A man who flipped his car while trying to evade police has been jailed for 16 months. Jean-Luc Coombe, 29, who doesn’t have a driving licence, failed to stop for traffic officers in Bodmin on 6 November and crashed his car in country lanes. Coombe, of For...
Release date: 11/12/2025
A former Plymouth criminal defence solicitor has been found guilty of sexually assaulting clients he had been appointed to help. Alan Harris,72, was today convicted of 10 offences against seven victims – six male and one female - following a five-week tri...
Release date: 10/12/2025
A driver whose failure to properly secure a drilling rig onto a trailer resulted in the death of a 34-year-old woman has been jailed for five years and four months. Liam Smith, 35, from Roselidden Park in Helston, appeared at Truro Crown Court for sentenc...
Release date: 10/12/2025
We are appealing for witnesses and information following a serious assault in Tavistock. The incident took place in Deer Park Lane shortly before 3am on Sunday 7 December. It was reported that following a short verbal exchange, the victim was attack...
Release date: 09/12/2025
We are investigating a road traffic collision in which a woman in her 80s sustained serious injuries in Totnes and are appealing for any witnesses to come forward. Officers were called at around 2pm on Monday 8 December to a report of a collision involvin...
Release date: 09/12/2025
We are investigating a report of voyeurism and have released pictures of a man we would like to speak to in connection with the incident. It happened at a women’s toilet block at Gyllyngvase Beach, Cliff Road, Falmouth, on Wednesday 15 October between 6.0...
Release date: 09/12/2025
Police and Trading Standards have closed yet another business for selling illegal tobacco – despite repeated warnings and dramatic attempts to escape with contraband. On Wednesday 26 November, District Judge Smith at Exeter Magistrates’ Court granted a th...
Release date: 07/12/2025
Two men who carried out a brutal broad daylight attack using metal bars and a taser in front of horrified onlookers have been jailed. Nikita Trembath, 32, of Permarin Road, Penryn, and Matthew Cunningham, 41, of Hilgrove Road, Newquay, appeared for senten...
Release date: 05/12/2025
A recent police exercise saw officers team up with British Transport Police (BTP) to sniff out drugs and disrupt county lines activity on the transport network. The focus was on deterring organised crime groups from transporting illegal substances into sm...
Release date: 05/12/2025
A Torquay man has been jailed for over three years and disqualified from driving for five after a reckless attempt to undertake a vehicle went catastrophically wrong. Toby Carter, 23, of Babbacombe Road, Torquay, previously pleaded guilty to causing death...
Release date: 04/12/2025
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