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Child arrests drop by 68 per cent
The number of children arrested by police has fallen by 68 per cent in the last four years. Data obtained by the Howard League for Penal Reform has revealed that the number of arrests in Avon and...
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Carer sentenced for using elderly couple's bank card to steal...
A carer has been sentenced for defrauding the elderly couple she was supposed to be looking after.Frankie Yeoman, 27, of Cobourg Road, Bristol, has been given a six-month suspended sentence and a...
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Appeal for witnesses following sexual assault at Bath Odeon...
Police are appealing for witnesses after a report of a sexual assault at the Odeon cinema in Bath. A woman in her thirties from Corsham was assaulted by a man while in the James Street West cinema. The...
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Former teacher jailed for sexually assaulting a child: regional...
A former teacher has been jailed for more than four years for sexually assaulting a boy.Christopher Flavin, 63, who worked at the former Monks Park School in Bristol, was found guilty of eight counts...
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A MAN accused of drink driving at Norton St Philip has been ordered to appear before Somerset Magistrates in the new year.Edward Charles Fordham, 33, of Bell Hill, Norton St Philip, is alleged to have...
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Husband avoids prison after punching and throwing his wife into...
A Frome man who "threw his wife out into the rubbish" during a humiliating assault in her own home has been given a 12-week suspended prison sentence. Frederick Brown had been drinking when he returned...
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Serious sexual assault in Trowbridge leads to police witness...
Police are appealing for witnesses after a woman reported being sexually assaulted in Trowbridge. The incident happened between 12.30am and 1.30am on Monday, November 16. It's believed the woman was...
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Bath pensioner slams "thief with no conscience" who...
A Bath pensioner has slammed the thief "without a conscience" who took £100 of Christmas shopping money from her purse at Waitrose.Tina Dolling, 79, was at the store in Northgate Street on the morning...
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Road rage driver escapes jail for punching pensioner's wing...
A road rage driver who punched a pensioner's wing mirror after chasing him and his daughter up a Bath hill has avoided jail.Greig Young so frightened Gerald Llewellyn, 75, and his 22-year-old daughter...
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Second investigation into claims of sexual assault by former...
A second investigation surrounding allegations of sexual assault against a former medical officer at Avon and Somerset Police has been launched. The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has...
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Bath Police appeal for help to identify man following city...
Bath Police are appealing for help to identify a man they'd like to talk to about an assault at the Second Bridge nightclub in Manvers Street. A 20-year-old student at the University of Bath was hit in...
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Two Somerset men to stand trial for attempted murder
Two local men accused of attempted murder are due to face a trial in the New Year.Alan Macdonald, 40, of Great Western Steet, Frome, and Ashley Wells,19, of Mendip Road, Stoke St Michael, were charged...
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EXCLUSIVE: Bath transgender woman Tara Hudson to be released from...
A transgender woman from Bath who spent a week in an all male prison prompting a nationwide campaign for her to be moved, is to be released on Thursday. Milk Street resident Tara Hudson will walk out...
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Bath pair to face trial for laundering thousands of pounds for...
A Bath pair will stand trial for laundering thousands of pounds worth of cash for drug dealers. Mark Smith, 51, of Trinity Road, Fox Hill, and Mandy Smith, 52, of Englishcombe Lane, have denied...
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Bath burglar jailed for stealing valuables worth over £14,0...
A Bath man has been sent to jail after stealing more than £14,000 worth of valuables – including Cartier jewellery and a Fender guitar – from a flat in the city.Justin Michael Barnes, who grew up in...
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Man jailed for handbag snatch robbery which left 84-year-old...
A man has been jailed for more than seven years for a robbery in Devizes which left an 84-year-old woman with a fractured pelvis.Anthony John Higson, 33, of no fixed address, was sentenced to seven and...
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Somerset man accused of rape
A man from Somerset has denied raping boys as young as ten. Simon Walford, 44, is accused of assaulting two boys between 1999 and 2003, when one was aged ten and the other aged between 11 and 14....
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Somerset GP accused of sexually assaulting patient
A GP from Somerset has been accused of sexually assaulting a patient during an out-of-hours examination. A jury at Bristol Crown Court has heard how Dr Steven Pearse-Danker, 59, is alleged to have...
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Grandfather caught in Bath road rage nightmare is glad perpetrato...
A grandfather caught up in a road rage nightmare in Bath has said he is glad the perpetrator's Christmas has been "ruined" by magistrates.Gerald Llewellyn, 75, and his 22-year-old daughter Hol'lee,...
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In the courts: Latest cases from Bath Magistrates' Court
Christopher Ashley Riley, 26, Lower Bristol Road, Bath, was ordered to pay £455 after pleading guilty to assault by beating. Royan Lance Smith, 50, St Peter's House, Bath, was given an ten-week prison...
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