A Paignton man has been jailed for a total of eight-and-a-half years after he raped a woman. Matthew Hughes, 29, of Southfield Road, will also have to sign on to the Sex Offenders’ Register for life. Hughes was convicted of rape following a trial in ...
Release date: 14/11/2024
Officers investigating a sexual assault in North Devon have released an e-fit of a man they wish to identify in connection with the incident. The offence took place in Ilfracombe, on Station Road near the junction of Richmond Road, at around 11:20pm on Sa...
Release date: 11/11/2024
A 58-year-old man has been jailed for the sexual abuse of a young girl. Lawrence Pipe, from the Bideford area, appeared at Exeter Crown Court for sentence recently having been convicted by a jury of two indecent assaults of a child under 13, as well as a ...
Release date: 07/11/2024
A man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for sexually assaulting a nine-year-old girl in South Devon. Carl Alexander Forrester, 70, whose last known address was a boat on the Thames in Oxford, appeared at Exeter Crown Court on 4 November. Officers a...
Release date: 06/11/2024
Police have released an e-fit of a man they would like to identify and speak to in connection with a sexual assault in Plymouth. Between 11pm and midnight on Monday 5 August a woman was in Ross Street, Plymouth when an unknown male grabbed her by the arm....
Release date: 04/11/2024
A Plymouth man has been jailed for 11 years after being convicted of rape. Thomas Carr, 35, was sentenced at Plymouth Crown Court on Friday 1 November after being found guilty by a jury of one rape and one attempted rape. He must sign the Sex Offenders’ R...
Release date: 04/11/2024
Police are currently investigating reports of a sexual assault which happened at Boardmasters Festival in Newquay on Sunday 11 August 2024. As part of ongoing enquiries, detectives are releasing an e-fit image of a male that they would like to speak to in...
Release date: 31/10/2024
Police investigating a report of a sexual assault on a woman have released pictures of a man they would like to speak to in connection with the incident. The incident is reported to have happened at around 5pm on Thursday 19 September on Notte Street, Ply...
Release date: 22/10/2024
A sexual predator has been jailed for 16 years with a further three years to be served on extended licence for the rape and sexual abuse of three young women. Owen Rendall, 26, of Shapland Place in Tiverton, appeared at Exeter Crown Court for sentence on ...
Release date: 21/10/2024
Members of a County Line drugs group named ‘Scouse Baz’ have been sentenced for their roles in the supply of cocaine. The three appeared at Exeter Crown Court on Monday 14 October, where they were jailed for a total of nine years and eight months. Dylan J...
Release date: 18/10/2024
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