A man from Barnstaple has been jailed after stealing charity boxes and causing relentless disruption in the local community. On Tuesday 2 December, Danny Hawkins, aged 34, of no fixed abode in Barnstaple, receive...
Release date: 17/12/2025
A man has been jailed for 27 months after stabbing a victim in the chest at a property in Cornwall. Jack Clark, 33, of St Mary’s Road, Par, appeared at Truro Crown Court for sentencing on Friday 12 December having pleaded guilty to wounding and possession...
Release date: 12/12/2025
A man who flipped his car while trying to evade police has been jailed for 16 months. Jean-Luc Coombe, 29, who doesn’t have a driving licence, failed to stop for traffic officers in Bodmin on 6 November and crashed his car in country lanes. Coombe, of For...
Release date: 11/12/2025
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
A Torquay man has been jailed for over three years and disqualified from driving for five after a reckless attempt to undertake a vehicle went catastrophically wrong. Toby Carter, 23, of Babbacombe Road, Torquay, previously pleaded guilty to causing death...
Release date: 04/12/2025
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
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