Man arrested after incident at William Hill bookmakers in...
Police have arrested a man in his fifties after an incident at the William Hill bookmakers in Lansdown Road, Bath, today.Eyewitness reports indicated the man appeared to be carrying a knife when he was...
View ArticleMan from Winford, near Chew Magna, accused of sexual assaults...
A blind man has appeared in court accused of touching support workers inappropriately which included licking their faces and putting his tongue in their ears.Bristol Crown Court was told Gerald...
View ArticleCalne man whose drug dealing funded a lavish lifestyle sentenced...
A Calne man whose drug dealing funded a lavish lifestyle has been sentenced to four years and four months in jail for drugs, firearms and money laundering offences.Paul Michael Fisher, 25, of Harrier...
View ArticlePolicewoman suspended after being caught stealing from a shop:...
A policewoman has been suspended after she was caught stealing from a shop. The unnamed officer, believed to be a police Sergeant, was removed from active duty immediately after being arrested on...
View ArticleBath beggar and street drinker banned under district's first...
A persistent beggar and an abusive street drinker have become the first people in Bath and North East Somerset to be served Criminal Behaviour Orders.Jenny Dinmore, 39, of Julian House, was given the...
View ArticleMan loses three pints of blood and part of hand in "horrific...
A man lost three pints of blood and was left permanently disabled and without part of his hand after a horrific machete attack, a court has heard.Bristol Crown Court heard the attack took place in...
View ArticleGroup of men jailed after post office heist attempt in Pill,...
Four men have been sentenced to more than 14 years in jail between them after a post office heist that went wrong in North Somerset.Ashley Mullen, 24, Jack McNeil, 23, Michael Nugent, 18, and getaway...
View ArticleBath Magistrate's Court latest cases
Mr Peter Dennis Ahern, 25 from Hillside Crescent in Midsomer Norton, was ordered to pay £240 and received a community order of 40 hours unpaid work. He pleaded guilty to possessing 5.2grams of...
View ArticleGerald Masters, of Winford near Chew Magna, guilty of sexual...
A blind man from Winford, near Chew Magna, has been found guilty of sexual assault after touching women inappropriately.Gerald Masters, 66, was found guilty of 18 charges of sexual assault. He molested...
View ArticleIn the courts: Cases from Bath Magistrates' Court
Mr Michael Robert Gillies, 32 of Charlton Road in Keynsham, was ordered to pay £360 and given a community order and restraining order after being found guilty of harassment.Mr Arron Jan Bonney, 44 of...
View ArticleBath man appears in court charged with running a brothel in...
A Bath man has appeared in court charged with running a brothel in the city.David Malcolm Lord is charged with seven offences related to organising prostitution and managing a brothel at his Belgrave...
View ArticleBath man and accomplice charged with burglary and assault
A Bath man and his homeless accomplice have been charged with burglary and assault.The 27-year-old from Bath and a 24-year-old man of no fixed abode were both charged in connection with a burglary in a...
View ArticleTwo brothels in swanky apartment complex busted after tip-off...
Police have busted two brothels in an upmarket apartment complex where five eastern European women were found working as prostitutes.Officers from Wiltshire police's Human Exploitation team raided two...
View ArticleCCTV images: Police seek man after bag stolen from Costa Coffee...
Police are asking for help to identify a man after a bag was stolen from a coffee shop in Bath.The theft from Costa Coffee in Stall Street happened on Wednesday May 6.Police would like to speak with a...
View ArticleLatest cases from Bath Magistrates' Court
Marek Kokiza, 69, from Bladud Buildings in Bath, was ordered to pay £1,200 after driving a Vauxhall Zafira between George Street and Batheaston as a taxi service without a relevant licence or...
View ArticleWiltshire Police warns of stranger danger and issues advice to...
Police in Wiltshire have been reminding parents of stranger danger after there have been a number of reports of children being approached by strangers in cars.PCSOs have been in force around some...
View ArticleBecky Minnock family accused of "absurd" and "irre...
The mother and family of Ethan Williams have been accused of "absurd" and "irresponsible" manipulation by a judge.A judge slammed mother Rebecca Minnock, 35, who spent 17 days on the run after judges...
View ArticleMalcolm Cohen convicted of sexual offences in Somerset from as...
A 65-year-old man has been convicted of sexual offences, two of which were against children in Somerset between 1976 and 1988.Malcolm Cohen from Aldershot was sentenced at Exeter Crown Court on Friday...
View ArticleLatest drivers 'named and shamed' by Avon and Somerset Police...
The latest drivers to be 'named and shamed' by police during a drink and drug driving crackdown have been revealedAs part of Avon and Somerset Police's Operation Tonic road safety campaign motorists...
View ArticleA4 Bath Road crash: Van driver appears in court after crash that...
A 29-year-old man has appeared in court following a crash on the A4 Bath Road that killed a female motorcyclist from Clevedon.Melanie Miles, 42, died in the crash with Sam Bailey's Citroën van at the...
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