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October 1, 2015, 3:27 am

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A MAN has been banned from "urinating or defecating in a public place at any time" or sleeping in any public amenities in an anti-social behaviour order covering the town of Barnstaple.North Devon Magistrates' Court handed a criminal behaviour order with several requirements to Robert Newton, of no fixed abode.He failed to appear at the court on Thursday, September 24, and was found guilty in his absence of four charges of failing to comply with a community protection notice he was...

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October 2, 2015, 5:43 am

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A judge has ordered a psychiatric report on a racist nuisance neighbour who has made life a misery for a hospital consultant who lives next door.Retired nurse Angela French has repeatedly broken a restraining order by shouting abuse over the fence of the back garden of her home in Barnstaple.She was supposed to be selling her home and moving away but instead has been arrested again for an almost identical offence last month, Exeter Crown Court was told.French, 61, was freed on a suspended...

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October 22, 2015, 10:38 pm

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A shoplifter has been sent to a therapeutic community in North Devon after promising to tackle a long standing alcohol problem.Karl Willis was sleeping rough in rubbish bins or camping in Dawlish when he defied a ban to steal food from the local Co-op store.The 29-year-old has previously received help from the Amber Foundation at Chawleigh, Mid Devon, and has been sent back there in the hope staff can help him stay away from alcohol.Willis, originally from Bovey Tracey, admitted theft and was...

Kennelman jailed for starting cannabis farm

October 22, 2015, 10:49 pm

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A kennelman has been jailed after he rented a farm building and turned it into a 96-plant cannabis factory.Former carpenter Justin Jarrett fitted out the lock-up at a farm near Crediton with a growing system which was capable of producing £50,000 of drugs per crop.Jarrett gave up his steady job after his father died and his mother struggled to run the family's kennels near Pinhoe because she was suffering from cancer.He was arrested by police at the cannabis farm this summer after he...

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October 23, 2015, 2:46 am

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A VIDEO showing an interview with the man accused of Becky Watts' murder has been released. In it, Nathan Matthews can be heard confessing he tried to kidnap her to "make her more appreciative of life". Matthews, 28, was first arrested on suspicion of kidnap but police later found his bloody fingerprints on her bedroom door frame. Bristol Crown Court heard Matthews, who is a delivery driver, had penned a written confession after being accused of her murder, in which he took...

Images of pre-pubescent girls to be destroyed after court hearing

October 23, 2015, 2:58 am

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HUNDREDS of photos of pre-pubescent girls produced by a South West artist look likely to be destroyed after a court hearing.Graham Ovenden, 72, has already had much of his work branded "indecent" by a judge at a forfeiture hearing.Ovenden was convited in 2013 of a series of child indecency charges after abusing two young models.At the time he was spared jailed but a High Court later sentenced him to 27 months in jail following an appeal by the Attorney General.Ovenden is facing the...

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October 23, 2015, 4:05 am

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A THIEVING son has been ordered to repay just a tenth of the £41,000 he stole from his 93-year-old mother.Bankrupt Derek Snelling was taken to court under the Proceeds of Crime Act but his available assets amounted to only £4,000.Snelling was jailed in June for stealing his mother Ellen's money over six years and spending it on a luxury lifestyle and foreign holidays.He was found guilty after his mother, who died while Snelling was awaiting trial, gave evidence against him from...

Pair warned they could be jailed over Fever assault in Barnstaple

October 23, 2015, 4:11 am

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TWO men have been warned they are at risk of jail after they admitted an assault in a Barnstaple nightclub.Liam Patrick and Jamieson Broad both pleaded guilty to the assault in the Fever nightclub when they appeared at a preliminary hearing at Exeter Crown Court.Patrick, 22, of Dince Hill, Exeter, and Broad, 19, of Brandywell, Kings Nympton, admitted causing actual bodily harm to Adam Broombridge on July 18, 2015.Judge Francis Gilbert, QC, adjourned both cases to allow the probation service time...

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October 23, 2015, 8:43 am

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A 15-year-old girl had unprotected sex with the host of a bizarre self-harm party at which guests cut themselves with knives.Joshua Brittany, 20, had a one night stand with the girl after she joined other troubled youngsters at the event in a flat a Tiverton.He had just started living on his own for the first time after coming out of foster care and has since moved to Newton Abbot to receive help from another family, Exeter Crown Court was told.Brittany, formerly of Sycamore Road, Tiverton,...

Grandfather groped 16-year-old

October 23, 2015, 8:45 am

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A GRANDFATHER has been put on the sex offenders' register after he groped a 16-year-year old girl as she watched television.Anthony Pell, 59, blamed his medication for making him confused after he "completely misread the situation" with the teenager.The girl was left alarmed by the incident and later received a message from Pell in which he commented on how nice she looked in leggings.Pell, of Livermore Road, Honiton, admitted sexual assault and was jailed for four months, suspended...

​Son who stole from mother burgled Ilfracombe newsagent day...

