Man appears in court charged with raping woman in Bath

January 9, 2017, 6:08 am

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A man has appeared in court charged with raping a woman in Bath.Syvil Lloyd Morris, 38, faces two charges of rape, the first of which allegedly took place at an address in Bath on Saturday (January 7). The same day he is accused of raping a woman on the Cotswold Way at the junction with Bath Road in Wick, South Gloucestershire.Also on Saturday it is alleged Morris assaulted a woman causing her actual bodily harm somewhere in South Gloucestershire between Bath and Bristol. His alleged victim...

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January 9, 2017, 6:53 am

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More than 100 drivers were charged with drink and drug-driving over the festive season in Avon and Somerset.The police have released the full results of its annual Christmas crackdown called Operation Tonic. Running throughout December, it saw 184 people arrested and 117 charged, an increase from the 155 arrests and 96 people Avon and Somerset Constabulary charged last year. In the final week, 54-year-old Bath man Julian Taylor was among those 'named and shamed'. A force statement said: "We...

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January 9, 2017, 9:23 pm

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A detective convicted of driving while nearly twice the legal alcohol limit has been sacked from Avon and Somerset police.Detective constable Michael Stone was dismissed without notice after a misconduct hearing at the constabulary headquarters on Monday (January 9).He was convicted at Cardiff Magistrates Court of drink -driving last month and banned from driving for one year.He told the hearing, chaired by chief constable Andy Marsh, the conviction came after a "dramatic" two years in...

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January 9, 2017, 9:30 pm

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A man has appeared before Bath magistrates charged with seven alleged offences including making indecent photographs of children.Jason Layton, of Ferenberge Close in Farmborough, allegedly possessed an indecent image of a child at B&Q in Longwell Green's Gallagher Retail Park on July 31. The 39-year-old is also accused of making an indecent photo of a child at the retail park on the same day. Layton is charged with three counts of making indecent photographs of children at his home between...

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January 10, 2017, 2:30 am

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A building contractor who admitted swindling Bath residents out of £76,719 in botched building jobs has been sentenced to 10 months in prison. Barry Butt, aged 42, of Eveleigh Avenue in Batheaston, appeared before Bristol Crown Court on Monday (January 9) to learn his punishment after pleading guilty to carrying out dishonest commercial practices and fraudulent trading. The defendant owned a business called Greentree Builders, which carried out contractual work in the Bath area. ...

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January 10, 2017, 4:48 am

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A Bath couple have spoken out after their "lives were ruined" by a fraudster builder. Norman Limham and Deeanne Kleine have been left "broken" after dishonest tradesman Barry Butt swindled their money during works on a maisonette in Great Pulteney Street. The couple were just one of six Bath victims who fell prey to the dishonest practices of Butt and Greentree Builders.Norman and Deeanne employed Butt to renovate a basement flat in the Grade One listed world heritage...

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January 10, 2017, 6:57 am

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A Bath resident has said he fears for his life as rough sleepers continue to light up to take crack and heroin next to the gas meters in his building basement.The 59-year-old came to the Bath Chronicle in November 2016 complaining that a group of rough sleepers enter his building every night and then spend the night in the basement in a drug filled stupor.He lives in a flat on St Paul's Place in Bath, run by the Guinness Partnership, one of the largest providers of affordable housing and care in...

Convicted criminals to repay debt to Bath society by painting...

January 10, 2017, 8:00 am

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Southdown residents will see criminals repaying their debt to society by giving playing field rails a lick of paint this month.They will undertake community work over several Sundays this month to complete their court sentences as part of the Community Payback scheme.Roundhill Primary School (previously Southdown Infant and Junior schools) will see its playing field railings cleaned and repainted through the program.Councillor Paul Crossley (Lib Dem, Southdown) allocated funds from his Ward...

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January 10, 2017, 9:52 am

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Members of the public will have the chance to question the police and crime commissioner (PCC) and chief constable Andy Marsh when they take part in a live 30-minute Facebook video session later this month.PCC Sue Mountstevens has asked residents to submit any questions ahead of the interactive meeting – which takes place at 5pm on Tuesday, January 24.Topics up for discussion include fraud, body-worn video cameras, Tasers and rural crime. A selection of other submitted questions will also...

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January 10, 2017, 9:30 pm

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Five motorists have been sentenced at Bath Magistrates Court for drink-driving.Together they were ordered to pay out more than £2,200 in fines and other charges for their actions. They all admitted the offences. Thomas Naylor was caught driving a white Ford Transit van while over the legal limit on Faulkland View, Peasedown, where he lives. The 29-year-old was stopped on December 9 and found to have 82 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath (the limit is 35 microgrammes)....

