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PICTURED: Sophisticated cannabis 'factory' at Barnstaple chicken...
THESE exclusive pictures show the extent of the cannabis growing operation for which a Barnstaple chicken farmer rented his land out and was jailed.Struggling Edward James, of View Farm, Bratton...
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Exmoor buzzard poisoning prompts police investigation
THREE buzzards which were found dead on Exmoor earlier this year were poisoned, police have confirmed.An investigation has now been launched after a post-mortem revealed the suspicious circumstances...
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Braunton bike theft crime spree prompts police appeal
A BIKE has been stolen from a home in Chivenor in what is the latest in a series of thefts in the area.The maroon VooDoo Hoodoo mountain bike, worth around £450, was stolen from the back garden of the...
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PICTURES: Police seek to reunite seized jewellery with owner
POLICE have renewed an appeal for information to help reunite a treasure trove of suspected stolen property with its owner.Officers from North Devon Proactive Team seized the items last month, and have...
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Troubled teen who stole from dad and neighbour is thrown out of...
A TROUBLED teenager has been ordered to do community service work after he was thrown out of a therapeutic community in North Devon for breaking its rules.Autistic Michael Greenaway was sent to the...
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WARNING to North Devon businesses after spate of fraudulent calls...
DEVON and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service has issued a warning to businesses in North Devon following a spate of fraudulent phone calls.Three businesses in the region raised concerns with the force...
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Teen fakes own kidnapping to blackmail gran for cocaine party...
A TEENAGER faked his own kidnapping to extort £100 from his grandmother so he could buy cocaine for a party with his friends. Thomas Miller claimed he was being held hostage by a gang of drug dealers...
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Devon 'millionaire' teen Sam Cook jailed for 26 months for...
A DEVON teenager who made headlines when he told how he turned £2,000 into £21 million has been jailed for a £100,000 fraud – and it was a picture in the paper that rumbled him.A keen-eyed police...
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Cowboy heating engineer from Instow jailed for ripping off...
A COWBOY heating engineer had been jailed for ripping off customers who were charged twice the going rate for shoddy work on stoves and boilers.Ex fireman Gary Henry sweet-talked his customer and lured...
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Help For Heroes fraudster must pay back just £6,000 of...
A SWINDLER who made £400,000 through bogus Help for Heroes collections has been ordered to repay less than £6,000 after a judge was told all the money has vanished.Christopher Copeland fleeced...
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Man tracked down by police with help of Gossip Around Ilfracombe...
A FACEBOOK group helped track down an Ilfracombe man who shouted "all British people should die, I support ISIS", a court heard.Luke Alexander, of Marine Place, appeared at North Devon Magistrates'...
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Ilfracombe woman charged with assault
AN Ilfracombe woman has appeared in court charged with the assault of another woman.Jasmine Kerr, 19, of St Brannocks Road, pleaded guilty to assault by beating of Phillipa Taylor, at North Devon...
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Barnstaple man appears in court charged with three driving...
A BARNSTAPLE man was ordered to pay more than £350 in costs after he was caught driving without a licence, insurance and a valid test certificate.Andrew Boyle, of Sticklepath Terrace, appeared at North...
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Elderly woman was spat on by Ilfracombe man, a court heard
A PENSIONER was called an "ugly old woman" and was spat on by an Ilfracombe man, a court heard.Allen Groves, of Coronation Terrace, had pleaded guilty to assault by beating at an early hearing and...
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Northam man in court charged with making indecent photographs of...
A 67-year-old man has appeared in court charged with six offences relating to making indecent photographs of a child.David Bradshaw, of Hanson Park, Northam, appeared at North Devon Magistrates' Court...
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Brothers appear in court charged with New Year's Eve assault
TWO Combe Martin brothers have appeared in court charged with assault.Ben Chappell, 23, of Park Crescent and Lee Chappell, 25, of the same address, appeared at North Devon Magistrates' Court on...
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Jealous estate agent jailed for bleach attack on ex's underwear...
A jealous estate agent has been jailed after he took revenge on his ex partner by dousing her bed with diesel and pouring bleach into her underwear drawer.Timothy Neal was distraught after his...
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Barnstaple sex offender, 16, warned of jail for attacks on...
A 16-YEAR-OLD sex offender has been warned he will go to prison if he does not cooperate with probation officers who are trying to change his 'skewed' views about women.The schoolboy was enrolled on a...
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Conman jailed for preying on Alzheimer's patient, 85, who died in...
A CONMAN builder has been jailed for fleecing an 85-year-old dementia patient into paying £20,000 for shoddy repairs on her home.Darren Scott was caught after a visitor from Age Concern realised that...
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Man who murdered and sexually assaulted his own mother appeals 30...
A man who stabbed his own mother in the neck with a knitting needle before sexually assaulting her is appealing against his 30 year jail term.Restaurant waiter Alexander McDonald, 27, was high on...
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