Man charged with the grooming and rape of a 12-year-old girl

December 4, 2015, 9:35 am

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A man has been charged with the grooming and rape of a 12-year-old girl. The Jack Oliver Smoothy, 21 and from Yate, has been charged with one count of grooming a child and one count of rape and he's due to appear at Bristol Magistrates' Court tomorrow. The grooming charge relates to activity on social media, while the alleged rape occurred in the Bristol area. If anyone is affected by this investigation please call Bristol Investigations via 101 and quote reference number 5215050079.

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December 4, 2015, 10:03 am

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Police have released CCTV images of a taxi driver they want to speak to in connection with an assault. The alleged assault happened at 6am on a Saturday morning when the victim was being driven by the taxi. According to police the driver slammed on the brakes, sending her to the floor, and then stopped and opened the back door and climbed in with her. He touched her inappropriately before driving her to Bristol Royal Infirmary instead of her intended destination, Temple Meads railway...

Pair charged following cash machine attacks

December 4, 2015, 10:10 am

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Police say they have charged two men in connection with a series of cash machine attacks. The attacks happened across Somerset, Bristol and Staffordshire in August. James Randall, 24, of Granville Street, Bristol and Charlie Humphries, 23, of Bishopthorpe Road, Bristol, have been charged with conspiracy to steal. An ATM in Newcastle-under-Lyme was attacked on August 4, followed by ATMs in Temple Cloud, Stoke Gifford and Hotwells, Bristol on August 20. Two ATMs were then targeted...

Police end 31-hour stand-off with man

December 5, 2015, 2:21 am

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A 31-hour stand-off has ended. Police had been negotiating with a man at a property since 5pm on Thursday, but the incident came to an end at 1.15am on Saturday morning. The man was taken to the BRI in Bristol, but police said they could not confirm the nature of his injuries. Police had been called to the Park Road property in Bristol over concerns for a man's welfare. There had also been reports that he was in possession of a weapon and had made threats to kill. The road remained...

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December 6, 2015, 1:42 am

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A man has appeared in court charged with raping and grooming a 12-year-old girl. Jack Smoothy, 21 from Yate, appeared at Bristol Magistrates' Court on Saturday morning. Smoothy is charged with raping the girl between September 30 and October 31. He is also charged with grooming the girl after allegedly contacting her on more than one occasion. The charge relates to activity on social media. The alleged rape happened in the Bristol area. Smoothy, dressed in a white t-shirt, silver chain...

Sex offender on the run

December 6, 2015, 1:53 am

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A sex offender has absconded from an open prison.Richard Anthony Lloyd, 33, has not been seen at HMP Leyhill since 5.45pm on Friday.Lloyd is currently serving a custodial sentence for serious sexual offences, harassment and assault. He has been described him as a white male, about 5ft 8ins, of proportionate build, with a shaved head. He has links to the Kidderminster, West Bromwich and Telford areas. Anyone who might have any information as to his whereabouts is asked to call the police...

Child abuser jailed almost 40 years after offences were committed

December 6, 2015, 2:07 am

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A man who abused a six-year-old nearly 40 years ago has been jailed. Jon Yearsley was sentenced to two years and eight months behind bars after preying on the young girl, when he was aged around 17 and 18. Yearsley, of Whiting Road in Withywood, was found guilty of two counts of indecent assault on a child under 13 and a further charge of gross indecency on a child during the 1970s following a trial. Bristol Crown Court heard how Yearsley, now aged 56, had done enormous and lifelong...

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December 7, 2015, 4:27 am

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A transgender woman from Bath released from prison last week has revealed that she shared a wing with convicted killer Shauna Hoare. Tara Hudson, who returned home to her Milk Street flat on Thursday, said she was made to serve part of her prison sentence in a block with the notorious killer of Becky Watts. Twenty six-year-old Miss Hudson said they quickly became friends and Hoare confided in her as someone who had also been involved in a media storm. But Miss Hudson said she was...

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December 18, 2015, 7:07 am

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Joshua Bradley Cain, 27, Brassmill Lane, Bath, was ordered to pay £500 and disqualified from driving for 15 months for driving while under the influence of drugs, for two counts of possession of cannabis and for breaching the conditions of a conditional discharge. Nicholas Wayne Coombes, 47, Julian Road, Bath, has been ordered to pay £210 for assault by beating. Marcus Whittington, 44, Park View, Bath, was ordered to pay £499 and given six points on his driving licence for...

