Frome man ploughed into parked cars afer drinking rum

December 21, 2016, 9:28 am

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Unable to get a taxi home after a night out drinking, a Frome man got into his car and ended up ploughing it into two parked vehicles.Alexander White then spun his car across the road hitting a barrier and left the scene to go to his father's house.When the police were called officers went to the scene in Lower Innox and when White returned with his father he failed a roadside breath test and was found to be more than double the drink drive limit.White, 23, of Stonewall Terrace, pleaded guilty...

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Terror alert - threat severe in UK but no increased police...

December 21, 2016, 12:13 pm

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In the aftermath of the attack on a Christmas market in Berlin the National Police Chief's Council lead for protective security in Britain has said the UK threat level remains severe.That means police and security services believe an attack somewhere in the UK is "highly likely"Across the country there has been a heightened police and security presence in city centres, including Bristol, where extra officers have been patrolling the Christmas market.But so far Avon and Somerset Police...

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December 22, 2016, 8:54 am

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Can you help us identify anyone pictured in this group of people?Police believe they may be able to help with investigations into a racially aggravated common assault on a taxi driver in Taunton.The incident happened between 1am and 1.10am on December 10.A police spokesman said a taxi driver picked up a fare at the Corporation Street taxi rank at around 12.50am and was asked to travel to the Priorswood area of Taunton.MORE: CCTV appeal after police launch murder investigation following death of...

Highbridge cat shot by airgun in 'awful and evil' attack, leaving...

December 22, 2016, 10:00 pm

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A cat was shot earlier this week in Highbridge in a sickening attack that left it with a fractured leg.Poor moggy Clyde was rushed to Bridge Veterinary Surgery on Monday (December 19) after it was shot.The attack, which has been described as "awful and evil" resulted in a pellet lodged deep inside the nine-year-old cat's leg.Surgeon Anne Perry said: "The cat was brought in on Monday after its owner had realised it was not using its back leg very well."I did suspect that it...

Police release e-fit of a man following burglary near Frome

December 23, 2016, 3:49 am

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Police have released an E-fit of a man they'd like to talk to in connection with a burglary in Mells, not far from Frome.A house was burgled and car keys were taken before the offenders then stole the home owners black Audi S3.The incident occurred on November 22 at approximately 9.20pm.The man Avon and Somerset Police would like to speak to is described as white, about 5ft 10ins tall, aged in his 30s and of large build. He had shaved brown hair and a full beard.Anyone who recognises the man...

Historic child sex abuse inquiry will not tackle Church of...

December 23, 2016, 4:10 am

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The public inquiry into child sexual abuse within the Church of England and other institutions is to be sped up and partially scaled back.Professor Alexis Jay, who is chairing the inquiry, has said that she wants to refocus the inquiry into preventing abuse.She told The Guardian that she remained committed to pursuing all 13 investigations into "non-recent abuse" with institutions, including the Catholic church and the Houses of Parliament.But she added that there would only be one or...

Could new public space protection orders cut Sherborne crime?...

December 23, 2016, 5:09 am

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Sherborne residents are being asked for their views on new local government orders which are designed to cut down on crime in Dorset towns. West Dorset District Council has launched a brace of consultations on Public Space Protection Orders (known as PSPOs for short). The new powers, brought in under the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, allow the council to impose restrictions on what kind of behaviour is permitted within certain, clearly-defined public spaces. The...

Drunk driver in McDonald's Yeovil car park swore at police when...

December 23, 2016, 6:41 am

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A man who was colliding with other vehicles parked in the Yeovil McDonald's car park while more than three times the drink drive limit refused to comply with the police when he was pulled over again two days later, drunk at the wheel.Officers were called to McDonald's in Lysander Road on December 18 after reports that a Jaguar car had struck several other vehicles parked in the car park.When they arrived they found Keith James Graver, who also had no insurance, and although he initially refused...

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Cuckooing in Yeovil in 2016: Gangs taking over vulnerable...

December 23, 2016, 7:08 am

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It has been a busy year in 2016 for our police force tackling drug dealing in Yeovil.One of the biggest problems it identified earlier this year was a practice known as cuckooing where gangs of drugs dealers from cities like London, Manchester and Liverpool are sending couriers to small communities.And vulnerable people in those communities are being exploited by the gangs as their homes become drug dens for dealing in the class A substances.Their homes are taken over, and they are encouraged to...

Yeovil teen stole money for presents from his own grandmother

December 23, 2016, 7:22 am

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A Yeovil teenager who abused the trust of his own grandmother, helped himself to more than £200 from her bank account and blew the lot on a night out in Bristol with friends.The victim had been putting money aside from her meagre pension to buy Christmas presents for her great grandchildren after giving Jamie Ryan Lever a roof above his head.However when she asked him to withdraw £10 from her account and handed over her card and pin number he stole £210 and used it to buy some...

Lucy Baird shouted "​I don't care, I'm a Baird" as she...

