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A second man arrested on suspicion of attempted murder in Twerton has been released without charge. Police arrested two men, aged 24 and 29, in December over what the force described as a serious assault. Officers were called to Newton Road on December 15 after reports of an attack which took place between 12.30pm and 1.30pm. The busy road was closed until the evening with investigations ongoing. Read next: Man jailed for running cannabis factory has £16K criminal assets confiscated...

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March 29, 2017, 5:33 am

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Two teenagers have been charged with causing danger to road users after items were dropped from motorway overbridges onto passing vehicles. In one incident last summer a lorry driver was hit by a stone slab that had crashed through his windscreen. Jordan Alan Arendorf, 19, and Peter John Nugent, 18, both of Lawrence Weston, Bristol, were charged today (Wednesday, March 29). Read next: Which cars will cost more to buy once new tax rules take effect on April 1? They were charged...

Bath man fined after drink-driving in city centre

March 29, 2017, 9:29 am

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A 27-year-old has been fined after being caught drink-driving in Bath.Dominik Sykala, of Cotswold Road in Oldfield Park, drove while over the limit and without a licence or insurance earlier in March. He was stopped on Grand Parade in the city centre and found to have 45 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, exceeding the limit. Sykala admitted all three offences when he appeared at Bath Magistrates' Court on Monday, March 20. He was fined a total of £320 and ordered to pay...

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March 29, 2017, 11:58 pm

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A 52-year-old who stole from the elderly woman who let him lodge in her Larkhall home was due to be sentenced today. Adrian Paul Nelmes was living with Betty White and her terminally-ill husband and made five withdrawals totalling £1,250 from her account. Then when her husband died, leaving the two of them living together in Bennett's Road, he stole a further £100 after insisting on taking her card to make arrangements for the wake. Mrs White had given Nelmes consent to drive...

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March 30, 2017, 1:50 am

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A teenager who burgled a dead man's home in Bath could still escape a prison sentence. Martin Doran, aged 19, broke into the Worcester Buildings property in Larkhall on October 10 last year.He stole jewellery, electrical items and gold in the raid.His actions left the dead man's family "devastated". Doran, of no fixed abode, was captured on a home security CCTV system attempting to break the lock on the patio door, before hurling a concrete block through a nearby window.BATH LIVE:...

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March 30, 2017, 3:27 am

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A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a Bath man who stole from his elderly landlady when her husband was terminally ill.Adrian Paul Nelmes, aged 52, failed to attend his morning hearing at Bristol Crown Court.He faced a possible jail sentence for stealing £1,350 from Betty White, whom he lived with in Larkhall.A previous hearing at Bath Magistsrates' Court heard Nelmes stole £100 using her credit card. He had taken it to make arrangements for Mrs White's husband's wake shortly...

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March 30, 2017, 6:01 am

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A Shakespearean actor from Bath stole Lego from Eric Snook's toy shop to feed his crack and heroin habit.Mark William Sanders, of Broad Street, appeared in Bath Magistrates' Court on Thursday (March 30) where he faced four theft charges.The 39-year-old man, described as an actor by his defence solicitor, admitted stealing a Lego Ghostbusters set worth £49.99 from the popular Bath toy store in November last year.He also pleaded guilty to taking £290 worth of clothes from Gap in Milsom...

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March 30, 2017, 7:59 am

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An artist who lives in a tent next to the Kennet and Avon canal in Bath stole an umbrella from TK Maxx because "it was raining".Elana Pritchard, aged 35, "wilfully refuses" to abide by the law, Bath Magistrates' Court heard today (March 30).The colourful artist - who experiences art through "unnatural situations" - asked magistrates to punish her through a community art project. Instead, she was handed a six-week suspended prison sentence.Pritchard appeared before...

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March 30, 2017, 9:57 am

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A Peasedown man has been told he may be jailed over defrauding a woman of £4,000. Resul Ayhan, aged 31, admitted two charges – theft from a woman in Bristol and fraud by cheque – in a magistrates' court hearing on February 3. In March 2015 he stole two cheques from Helen Palmer and the following day he cashed a cheque worth £4,000. Ayhan, of Bath Road in Peasedown St John, appeared at Bristol Crown Court on Thursday (March 30). He was granted conditional bail...

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March 30, 2017, 11:23 pm

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James John Michael Hoskins, aged 28, of no fixed address, was jailed for 14 days after being caught with 11.5g of cannabis near Bath Abbey on February 26. He admitted the offence and another charge of failing to appear at court on March 16. Magistrates deemed the offences so serious because of Hoskins' record of similar offences and noted that there was no other suitable community penalty. He was ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £115 and forfeiture of the cannabis was ordered. Kevin...

