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UNDERCOVER police work has caught a South West paedophile who wanted to abuse children and had indecent images on his tablet computer.Perverted Michael Jones was caught in a police sting after an undercover officer began talking to him online in June.The officer, going by the name Tom, invented fictional children, Nicky, nine, and James, 11.Philip Lee, for the Crown Prosecution Service, told Truro Crown Court on Friday that they spoke on the phone and in text messages and arranged to meet in...

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September 24, 2015, 8:14 am

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A TOTAL of seven people have been arrested as part of Operation Luminous.Drugs warrants were executed as a result of an investigation launched in response to public concerns around anti-social drug-related behaviour in and around the Bideford area which also led police to investigate links to Slough.On Monday, September 21, Devon and Cornwall Police officers, supported by colleagues from Thames Valley Police, arrested three men in Slough on suspicion of possession of a Class A drug with intent...

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September 24, 2015, 8:41 am

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A TEEN suffering from Asperger's Syndrome became fixated with a fellow sufferer and strangled her to death in an attempt to drag her to his room and rape her, a court heard was told.Jason Conroy, who allegedly committed the murder at the South West care home Alexandra House, appeared at Bristol Crown Court charged with murdering Melissa Mathiesen.The court heard the facts of the case are undisputed, but a jury has to decide whether it was murder or the defence's case that it is manslaughter by...

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September 25, 2015, 4:19 am

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Here is our round-up of the latest sentences at North Devon Magistrates' Court. The defendant's age follows their name and a G or NG denotes a guilty or not guilty plea.11/09/15Curtis Baggott, 19, of Forches Avenue, Barnstaple, was sent to a young offender institution for 10 weeks for two counts of stealing meat from Co-op and stealing headphones from PC world, committed while out a suspended sentence for assault. He must pay £295. GJamie Court, 23, of Cross Street, Barnstaple, was handed...

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September 25, 2015, 9:45 am

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A HARTLAND man has been charged with ABH.Liam Reynolds, 24, of Fore Street, is accused of assaulting Kieran Johns causing him actual bodily harm at the Royal British Legion Club in Hartland on New Year's Eve, 2014.He appeared at North Devon Magistrates' Court on Friday, September 25, and entered no plea to the one charge of ABH.Reynolds will next appear at Exeter Crown Court on Friday, October 16. He was granted unconditional bail.

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September 25, 2015, 11:00 pm

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A MARRIED man has been sentenced for pinching a 13-year-old boy's bottom at a North Devon holiday park."Family man" Ian Robson was dancing with his wife at a holiday park in Croyde on April 17 this year, when he went to the dancefloor's edge and pinched the teen on the bottom.The 47-year-old, from Lanmorna, Malvern Road, Sidmouth, appeared at North Devon Magistrates' Court on Friday, September 25, having been convicted of assault in an earlier trial, where he pleaded not guilty. He was...

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September 27, 2015, 7:40 am

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September 27, 2015, 7:50 am

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DISGUSTING" WhatsApp and text messages were sent by a Barnstaple woman to her brother and his wife in a dispute over inheritance, a court heard.Police collected as evidence 30 messages which Zoe Barrow, 33, sent to the couple. She also damaged property and made threats of violence when she showed up to their home. Barrow, of Gould Close, appeared at North Devon Magistrates' Court on Friday, September 25, accompanied by her grandfather.Lyndsey Baker, for the prosecution, told magistrates...

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September 28, 2015, 5:11 am

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A NEW date is to be set for the trial of a man accused of sexually assaulting a boy in the 1980s.The original trial of Kevin Snow at Exeter Crown Court was abandoned in July when he suffered a broken leg very shortly before the case was due to start.Snow, 50, appeared at the same court this week and the case was adjourned until October 13, when the new trial date is expected to be set.Snow, of Fir Close, Willand, is facing six allegations of male rape and four of indecent assault against a...

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September 28, 2015, 5:31 am

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A PUB customer has been jailed for stabbing a man in the neck before he was badly beaten up himself.Nicholas Hone, 35, of King Street, Combe Martin, admitted wounding with intent and having a knife in a public place.Exeter Crown Court heard Hone went home to get a knife which he hid on himself before he confronted his 24-year-old victim at the Dolphin Pub in Combe Martin one night in February in front of other people.The judge said Hone used the knife to slash and cut around the victim's throat,...

