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Ilfracombe mother of three gets suspended sentence for £9,0...
A MOTHER was handed a suspended sentence for swindling more than £9,000 in benefits she was not entitled to.Samantha Stewart, 36, of Belmont Road in Ilfracombe, pleaded guilty to three counts of...
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Young father jailed for BB gun raid and assault on ex-partner
A YOUNG father has been jailed after he terrified his ex-partner in a gunpoint raid on her home.Darren Barber defied an order to stay away from Gemma Bishop's home and arrived armed with a BB gun which...
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Man who strangled and stabbed partner before scrawling on wall is...
A 54-YEAR-OLD who strangled and stabbed his partner, then scrawled a message to her on a wall, has been jailed for life.Colin Dymond, 54, stabbed wife Sarah Pollock twice in the neck before writing...
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Barnstaple man who brandished knife in town centre sentenced
A KNIFE-WIELDING man was nearly Tasered after being found brandishing the weapon in the middle of Barnstaple.Reece Degabriel, 22, of Sticklepath Terrace in Barnstaple, appeared in front of North Devon...
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Provisional driver hit wall and flipped car while drunk in...
A DRIVER with a provisional licence flipped her car after going to search for her mother following a night of drinking.Kelly Meakes, 31, from Basingstoke, was staying at Twitchen House Caravan Park in...
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First time offender gets suspended sentence for supplying...
A FIRST time offender was given a suspended sentence for supplying cannabis to his friends.Benjamin Horsham, 20, of Ayres Close in Bideford, appeared in North Devon Magistrates' Court where he pleaded...
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Benefits cheat caught on camera running his own business while...
A BUSINESSMAN who claimed around £24,000 in disability living allowance (DLA) was caught on camera running his own business cleaning the Torpoint ferries.Benefits cheat Philip Rundle told the...
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Barnstaple thief caught out selling stolen goods to cash...
A THIEF who tried to sell on stolen goods to a cash converters has been given a curfew. Peter Saunders, 30, of The Maples in Barnstaple, appeared in front of North Devon magistrates court last Friday....
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Devon mother accused of poisoning her daughter with strong...
A MOTHER has been accused of trying to poison her two-year-old daughter with a strong prescription painkiller.Devon woman Rose Jones, aged 30, was charged with unlawfully and maliciously administering...
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Facebook predator from Croyde posed as 14-year-old girl to get...
A FACEBOOK predator has been jailed for posing as a schoolgirl to encourage young boys to send him indecent pictures.Harrison Wright set up a fake account in the name of Katie Jones, who was supposed...
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Pensioner tried to smuggle crack cocaine and heroin into prison...
A 70-YEAR-OLD smuggled crack cocaine and heroin into a prison in his mouth. Clive Stubbert was visiting inmate Leanne Hawkesford on April 8 this year when a sniffer dog alerted staff. Security staff...
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Superman T-shirt wearing man denies nightclub assault after...
A NIGHTCLUB customer dressed in a Superman T-shirt allegedly attacked a stranger after an Islamophobic incident sparked a fight in the centre of Exeter.Craig Lee is alleged to have punched victim Fenn...
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Tesco Click and Collect fraudster pulled off scam across Devon...
A PROFESSIONAL fraudster has been jailed for a carefully planned swindle which exploited a flaw in Tesco's Click and Collect system.Randeep Kooner travelled across Devon and Cornwall pulling off the...
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Woman punched in head by group of teenage boys
A GROUP of six to eight teenage boy attacked a woman who was punched in the head, police have said.Police are appealing for witnesses after a woman was set upon in Newquay.The assault happened on...
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Gang who surrounded cyclists on popular path and beat them for...
A COURT has heard of a violent gang of robbers who would form a triangle shape on a cycle path and grab cyclists, attacking them and stealing phones and wallets.Guleed Mahad Ali, Ahmed Saed and Guled...
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Fishing hooks and wire attached to school play equipment and...
IN a shocking act, intruders entered the playground of a Devon community primary school and covered the play equipment with fishing wire and fish hooks – twice.The hooks were placed in the playground...
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CCTV images released after man suffers serious sexual assault
A 63-year-old South West man suffered a serious sexual assault and police have released CCTV images of another man wanted in connection with the offence.The victim was in the Bristol Sports Bar (BSB)...
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'Revenge Porn' victims urged to come forward as man, 23, is...
POLICE in Devon are encouraging victims of 'Revenge Porn' to come forward after a 23-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of uploading private sexual photographs to an internet forum.The Exmouth man...
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Pub landlady jailed for smashing bar stool on boyfriend's head in...
A PUB landlady has been jailed for a savage four-hour attack on her partner in which she smashed a bar stool over his head and kicked him more than 100 times.Zoe Elgie was furious that victim Chris...
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Teenager raped and tortured woman with lighter
AN 18-year-old who suffers from ADHD raped a woman at knifepoint and tortured her with a lighter.Teenager Samuel Ross has been described as a "grave danger" to the public by a judge as he showed little...
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