South Molton taxi customer facing knife charges

December 11, 2015, 6:53 am

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A taxi passenger has appeared at Exeter Crown Court accused of arming himself with two knives in a dispute over a £25.10 fare. Austin Hines allegedly produced the knives from his home in South Molton during a row over the fare with a driver from South Molton Taxis on October 30. Hines, 36, of Oakwood Court, South Molton, is charged with making off without paying the taxi fare, threatening behaviour and having two knives in a public place. Judge Francis Gilbert, QC, adjourned the case...

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Women's shoe fetish lands 18-year-old from South Molton with...

December 11, 2015, 10:01 am

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A TEENAGER from South Molton with a fetish for women's shoes broke into the homes of two neighbours to satisfy his bizarre sexual craving.Robert Seatherton, 18, was caught red-handed by one woman's 13-year-old son as he rifled through a cupboard and was seen by passers-by as he left a second house with three pairs of shoes.The owner of the shoes was so disgusted she told police she never wanted to see them again after they were recovered from Seatherton's bedroom in South Molton.A judge at...

Ilfracombe man headbutted driver after country lane crash

December 12, 2015, 2:41 am

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A "MEXICAN standoff" led to a man headbutting a driver after they clashed in a narrow country lane. Mathew Barrowcliffe, 27, of The Shields in Ilfracombe, appeared at North Devon Magistrates' Court on Friday charged with assaulting Tim Potters on November 24. Lyndsey Baker, for the prosecution, told magistrates it was around 3.45pm when police were called to an unclassified road between Barnstaple and Prixford. Barrowcliffe and Mr Potter had met in a country lane and, after...

Man in court charged with attempting to murder his parents

December 14, 2015, 3:02 am

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A MAN has appeared in court charged with attempting to murder his parents at their home. David McGill appeared at Plymouth Magistrates' Court charged with attempting to murder 64-year-old James McGill and 60-year-old Carol McGill at their property in Elburton Road, Plymstock. The attack is alleged to have happened on December 10 at 4.10am. The 28-year-old of Elburton Road, submitted no indication of plea and was remanded in custody. He will appear before Plymouth Crown Court on...

Alleged Barnstaple rapist 'turned into a wild animal' and dragged...

December 14, 2015, 5:54 am

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A karaoke night drinker allegedly raped a woman after "turning into a wild animal" and dragging her down an alleyway.Carl Murdoch, 35, was seen on CCTV going into an alleyway off Boutport Street, Barnstaple but claims the woman instigated sex as soon as they were out of sight of the cameras.Exeter Crown Court was told he allegedly attacked her while they were walking from a karaoke night at the Olive Branch pub to a taxi rank in Queen Street.He denies rape and says the woman started...

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December 14, 2015, 6:18 am

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A WHITE van driver has denied being a member of a gang of rogue traders and told a jury he is a tree surgeon.Thomas Maughan told Exeter Crown Court he had nothing to do with a series of deals in which customers in Newton Abbot, Dawlish and Seaton were allegedly overcharged for shoddy work.He said his only role was to give fellow residents of a caravan site at Farringdon, near Exeter, lifts to jobs in his white Transit van.The prosecution say Maughan was a key member of a plot to rip off mainly...

​Devon woman admits running over husband in her Citroen Picasso

December 15, 2015, 11:07 pm

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A DEVON wife has pleaded guilty to dangerous driving after knocking her husband over in a car but denies she deliberately ran him over.Colin Frost was stood on a pavement when Fiona Frost, 45, hit him in a Citroen Picasso.He was injured and Fiona Frost, of Taunton Avenue, Whitleigh, pleaded guilty to dangerous driving on November 9, 2013, at Plymouth Crown Court.She admitted assaulting Mr Frost causing actual bodily harm but she denied deliberately aiming the car at him.Frost denied attempting...

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December 16, 2015, 5:50 am

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A VIGILANTE attacker has been jailed for setting his Staffordshire bull terrier on two men he suspected of stealing a valuable ring from his home.Michael O'Donnell and his friend Nicholas Jeffries threw a child's scooter through the front window of a house in Sidmouth and climbed inside to attack victim Shaun Leat.They accused him of being a grass, a drug dealer and organising the theft of a £2,500 ring from O'Donnell's home in a neighbouring street before attacking him.Both men hit Mr...

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December 16, 2015, 6:10 am

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A TRADER who travelled Devon offering to clean householders' carpets for rock-bottom prices before hiking his charges by up to 5,400%, has been sentenced for seven offences. Last month, just before a three-day trial was scheduled to start, Mark Dudley of Humber Road, Ferndown, changed his pleas to guilty on four offences under the Fraud Act and three offences under the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations. Devon and Somerset Trading Standards Service hailed their victory as this...

Psycho the knifeman jailed for carrying blade not intended for...

December 16, 2015, 6:22 am

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A DRUG user nicknamed Psycho has been jailed for arming himself with a large kitchen knife to fend off dealers who were chasing him for hundreds of pounds worth of debts. Jamie Chapman, 25, was found with the knife in his pocket when police stopped him in connection with a different inquiry in the centre of Tiverton. He told them he carried the weapon to protect himself from drug dealers and they he did not intend to use it "on any Tom, Dick or Harry". Chapman, of Newport House,...

