pleaded guilty to being drunk and disorderly in a public place as well as two counts of assault.The incidents took place on December 4 in Barnstaple. Giles Rowden, for the prosecution, told the court that a member of staff was working on the door at Fever night club.Mr Rowden said:...

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February 25, 2017, 7:04 am

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A MAN has appeared in court after grabbing his former partner by her coat to get her out the car. David Alan Martin Read, 28, of Callards, South Molton, appeared before North Devon Magistrates' Court on Friday. He pleaded guilty to an assault which took place in South Molton on January 28.Giles Rowden, for the prosecution, told the court Read had been in a relationship with the victim but a non-molestation order had been taken out.However, the pair resumed their relationship. Then on January 28...

James Woodhouse Exeter murder trial LIVE - jury out

August 10, 2017, 2:19 am

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The trial is continuing of two men accused of the murder of a former charity fundraiser in Exeter. Brett Edwards, 38, and Thomas Killen, 33, deny the murder of 30-year-old James Woodhouse between November 1 and 22, 2016. Edwards, of Okehampton Road, St Thomas, and Killen, of North Lawn Court, Exeter, are standing trial at Exeter Crown Court. They are accused of beating him to death over a £700 drug debt. Sir John Royce is the presiding judge in the trial which has lasted four...

Bin man appears in court over drugs which killed Leah Kerry

August 10, 2017, 3:36 am

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A bin man has appeared before a Crown Court judge accused of supplying the drugs which killed teenager Leah Kerry at a park in Newton Abbot. Jacob Khanlarian, aged 20, did not enter a plea when he appeared by video link from Exeter Prison and his case was adjourned pending toxicology reports on samples taken from Leah's body. Leah, aged 15, from Torquay, died after taking drugs with a group of friends in Bakers Park, Newton Abbot, on July 15. Khanlarian handed himself into the police after...

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Edwards and Killen found GUILTY of murder of James Woodhouse

August 10, 2017, 3:49 am

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A drug dealer and an addict have been found guilty of killing a former soldier in a punishment beating that went too far.Brett Edwards and Thomas Killen attacked victim James Woodhouse at a squalid flat in Exeter where he had been hiding away from dealer to whom he owed money.They left him unconscious after punching him to the face and then tried to dispose of his body with a wheelie bin after finding his body at the flat in Exeter six days later.Mr Woodhouse, aged 30, had been a soldier, a...

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August 10, 2017, 4:34 am

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A former Exeter Chiefs player sexually assaulted a woman in a city centre bar at the club's Christmas Party, a court has heard.Niko Matawalu, 28, signed for the Chiefs in November, but who has since been released by the club and who never played a game for the first team, denies the charge and has pleaded not guilty to the allegation.Scrum-half Matawalu, who has 32 caps for Fiji, had been out with his new teammates for the club's Christmas Party and had ended up in John Gandys bar on the evening...

Man admits assaulting his ex

August 10, 2017, 5:03 am

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A man has admitted assaulting his former partner and breaking an order to stay away from her home in Honiton.Stewart Thompson, aged 38, admitted assault and breach of a restraining order when he appeared before Judge Graham Cottle by video link from Exeter Prison.Thompson, aged 39, formerly of Honiton but now of South Milton Street, Plymouth, admitted causing actual bodily harm to Kate Bates on April 11, 2017.He also admitted going to his former home at Lee Close, Honiton on the same day and...

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August 10, 2017, 5:55 am

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A hotel worker was found with 'appalling' images of children as young as two when police examined his laptop.Daniel Tolca claimed he had downloaded the images out of curiosity while surfing the internet for adult pornography but a judge told him he did so because he had a sexual interest in children.Tolca lost his job at a hotel in Torbay as a result of his arrest because it was used by families in children, Exeter Crown Court was told.His computer was seized by police who were investigating an...

