A prolific offender has been jailed for 12 months for breaking into vehicles and going on spending sprees with stolen bank cards. Michael Ainsworth, 34, of no fixed abode, Falmouth, was sentenced at Truro Magistrates’ Court on Thursday 21 May after pleadi...
Release date: 21/05/2026
An Exeter fraudster swindled four victims out of more than half a million pounds of savings, pensions and inheritance – most of which he spent on gambling. Jamie Drew, 46, of Cottey Crescent in Exeter, appeared at Exeter Crown Court for sentence on Thursd...
Release date: 21/05/2026
A drugged-up driver killed a much-loved grandmother after travelling on the wrong side of the road at more than 50 miles-per-hour above the speed limit. Dwayne Arney, 34, killed 60-year-old Rosemary Wooldridge in a head-on collision outside her home on H...
Release date: 20/05/2026
Three men and a woman have been found guilty of the brutal acid killing of a Plymouth dad-of-two who was attacked in his own home. Danny Cahalane, 38, was attacked in a planned organised crime hit in Lipson Road on 21 February 2025. Danny was treated in h...
Release date: 14/05/2026
A prolific burglar who smashed his way into a series of homes around Plymouth and East Cornwall and stole priceless jewellery and cash, has been jailed. Greg Disbrey, 39, also doused the properties with cleaning products in an attempt to clean his tracks....
Release date: 14/05/2026
A child sex offender groomed and arranged to meet who he believed was a 14-year-old child despite being subject to court orders in relation to similar offending. Eddie Howard, 26, from Exeter, was snared by a paedophile hunter group earlier this year who ...
Release date: 14/05/2026
A Penzance man has been jailed for over four years for inciting a child into sexual activity online. Christopher Stevens, of Chywoone Hill in Newlyn, appeared at Truro Crown Court on Friday 8 May where he was sentenced to four years and six months’ impris...
Release date: 11/05/2026
A high-risk registered sex offender has been jailed for more than three years after breaching a court order aimed at stopping him from accessing indecent images of children online. Richard Over, aged 43, was caught with a forbidden tablet hidden under his...
Release date: 11/05/2026
A man has been sentenced for the sexual touching of a man in North Devon. Clint Barnes, 56, from Morecambe, appeared at Exeter Crown Court for sentence after being convicted of three indecent assaults. Barnes was sentenced to a year in prison, suspended f...
Release date: 11/05/2026
An investment fraud worth more than half a million pounds was discovered thanks to quick-thinking staff at a Plymouth bank. The fraud saw victims – often the elderly - transferring sums of money to purchase what they believed were shares, currencies, com...
Release date: 06/05/2026
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