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
Two men have been charged with murder following the death of 56-year-old Ian Davis in Liskeard earlier this month. Mr Davis, who lived in the town, was found with multiple injuries within a property at Baytree Hill on the evening of Sunday 13 September. H...
Release date: 30/09/2026
Police are appealing for witnesses following a report of a hate-related assault on a disabled man in Paignton. The incident is reported to have taken place on the seafront at Goodrington, approximately halfway between the Premier Inn and Torbay Surf Life ...
Release date: 30/09/2026
We would like to provide an update in relation to a series of livestock attacks in Mid Devon over recent weeks. Working alongside landowners, farmers and the community - local officers and the Rural Affairs Team have been investigating a number of reports...
Release date: 29/09/2026
Police are appealing for information after a driver was assaulted during a road-rage incident in Plymouth. The incident happened on Exeter Street at around 4.30pm on 29th July when a motorist was confronted and assaulted during heavy traffic. The victim w...
Release date: 29/09/2026
We are appealing for witnesses and dashcam footage following a roadside altercation along the B3179 towards Woodbury Village on Woodbury Common in East Devon. It has been reported that on Saturday 5 September at around 8pm a van aggressively drove close b...
Release date: 29/09/2026
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