A burglar and robber who targeted three Plymouth businesses in a matter of a few hours has been jailed. John Ralph, 48, of Penrose Street, Plymouth, pleaded guilty to charges of burglary, robbery, attempted robbery and two counts of being in possession of...
Release date: 08/10/2026
A man has been jailed for six years for grooming and sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl. Jonathan Simpson, 32, from the St Austell area, appeared at Truro Crown Court for sentencing on 2 October after being found guilty by a jury of engaging in penetrati...
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
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 who burst into two Barnstaple properties – one of whom was armed with a knife – have been jailed. Dylan Roy, 22, of Howden Road in Tiverton, and Jamie Knapman, 35, of Narrow Lane in Tiverton, both appeared at Exeter Crown Court recently for senten...
Release date: 28/09/2026
A lying rapist has been sentenced to years behind bars for attacking two female victims in Cornwall. Bradley Fitzpatrick, 22, of Kinsman Estate in Bodmin, appeared at Truro Crown Court for sentence on Thursday 24 September after being found guilty at tria...
Release date: 24/09/2026
A man was sentenced in court yesterday, 16 September, after officers uncovered a large-scale cannabis grow at a Bideford property back in May. On Thursday 21 May, the Bideford Neighbourhood Policing team carried out a warrant at a property in the Old Town...
Release date: 17/09/2026
A manipulative and violent man has been jailed for more than seven years after subjecting two women to terrifying serious assaults which left them fearing for their lives, and sending multiple women sexually explicit images. Tobias King, of no fixed abode...
Release date: 10/09/2026
Robert Tellem, from Bideford has been jailed for a total of 62 weeks after breaching the conditions of his Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO). At a hearing last month, 29-year-old Tellem pleaded guilty to one count of violence to secure entry, three counts of...
Release date: 09/09/2026
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