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Broken-bottle killer appeals sentence for murdering Plymouth...
THE man who murdered Plymouth Argyle youth footballer Alex Peguero Sosa with a broken bottle is appealing against his sentence.Lee Dent was given a life sentence with a minimum of 22 years for stabbing...
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Microsoft Tech Scam warning from Devon police after computer...
COMPUTER users in Devon are being warned about the latest scam involving fake Microsoft call centres which has seen some victims duped out of thousands of pounds.Computer Software Service Fraud, also...
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Barnstaple man stabbed mum in neck while claiming to be MI5...
A SON allegedly left the dead body of his mother on the sofa of her Barnstaple home for two weeks while he fled to London with her bank card.Charles Davison claimed he was an MI5 agent and that the...
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Ilfracombe pensioner cleared of abusing young girls at Exeter...
A pensioner has been cleared of abusing three young girls in North Devon after telling a jury he was at work when the alleged assaults took place.Nicholas Barbeary was acquitted after telling Exeter...
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Murder trial told how care worker found woman allegedly killed by...
A CARE worker has told a murder trial how she found a frail client dead in her home after becoming worried about her welfare.Irene Thorne found the decomposing body of Jane Davison two weeks after she...
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WATCH: Shocking CCTV video shows the moment Andrew Mason is...
Barnstaple police have released shocking CCTV footage which shows the moment Andrew Mason was knocked unconscious in Fever nightclub by Maxwell Banbury.The video, released exclusively to the Journal,...
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POLL RESULTS – do Journal readers think cannabis should be...
THE vast majority of Journal readers think cannabis should be legalised, according to a North Devon Journal poll.Out of 426 readers who took the time to vote yes or no to the question "should cannabis...
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Drunk teen smashed bottle over charity runner's head
A BINGE-DRINKING teen has been jailed for attacking a charity runner with a stolen beer bottle as he jogged down a busy Devon seafront. Kai Webb had downed a bottle of vodka with friends and stolen...
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VIDEOS focus on paedophile's stories in campaign's bid to deter...
A GROUNDBREAKING new video campaign aims to tack the viewing and sharing of indecent images of children by focusing on the stories of the offenders. The videos make for uncomfortable viewing. They...
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Son accused of murdering mother in Barnstaple said he 'left her...
A SON who was accused of killing his mother told police he had attacked her during an argument but left her alive in her North Devon flat.Big Issue seller Charles Davison admitted punching his mother...
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Parents of murdered girl say police should be 'embarrassed' by...
The parents of murdered Georgia Williams say the police should be "embarrassed" by a damning Devon and Cornwall review, which they say is only "half the story".Steve Williams and his wife Lynnette have...
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Fred and Rose West's pub managers guilty of raping children in...
A COUPLE who ran a pub owned by North Devon-born serial killer Rose West and her husband Fred have been found guilty of a 15-year campaign in which they terrorised and abused 10 children.David and...
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Armed police called to reported stabbing - which turned out to be...
ARMED police were called out to a major operation in a Devon housing estate - which turned out to be a hoax.Police officers in Exeter locked down part of the neighbourhood in Wonford, Exeter, near the...
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Mugger who snatched 64-year-old woman's purse in Barnstaple's...
A MUGGER has been warned he faces jail after he admitted snatching a bag from a 64-year-old woman in Barnstaple's Pannier market.Michael Stevens, 26, pulled victim Frances Ford to the ground and...
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Bideford addicts who sold heroin to undercover policeman admit...
A GROUP of drug users have admitted street dealing after being caught in a police undercover sting operation in Bideford.Katrina Trott, Marcel Hopkins, David Gibbs and Michael Branch were all arrested...
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PICTURED Fred and Rose West's pub managers who raped children...
THIS is the husband and wife who ran a pub owned by North Devon-born serial killer Rose West and her husband Fred, who were themselves this week convicted of a 15-year child abuse campaign.David and...
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Mum in court for slapping her daughter, 8, in Devon street
A DEVON woman has landed in court for slapping her eight-year-old daughter in the street.A witness observed the woman, who cannot be identified for legal reasons but was in her thirties, walking with...
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WATCH: Police release second interview video with Becky Watts...
Police have released a second video of an interview with murder suspect Shauna Hoare who, together with her boyfriend Nathan Matthews, are accused of murdering the 16-year-old Becky Watts at her home...
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Fugitive turned police's Captor spray on arresting officers in...
A FUGITIVE has been jailed after he used an elderly pedestrian in an invalid buggy as a human shield to fend off police as they tried to arrest him in Bideford.Anthony Holmes fled from two officers...
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Drunk sex attacker pulled stranger's clothes off after lying...
A BINGE drinker carried out a bizarre sex attack on a complete stranger after they both collapsed in the same street at the same time.Benjamin Colley lay down next to the unconscious 18-year-old boy...
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