CCTV footage shows holidaymaker attack man in front of children...
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...
View ArticleFever nightclub rage of ex-boyfriend ends with old schoolmate's...
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...
View ArticleDriving after a bottle of wine sees Barnstaple woman handed...
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,...
View ArticleTeacher Jeremy Forrest dumps 15-year-old he ran away with as he...
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...
View ArticleTeenage boy admits four counts of raping girl under 13 and four...
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...
View ArticleCack-handed counterfeiters made '£20 note' from A4 paper...
"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...
View ArticleDepraved paedophile who kept girl in car boot jailed 20 years...
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...
View ArticleHelp catch 'cowardly' hooded teen who punched pensioner in face...
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...
View ArticleFuel thief caught siphoning fuel from lorry and Renault Scenic...
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...
View ArticleFord Mondeo driver whose car smashed into Dragon Tattoos in...
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 –...
View ArticleCurfew and ban for Ilfracombe hot tub man caught driving three...
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...
View ArticlePrison sentence for repeat offender after £8 wine theft
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,...
View ArticleRoyal Marine military vehicle driver banned from road after...
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...
View ArticleCCTV catches rural thieves breaking into shed – do you...
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...
View ArticleCannabis user from Bideford who admitted having large quantity of...
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...
View ArticleMan held in Amsterdam over white heroin deaths of two Devon lads
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...
View ArticleMan who smashed up Ilfracombe flat and assaulted ex girlriend...
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...
View ArticlePolice seek information about items found in North Devon
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...
View ArticleSoldier spared jail after filming two girls naked as they...
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...
View ArticleMan who complained he was sent explicit images is cleared of...
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...
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