A driver whose failure to properly secure a drilling rig onto a trailer resulted in the death of a 34-year-old woman has been jailed for five years and four months. Liam Smith, 35, from Roselidden Park in Helston, appeared at Truro Crown Court for sentenc...
Release date: 10/12/2025
Two men who carried out a brutal broad daylight attack using metal bars and a taser in front of horrified onlookers have been jailed. Nikita Trembath, 32, of Permarin Road, Penryn, and Matthew Cunningham, 41, of Hilgrove Road, Newquay, appeared for senten...
Release date: 05/12/2025
Two men have been jailed for their roles in a prolonged attack that saw a man knocked unconscious in a North Devon town centre. Brandon Cooney, 25, of High Street, Ilfracombe, and Wade Van Straaten, 28, of Clinton Road in Barnstaple, appeared at Exeter Cr...
Release date: 01/12/2025
This month, the Barnstaple Neighbourhood Policing team secured a closure order and a criminal behaviour order as part of their ongoing commitment to tackle antisocial behaviour in North Devon. On 18 November 2025, Barnstaple Magistrates’ Court granted a c...
Release date: 27/11/2025
Johanne Wood, aged 43, of Upton Drive in Cullompton, has been charged with 13 counts of theft from a shop. The charge follows work carried out by the Cullompton neighbourhood policing team as part of Safer Business Action Week. Wood is due to appear befor...
Release date: 21/11/2025
A North Cornwall man has been jailed for 18 years with a further year on extended licence for the sexual abuse of six child victims over four decades. Robert Squires, 80, from Bosinney near Tintagel, was sentenced at Truro Crown Court on Tuesday 28 Octobe...
Release date: 28/10/2025
A thief who stole alcohol from a garage before climbing on its roof and sparking a major emergency service response has been jailed for 27 months. Lawry Alison, 24, from Polstain Road, Threemilestone, also yelled racist abuse and threatened to blow ...
Release date: 27/10/2025
A Devon-based masseur has been jailed for four years after being convicted of sexually abusing three of his clients. Ian Nicholls, 64, formerly of Newton Abbot, appeared at Exeter Crown Court for sentence on Friday 24 October having been convicted at a tr...
Release date: 24/10/2025
A tenth member of an organised crime gang who helped traffic tens of thousands of pounds worth of cocaine into the South West has been jailed. Matthew Summers, 41, of Carnarvon Road, Reading was jailed for five-and-a-half years by Exeter Crown...
Release date: 16/10/2025
A teenager has been sentenced to 14 months in prison after a supermarket car park attack that left his victim with long-standing eye damage. Oakley Daniell, 19, from Wilkinson Gardens, Redruth, appeared at Truro Crown Court for sentence on Friday 10 Octob...
Release date: 10/10/2025
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