Jail for homeless man who stole £150,000 Ferrari
A HOMELESS man stole a £150,000 sports car and parked it in a court car park, judges have heard.Matthew Bryant, 24, first stole the keys to the Ferrari from a holiday home in Truro before driving and...
View ArticleAnimal porn videos involving a dog, pig, snake and lobster land...
A MAN has appeared in court charged with possessing extreme pornographic images and movies of a person committing sexual acts with live animals - including an eel, a mouse and a tapir.David Carter, 46,...
View ArticleLarge circle scratched into bonnet of Audi A4 in Barnstaple
CARS were "badly damaged" in Barnstaple overnight on Wednesday.Police are appealing for witnesses after three cars suffered damage in Springfield Road on August 26.In one case a large circle was...
View Article'Promising' law student threatened to stab Appledore shopkeeper...
A promising law student held up a village shop and threatened to stab the cashier after he suffered depression and dropped out of university.Shaun Wheatley, aged 20, was paralytic with drink when he...
View ArticleFRAUD TRIAL: North Devon financial adviser says he was the victim...
A financial adviser has denied defrauding four elderly customers and told a jury he was also the victim of an alleged investment scam.Marc Payne says he invested £50,000 of his own money into a drinks...
View ArticleMan caught with hundreds of baby rape and torture images is...
A computer user has been jailed and branded as depraved by a judge after he was found with hundreds of images showing babies being raped and tortured.Stephen Chowles was caught with a library of more...
View ArticleCon artist who faked brain tumour jailed after swindling...
A cunning confidence trickster has been jailed after he swindled cash from a vicar and one of his flock by inventing sob stories. Glenn Davies claimed he was being pursued by violent loan sharks and...
View ArticleFormer Holsworthy man cleared of harassing Scarlett Keeling's...
A MAN has admitted harassing staff at a medical centre but been cleared of stalking the mother of Goa murder victim Scarlett Keeling. A judge has ordered a full psychiatric report on Toby Riccard after...
View ArticleAlleged drug-dealer appears in court charged with possession with...
AN Ilfracombe man has appeared in court charged with possession of amphetamine and cannabis with intent to supply.Anthony Coleman, of Larkstone Terrace, entered no plea at North Devon Magistrates'...
View ArticleMan faces prison after he got a 14-year-old pregnant following a...
A MAN has been warned that he faces jail after he got a 14-year-old pregnant after a one night stand.Lee Owen, 23, of Torquay, pleaded guilty to one count of sexual activity with a child when he...
View ArticleTeen set fire to sign in Ilfracombe building in 'stupid' and...
A TEENAGER who played a "schoolboy prank" and set fire to a sign in an Ilfracombe Youth Project building has been fined £110.Alex Court, of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty to arson at an earlier date...
View ArticleSerial burglar who stole women's underwear was caught wearing a...
A serial burglar with a fetish for women's underwear was caught wearing a stolen Ann Summers basque when he was arrested at a pub.Carl Nicholson has 120 convictions for stealing women's clothing from...
View ArticleMan who 'did not want to pay' for an aquarium pump for his...
AN unemployed man stole an aquarium pump for his girlfriend's fish tank, a court heard.David Stephenson, of Regency Court, Ilfracombe, appeared at North Devon Magistrates' Court on Friday. (August...
View ArticleBeaworthy man allegedly used his car to hit a teenager
A 19-YEAR-OLD man allegedly drove his car at a teenager with intent to cause him grievous bodily harm.McCaulley Harding, of Station Road, Beaworthy, appeared at North Devon Magistrates' Court on Friday...
View ArticleMan banned from driving for almost two years following drink-driv...
A MAN who took an "irrational and ill-judged" decision to drive while over the limit has been disqualified from getting behind the wheel for 20 months.Alexander Duffield, of Red House Lane, Walsall,...
View ArticleBarnstaple man spotted by off duty policeman drink-driving
A MAN who has never passed his driving test was caught riding a motorcycle while above the alcohol limit.Glen Stribling of Berry Road, Barnstaple, pleaded guilty to four driving offences at North Devon...
View ArticleSerial Devon underwear thief caught by police in pub wearing...
A serial burglar from Devon with a fetish for women's underwear was caught by police in a pub - wearing a stolen Ann Summers basque.Carl Nicholson, pictured, who has 120 convictions for stealing...
View Article23-year-old man appears in court charged with causing injury...
A BRADWORTHY man has appeared in court charged with aggravated vehicle taking and causing injury to a woman following an accident.James Clarke, of Higher Terrace, appeared at North Devon Magistrates'...
View ArticleDrug dealer jailed after trying to sell crack cocaine to a...
A gambling addict who turned to drug dealing to pay off his debts has been jailed after he tried to sell crack cocaine to an undercover police officer.Mark Simpson was trying to recoup losses of...
View ArticleBarnstaple drug-addict sentenced following theft charges
A BARNSTAPLE drug-addict has appeared in court charged with five theft offences.Daniel Creevy, of St Mary's Road, appeared at North Devon Magistrates' Court on Friday, following earlier hearings where...
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