Dismaland visitor mugged at knifepoint after arriving in...

December 20, 2015, 8:15 am

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A TOURIST who travelled across the country to visit Banksy's Dismaland was mugged at knifepoint before he got there. Weiye Zhu came from Ipswich to see the dystopian attraction, but was set upon by a man and a youth after arriving in Weston-super-Mare at around 3am. The robbers stole his glasses but handed him back his passport, Bristol Crown Court heard. Ryan Owen, 21, of Coleridge Road, Weston-super-Mare, pleaded guilty to robbery and two charges of possessing cannabis. A youth aged...

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Former Cheddar resident accused of indecently assaulting...

December 21, 2015, 9:10 am

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A FORMER Cheddar resident who was accused of indecently assaulting an eight-year-old boy in the early 1990s has been found not guilty. Lawrence Smith, 70, formerly of Lower North Street, who now lives elsewhere in the UK had originally pleaded not guilty at Taunton Crown Court in 2014 to two charges of indecent assault on a male person said to have occured between April 1, 1990, and February 1, 1992. Mr Smith appeared at Taunton Crown Court last week in front of his honour Judge E Ambrose...

Wedmore man found with cannabis after arrest for other offences

December 22, 2015, 12:58 am

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A WEDMORE man who was found by police in possession of cannabis was also on a community order and subject to a conditional discharge for other offences. When Mark John Darbo appeared before Somerset Magistrates they were told that he had been arrested for a separate matter but when officers searched him found a small amount of the class B drug in his jacket pocket. They also heard that he was sentenced to a community order on July 9 for possession of drugs and threatening behaviour. He was...

Weston-super-Mare man jailed for 'more than a million' extreme...

December 22, 2015, 7:49 am

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A hospital radiographer from Weston-super-Mare who was found to have hundreds of thousands of the most extreme kind of indecent images and videos of children on his computer has been jailed today for two years and four months. Christopher Daldorph, 45, of West Wick, was arrested by officers from the National Crime Agency in April 2015 in what the agency describes as one of the largest single seizures of indecent images ever. Christopher Daldorph, 45, spent 14 years amassing the vile...

Bristol man in court after 'making threats during Boxing Day...

December 29, 2015, 12:49 am

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A Boxing Day argument has landed a Bristol man in court charged with harassment and making threats to kill. Sahin Kalil, of Southmead Road in Southmead, allegedly told family members of his former partner that he would kill her and cut off her head during an argument between the pair on Boxing Day. Kalil denies the charges. He is due to appear at Bristol Crown Court for a preliminary hearing on January 7. He was remanded in custody until that date.

Former Weston-super-Mare man jailed as child abuse convictions...

January 4, 2016, 5:23 am

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A career paedophile and former Weston-super-Mare man who once turned his home into a house of horror was yesterday jailed for 16 more years as his total of child abuse convictions reached 80. Vile Simon Walford was caged indefinitely in 2010 after filling his home with horror film props, including a life-size model of Freddy Krueger, to lure teenage boys. The 44 year-old former pet shop worker also covered his walls with skulls and figures of Hannibal Lecter, Jason from the Friday The 13th...

Sedgemoor CCTV: A year in numbers

January 4, 2016, 8:58 am

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Sedgemoor District Council's CCTV department monitors 145 CCTV cameras across Sedgemoor and the two neighbouring authorities of Taunton Deane and South Somerset. In addition to this the authority also have a number of dedicated Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras. During 2015 Sedgemoor's CCTV team dealt with 3850 incidents resulting in 1060 people being arrested. These figures are for live incidents monitored and recorded by the CCTV operators. These figures do not include...

Operation Tonic: Somerset drink/drug driving results 2015

January 7, 2016, 2:17 am

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Road safety officers say they are disappointed at the increased number of people caught drink or drug driving over the Christmas and New Year holiday. A total of 155 people were arrested on suspicion of drink/drug driving offences compared with 106 in December 2014. Of those, 96 were charged compared with 59 during December 2014. T/Chief Inspector Stuart Bell, leading the Operation Tonic road safety campaign, said: "Even one driver caught driving under the influence is one too many....

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Police appeal after 55-year-old assaulted in Weston-super-Mare

January 7, 2016, 4:34 am

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Police are asking for help following an assault, which took place in Weston-super-Mare. The incident happened on 12 December at about 2.15am in Waterloo Street. A spokesman for the police said: "The victim, a 55-year-old man, was walking along Waterloo Street (on the opposite side of the street to Argos) when he was approached by a group of four white men."One of the men hit the victim, causing facial injuries, which required hospital treatment."The victim believes there...

Worle deputy headteacher David Jenkins arrested over indecent...

January 7, 2016, 6:34 am

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A deputy headteacher of a school in Worle has been arrested on suspicion of possessing indecent images of children and inciting a child to commit sexual acts. 51-year-old David Jenkins was suspended from his primary school last year after a police investigation was launched in June. Officers had been tipped off by school staff who raised concerns with the local council over suspected inappropriate contact with former pupils. Jenkins, who taught at Mead Vale Primary School in Worle,...