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March 31, 2017, 7:24 am

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The Bath councillor convicted for his role in a drugs gang has resigned from the local authority, sparking another byelection in the city. Donal Hassett was found guilty of conspiring to produce cannabis in February after denying he was the "property fixer" for the operation. Bath and North East Somerset Council had said it would reserve its decision on the councillor's future until after sentencing in May. But the Newbridge representative has saved them the trouble, resigning...

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April 3, 2017, 3:02 am

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Police in the Bath region have recorded a 375 per cent rise in abusers meeting children after grooming them over the last five years. But from today (April 3), police will have the powers to stop groomers sooner. Online grooming is now officially a crime in England and Wales, allowing officers to arrest anyone who sends a sexual message to a child, and intervene before physical abuse takes place. The law which makes it illegal to send sexual messages to children was created in 2015 - but...

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April 3, 2017, 3:48 am

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A Bath woman charged with verbally abusing a traffic warden outside a city primary school will have to wait three more weeks to learn her fate. Amy Rabbitts, of The Oval in Bath, allegedly became threatening towards a parking enforcement officer who was issuing a ticket outside Oldfield Park Infants' School. Bath LIVE: Breaking news plus crime, politics, travel, sport and more on Monday, April 3 The abuse was supposedly carried out in front of young schoolchildren at about 9am on Thursday,...

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April 3, 2017, 8:06 am

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An arrest warrant has been issued for an Odd Down woman who skipped court. Larissa Miller, of Lympsham Green, was due in Bath Magistrates' Court on Thursday, March 30 - but she didn't show up. The 24-year-old has been charged with two theft offences. Bath LIVE: Breaking news plus crime, politics, travel, sport and more on Monday, April 3 It is alleged she stole groceries of an unknown value from the Tesco Express in Englishcombe Lane on March 7. The following day she is charged with...

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April 3, 2017, 10:01 pm

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A Bath man accused of assaulting a police officer in Oldfield Park is due back in court next month.James Ivan Pollett, of Stirtingale Road in Bath, was supposed to answer four charges at Bath Magistrates' Court on Thursday, March 30.However, his case was adjourned until Wednesday, May 3, so that a linguistic interpreter can be brought in to help with proceedings. Read next: BMT withdraws from Bath's £50 million South Quays developmentAll four of Pollett's alleged offences happened on...

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April 4, 2017, 1:35 am

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Half a million pounds worth of cannabis has been found 10 miles west of Bath.Information received via the charity Crimestoppers led police to search a house in Kinsale Road in Hengrove on Sunday (April 2). There, officers found about 500 cannabis plants worth more than £500,000. A scene remained in place at the property the following day while specialist drugs teams and crime scene investigators carried out detailed work.No one has been arrested yet. Hartcliffe beat manager PC Richard...

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April 4, 2017, 3:56 am

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A Bath homeless woman is appealing her jail sentence over abusing a pub landlord.Jennifer Louise Weeks admitted assault and aggravated harrassment of Luke Murphy, of the Ship Inn in Keynsham, in a hearing last month. The 23-year-old, of no fixed address, has recently been living on the streets of Bath. She committed the offences at the pub in Temple Street on January 30. In October, Weeks was given a suspended prison sentence for a drunken, racist tirade at a fast food joint in Keynsham. She is...

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April 4, 2017, 4:08 am

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A man and woman have been charged with fraud and theft from a five-star hotel in Bath.The duo were picked up by police at the Gainsborough Bath Spa Hotel on February 7.They were arrested on suspicion of fraud, theft and drug offences and have now been formally charged.Bath LIVE: Latest news including crime, education, politics, travel on Tuesday, April 4Chioke Jaluke Reid-Stephens, aged 26, has been charged with fraud by false representation and theft from a hotel.The Bristolian has also been...

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April 4, 2017, 11:55 pm

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A homeless man who stole £800 of meat and cheese in two swoops on the same Bath shop is due to be sentenced this morning.Jamie Skipp stands convicted of four theft offences, one burglary, and two charges of failing to surrender which he admitted last month at Bath Magistrates' Court. The 32-year-old thief targeted the Co-op in Bloomfield Road on two consecutive days in January.On both occasions he entered the store with a male companion and bagged £400 worth of meat and cheese from...

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April 5, 2017, 4:04 am

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Michael Graham Warman, aged 37, of High Street in Weston, was fined £300 after he was found guilty of driving on the A4 Bath Road in Saltford without a licence or insurance last June. He was ordered to pay Crown Prosecution Service costs of £85 and a £30 victim surcharge, and was disqualified from driving for six months. Greensward Sports, of Shoscombe Vale, was fined £440 after being found guilty of failing to give information relating to the identification of the...