Unexplained death man named as Patrick Sullivan

December 18, 2015, 7:53 am

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The man who died after being found critically injured in a Bath city centre property has been named as Patrick Sullivan. The 53-year-old died at around 2.30pm on Wednesday after being taken to the Royal United Hospital. He was found with serious bruising and internal injuries at 11.20am at a property in Abbey Green. A post mortem carried out to establish the cause of death has proved inconclusive and police enquiries are continuing. Three men, aged 44, 60 and 63, have been arrested on...

Cannabis seized after call from energy company - regional news

December 19, 2015, 1:28 am

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Police in Weston-super-Mare have seized suspected cannabis plants after being alerted by an electricity firm. An engineer had been called to deal with a problem with power in the street and could smell cannabis. Officers were called at about 10am on Thursday, December 10. On entering the property they found about 600 plants believed to be cannabis. Police remained at the property until about 4pm while the plants and equipment were seized.They received support from Operation Viscount, Avon...

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December 19, 2015, 2:51 am

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It was a day of celebration for the Tri-force Police Dogs unit on Thursday after five dogs completed their initial search dog course. Fred, Mo, Ace, Jim and Shelby, along with their handlers PC's Nick Dalrymple, Shelley Byrne, Ben Hall, Cindy Hargreave and Ian Grant, have all passed the eight week intensive course and will now put their new found skills into practice across Wiltshire, Gloucestershire and Avon and Somerset as part of the Tri-force operations. To mark the end of their course,...

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December 19, 2015, 3:23 am

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Avon and Somerset Police and Crime Commissioner Sue Mountstevens has released this statement regarding the police funding settlement for 2016-17:"The Autumn statement from the Chancellor announced that there would be "no real terms" cut for policing as a whole over the comprehensive spending review period "when local income is taken into account," which means local council tax."Today the police provisional settlement makes it clear that there will be some...

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December 19, 2015, 4:27 am

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This statement has been issued on behalf of Police and Crime Commissioner for Wiltshire Angus Macpherson in response to the police grant settlement released on Thursday. Mr Macpherson said: "I am pleased that policing is not facing 25-40 per cent budget cuts as had been previously canvassed, particularly in light of the increased threat from terrorism."The police grant settlement announced yesterday does show a slight decrease in the central government grant for Wiltshire Police....

Serious sexual assault of teenager being investigated by Bath...

December 20, 2015, 3:06 am

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Police in Bath are investigating the serious sexual assault of a 17-year-old girl. The alleged victim claims she was attacked in Lower Bristol Road near two blocks of student accommodation at around 6.30am yesterday (December 20).It is not thought the assailant was known to her. Officers and a forensic spent time at the scene, cordoning off Charlton Court and Waterside Court. The blocks provide accommodation for Bath Spa University students.Forensic officers were called in from Bristol and...

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December 20, 2015, 5:07 am

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December 20, 2015, 8:36 am

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Jewellery worth tens of thousands of pounds and a van have been stolen after it was rammed by another vehicle, leading to a Wiltshire Police witness appeal. A man with his adult daughter was driving his white Vauxhall Vivaro panel van home about 5.30pm yesterday (Saturday, December, 19). While driving along the A350, between Lackham and Chippenham at the roundabout with McDonald's his van was hit by a medium sized car, believed to be a black Audi. It was a small shunt and little...

One of three men arrested over Patrick Sullivan unexplained death...

December 21, 2015, 12:40 am

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One of three men arrested in connection with the unexplained death of Patrick Sullivan in Bath has been released without charge. The 44-year-old had been detained on suspicion of murder along with a 60 and 63-year-old man. The latter pair have been released on police bail, pending further enquiries. Mr Sullivan, 53, died at around 2.30pm on Wednesday (December 16) after being taken to the Royal United Hospital. He was found with serious bruising and internal injuries at 11.20am at a...

Frome man Alex Nicholas-Watts jailed over a 'disturbing'...

December 21, 2015, 2:40 am

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A 21-year-old Frome man with a 'disturbing' interest in extreme pornography and indecent images of children has been jailed for four-and-a-half years.Alex Nicholas-Watts, of Wynford Road, Frome, pleaded guilty to 13 charges when he appeared before Taunton Crown Court, and had previously admitted 18 charges at Swindon Crown Court.Nicholas-Watts was living in Corsham at the time of some of the offences in early 2014.The court was told the charges included causing a child to watch a sexual act for...

Prison for sex offenders near Bath considered safe by inspectors

December 21, 2015, 8:40 pm

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A prison for sex offenders has been described as safe. HMP Ashfield, which is just ten miles from Bath in the village of Pucklechurch, was recently given an unannounced inspection. Inspectors said the prison was safe, security was proportionate, prisoners lived in clean and decent conditions, and there was reasonable public protection work. The prison is home to 400 adult male prisoners, all convicted of sex offences. Most prisoners are serving long sentences with over half doing in excess...