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September 28, 2015, 5:49 am

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THE sentencing of a burglar has been adjourned to allow him more time to produce evidence about the health of his seriously ill son.Kyle Stainer, 23, has admitted taking part in a raid on a family home at Whitestone, near Exeter, in August last year and was due to be sentenced this week.His case was adjourned by Recorder Michael Selfe at Exeter Crown Court, after representations by defence barrister Kelly Scrivener.Stainer, of Glebelands, Lympstone, admitted burglary and his case was adjourned...

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September 28, 2015, 6:53 am

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A FLASHER has admitted exposing himself to a female student at Exeter University after he was detained by three security men and a policeman.Jerzy Chelminiak, 60, was seen with his genitals exposed after a series of complaints from students at the campus in November last year.Security staff were alerted to his presence and he was still flashing when they spotted him nearby, Exeter Crown Court was told.Polish-born Chelminiak, of Alphington Road, Exeter, admitted intentionally exposing his...

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September 28, 2015, 7:54 am

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A DRUG user caused serious injuries to two motorists when she lost control on a dual carriageway and veered onto the wrong side of the road.Susan Walker, 55, had cocaine and amphetamines in her body when she caused the "horrific" crash on the A379 just yards from the Fire Service headquarters at Clyst St George.She was driving back to Exeter in the dark and crossed the unguarded central reservation and crashed her Mitsubishi into the side of a car heading in the opposite...

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September 28, 2015, 11:45 pm

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TODAY sees the start of the inquest into the death of a mother who left a South West hospital in just a T-shirt, with her newborn baby daughter wrapped in only a blanket, despite freezing temperatures.Charlotte Bevan, 30, disappeared from the maternity ward at St Michael's Hospital, Bristol, on December 2 last year.She took her four-day-old baby, Zaani Tiana Bevan, with her. CCTV footage captured the new mother leaving the ward and walking out on a freezing cold December day. She wore a T-shirt...

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September 28, 2015, 11:59 pm

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A MAN harassed women in the street while wearing fake breasts made from blown up condoms, a court heard.South West man Daniel Lennon approached three women and made lewd sexual comments, trying to grab one who was disturbed by the incident for the rest of the day at work.He even flashed a pornographic magazine at one of the women.Bristol Crown Court heard he later apologised, admitting he had an alcohol problem and needed help with it.Lennon, 33, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to common...

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September 29, 2015, 3:52 am

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A MAN who sent an image of his penis to a schoolgirl has avoided jail.Nicholas Collins, 46, sent a 14-year-girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, a series of sexualised messages on his phone including one saying "do you want to see my big?"The teenager replied: "My big what?" and the defendant replied "my dick".The shocked girl answered saying "I assume this is one big joke" and Collins said "yes, but I do like you".She told a school...

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September 29, 2015, 4:27 am

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THE inquest into the death of a Willand factory worker who fell from a bridge over the M5 has heard a motorist tell how he hit the man's body after it fell onto the motorway.The driver, Raymond Pipe, said he recalled seeing what he at first thought was a bag of cement in the middle of the lane he was driving in and he did not have time to avoid it.Little did he know it was the body of Miroslaw Arendt, who had fallen from the B3181 bridge between Cullompton and Willand. Mr Arendt was struck by...

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September 30, 2015, 4:34 am

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A PENSIONER who attacked his wife with a heavy based wok has been told he will be released next week.John Isaac caused his wife serious head injuries at their home in Barnstaple during an attack in which she also suffered a small knife wound to her hand.Isaac, 76, was due to be sentenced at Exeter Crown Court but the case was adjourned to allow his family time to find him somewhere to live when he is released.He will be banned from returning to the home which he shared with his wife Janet by a...

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September 30, 2015, 8:25 am

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A SOUTH WEST farmer and his son subjected cattle to "nothing less than torture". Warning: Some readers may find the pictures disturbing. The pair deprived the animals of drinking water and chained them by the throat in such a way as to cause unnecessary suffering. DVD footage of the emaciated animals was said to be harrowing. The father and son have been banned from keeping animals for life by Truro Magistrates' Court and were also given suspended prison sentences. Animal health...

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September 30, 2015, 11:55 pm

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This is our weekly round-up of the latest convictions at North Devon Magistrates' Court in Barnstaple. The defendant's age follows their name and a G or NG denotes a guilty or not guilty plea. Any other form of plea will also be detailed.22/09/15Adrian Smale, 43, of Chaddiford Lane, Barnstaple, was ordered to pay £200 for failing to comply with a community order by failing to keep an appointment with a supervision officer. GJosh Dicken, 18, of Cavensham Mill, Ashton Under Lyme, was ordered...