Horse owners warned after items stolen from horse box in Somerset

January 11, 2016, 2:45 am

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Horse owners are being warned to be extra vigilant after items were stolen from a horse box in Mark. A spokesman for Avon and Somerset's Horse Watch said: "During the early hours of January 8, offenders have attended a farm in Southwick and accessed a horsebox stored in a barn. "They have attempted to remove the hydraulic ram and unit for the horsebox ramp. "They have stolen the hydraulic pipes and shut off valve but failed to disconnect the pump. "Please be aware and...

Police appeal after theft from Pets at Home in Weston-super-Mare

January 12, 2016, 7:54 am

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Police are appealing for help to find a woman they would like to speak regarding a theft at Pets at Home. Police want to speak to the woman pictured in the CCTV who they believe can them with their enquiries. The incident took place at Pets At Home, in Marchfields Way, Weston-super-Mare, on December 31. Anyone who recognises her can contact Avon and Somerset Police on 101 and quote reference number 5215073957.

"Evil" paedophile gang member who raped baby found...

January 19, 2016, 9:41 am

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AN "evil" paedophile who raped a three-month-old child was found hanged in Bristol's prison on Friday, it has been revealed. Notorious IT expert and child abuse gang member Robin Hollyson was at the start of a 24-year sentence for multiple abuse offences as part of a gang jailed just last year. The gang 31-year-old died days later in hospital after being discovered unresponsive at Horfield prison on Friday. The gang of seven men filmed themselves abusing youngsters and then...

33-year-old man jailed for 17 months for graffiting gorge

January 21, 2016, 8:46 am

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A 33-year-old man has been sentenced to 17 months behind bars after he admitted graffiting the Avon Gorge. Stephen Tiger, 33, of Napier Road, Avonmouth, was jailed at Bristol Crown Court today (21/1) for eight acts of criminal damage. Tiger, formerly known as Stephen Burke, spray painted his "WES" graffiti tag onto the cliff face on 8 June last year. The cost of removing the graffiti was around £20,000 as the area is a site of significant scientific interest. Tiger was arrested for...

CCTV images released after theft from Sedgemoor Services

January 25, 2016, 8:03 am

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Police are issuing CCTV images of two people they'd like to trace after a wallet was stolen from Sedgemoor Services on the northbound M5. A spokesman for the police said: "A wallet was taken from the top of an ATM in the services around 8.20am on Sunday 17 January."The two men we'd like to identify were wearing red sweatshirts, possibly with a company logo on."If you recognise these two men, or have any information about this theft, please call us via 101 and quote reference...

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Schoolboys threatened by man in Weston-super-Mare as they walked...

January 26, 2016, 4:27 am

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Police are appealing for information after three schoolboys were threatened by a man in an apparently unprovoked incident in Moor Lane, Weston-super-Mare. It happened between 8am and 8.15am on Thursday 21 January. A spokesman for the police said: "The boys, aged 11 and 12, were walking to school. As they reached a T junction on Moor Lane near Little Plumley Park a man walked up behind them, pushed two of them and lifted the third off his feet, swearing and threatening them before...

Police foil £1.5million cannabis import plans, Bristol...

January 27, 2016, 1:50 am

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POLICE smashed a plot to import £1.5 million worth of cannabis into the UK via Bristol, a jury heard. Bristol Crown Court was told a group agreed to bring the large consignment of drugs from South Africa into Heathrow Airport. But police intercepted the illicit cargo, delivered it to a storage unit in Avonmouth and tracked down those said to be involved in the enterprise. Four people deny conspiracy to import cannabis between January and October 2013. They are: Karl Richter-John, 43,...

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January 27, 2016, 3:14 am

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A CONCERNED mother has warned fellow parents after a "fake police car" flagged down her daughter's friend and the driver allegedly "went to attack him". Sarah Chidwick took to Facebook on Tuesday, January 26, and reported a "white Audi police car" with flashing lights had stopped the friend, who was driving through Yatton at 1am that morning. The worried mother said: "My daughter's friend was on his way home about 1am. As he drove through Yatton he was...

Renault Clio driven into Bristol shop wall in early-morning...

January 28, 2016, 7:51 am

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Police are appealing for information following a ram raid burglary in Bristol. The incident took place shortly after 5.30am this morning (28/01) at The Electric Transport Shop on Lower Redland Road. A spokesman said: "A silver Renault Clio was reversed into the front entrance of the shop causing extensive damage to the building. "The offenders gained access to the premises and stole three electric bikes worth more than £7,500. "The car was found abandoned nearby and...

Child rapist has 'unduly lenient' sentence increased

January 29, 2016, 6:45 am

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Bristol child sex offender Jack Joseph Brown was today sentenced to three years and six months in jail after the Court of Appeal overturned his original sentence. Brown pleaded guilty at Bristol Crown Court in November 2015 to the rape of a child under 13 and was sentenced to a community order for three years with a supervision requirement for two years. After a referral by the Solicitor General Robert Buckland QC MP, the Court of Appeal today increased Brown's sentence to a jail term of...