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January 11, 2017, 1:55 am

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A man from Warmley appeared in court accused of wildlife crimes including the illegal capture and killing of Britain's rarest butterfly. Phillip Andrew Cullen, aged 57, is charged with deliberately capturing and killing a number of Large Blue maculinea arion butterflies, which is a European protected species. He has also been charged with being in possession or control of a dead animal, namely a large blue butterfly which had been taken from the wild. Read next: Five people sentenced after...

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January 11, 2017, 3:01 am

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A car was "completely destroyed" by a fire on Pennyquick Lane last night, in what firefighters suspect was an arson attack. The car fire started just before 9pm on Tuesday (January 10) on Pennyquick Lane in Newton St Loe, Bath.A fire crew from Bath attended the scene and extinguished the blaze using two high pressure hose reels.Read next: Warmley man accused of trapping and killing Britain's rarest butterfly to stand trial at Crown CourtThere have been no reports of any injuries but...

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January 11, 2017, 5:48 am

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Police have renewed their appeal into a "very nasty" arson attack on a home in Bath.People were inside the house in Van Diemen's Lane, off Lansdown Road, when its front door was set alight at about 9.40pm on January 3. Extensive damage was caused to the house and Avon and Somerset police believe that an accelerant was used to start the fire.Detective constable John Shanahan said: "This was a very nasty incident and we're taking is extremely seriously."As part of our...

'Expensive shoes' stolen from Bath pub the Pig and Fiddle

January 11, 2017, 8:53 am

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Police have appealed for help in finding a man believed to have stolen an expensive pair of shoes from a Bath pub.The theft happened at city centre pub The Pig and Fiddle shortly after midnight in December. Avon and Somerset police have released an image of a man whom officers want to speak to in relation to the theft.The force in a statement on their website said: "On the 18th December 2016 at around 00:20 hours, an incident of theft occurred at The Pig and Fiddle, Saracen Street,...

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January 11, 2017, 9:45 am

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Two Bath men who burgled a house have been sentenced.Callum Jones, aged 22, and Marcus Calvin Anthony O'Shea, 19, admitted one charge of entering a house with intent to steal at Uphill Drive in Larkhall on October 14 – the same road on which Jones lives - in an earlier hearing. O'Shea, of Cleveland Place, also admitted one count of possessing cannabis after he was found with 3.7 grams of hash at Pathways in Wells Road on December 1. Read next: 'Expensive shoes' stolen from Bath pub the Pig...

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January 11, 2017, 10:00 pm

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Joseph Finn, aged 30, of Lymore Avenue in Bath, was found guilty of assaulting a police constable in the execution of his/her duty. He was fined £440 for the offence and ordered to pay costs of £775 to the Crown Prosecution Service. Finn also had to pay a £44 victim surcharge. Ashley Stephen Weight, aged 32, of the Paragon in Bath, broke the rules of a restraining order by repeatedly contacting a victim. He admitted the offence and has been ordered to carry out an accredited...

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January 12, 2017, 3:28 am

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The haulage firm involved in the Bath tipper tragedy which killed four people including a little girl has had its licence revoked. A ban to stop Grittenham Haulage from operating was imposed in 2015 following an inquiry months after the smash which claimed victims including Mitzi Steady, four. Mitzi died instantly when the 32-tonne HGV loaded with aggregate careered downhill and hit her as she crossed a road with her gran Margaret Rogers, who suffered life-changing injuries. The lorry then...

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January 12, 2017, 6:15 am

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A young man from Radstock died after his Vauxhall Astra crashed into a tree on Dunkerton Hill an inquest heard.Samuel William Robinson, aged 23, was twice the drink drive limit and not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the incident. It is likely he fell asleep at the wheel, Avon Coroner's Court was told.The collision happened on a left hand bend on the A367 Dunkerton Hill on August 28, 2016.Mr Robinson's car hit a wooden fence and then a large tree, severely injuring him. A second low hanging...

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January 13, 2017, 4:31 am

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Avon and Somerset police are appealing for the public's help in identifying six men they would like to trace as part of an ongoing drug investigation. The force would like to speak to the men as part of Operation Hydra - which is a large investigation into the supply of drugs in Bath.Officers have released six CCTV images of the men, which can be seen below:Read next: Avon and Somerset Police arrest 19 suspected Class A drug dealers in Bath in early morning raidsMore news: Woman killed in fatal...

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January 14, 2017, 10:00 pm

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Kelvin Paul Norris, 35 of Meare Road, Bath, has been jailed for 14 weeks after pleading guilty to stealing various items from McColls and Co-op stores across the city and Peasedown. He stole cat food, shaving gel, jars of coffee, Forrero Rocher, Thornton's chocolates and £200 worth of meat, among other items, between October 2016 and the start of 2017. Norris was subject to an eight-week sentence which had been suspended for 12 months. The court ordered Norris to pay £115.Robert...