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Becky Watts trial: Hoare told police she felt sick and angry at...
Shauna Hoare told police she felt sick, disgusted and angry when she discovered the body of Becky Watts had been kept in her home.Hoare and her boyfriend Nathan Matthews are accused of murdering the...
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Police release photograph of Peasedown man found guilty of...
Police have released a photograph of the Peasedown man found guilty of killing his landlady.Jesse Harper, 22, was found guilty of the manslaughter of 55-year-old Joanna Doman at Bristol Crown Court on...
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5,000 sign petition for Bath transgender woman Tara Hudson to be...
A massive 5,000 people have signed an online petition calling for Bath transgender woman Tara Hudson to be moved to an all-women prison. The petition was started less than 24 hours ago and calls on...
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Bath woman appears in court charged with multiple offences
A Bath woman has appeared in court charged with multiple offences.A 31-year-old appeared at Bristol Magistrates' Court on Tuesday, October 27.She has been charged with harassment (breaching a...
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Police issue home safety advice after a number of overnight...
Police in Trowbridge have offered simple steps to residents to make sure their homes are secure, following a spate of robberies in the town.There have been a number of overnight burglaries in the past...
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Jesse Harper jailed for killing Peasedown St John landlady Joanna...
A Peasedown man has been jailed for killing his landlady by pushing her down the stairs.Jesse Harper, 22, from Peasedown St John will spend four years in prison for the manslaughter of 55-year-old...
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Witness appeal over mystery attack by duo on Bath sandwich shop
Bath police are appealing for information to identify two men involved in an hour-long attempt to smash a shop window in the city centre.CCTV recorded two people coming and returning about five times...
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Joanna Doman's family say "no sentence will be long...
Joanna Doman's family have said that "no sentence will be long enough" after her killer was jailed for five years.After being found guilty of manslaughter Jesse Harper was jailed for four years - with...
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Tara Hudson: Mum reacts as sentence appeal is rejected at Bristol...
The mother of Bath transgender woman Tara Hudson, who today lost her appeal against a 12-week prison sentence, is "furious and upset" at the decision. Jackie Brooklyn saw her daughter for the first...
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Tara Hudson: Mum confirms move to all-female prison after...
Tara Hudson's move to a female-only prison has been confirmed after a conversation with her mother. Miss Hudson was sent to the all-male HMP Bristol by Bath magistrates last Friday (October 23) after...
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Man in prison for killing seagull
A man has been sent to prison after he admitted killing a seagull. Peter Smale, 57, pleaded guilty to killing a wild bird, a herring gull, in Falmouth, Cornwall, on July 18. Mr Smale, of Falmouth,...
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Cash stolen as elderly and vulnerable people fall victim to...
Residents are asked to be on the alert after a number of doorstep crime offences were reported across the Avon and Somerset policing area. In October the force had 14 reported incidents in which men...
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Detection dogs pound the streets of Bath to ask residents to...
Local enforcement teams and their sniffer dogs have taken to the streets of Bath this week to ask for the public's help in tackling the sellers of illegal tobacco. Trading Standards officers from Bath...
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Thieves steal giant 30 stone pumpkin from pub in village outside...
The giant pumpkin that a Timsbury man spent much of this year growing has been stolen. Thieves took the 30 stone fruit, less than a day after it was moved to the Butchers Arms in Farmborough, just...
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Curo tells Bath couple to remove CCTV from home two days before...
A Bath man was instructed by his housing association to remove CCTV cameras less than two days before his car, which was parked outside, was smashed.Housing association Curo had responded to complaints...
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Man seriously injured in assault in Keynsham
Police are appealing for information after a man was seriously injured in an assault in Keynsham.The victim, aged in his 30s, suffered a serious head injury in the assault on Saturday night (October...
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Becky Watts: Hoare contacted estranged mother just days after...
The 21-year-old woman accused of murdering Becky Watts contacted her estranged mother just days after the teenager's death, a court heard this week. Shauna Hoare lost contact with mum Lisa Donovan when...
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In the courts: Latest cases from Bath Magistrates' Court
Sharon Abrahams, 43, Rivers Street, Bath, was ordered to pay £355 and given three points on her driving licence for driving 39 miles an hour along the A4 Bath Road.Stewart Atkinson, 43, Haycombe Drive,...
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Becky Watts trial: Man who helped move body parts 'disgusted' by...
A man who helped to move the body parts of Bristol teenager Becky Watts has told a court he is angry about his involvement.Jamie Ireland, 23, said helping Nathan Matthews move cases and bags, without...
View ArticleMan accused of B&B fraud to face court
A 54-year-old man accused of committing fraud after allegedly failing to pay for bed and breakfast accommodation and the use of office facilities at Frome has elected to stand trial at Taunton Crown...
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