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Becky Watts trial: Teenager described as attention seeking
Becky Watts has been described as attention seeking by one of her alleged killers.In her interview with police during the investigation into the 16-year-old's disappearance Shauna Hoare said Becky...
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In the courts: Latest cases from Bath Magistrates' Court
William Charles Derrick, 60, Leys Lane, Frome, was given three points on his driving licence and ordered to pay £120 for driving at 35 miles an hour along the A4 Bath Road.Paul Harrison, 51, Under...
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Man caught driving three times over drink drive limit
A man has been disqualified from driving for being caught more than three times over the drink drive limit.Christopher John Brodrick, 66, Chatley Furlong, Norton St. Philip, was caught with 114...
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Becky Watts trial: Police officer describes gruesome moment he...
A police officer has described in court the gruesome moment when he discovered Becky Watts' remains.Detective Sergeant John Dowding told jury members how he searched a home in Barton Court in...
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Drug smuggler who tried to fake his own death jailed
A drug smuggler who tried to fake his own death has been jailed.Jose Louis Calvo Serra was jailed for eight years after trying to evade justice by forging his own death certificate.The 73-year-old was...
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Bath man who ran a brothel in Belgrave Place has to pay...
The man who ran a brothel at a house in Bath has been ordered to pay £100,000 or go to prison.David Malcolm Lord admitted keeping and managing the brothel in Belgrave Place during a court appearance...
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Becky Watts sustained 40 injuries before she died, jury hears
A pathologist has concluded that Becky Watts sustained 40 injuries before she died and was dismembered.Dr Deborah Cook told the Bristol Crown Court that the 16-year-old's body was sawn into eight...
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University of Bath lecturer slaps police officer as she is kicked...
A lecturer at the University of Bath quit after being kicked off a plane for being drunk – and slapping the arresting officer in the face.Sociology lecturer Leah Wild resigned from her post as director...
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Bath brothel keeper spared jail after prostitutes give him...
The man who ran a brothel at a house in Bath was spared jail thanks to glowing character references from prostitutes.David Malcolm Lord was ordered to pay £100,000 after admitting to keeping and...
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Becky Watts: Pictures of bags containing tools and body parts...
Pictures of the suitcases and bags that contained Becky Watts' remains have been released. The items, as well as an assortment of tools and clothing, were shown to a visibly upset public gallery during...
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Sharp rise in sex offences in Wiltshire as overall crime rate...
Crime has risen in Wiltshire, including an alarming 37 per cent jump in recorded sex offences.The crime rate has gone up for the time in years and the force says this is due to improvements in...
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Woman steals from shop in Chippenham
Police are appealing for witnesses after a woman stole goods from a shop in Chippenham.The woman was caught on CCTV as she made her way around the One Stop Shop in the town's Market Place.She selected...
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Police investigating serious sexual assault on woman in Bath
Police in Bath have said they are investigating a "serious sexual assault" on a woman in Bath.The attack happened in the early hours of Wednesday on Lower Bristol Road in the city.A spokesman said: "We...
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Hate crime not just about race: Janet MacHale from Bath speaks...
Hundreds of hate crimes have been reported in Avon and Somerset so far this year.Most of the 423 hate crimes reported in the district in 2015 were racially motivated, but others were homophobic, or...
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Bath Magistrates' Court: Cases from the court
Ryan Lee Ansell, 21 of Redland Park in Bath, was ordered to pay £350 and was given a one-year conditional discharge after pleading guilty to damaging wing mirrors of a car.Brian James Frederick Kirby,...
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Becky Watts trial: Nathan Matthews and Shauna Hoare made a sex...
Nathan Matthews and his girlfriend Shauna Hoare made a sex tape.The couple, who are accused of murdering Becky Watts, also had regular threesomes with a friend, a court has heard.Bristol Crown Court...
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Becky Watts trial: Expert claims two people involved
A forensic engineer has claimed that two people were involved with dismembering the body of Becky Watts. Forensic engineer Professor Sarah Hainsworth examined the 16-year-old's body, as well as the...
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Child sexual exploitation: Group of men charged
A group of men have been charged following a police investigation into child sexual exploitation.Officers are looking into alleged sex offences said to have taken place in the South West between 2009...
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Joanna Doman trial: Suspect changed story following Peasedown St...
The Peasedown St John man accused of killing a woman from the same village changed the version of events he gave to police after she died, a court heard.Jesse Harper, 22, has denied the manslaughter of...
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Man charged with firearms offences: regional news
A 34 year old man from Trowbridge has been charged with two offences involving firearms.Andrew Webber of Frome Road was arrested last year after on suspicion of unlawful possession of explosives after...
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