A violent offender has been sentenced to seven years in prison with a further two years on extended licence for a six-month crime wave in which he bit off a man’s ear and boasted about it. Kai Webb was also the ring leader for a violent robbery as well as...
Release date: 09/10/2025
A former charity employee has been sentenced for swindling her employer out of £7877.87. Georgina Mary Thompson, 40, of Treetop Close in Saltash, was sentenced at Plymouth Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday 8 October after previously pleading gui...
Release date: 09/10/2025
Three men have been jailed for a combined total of more than 12 years after they kidnapped and blackmailed a man in Plymouth. Rayhan Al Din, 51, of Westrow Drive, Barking, Afshar Ali, 46, of Old Park Avenue, Canterbury and Abdul Hashem, 37, of Morle...
Release date: 23/09/2025
A burglar who twice raided a community hub has been sent to prison for six months. Horatio Harrison, 34, of no fixed abode Totnes, was recently sentenced at Plymouth Magistrates’ Court after pleading guilty to two burglaries. The court heard how on 28 Aug...
Release date: 05/09/2025
A North Devon drug dealer who used a sophisticated encrypted phone platform to carry out his business has been jailed for 56 months. Anthony ‘Tony’ Hern, 41, of Channel View, Ilfracombe, was sentenced at Exeter Crown Court recently after pleading guilty t...
Release date: 03/09/2025
A Torquay man has been sentenced to four years in prison for raiding a shop at knifepoint. Ben Fone, 36, of no fixed abode, Torquay, was sentenced at Exeter Crown Court on Thursday 28 August after pleading guilty to robbery and possession of a knife. The ...
Release date: 02/09/2025
A man has been sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty of the murder of his brother in the kitchen of their mother’s home near Redruth. Daniel Lynch, 39, killed Shane Lynch, aged 39 at the time, at the family home in Bosmeor Park in Illogan H...
Release date: 26/08/2025
A man has been sentenced to two years in prison for terrorising the life of his former partner. Jonathon Champion, 52, formerly of the Callington area, appeared at Truro Crown Court for sentence on Friday 8 August 2025 after pleading guilty to harassment ...
Release date: 21/08/2025
A drug dealer has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison after a warrant uncovered a large quantity of drugs and weapons within his bedroom. Karl Duckworth, 31, from Wheal Eliza Close in St Austell, appeared at Truro Crown Court for sentence r...
Release date: 20/08/2025
A prolific shoplifter from Exeter has been jailed after admitting to 53 offences. Stevie Lee Palmer, aged 32, of no fixed abode in Exeter, received a 52-week prison sentence at Exeter Magistrates’ Court on Thursday 7 August after pleading guilty to 15 cou...
Release date: 20/08/2025
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