We are growing increasingly concerned for the welfare of a 29-year-old missing woman who was last seen in Cornwall. Holly Collinson, 29, was reported missing by her family in Leicestershire on Friday 10 April. Enquiries revealed that prior to being report...
Release date: 06/05/2026
Shared on behalf of South West Regional Organised Crime Unit (SWROCU) A former prison officer from Devon appeared at Exeter Crown Court yesterday (5 May) and was sentenced to 14 months in prison afte...
Release date: 06/05/2026
A man has been sentenced to 20 months in prison for a brutal attack with a baton at a caravan park in Devon. George Powell, AKA George Whittaker, 45, of no fixed abode, appeared at Exeter Crown Court on Monday 5 May for sentencing having pleaded guilty to...
Release date: 05/05/2026
A man has been jailed for 10 years for the rape and sexual abuse of a woman in Devon. Philip Street, 59, of Greenaway in Morchard Bishop, Devon, appeared at Exeter Crown Court for sentence on Friday 1 May. Street had previously been found guilty at a tria...
Release date: 01/05/2026
This is the moment a 250kg World War Two munition was safely detonated by military bomb disposal experts in Southway, Plymouth. More than 1,200 homes in the area were evacuated after the German SC250 device was uncovered at a building site in Flamborou...
Release date: 01/05/2026
We are appealing for dash-cam footage and information following a suspicious incident near Plymouth. Police were called at around 5.20pm on Wednesday 29 April following a report of a broken down vehicle in lane three of the A38 from Marsh Mills eastbound ...
Release date: 01/05/2026
Officers offered free bike marking to the cycling community in Exeter at a property marking event in a bid to prevent bike thefts in the city. On Thursday 30 April, the Neighbourhood Policing Team held a free bike marking event at St Homas Baptist Church ...
Release date: 01/05/2026
A rapist who subjected two victims to horrific sexual violence has been jailed. Ryan Bungey, 27, now of Derby Road in Liverpool, appeared at Truro Crown Court for sentence on Friday 1 May having been convicted by a jury in December of five counts of rape ...
Release date: 01/05/2026
A man has been jailed after being caught with a kitchen knife concealed in his sock in Barnstaple Town Centre. Callum Booth, 23, of no fixed abode, Barnstaple, appeared at Exeter Magistrates’ Court earlier this week to be sentenced after pleading guilty t...
Release date: 30/04/2026
Officers arrested three people after uncovering a large quantity of cash, cannabis and suspected counterfeit cigarettes at a property in Braunton as part of a recent warrant. The warrant was carried out at a property in Braunton on the morning of Tuesday...
Release date: 30/04/2026
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