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Driver who was twice over limit on A39 avoids disqualification
A DRIVER who had "no idea" how he came to be in a lay by on the A39 has escaped court without being disqualified.Timothy Andrews, 34, of Dale View in Nantyglow in Gwent, appeared in front of North...
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Son pulls husband off mum as he punches her in chest in attack...
A HUSBAND has admitted attacking his wife after a night out drinking.Paul Matthews, age 52, punched his wife in the chest area and pulled at her clothes before her adult son split them up.He appeared...
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Homeless man brings his offending to Barnstaple despite facing...
A HOMELESS man stole a car in Barnstaple despite facing 130 hours of unpaid work in Derbyshire and a charge of assault and threatening a man with a piece of glass in Milton Keynes.Martin McClelland,...
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Addict spared jail after court hears his friend jumped from a...
A DRUG-ADDICTED prolific offender has been spared jail for thefts carried out while subject to a court order, after magistrates heard his friend had jumped to his death from a Bideford Bridge.Geoffrey...
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Bude man charged with attempted murder as victim regains...
A 30-YEAR-OLD Bude man has been charged with attempted murder after a man was left in a serious condition in hospital.Thirty-year-old John O'Sullivan, from Catherine Close, Bude, was arrested after an...
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Man arrested for murder following suspicious church death in...
POLICE have begun a murder investigation following the suspicious death of a 48-year-old man in Dartmouth on Saturday.Police and ambulance crews were called at 6.10pm after a man was discovered...
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Man allegedly sexually assaulted a horse
A MAN allegedly carried out sex attacks against a horse and has been remanded in custody.Alan Blackman, 31, of no fixed address, has been charged with sex assaults involving a living animal, Norfolk...
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Man swung 11-year-old child round 'like a rag doll' at Hartland...
A MAN swung a boy round "like a rag doll" after assaulting a woman at a campsite.Lance Tinker, of Ayres Close in Bideford, appeared in front of North Devon magistrates last week where he pleaded guilty...
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Prolific offender punched monitor screen at Barnstaple Police...
A PROLIFIC offender who was released from prison last summer punched a monitor screen while in custody at Barnstaple Police Station. Neil Metters, of Regency Court in Ilfracombe, was arrested in...
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Man forces himself into young woman's car in Bude and police...
A HOLSWORTHY man was arrested after a man forced himself into 19-year-old woman's car around 3.30am in Bude on Saturday.In what was described as a "scary incident for the victim", the lone teenager was...
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North Devon businessman denies defrauding pensioners out of...
A former 'Man from the Pru' has denied swindling three of his ex customers who invested in his company and told a jury he thought the business was destined to succeed.Lee Chapman encouraged the...
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South West Water fined £45K for breaching environmental...
SOUTH West Water has been fined £45,000 for breaking environmental controls at a waste plant where a broken screening device caused a series of break downs.The treatment plant at Dunkeswell, near...
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Man punches woman in chest in attack
A HUSBAND has admitted attacking a woman after a night out drinking.Paul Matthews, age 52, punched her in the chest area and pulled at her clothes before they were split up.He appeared at North Devon...
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Dog bites man in Barnstaple, police appeal for witnesses
A MAN was bitten by a dog in Trinity Street in Barnstaple earlier this month, prompting a police appeal for witnesses. The incident happened on Tuesday, August 11 between 5.45pm and 6pm. Police said...
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Drug dealer and fraudster face longer sentences for not paying...
"MORE proof that crime doesn't pay" – that is how Devon police described the increased sentences handed to a drug offender and a fraudster who failed to pay back what they were ordered to by a...
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Tom Coe still in critical condition after alleged attack that saw...
TOM Coe remains in a critical condition this week following an alleged assault earlier this month that a Barnstaple woman was arrested in connection with.A Barnstaple woman and a man from Newton Abbot...
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Paedophile boarding school teacher used hidden camera to make...
A "MANIPULATIVE and devious" paedophile and ex teacher at one of the South West's top schools has been jailed for three years nine months after admitting using covert cameras to make indecent images of...
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Police release images from hidden cameras used by paedophile...
POLICE have now released still images taken from the covert cameras former teacher Jonathan Thomson-Glover used to film children.As the images show, paedophile Thomson-Glover set up cameras in...
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Man sent 'disgusting' picture of his penis to a 13-year-old girl...
A teenager has been sent on a sex offenders' course after he persuaded a 13-year-old Facebook friend to send pictures of her naked breasts to his phone.George Dean knew the girl was under age because...
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65-year-old flashed her breasts, bared her bottom and slapped...
A 65-YEAR-OLD was caught on camera slapping her genitalia and baring her bottom during a rant in a Devon street.Margorie Barasic also flashed her breasts to her neighbours during the incident in her...
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