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September 29, 2016, 8:03 am

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A 41-year-old man has been charged with false imprisonment, assault and possession of a powerful electrical stun gun.An Avon and Somerset Constabulary spokesman said the charges related to an incident on September 20 in the Shepton Mallet area.The charges allege the he carried out an assault by beating and falsely imprisoned a woman.They also detailed that he was allegedly in possession of a weapon designed to discharge an electrical incapacitation device, according to police in Somerset.The...

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September 29, 2016, 9:01 am

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Worrying pictures have emerged of discarded needles strewn over Weston-super-Mare beach.The pictures emerged on the "Spotlight on Weston-super-Mare" Facebook group, and North Somerset Council are warning people not to touch a needle should they find one.Although the pictures will worry those who use the beach, especially those with young children, the council have reassured residents that it does everything it can to remove needles.A statement from North Somerset Council read: "As...

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September 29, 2016, 9:21 am

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The mother of a schoolgirl who allegedly had a sexual relationship with a 22-year-old teaching assistant wept in the dock today as she told a court she believed him when he said he had no interest in her daughter. Hamid Bhatti, who is now 24, but had been 22 at the time of the alleged offences, had been on a teaching placement at a Yeovil school when he met the fifteen-year-old girl, who cannot be identified for legal reasons. Now living at now living at Sladen Street, Rochdale, he denies a...

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September 29, 2016, 9:47 am

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Needles and drugs paraphernalia have been discovered by police in a public toilet.Neighbourhood officers from Avon and Somerset Police carrying out a community safety survey in Kingsmead Square in Bath earlier today (Thursday, September 29) were called to deal with an issue in the public toilets in nearby Monmouth Street.PCs Laura Biro and Nigel Howcroft and Neighbourhood Inspector Adrian Fallows were meeting with police crime reduction advisers to see if they could suggest any changes to the...

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September 29, 2016, 12:15 pm

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Avon and Somerset Police are appealing for information after a number of gardening tools were stolen in a burglary in Western-super-Mare.The equipment was stolen from a lockup at Westacres Caravan and Storage Park in the West Wick area sometime between 3.30pm on Wednesday (September 28) and 9.30am on Thursday (September 29).The items stolen were: • A handheld Stihl leaf blower • A handheld Stihl hedge trimmer • A backpack Stihl strimmer • A Stihl strimmer with bullhorn...

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September 30, 2016, 6:33 am

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A sneak thief stole a full charity box from a Wells shop containing cash donated by customers during a Macmillan Cofffee Morning.The Edinburgh Woollen Mill in Wells took part in the Big MacMillan Coffee Morning on Thursday, September 29. The staff made a great effort to ensure the event would be a success, baking cakes and other baked goods. Many customers, locals and visitors, gave very generously, filling the tin in no time. Towards the end of the morning, during a busy period of trading, the...

Man 'drove' through Yeovil with pedestrian clinging to his bonnet

September 30, 2016, 6:57 am

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A man accused of driving along busy main roads in Yeovil while a man was clinging onto his bonnet in fear of his life has been sent to Taunton Crown Court to stand trial.Dean Burt allegedly scooped up the victim onto the front of his van after the victim had tried to block his path as he was carrying a suspected shoplifter.He was then said to have driven along Lysander Road and other residential streets, swerving and braking sharply trying to dislodge the complainant causing him to fear he would...

Homeless man squatting in property near Yeovil caught with knife...

September 30, 2016, 6:58 am

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With no job and no roof above his head, a man broke into an empty property in Yeovil and took up residence as a squatter.Police were called to the address in West Coker Road after reports that somebody had been seen inside and they could see someone inside with a light on.When the occupant did not answer repeated knocks at the door they forced their way in and found Artur Urbanowicz inside.The following month he was seen in Yeovil town centre with another male in the early hours of the morning,...

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Ilminster man who abused supermarket security staff handed...

September 30, 2016, 7:15 am

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An Ilminster man narrowly avoided being sent to prison after being arrested for abusing a shop security guard while subject to a suspended sentence.Ashley William Oliver was challenged by the member of staff at the Tesco store in the town after he took a number of items into the customer toilets.After hearing a bottle smash on the floor the defendant was asked to leave but he then became abusive and started making offensive gestures.Oliver, 25, of Letham Court, pleaded guilty to using...

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September 30, 2016, 7:16 am

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An unlucky Frome man who pulled over to help an off-duty police officer who was changing a tyre and was found to be over the drink drive limit has been jailed for five months after breaching his suspended prison sentence.Convicted sex offender James Searle-Mallon had been out drinking when he stopped to offer assistance to the officer, but when he spoke to him the officer believed he was drunk.After he was breathalysed and gave a positive result he appeared in court charged with drink driving...

