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 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
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
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
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