Police Community Support Officer (PCSO) Jane Starkey has swapped driving buses for foot patrol on the streets of Sidmouth. Londoner Jane used to be behind the wheel of buses in the capital and also worked as a Constable with the Metropolitan Police Servic...
Release date: 23/04/2025
A Torquay man has been jailed for 27 years after being found guilty of the rape and sexual abuse of three children. Stephen Sanders, 62, of Raleigh Avenue, Torquay, appeared at Exeter Crown Court for sentencing on Wednesday 23 April having been found guil...
Release date: 23/04/2025
A targeted operation in Torquay to tackle dangerous driving saw nine vehicles seized, four drivers arrested and a number of people found using their mobile phones at the wheel. The proactive operation identified drivers breaking the law and aimed to educa...
Release date: 23/04/2025
Over £143,000 worth of drugs, £47,000 cash seized, 39 dangerous weapons, £7,000 worth of suspected counterfeit goods and 48 arrests made, all since the start of the year in South Devon.A specialist team of police officers in South Devon have achieved sign...
Release date: 22/04/2025
A man who killed a 63-year-old man in East Devon has been given a hospital order. Corin Harper-Davis, aged 37, of Hither Green, London, was sentenced at Exeter Crown Court today (Tuesday 22 April) after he admitted the manslaughter of his uncle, Jonathan ...
Release date: 22/04/2025
A 53-year-old man has been jailed for four years for setting fire to his home address. Darren Blockley, of Old Mill Road in Torquay, was sentenced at Exeter Crown Court recently after pleading guilty to arson, theft and criminal damage. The sentencing fol...
Release date: 22/04/2025
Detectives investigating a report of sexual assault at Devil’s Point car park, Plymouth have arrested a man. We received a call stating that a man approached a woman in a parked vehicle in the car park at approximately 9.45am on Friday 18 April and sexual...
Release date: 22/04/2025
A 20-year-old man from Honiton, Devon, has today (Thursday 17 April) been sentenced to five-and-a-half years in prison for terrorism offences. Tobias Gleed, of no fixed abode, was sentenced at Winchester Crown Court, after being found guilty of: fo...
Release date: 17/04/2025
We are continuing to investigate a report of burglary and fraud in Exeter and have released a picture of a man we would like to speak to in connection with the incidents. It was reported that a woman’s purse containing bank cards, and a quantity of cash w...
Release date: 17/04/2025
Officers from Devon & Cornwall Police organised an informative event at Haldon Forest near Exeter to speak to members of the public about road safety. Roads Policing Officers are using the two-metre close pass mat as a visual aid to help visitors to t...
Release date: 16/04/2025
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