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September 30, 2016, 7:36 am

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A teenager has been charged with three burglaries in Street, stealing a car and driving without a licence or insurance. A 17-year-old is due to appear at Yeovil Magistrates Court for sentencing in relation to the crimes. The burglaries happened on Sunday (September 25), including the theft of a car that subsequently crashed. PC Jim Card from Yeovil Investigations Team said: "I hope the sentencing reassures people in Street."We know that the impact on victims of burglary is...

Police and IT expert warn of 'evil' malware holding West Country...

September 30, 2016, 8:18 am

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There has been a "massive upsurge" in reports of a dangerous email virus attacking West Country businesses, according to a local IT expert.Managing director of IT Ambulance, Frank Connelly, said big local businesses had been targeted during a series of attempted cyber-attacks on Monday (September 26). A piece of malware called Crysis – which Mr Connelly believes may be sponsored by a foreign state – effectively holds everything on your computer hostage once it infects your...

The murder of Gillingham PC Yvonne Fletcher - and a 30 year wait...

September 30, 2016, 9:11 am

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Yvonne Fletcher joined the Metropolitan Police in 1977 and at just under 5ft 3in, she was Britain's shortest police officer – in fact, she was such a promising recruit the police waived the minimum height to allow her to join the force. PC Fletcher went to school in Gillingham and had wanted to be a police officer since she was three-years-old. Described by her superiors as a "super girl, a bundle of energy, a diamond. Always willing to help anyone," she took new recruits...

​When the IRA went camping in Somerset

September 30, 2016, 9:33 am

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1987 – the year Terry Waite was kidnapped in Lebanon, Margaret Thatcher was prime-minister and it was the year the Herald of Free Enterprise was lost, of the Hungerford Massacre and the Kings Cross fire.'The Troubles' in Northern Ireland wee at the forefront of everyone's minds and tensions continued to increase. At the heart of the conflict lay the constitutional status of Northern Ireland. The unionist majority wanted to remain part of the United Kingdom while the nationalist and...

Yeovil man admits urinating in police van after being arrested...

September 30, 2016, 3:22 pm

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A man who was caught red-handed piling bottles of whisky into a bag at a Chard supermarket then urinated in the back of the police van after he was arrested. Charles Cox was seen with another male at the Sainsburys store putting bottles of Jack Daniels into a bag and he was stopped on leaving the premises. He was abusive to the police when they tried to arrest him and while being taken to the police station in the back of a van he shouted "I'm going to piss in the van" and then...

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September 30, 2016, 11:00 pm

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A Wincanton man accused of assaulting a 16-year-old youth and his stepfather and then made threats to others with two large carving knives has been sent to Taunton Crown Court to stand trial.Benjamin Kyle Davies, 27, of Cale Way, appeared in the dock before Somerset Magistrates at Yeovil.He was charged with assaulting the youth causing him actual bodily harm.Davies was also charged with assaulting the youth's stepfather by beating him during an incident on May 9.READ MORE: Homeless man caught...

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September 30, 2016, 11:00 pm

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A Walton man who was being given first aid by a nearby resident after crashing into a gate in Compton Dundon fled the scene when he realised he had called the police.When officers arrived and located Stuart Edward John Lambert nearby they could see he was unsteady on his feet and after smelling alcohol on his breath they arrested him.When he was breathalysed he gave a reading which was more than double the drink drive limit, Somerset Magistrates were told.Lambert, 28, of Chancellor Road, pleaded...

Car smoking ban: Somerset police have not prosecuted a single...

October 2, 2016, 11:58 pm

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Not a single motorist in Somerset has been prosecuted for smoking in their car with a child since the law was changed to make it illegal last year. The Department of Health and Public Health England introduced legislation on October 1, 2015, making it illegal to smoke in a vehicle carrying someone who is under 18 in a bid to protect children from the dangers of secondhand smoke. But figures provided by Avon and Somerset Police showed they have prosecuted no drivers under this law. A spokesman...

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October 3, 2016, 2:38 am

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Many people wouldn't turn down an offer of millions of pounds - but in this case, it was the right thing to do.A Sherborne resident received a letter on Thursday (September 29) from what appeared to be a Chinese bank, saying a millionaire had died and left them half of his financial portfolio.The recipient stood to gain $8.2M (around £6.4M), according to the "relations manager at China CITIC Bank".What made the scam appear convincing was the bogus deceased millionaire had the...

Highbridge man Richard Anderson denies rape charges

October 3, 2016, 5:51 am

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A Highbridge man has appeared in court to deny two rape charges and one of engaging in sexual activity without consent.Richard Anderson, of Morland Road, pleaded not guilty to all the charges, said to have taken place between October 15, 2012 and 31 August, 2014.Clean-shaved and dressed smartly in a suit and tie, the defendant spoke only to confirm his name and enter his pleas at Taunton Crown Court this morning.The 33-year-old will face a trial on November 14, and was granted bail until...