A man who lived with the dead body of his former partner for over two years has been jailed for preventing the lawful burial of her body. Jamie Stevens, 51, covered the body of Anouska Sites with a blanket at his home in Upton Road, Torquay, after she die...
Release date: 11/08/2025
We are appealing for witnesses and footage following a serious road traffic collision involving a bicycle in the Highampton area of Devon. The incident took place at around 11.30am on Saturday 9 August on an unclassified road between Highampton and Hather...
Release date: 11/08/2025
We were called at around 9.40am on Sunday 10 August to the M5 southbound between junction 28 and 29 following a collision. The collision involved a blue BMW 320 and a grey Skoda Karoq. During the incident the BMW overturned and came to rest on its roof. T...
Release date: 11/08/2025
A prolific shoplifter has been jailed for a year after being convicted of a total of 18 shoplifting offences. Justin Godefroy, 28, of no fixed abode, Plymouth, was sentenced at Plymouth Magistrates’ Court on Monday 4 August after entering guilty pleas to ...
Release date: 11/08/2025
A man has died following a single car collision on the A388 at Treburley near Launceston. Emergency services were called at 3.30am on Sunday 10 August after a black Audi A3 left the road. The driver, a man in his 20s from the Launceston area, was pronounc...
Release date: 11/08/2025
A stalker has been jailed for 22 months for reversing into his former partner’s car and dragging her down the street at speed. Kevin Braithwaite, 64, of no fixed abode, Paignton, appeared at Exeter Crown Court for sentence on Thursday 7 August having prev...
Release date: 07/08/2025
Police have seized 29 illegal e-bikes in Plymouth as part of an operation to keep the roads safe. Officers from Roads Policing, Central Neighbourhood and Plymouth and Exeter Neighbourhood Support Teams carried out a joint enforcement operation on Mutley P...
Release date: 07/08/2025
We are investigating a serious road traffic collision in Falmouth on Wednesday 6 August and are appealing for any witnesses to come forward. Officers were called at around 6.40pm on Wednesday 6 August, to a report of a road traffic collision involving a r...
Release date: 07/08/2025
Throughout July, Police forces across England and Wales participated in the month-long Ninja surrender and compensation scheme, to remove this type of sword from the streets. The campaign, led by the Home Office, ran from 1 to 31 July 2025 and is par...
Release date: 07/08/2025
We are appealing for witnesses after a sheep sadly died in the Newquay area on Sunday 27 July. It was reported that a sheep was chased over a cliff edge in the Polly Joke area, near Newquay. Members of the public confronted the suspect who is alleged to h...
Release date: 06/08/2025
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