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Intruder knocks 77-year-old man unconscious in his own home
A 77-year-old man was left unconscious in his home after finding an intruder in his lounge.Brian Newton suffered a suspected fractured eye socket as well and bruising and swelling to his cheek and left...
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House shook 'like earthquake' after driver crashed into it,...
A FORMER drug addict crashed into a house and fled, having caused £6,500 damage.North Devon Magistrates' Court heard Adam Webb, 30, of Backstone Moor, Rackenford, had been in the pub before he crashed...
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Cocaine-fuelled carpenter punched and spat in girlfriend's face...
A COCAINE-FUELLED carpenter beat his girlfriend at a rural North Devon B&B, spitting in her face, ripping her hair straighteners in half and telling her to "close her legs".Edward Steele, 28, of...
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Barnstaple driver, 48, banned from the road in his absence...
A BARNSTAPLE man facing disqualification from driving failed to turn up to court but sent a letter saying he had been traumatised by being in a crash in which a woman died.Deyn Parssley, 48, of...
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'Vile and evil' child rapist from North Devon jailed for 20 years
A CRAFTSMAN has been jailed for 20 years after he used a handmade rocking horse as a lure to entice two girls into his home.Retired cheesemaker Gerald Goff groomed one of his victims by showing her the...
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Builder tells how he strangled wife to death in 'cowardly'...
A HUSBAND has denied murdering his estranged wife during an argument about their divorce and said he felt as if he was under a general anaesthetic when he strangled her to death.James McDonald said he...
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Serious assault victim Tom Coe wakes from coma as family fear he...
THE family of Tom Coe fear he never fully recover from the horrific injuries he suffered in a serious assault before he was struck by a car in August.The 22-year-old was found unconscious in Exeter...
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Dad inflicted life-threatening injuries on baby son as severe as...
A TWO-MONTH-OLD baby suffered life-threatening injuries described as being as severe as those caused by a "high-speed car crash" – at the hands of his own father.Truro Crown Court last week heard that...
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Student jailed after stealing to fund heroin habit
AN agricultural student has been jailed after he went shoplifting to fund a heroin habit.Ross Lewis was already on a suspended sentence and had lost the support of Christian rehabilitation project in...
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Serial burglar jailed after being caught by neighbours keeping...
A SERIAL burglar has been jailed after he was caught by two sharp eyed neighbours who were keeping an eye on a couple's home while they were on holiday.Shaun Bennett broke into the isolated country...
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Sex attacker found guilty of Mastermind chair assault
A SEX attacker has been warned he faces a jail sentence after being found guilty of groping a mother as she sat in a Mastermind type chair.Jason Jones drugged the victim by giving her a legal high...
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Sex offender broke order after meeting 16-year-old while hunting...
A SEX offender broke an order to stay away from teenaged girls when he befriended a 16-year-old at a hunt meet.Jason Kiddle was subject of a Sexual Offences Prevention Order as a result of having been...
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Holidaymakers get suspended sentence for North Molton assault
A PAIR of holidaymakers have been handed suspended sentences after they took part in a sustained attack on a pub customer as he walked home.Christopher Whyte and Daniel Banyard hit and kicked victim...
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Stun gun illegal immigrant jailed
An Albanian illegal immigrant has been jailed after being found with a 55,000 volt stun gun just days after arriving in Britain.Shuaip Llapri, aged 27, had the weapon in a holdall at a house where he...
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Train groper sent on sex offender's course
A train passenger has been sent on a sex offenders' course after he subjected a 15-year-old schoolgirl to a terrifying ordeal in a deserted carriage.David Munro molested the girl after moving to sit...
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Pensioner who spent hours watching child abuse images is jailed...
A pensioner has been jailed after he posed as a teenager to lure schoolgirls into sending him indecent images.Stephen Clark, aged 63, went online under the fictional name of Sophie Turner and contacted...
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Three friends caught with drugs after police smell cannabis from...
A TRIO of men have appeared in court charged with the possession of cannabis.Marcus Buckley, 21, Aaron Holden, 34, of Barnstaple and Matthew Jones, 18, of Gwythers, South Molton appeared at North Devon...
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Man appears in court charged with rape in Barnstaple
AN Exeter man has appeared in court charged with raping a woman in Barnstaple.Christopher Puxley, of Doriam Close, appeared at North Devon Magistrates' Court on Friday.The 32-year-old entered no...
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Drive to pick up missing cat lands Bideford man with driving ban
A 'STUPID' misjudgement to drink-drive to pick up a missing cat has landed a Bideford man with a community order and a three-year driving ban.Marc Hedge, of Pynes Lane, appeared at North Devon...
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Serial burglar feasted on luxury chocolates while couple slept
A burglar who feasted on chocolate as an elderly couple slept has been jailed after he left his DNA on a carton of fruit juice in their kitchen.Serial offender Stuart Morgan raided the house in Exeter...
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