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Man charged with the grooming and rape of a 12-year-old girl
A man has been charged with the grooming and rape of a 12-year-old girl. The Jack Oliver Smoothy, 21 and from Yate, has been charged with one count of grooming a child and one count of rape and he's...
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Wanted: Taxi driver who assaulted passenger
Police have released CCTV images of a taxi driver they want to speak to in connection with an assault. The alleged assault happened at 6am on a Saturday morning when the victim was being driven by the...
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Pair charged following cash machine attacks
Police say they have charged two men in connection with a series of cash machine attacks. The attacks happened across Somerset, Bristol and Staffordshire in August. James Randall, 24, of Granville...
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Police end 31-hour stand-off with man
A 31-hour stand-off has ended. Police had been negotiating with a man at a property since 5pm on Thursday, but the incident came to an end at 1.15am on Saturday morning. The man was taken to the BRI in...
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Man remanded in custody after being charged with raping and...
A man has appeared in court charged with raping and grooming a 12-year-old girl. Jack Smoothy, 21 from Yate, appeared at Bristol Magistrates' Court on Saturday morning. Smoothy is charged with raping...
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Sex offender on the run
A sex offender has absconded from an open prison.Richard Anthony Lloyd, 33, has not been seen at HMP Leyhill since 5.45pm on Friday.Lloyd is currently serving a custodial sentence for serious sexual...
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Child abuser jailed almost 40 years after offences were committed
A man who abused a six-year-old nearly 40 years ago has been jailed. Jon Yearsley was sentenced to two years and eight months behind bars after preying on the young girl, when he was aged around 17 and...
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EXCLUSIVE: Bath transgender woman Tara Hudson on fellow inmate...
A transgender woman from Bath released from prison last week has revealed that she shared a wing with convicted killer Shauna Hoare. Tara Hudson, who returned home to her Milk Street flat on Thursday,...
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In the courts: Latest cases from Bath Magistrates' Court
Joshua Bradley Cain, 27, Brassmill Lane, Bath, was ordered to pay £500 and disqualified from driving for 15 months for driving while under the influence of drugs, for two counts of possession of...
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Unexplained death man named as Patrick Sullivan
The man who died after being found critically injured in a Bath city centre property has been named as Patrick Sullivan. The 53-year-old died at around 2.30pm on Wednesday after being taken to the...
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Cannabis seized after call from energy company - regional news
Police in Weston-super-Mare have seized suspected cannabis plants after being alerted by an electricity firm. An engineer had been called to deal with a problem with power in the street and could smell...
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Five dogs on course to helping Wiltshire Police after passing...
It was a day of celebration for the Tri-force Police Dogs unit on Thursday after five dogs completed their initial search dog course. Fred, Mo, Ace, Jim and Shelby, along with their handlers PC's Nick...
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Police commissioner Sue Mountstevens 'will seek to protect...
Avon and Somerset Police and Crime Commissioner Sue Mountstevens has released this statement regarding the police funding settlement for 2016-17:"The Autumn statement from the Chancellor announced that...
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Police grant settlement: Statement from commissioner for...
This statement has been issued on behalf of Police and Crime Commissioner for Wiltshire Angus Macpherson in response to the police grant settlement released on Thursday. Mr Macpherson said: "I am...
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Serious sexual assault of teenager being investigated by Bath...
Police in Bath are investigating the serious sexual assault of a 17-year-old girl. The alleged victim claims she was attacked in Lower Bristol Road near two blocks of student accommodation at around...
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Sexual assault of 17-year-old: Pictures of Lower Bristol Road in...
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Police appeal after man loses tens of thousands of pounds of...
Jewellery worth tens of thousands of pounds and a van have been stolen after it was rammed by another vehicle, leading to a Wiltshire Police witness appeal. A man with his adult daughter was driving...
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One of three men arrested over Patrick Sullivan unexplained death...
One of three men arrested in connection with the unexplained death of Patrick Sullivan in Bath has been released without charge. The 44-year-old had been detained on suspicion of murder along with a 60...
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Frome man Alex Nicholas-Watts jailed over a 'disturbing'...
A 21-year-old Frome man with a 'disturbing' interest in extreme pornography and indecent images of children has been jailed for four-and-a-half years.Alex Nicholas-Watts, of Wynford Road, Frome,...
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Prison for sex offenders near Bath considered safe by inspectors
A prison for sex offenders has been described as safe. HMP Ashfield, which is just ten miles from Bath in the village of Pucklechurch, was recently given an unannounced inspection. Inspectors said the...
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