Stone thrown at van - driver left 'very shaken' say police

August 10, 2017, 6:13 am

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A driver has been left "very shaken" after a large rock was thrown at his van. The incident in Bideford, North Devon, is now being investigated by the police. At around 4am on Wednesday, August 2, a man driving a Peugeot van was travelling along Clovelly Road "when a large rock was thrown at the van". A police spokesman said: "The driver was left very shaken by the incident but luckily he was not harmed."If the rock had hit the windscreen the driver could...

Thieves repeatedly target corner shop

August 10, 2017, 6:19 am

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Thieves are repeatedly targeting a Devon corner shop causing damage and distress, with three attacks in recent months.A&P Premier store on Mount Gould Road has been the victim of burglary in the last eight months, with cigarettes and alcohol stolen.A cashier at the store who was threatened at knife point in a previous attack at the store said she is worried for her safety and was left tearful at the sight of this morning's break in, reports plymouthherald .A large concrete block was...

Woman in court accused of trying to murder Devon girl, 17

August 10, 2017, 6:29 am

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A woman accused of stabbing a 17-year-old Devon girl and a police officer at a train station has appeared in court.Homeless Ingrid MacKay, 59, is charged with the attempted murder of a teenager and the malicious wounding of a police officer after an incident at Taunton railway station on Saturday, July 22.The attempted murder charge relates to a 17-year-old girl from Paignton. She did not enter any pleas this morning and the case was adjourned so a psychiatric assessment could be carried out,...

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This is the man accused of murder

August 10, 2017, 6:29 am

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The man accused of murdering a 49-year-old father outside in a railway station concourse in Devon has appeared in court.Jamie Skinner, of Bodmin Road, Plymouth, 28, is accused of murdering Wayne Fenton on Tuesday, August 8.He is due to appear at Plymouth Crown Court tomorrow - Friday. Emergency services were called to the train station at about 10am on Tuesday following reports a man had been stabbed, reports plymouthherald.Mr Fenton, who was formally identified yesterday, suffered serious...

Two jailed for life for murder of Exeter man James Woodhouse

August 10, 2017, 6:58 am

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Two Exeter men who blamed each other for the murder of James Woodhouse have both been sentenced to life imprisonment.Following a four week trial, it took a jury at Exeter Crown Court just under a day to decided Thomas Killen, 33, of North Lawn Court, and Brett Edwards, 38, of Okehampton Road, St Thomas, were guilty of murder following the death of 30-year-old James Woodhouse. The judge directed they will both serve a minimum term of 17 years. They stood accused of beating Mr Woodhouse to death...

Arson attack closes Plymouth dentists

August 10, 2017, 8:27 am

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A Plymouth dental surgery remains closed after it was attacked by arsonists.Health officials say extensive damage was caused to one of its surgery rooms following a fire earlier this month.The blaze broke out at the rear of the Dental Access Centre in Baring Street on August 2. Police believe it was started deliberately, reports the Plymouth Herald.Fire services were called to the smell of smoke shortly after 7.10pm and arrived to find smoke pouring from the rear of the building.An investigation...

Man who made £300k supplying cannabis will be sent home

August 11, 2017, 1:20 am

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A man who made more than £300,000 supplying Devon gangs with cannabis has been ordered to pay the courts £54,000 - before he is sent home to Albania.Laver Sakaj, 31, has also been jailed for four years and six months for running part of an operation to supply 50kilos of cannabis from Birmingham to Devon.Operation Madras saw eight men convicted of bringing the drug to Devon – after the last one was caught hiding in Rome.Sakaj, an Albanian living illegally in the UK, was in...

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August 11, 2017, 2:10 am

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A woman who breached a Sexual Risk Order by meeting a girl has been handed a three year community order to help her stop re-offending.The woman - who cannot be named after Plymouth Crown Court imposed reporting restrictions – was initially handed the order after she contacted a 15-year-old girl in breach of an Interim Sexual Risk Order, put in place in April, just weeks after it was made by city magistrates, the Plymouth Herald reports.She had pleaded guilty to three counts of breaching...