Two men appear in court on child sexual exploitation charges:...
Two men have made their first court appearance on charges of child sexual exploitation following an investigation in Yeovil.Mehmet Citak, 33, of Bradford Abbas in Dorset and Ahmet Kurtmyemez, 27, of...
View ArticleBurglars steal thousands of pounds of jewellery from Bradford on...
Police are appealing for witnesses after jewellery worth thousands of pounds was stolen from a home in Bradford on Avon.The offenders broke into the house in Huntingdon Rise and made an untidy search...
View ArticleFootball player sentenced for breaking jaw of opponent after...
A man has been sentenced after breaking the jaw of an opponent after a football match.Declan Bridges, 23, from Millards Hill in Midsomer Norton, had just finished playing for Radstock Town Football...
View ArticleFive violent offences are reported each day in Bath
Up to five violent or sexual offences are being reported in Bath every day.According to figures released by the Home Office 154 violent and sexual offences were reported to have happened in Bath during...
View Article£54,000 diamond ring stolen from Bath jewellers
A diamond ring worth £54,000 has been stolen from a jewellers in Bath.Police are appealing for information and have issued a description, and photographs, of a man they want to speak to in connection...
View ArticleBig Issue seller verbally abused in Bath city centre
Police are appealing for information after a Big Issue seller was verbally abused.The incident happened outside H Samuel in Union Street at around 5pm on Monday, September 7. The female Big Issue...
View ArticleGang attack turned street into war zone: National news
A witness to a fight said the street became a "war zone" when a gang attacked a man.The victim was reported to have tried to break up a fight but was then turned on himself.According to social media...
View ArticleIn the courts: Latest cases from Bath Magistrates' Court
Patrick Sullivan, 53 of Abbey Green in Bath, was ordered to pay £295 and received a community order after stealing a bottle of wine from Waitrose.Mark Rogers, 20 of Sheridan Road in Bath, was ordered...
View ArticleDJ Neil Fox appears in court charged with historic sexual...
Former University of Bath radio DJ Neil Fox has appeared in court where he stands charged with nine counts of historic sexual offences.He has been accused of eight new sexual offences since he was...
View ArticleBecky Watts trial: The first few days at Bristol Crown Court
The trial into the alleged murder of Bristol teenager Becky Watts started this week.During the first few days of the trial a jury at Bristol Crown Court has heard from the prosecution on what they...
View ArticleBecky Watts trial: Colleagues use work van to move body of...
A jury has been told how friends of Nathan Matthews used a work van to help move the body of Becky Watts.But the pair denies they had any knowledge of what they were moving.A colleague of Karl...
View ArticleOnline hoax suggests mass shooting and terrorist attack in Bath
An online story has been causing concern in Bath over the weekend after announcing there had been a terrorist attack in the city.The article, which has appeared on a website called UniversalVideos,...
View ArticlePolice respond to online hoax of mass shooting and terrorist...
Police have dismissed an online story which claimed Bath had been the target of a terrorist attack and mass shooting.The article, which appeared on a website called UniversalVideos, claimed that over...
View ArticleBecky Watts trial: Man accused of helping to move body of...
A man accused of helping to move the body of Becky Watts was not himself at the time of the investigation.As the trial into the alleged murder of the teenager continued a client of Donovan Demetrius...
View ArticleBecky Watts trial: Video of Shauna Hoare's police interview
The couple charged with the alleged murder of teenager Becky Watts gave similar accounts of the day she went missing. Bristol Crown Court has been hearing what Nathan Matthews and Shauna Hoare told...
View ArticleWoman blackmailing men after sex act is recorded via Skype
Men in Bath are being warned about a woman who gets them to perform a sex act on Skype only to blackmail them afterwards.Police are warning men across the region after 20 reports in the Hertfordshire...
View ArticleThree drug dealers sent to prison: regional news
Three men have been sent to prison for dealing drugs in the Easton area of Bristol.A judge sentenced the group to a combined total of ten years at Bristol Crown Court on Monday, October 12.Hakim...
View ArticleMeat and alcohol burglar sentenced to jail: regional news
A burglar who threatened shop staff with a screwdriver after stealing meat and alcohol from Sainsbury's in Devizes has been jailed.Robert Gavin, 40, of no fixed abode, broke into the closed store on...
View ArticleGang of drug dealers get ten years in prison
A group of men have been sent to prison for dealing drugs in the region.Three men have been sent to prison for dealing drugs in the Easton area of Bristol.Hakim Shariff, aged 27 of Halston Drive in St...
View ArticleBecky Watts trial: Jury shown teenager's home, bedroom and shed...
Jury members involved in the Becky Watts murder trial have visited properties associated with the case.The panel of ten women and two men, accompanied by the judge and barristers, were taken to the...
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