October 24, 2015, 6:26 am

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A SON who stole hundreds of pounds from his mother was arrested the day before his appearance in court, for a smash and grab raid on a newsagent.Jaz Kyriacou appeared at North Devon Magistrates' Court in handcuffs on Friday, October 23, having been arrested at 3.30am the day before for stealing cash and Royal Mail stamps with a combined value of £501.05 from Wilson's Newsagent in Ilfracombe High Street.He pleaded guilty to the burglary and to stealing £629.94 from his mother Kerrina...

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October 24, 2015, 7:24 am

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A VISITOR to Barnstaple punched a street marshall three times to the head in the early hours of a summer's day.David Dawson was attempting to defuse a confrontation between two groups when Richard Gilbery attacked him outside the Barum Takeaway on Queen Street at 4.30am on July 25, North Devon Magistrates' Court was told.Gilbery, 31, of Houndiscombe Road, Plymouth, appeared at the court on Friday, October 23, and pleaded guilty to assault.Sean Tipton, for the prosecution, said Gilbery was seen...

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October 24, 2015, 8:10 am

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A REPEAT offender has been up before court for cannabis possession, where magistrates heard he was doing well under supervision following his release from a prison sentence for burglary.Ross Wyborn, 21, of The Maples, Barnstaple, appeared at North Devon Magistrates' Court on Friday, October 23 and pleaded guilty to two counts of cannabis possession.The court heard he was under supervision having been released from prison, after being sentenced to 18 months for burglary in November 2013.On...

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October 24, 2015, 8:47 am

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A YOUNG man with a "chequered career" of offending has been fined for possessing cocaine in a Braunton pub after three years on the straight and narrow.Joshua Beddows was in the St George's pub in Braunton on the evening of Friday, June 19 when he was seen making a number of visits to the toilet and was repeatedly on the phone, said Sean Tipton, for the prosecution.It was 9.30pm and plain clothed officers searched him and found five wraps of cocaine worth £175 in his wallet. The...

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October 24, 2015, 9:25 am

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AN Ilfracombe hotel owner has been banned from the road for three years for drink-driving at 4.20am after consuming a pair of "Portuguese cocktails".Andre De Sousa, 40, who runs the Bluebird Hotel on The Promenade, appeared at North Devon Magistrates' Court on Friday, October 23.He pleaded guilty to drink-driving and driving without insurance.Sean Tipton, for the prosecution, told the court De Sousa was caught on Riverside Road in Barnstaple at 4.20am on Tuesday, October 13.A member of...

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October 24, 2015, 10:42 am

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A DRUG addict claims to have stolen bodybuilding supplements and meat to help him regain weight lost when he began a methadone script.Mark Wilson, 47, of The Maples, St George's Road, Barnstaple, appeared at North Devon Magistrates' Court on Friday, October 23.He pleaded guilty to stealing strength and performance goods worth £53.48 from Holland and Barrett on September 29 and meat worth £75 from Marks and Spencer on October 8, both in Barnstaple.This also put him in breach of a...

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October 25, 2015, 1:58 am

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WELFARE cuts forced a brain damaged sex offender from his Devon home, before he went on to break the terms of the sex offenders' register.Christopher Anthony was evicted and put out on the streets in July when the Pioneering Independence Support Agency reduced its care package and he lost his network of support.His council social worker also retired and was not replaced.He failed to tell police he was homeless after losing his home and he moved onto the streets in Plymouth and Exeter and was...

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October 25, 2015, 5:10 am

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A VISITOR to North Devon's excuse for driving without insurance was that he didn't have a licence.Daniel Hughes, 32, from, Happaway Road, Torquay, has been fined for driving without a licence or insurance by North Devon Magistrates' Court.He pleaded guilty on Friday, October 23 when the court heard he was found driving a silver Honda Civic VRM on the A361 Braunton Road on October 5.When asked by presiding magistrate Jilly Cooper why he did not have insurance, Hughes said: "Because I don't...

​Ilfracombe man, 20, accused of assaulting woman

October 25, 2015, 5:45 am

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AN ILFRACOMBE 20-year-old will face trial accused of assaulting a woman.Jacob Furley, of Queens Avenue, appeared at North Devon Magistrates' Court on Friday, October 23, having earlier in the month pleaded not guilty to two counts of assault by beating.A trial date was set for January 11, 2016, where Furley will again appear at the court in Barnstaple. He was bailed on the condition he does not contact the alleged victim, other than through designated others, or enter a specified place in...

​'Silly' carer drove 68mph in 30mph zone

October 25, 2015, 6:24 am

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A CARER banned from the road for doing 68mph in a 30mph zone at 4.05am in the morning said she was "just being really silly".Alice O'Hare, 22, of Bickington Lodge Estate, Barnstaple, has been disqualified for 56 days after her Suzuki Swift was caught by a speed camera on the B3233 Bickington Road on January 25.She appeared at North Devon Magistrates' Court on Friday, October 23 having been convicted on September 16.When asked to explain her actions, O'Hare said: "I was just being...