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BBC News
06-08-2025
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Choking Christmas party prank man to pay £13k for teeth repairs
A man who was intoxicated and choked a work colleague unconscious at a Christmas party has been ordered to pay more than £13,000 to cover his teeth Wagstaff, 34, of Heather Meadow, Fraddon, appeared at Truro Crown Court on court heard Wagstaff had put the person in a chokehold during a drunken prank at a work party in Wadebridge in December 2021. He denied causing the victim actual bodily harm but was convicted by the jury and sentenced to a community order to carry out 120 hours of unpaid work. Judge James Adkin said the jury rejected claims the victim had slipped and Wagstaff had tried to catch him due to a video showing him restricting his breathing for 16 seconds before he fell unconscious and smashed his the community order, the judge also ordered him to pay £4,380 costs and £9,442 compensation for dental bills.
BBC News
15-07-2025
- BBC News
Man, 18, appears in court after Cornwall bottle assault
An 18-year-old man has appeared in court after a man was seriously hurt in a Cornish and Cornwall Police said Oliver Palmer, from Trenant Road in Looe, had been charged with causing grievous bodily harm with intent after a man was hit on the head with a incident took place in the area of Fore Street, Looe, at about 00:35 BST on Sunday 13 July. Police said the victim, a local man, remained in Palmer appeared at Bodmin Magistrates' Court on Monday, where he was remanded on conditional bail and told to attend a hearing at Truro Crown Court on 15 August.
BBC News
04-07-2025
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Man, 51, admits causing man's death in Cornwall crash
A man has admitted causing death by dangerous driving after a crash in Kingcombe, 51, of Collin Close, Plymouth, also pleaded guilty at Truro Crown Court to three counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving following the crash on the A388 near St Dominick on 27 December, court heard Paul May died and three others including two women and a man suffered serious James Adkin imposed an interim driving ban and said Kingcombe would be sentenced later this month. He said Kingcombe should be prepared for a "long custodial sentence".
BBC News
03-07-2025
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Man caught with 1kg of cocaine in van in Cornwall jailed
A man caught with a kilogram of cocaine in his van in Cornwall has been jailed for four years and six Crown Court heard Carl Hourston, 41, was stopped by police on the A30 in Innis Downs in February 41, of Addison Road, Irlam, Manchester, admitted to possessing cocaine with intent to Lewis Aldous said the drugs had a street value of £80,000. Mr Aldous said Hourston was directed to deliver the drugs from Liverpool to court heard he was a street dealer but unaware of the scale of the operation. Ramsay Quaife, defending, said he was "fed up with his life" and had been an indebted James Adkin said there was an element of county lines offending and Hourston had played a "significant role in the operation".He said people trying to expand their criminal empire into the South West must be deterred.
BBC News
26-06-2025
- BBC News
Woman steals more than £110k from Looe family bakery
A former bakery manager who stole more than £110,000 from a small family-run Cornish bakery has been handed a suspended jail Horsfield, 55, took money from Looe Bakery, Looe, across an eight-year period, Truro Crown Court heard. Jurors were told the thefts nearly put the bakery out of of Eddystone Walk, St Martin, Looe, was jailed for two years, suspended for two years, and ordered to carry out 100 hours of unpaid Malcolm Gibney said her actions were a "glaring breach of trust". Prosecutor Ramsay Quaife said grandmother Horsfield had been a friend of the bakery owner, Tonia Lewis. However, Ms Lewis had suspicions about the books and watched CCTV and caught Horsfield taking money from the till. 'Bare greed' Rupert Taylor, defending, said: "She is ashamed at what she has done. Everyone in the small town where she lives knows she is a thief. "It has ruined her life but she has no one to blame but herself."Mr Taylor added Horsfield was "bemused" at her own "bare greed".Mr Gibney said Horsfield had been struggling financially and had "helped herself out of the till" over many said: "Everyone knows you are a thief. It became too easy." Horsfield admitted theft by an employee to the value of £111,296 belonging to Looe bakery between January 2014 and February 2022.A Proceeds of Crime hearing will be held at a later date and the court heard Horsfield, now working as a cleaner, has paid back £1,700 so defendant, who has no previous convictions, claimed she had stolen £71,000 but the court accepted it was more than £100,000.