December 23, 2016, 7:41 am

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A Wells woman who attacked a woman in her own driveway, grabbed her by the hair and shouted: "I don't care, I'm a Baird. We do what we like".Lucy Ann Baird was with a 16-year-old youth when she carried out the assault, pulling out clumps of hair and repeatedly punching the victim in the face after she had thrown an empty takeaway package at her.While she was still hitting the woman the youth got a sledgehammer out from their car and started making threats to damage her property,...

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December 23, 2016, 8:41 am

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Distracted when his friends offered him some laughing gas on the way home from the Glastonbury Festival, a West Pennard man ended up crashing his car into a tree.Thomas Evans had two passengers in his car, and had previously inhaled some of the nitrous oxide gas with his friends.When he asked for a top-up of the gas during the journey he then lost control of the vehicle and the collision occurred.When police were called to the scene they carried out a drugs impairment test, but Somerset...

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December 23, 2016, 8:09 pm

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It might be Christmas, but as any police officer will tell you, crime doesn't take any time off.As always in the run up to the festive season the courts have been full of those awaiting their fate.Here's just some of those who will be spending this Christmas behind bars.38-year-old Andre Egington was jailed this week for eight years by a furious judge after he admitted a string of sexual offences against young girls. Egington, currently a serving prisoner, but originally from Poundfield Road in...

Somerset's strangest criminals of 2016

December 23, 2016, 9:41 pm

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For every criminal mastermind basking in the glory of their ill-gotten gains there is another languishing in a cell somewhere because things did not go as they planned.Here are some occasions when the courts have heard some weird details about how criminals were brought to justiceDarren HughesArrested on minor offences, 24-year-old Darren Hughes from Chard displayed his annoyance at his incarceration by flinging his own poo around a police holding cell.While the original charges he'd been...

Shepton Mallet man in court accused of "slaloming through...

December 23, 2016, 10:00 pm

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A Shepton Mallet man who allegedly drove in a slalom style manoeuvre through a barrage of emergency service vehicles who were dealing with a car fire has been charged with dangerous driving.Luke Gary Russell was allegedly involved in an accident and was then seen driving away from the scene at Whatley, near Frome.The 20-year-old defendant, of Summerleaze Park, pleaded not guilty to driving a vehicle dangerously on Raiford Hill in Whatley on July 9.He was also charged with driving the car without...

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December 23, 2016, 10:00 pm

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A man and woman from Shepton Mallet accused of sexually assaulting their daughters by engaging in what they said was "playground horseplay" have appeared in court.Somerset Magistrates were told that the couple were said to have regularly played a game called "nipple cripple" involving touching the two girls, aged 12 and 13, on their breasts.The court heard that the male defendant was also said to have touched the victims on other parts of their bodies.MORE NEWS: Man snared by...

Three women in court over Neo assault

December 23, 2016, 10:00 pm

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Three young women from Yeovil have appeared in court charged with an incident where two other females were assaulted in a town centre nightclub.Appearing in the dock before Somerset Magistrates were Daniella Foss, 20, of Preston Road, Georgina McCulloch, 26, of Hathermead Gardens and Shannon Stoke, 21, of Northbrook Road.Foss and Stoke were charged with assaulting Lucy Adams by beating her during the incident at Club Neo in Yeovil on August 13.MORE NEWS: Drunk driver in McDonald's Yeovil car...

Chard man facing trial over skatepark assault

December 23, 2016, 10:00 pm

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A man accused of assaulting three youths during an incident at a Chard skate park has been ordered to stand trial before Somerset Magistrates.Matthew Scriven, 20, of Chesterfield, Chard, appeared in the dock before Somerset Magistrates, sitting at Yeovil.He was charged that on October 12 at the skate park in Henson Park, Chard, he assaulted the three male youths by beating them.MORE NEWS: The 264 Somerset schools where asbestos is present have been revealedThe defendant pleaded not guilty to all...

Drink driver crashed into trolley and bin in supermarket car park

December 23, 2016, 10:00 pm

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An Ilminster woman who was more than three times the drink drive limit when she collided with a trolley and rubbish bin in a supermarket car park has been given a 30 month driving ban.Johanna Suzanne Little was stressed after starting a new job earlier this year, and after drinking five bottles of lager the night before, she bought two small bottles of wine and downed them in the Tesco public toilets.When she went to drive away from the car park the accident occurred and a member of the public...

Chard mum in court on child neglect charges

December 23, 2016, 10:00 pm

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A Chard mother accused of neglecting her two young children and leaving them overnight with unsuitable males in the house while she stayed with a friend has appeared in court.The 22-year-old woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, appeared in the dock before Somerset Magistrates at Yeovil.She pleaded not guilty to a charge that between January 26 and March 24 at Chard, being a person over the age of 16 and having responsibility for a boy aged 3 and a girl aged 2, she willfully assaulted,...