Avon and Somerset Police offer steps to help male rape victims
Avon and Somerset Police have launched a new campaign to raise the awareness of male rape. It is estimated that 12,000 men in England and Wales are raped or sexually assaulted each year and less than...
View ArticleMan to be deported after immigration raid in Midsomer Norton
A man has been arrested after Home Office immigration enforcement officers raided a Midsomer Norton take away.Officers visited Best Pizza and Kebab in High Street, Midsomer Norton, on Friday (August 7)...
View ArticleMan admits voyeurism charges after filming women and children in...
A 32-year-old man who spent years filming secret videos of women and two children while they used the bathroom has been sent to Taunton Crown Court to be sentenced.Dean Robert Culverhouse stored the...
View ArticleBath Magistrates' Court: Latest cases
Mr Matthew Alexander Mahony, 36 from Coronation Avenue, Bath, was ordered to pay £745 failed to identify a driver to police, who was alleged to have committed an offence.Miss Rebecca Snook, 31 of Gare...
View ArticleBath Police: 30 burglaries in 3 weeks
Bath homeowners are being warned to be on the look out following a summer spike in crime.In just three weeks around 30 homes have been broken into and items stolen.According to Avon and Somerset Police...
View ArticleRoof protester avoids going to jail
A protester who brought a city centre to a standstill has been handed a two-year conditional discharge.Road and shops were forced to close in January when Tammy Dadgarnejad climbed onto the roof of the...
View ArticleMother in emotional appeal after son is left fighting for life
The mother of a 23-year-old left fighting for his life has made an emotional appeal for information.Tom Coe was found in the early hours of Saturday, August 8, with serious head and neck injuries.His...
View ArticleWoman ordered to pay £200 for stealing meat from the Co-Op
A woman has been ordered to pay £200 for stealing meat from the Co-Op.Kathleen Towns, 29, initially pleased not guilty to theft and handling stolen goods in partnership with Matthew Groom on June 10,...
View ArticleWoman arrested after man found dead
A woman has been arrested after a body of a man was found.The body of the 43-year-old was found on Wednesday night, August 12, at an address in Newent, Gloucestershire.Gloucestershire Police were...
View ArticleNew police station in Bath takes a step closer
Avon and Somerset Police are "very close" to finalising a location in Bath for a new station.An enquiry office will be moved to the One Stop Shop on Manvers Street, across the road from the police...
View ArticleTrailer theft forces charity Small Strides CIC to cancel events
A charity that helps children with mental health problems and learning difficulties has made an impassioned plea after it was targeted by thieves.Small Strides CIC, which also works with adults, young...
View ArticleBath man's act of kindness helps to pay a thief's fine after Mars...
A man from Bath has set up a fundraising page to help a woman pay her criminal fees.Reverend Stuart Campbell has created the page to help Louisa Sewell who has been ordered to pay £328.75 by...
View ArticlePolice hunt for 26-year-old Jamie Saunders
Police are appealing for help to find a 26-year-old burglar.Jamie Saunders, 26, who also goes by the surname Hartless, is wanted by police on recall to prison after he breached the terms of his...
View ArticleBus flasher: Police release picture of man they want to speak to
Police have released a picture as they continue to hunt for a flasher.The incident took place on board the number two bus between Temple Gate and Cribbs Causeway at 3.45pm on Monday, June 29.As part of...
View ArticleNational news: Man gets nine years for attack that left victim...
A man has been given nine years in jail after stamping and jumping on his victim's head.Umar Mir, 21 of Lowndes Close, Penkhull, pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm with...
View ArticleKeynsham man Lance Taiani jailed for cash machine crime spree
Two men responsible for a nationwide ram raiding spree have been jailed.Lance Taiani, 29, of Station Road, Keynsham was jailed for three years four months at Maidstone Crown Court and his co-accused,...
View ArticleJewellery stolen in burglary while owners were on holiday
An appeal has been launched after sentimental jewellery was stolen during a burglary while the owners were on holiday.The break-in happened at a home on Orchard Road, Westbury, between August 8 and...
View ArticleIn the courts - latest cases at Bath Magistrates' Court
Kurt Anthony Butler, 22 of Hazel Grove, Midsomer Norton, was ordered to pay £390 for pleading guilty to using abusive or insulting words or behaviour in Paulton on April 18.Benjamin Steven Ross, 29 of...
View ArticleFormer Clifton College teacher Jonathan Thomson-Glover to appear...
A former teacher at Clifton College will appear in court later this month for making indecent images of children.Jonathan Thomson-Glover is alleged to have made videos of more than 120 children over a...
View ArticleWoman charged with murder as Gloucestershire Police face...
A woman has been charged with murder following the death of a 43-year-old man.Gloucestershire police have said they have charged 51-year-old Joanne Williams of Meek Road, Newent, with the murder of...
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