We are appealing for witnesses and footage following an assault on a cyclist in Truro. Shortly before 5.30pm on Wednesday 23 September a male cyclist was assaulted by three male suspects on Malpas Road near the junction with Carew Pole Close. Local reside...
Release date: 05/10/2026
A man has been jailed for six years for grooming and sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl. Jonathan Simpson, 32, from the St Austell area, appeared at Truro Crown Court for sentencing on 2 October after being found guilty by a jury of engaging in penetrati...
Release date: 05/10/2026
We are issuing a new photo to help locate 41-year-old Matthew who remains missing and officers are growing increasingly concerned for his welfare. Matthew was last seen in Delabole at around 6pm on Tuesday 29 September. It is believed he then travell...
Release date: 05/10/2026
We are appealing for witnesses and dash-cam footage following a collision involving a motorcycle and 4x4 vehicle in St Austell. At around 3.25pm on Friday 2 October officers were called to the collision on South Street, at the junction with Moorland Road....
Release date: 05/10/2026
Police are seeking the public’s help to trace a 32-year-old man from Minehead, Somerset. Ashley Williams is wanted in connection into an investigation of a residential burglary. Enquiries have been made by police to locate him and officers are now appeali...
Release date: 05/10/2026
We are investigating a fatal road traffic collision near South Molton at the weekend and are appealing for any witnesses to come forward. At around 4.55pm on Sunday 4 October, we were notified of a two-vehicle collision on the B3227 at Nadder Lane, near S...
Release date: 05/10/2026
A registered sex offender from Plymouth is jailed for breaching his court order following an investigation by the South West Regional Organised Crime Unit (SWROCU). Scott Coombes, age 36, of Beaumont Road in Plymouth appeared before Plymouth Crown C...
Release date: 05/10/2026
Police are appealing for witnesses and footage following an aggravated burglary in Plymouth. Officers were called to Blandford Road on Sunday 27 September after five people dressed in black and wearing balaclavas arrived at the property around 3pm. They e...
Release date: 02/10/2026
A rapist has been jailed for eight years after attacking a woman he met online in her own home. Carl Thomson, 55, now of Portishead, appeared at Exeter Crown Court for sentence on Friday 2 October after being found guilty of rape, sexual assault by penetr...
Release date: 02/10/2026
A man has been jailed for a total of four years for beating and strangling his former partner and seeking to control large parts of her life. William Hatton, 41, from Torquay, was sentenced at Exeter Crown Court recently after being found guilty at trial ...
Release date: 30/09/2026
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