Ex-soldier found guilty of Barnstaple alley rape after serving...

December 16, 2015, 11:24 am

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A former soldier has been found guilty of rape for the second time after he forced a woman to have sex in an alleyway as they walked home from a karaoke night.The jury at Exeter Crown Court found Carl Murdoch guilty without knowing that he had already served a seven-year sentence for rape in 2004.Murdoch attacked the victim in an alley off Boutport Street in Barnstaple as they were walking from a karoake night at the Olive Branch pub to a taxi rank.He told her the alley was a short cut but as...

Gang suspected of distributing illegal karaoke tracks had member...

December 17, 2015, 2:04 am

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A GANG suspected of uploading and distributing thousands of illegal karaoke tracks by artists such as Beyonce, Lady Gaga, Kylie Minogue and Kanye West had a member in Barnstaple. A series of arrests were made by the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit's (PIPCU) City of London Police unit on December 15. The arrests included one man in Barnstaple and two men in Bury, Lancashire – and they were taken in for questioning at local police stations. The suspects, collectively trading...

Drunk yob who tried to put pool balls up bottom and waved...

December 17, 2015, 2:56 am

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A DRUNKEN yob who tried to insert pool balls in his backside in a pub and waved his genitals at a barmaid as she passed him said it was just "boys' banter".Described as "strange" by a judge, Simon Coleman, 32, was arrested a day after he sat on the edge of the pool table in the Yeoman pub on Bristol's Wells Road and attempted the sick trick.Bristol Crown Court heard Coleman was clowning around with friends when he pulled his trousers down and tried to insert the pool ball,...

Fugitive drug user jailed following Barnstaple thefts

December 17, 2015, 7:59 am

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A FUGITIVE drug user has been jailed after being caught shoplifting in Barnstaple. Chloe Sparkes went on the run after being arrested for possessing cannabis and suspected drug driving but was caught eight months later when she stole make up from Boots. The 34-year-old jumped bail because she was already on a suspended sentence for handling stolen goods, Exeter Crown Court was told. Sparkes, of St David's Road, Anfield, Liverpool, and formerly of Barnstaple, admitted shoplifting,...

Suspected Barnstaple brothel targeted in police operation

December 17, 2015, 8:02 am

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POLICE have made an arrest during an operation to close down a suspected brothel in Barnstaple.During the operation on Friday, December 11, officers arrested a 47-year-old man on suspicion of running a brothel and in connection to alleged prostitution.The man, who is from Barnstaple, has been released on police bail pending further inquiries.

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BREAKING - Barnstaple alleyway rapist jailed for nine years

December 17, 2015, 8:37 am

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A FORMER soldier has been jailed for nine years after being convicted of rape for the second time.Carl Murdoch left his latest victim with serious psychological trauma after pulling her into an alleyway and raping her as they walked from a karaoke night at a pub to a taxi rank.He was seen with her on CCTV before and after the attack in which he took her into the alley off Boutport Street, Barnstaple, for six minutes.The woman told Exeter Crown Court she had cried out in pain and repeatedly told...

Cornish paedophile hanged himself after molesting girl of 8 in...

December 17, 2015, 9:02 am

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A PAEDOPHILE hanged himself in jail just four days after he broke into a family home and abused a sleeping eight-year-old in her bed.Edwin Sharman was staying at a hostel in Exeter after being released from a jail sentence when he walked into the nearby house in the early hours and attacked the girl.He is a convicted sex offender from Cornwall who was on licence after being released from a five year sentence for attacking a woman in her own home in a chillingly similar incident.The 43-year-old...

Bogus Wimpey builders guilty of ripping off pensioners

December 17, 2015, 11:49 pm

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A PAIR of rogue traders have been found guilty of ripping off vulnerable pensioner by charging extortionate prices for work on drives and roofs.Thomas Maughan and Thomas Mahon both operated out of the same caravan site at Farringdon, near Exeter, but targeted victims in Newton Abbot, Dawlish and Seaton.They are both Irish travellers but used a third man named Matthew Latham as a front for their crooked schemes because he had a local accent and was more likely to be trusted.Victims as old as 93...

​Assisted suicide pensioner charged over lethal drug injection

December 18, 2015, 12:15 am

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A PENSIONER from the Channel Islands has appeared before a judge charged in connection with trying to assist the suicide of a woman.Robert Chellingworth, of St Helier on Jersey, is accused of "intentionally doing an act, namely agreeing to do everything he can to help the victim die, then travelling to her flat and remaining with her while she was injected with a lethal drug and while she suffered the consequences of that injection, which was capable of encouraging or assisting the...

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December 18, 2015, 1:40 am

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A MAN who was on bail for a savage attack punched and kicked his girlfriend during an argument in the tent they shared. Leigh Yeo told his victim she was going to suffer the same horrific injuries as his previous victim, who was slashed and beaten during a five-hour ordeal. Yeo, 23, was on bail awaiting trial alongside co-defendant Natasha Clarke for the attack in Exeter when he set on his new girlfriend. He was in a jealous rage and accused her of being unfaithful before kicking her in the...