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Barnstaple's Chelfham Mill school at centre of physical abuse...
THE school at the centre of a police investigation into claims of physical abuse has gone into liquidation, according to the official public record.The website of The Gazette, the UK's official public...
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Man jailed for life after killing his mother in Barnstaple
A BIG Issue seller has been jailed for life for killing his mother who he blamed for squandering a £75,000 inheritance.Charles Davison punched his mother about the head and body before stabbing her in...
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Murder accused to appear in Devon court today
A 40-year-old will appear in court this morning charged with murder.Stuart Hodgkin, originally from Basingstoke, was charged yesterday with murdering Adrian Munday, a 51-year-old from Newton Abbot.Mr...
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BREAKING: Police carry out drugs raid at Barnstaple house
A DRUGS warrant was carried out in Barnstaple today following information an 18-year-old was supplying to young people.PCSO Hannah Denton said the warrant took place in the Gorwell area on the morning...
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Convicted rapist on the run in the South West after absconding...
POLICE are appealing to the South West public after a convicted rapist absconded from an open prison.David Gary Livingstone, 53, is serving an indeterminate sentence at HMP Leyhill for a rape committed...
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Man arrested on suspicion of burglary after alleged Ilfracombe...
A MAN was arrested on suspicion of burglary following an alleged incident at an Ilfracombe newsagents last night.Police were called around 3.30am to Wilsons News in the high street following reports of...
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Man urinated through ex-girlfriend's letterbox shortly after...
A MAN who had been released from prison for harassing his ex-partner went to her home and urinated through her letterbox shortly after leaving jail, a court has heard.Dimwitted Luke Rutherford was not...
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Fisherman snared by undercover police drugs operation in Bideford
A FISHERMAN has been ordered to receive drug rehabilitation after he was snared in an undercover police drugs operation.Martin Reid, aged 50, agreed to help a man obtain two £10 fixes of heroin in...
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Mother guilty of stealing back 'present' from son's ex partner
A MOTHER has been cleared of burgling the flat of her son's estranged partner but found guilty of stripping it of appliances and carpets.Kerstan Clapp has been ordered to have no contact with victim...
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Builder strangled wife during argument about their divorce
A BUILDER strangled his estranged wife during a violent argument about their divorce and hid her body among a pile of rubbish in a cupboard.James McDonald wrapped his wife Sophie's body in a duvet and...
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Woman arrested after death of Barnstaple motorcyclist has bail...
THE Hampshire woman arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving after the fatal crash that killed Barnstaple's Aiden Platt has had her bail extended.The 28-year-old had been bailed...
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Mother allegedly sexually assaulted after smoking 'Blue Cheese'...
A MOTHER has told how she was sexually assaulted in a Mastermind-type chair after being stupefied by a legal high joint.Jason Jones allegedly grabbed at the woman's thong with so much force as he put...
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Legal high shop owner fought off knife attacker trying to steal...
THE owner of a legal high shop has told a jury how he fought off a knife wielding attacker who tried to seize his takings.Granville Preston was driving home from his DamGood Head shop in Plymouth when...
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Mother killed by her estranged husband said she felt 'wobbly'...
A YOUNG mother was killed by her estranged husband just minutes after telling her mother she felt "wobbly" about having a face to face meeting with him.Sophie McDonald was strangled after going to her...
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Bill Bailey's tour bus stolen from outside gig in Liverpool
COMEDIAN Bill Bailey enjoyed a "lively crowd" at a show in Liverpool last night – before his tour bus was stolen from outside the venue. The show at the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall was "not too bad all...
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Barnstaple police thank public for information on yellow-suited...
BARNSTAPLE Police have thanked those who came forward with information following the theft of keys from an ambulance in the town, which saw paramedics locked in on Saturday.As previously reported, a...
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Woman hit with "alcohol container" at North Devon bus...
A MAN struck a woman in the face with an "alcohol container" when she wouldn't give him spare change or a cigarette, police have said.The Barnstaple woman, who is in her fifties, was assaulted at...
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Husband who strangled wife and hid body in rubbish laughed at...
A HUSBAND who strangled his wife and hid her body in a rubbish store laughed with police when they asked him if he thought she had been abducted.James McDonald gave officers the impression of doing all...
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Cat flap burglar jailed after he was caught prodding pole into a...
A CAT flap burglar has been jailed after he was caught red-handed as he prodded a pole into a kitchen and tried to hook out a purse.Mark Clarke has been using the same method to break into homes for 30...
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WANTED robber with "topless female and a male smoking a...
DEVON police are hunting a 23-year-old robber with distinctive tattoos who is wanted for recall to prison.Corey Soper, (pictured) was originally charged with theft, but failed to comply with the...
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