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Police in Dorset town catch clown parking illegally and warn...
Police have issued another stern warning to people dressing up as scary clowns in public – after catching a driver in a mask parked illegally. Officers used an official Facebook page to reassure the...
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Yeovil couple to stand trial after allegedly attacking girl, 11,...
A couple who allegedly attacked an 11-year-old girl at a Yeovil beauty spot after she threw a ball into a lake have been ordered to stand trial before Somerset Magistrates.Tiberiu and Violeta Kallos...
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Frome woman used former employer's account to buy wellies and...
A Frome woman who was laid off by her employer after only a few days of working for them went shopping at a nearby store the next day and charged it to their account.Josie Faye McCulloch had only...
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A Crewkerne man who fled the scene of a crash has denied driving...
A Haselbury Plucknett man who allegedly collided with an oncoming vehicle and then panicked and ran away from the scene denied a careless driving charge when he appeared in court.Matthew Steven...
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Stephen Pearce from Bridgwater appears in court over sex offence...
A Bridgwater man will face trial in the spring after denying a string of sexual offences.Stephen Pearce, 37, who currently has no fixed address, denied one charge of assault by penetration, another of...
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Frome man to be sentenced after pinning partner on floor by her...
A man who pinned his partner down on the floor by her neck leaving her struggling to breathe during a whole day of continual arguments is to be sentenced by magistrates at the end of the month.Antony...
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Yeovil man in court for impersonation of police, after allegedly...
A court has hear that a Yeovil man accused of impersonating a police officer had allegedly fitted his car out to look like a patrol vehicle.Sam Francis Jones has appeared in court to deny a string of...
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Crewkerne pensioner in court over child sex offences
A Crewkerne man will face a trial before a judge and jury after pleading not guilty to two counts of sexual assaults on a child, said to have happened between 2011-2013, and in November last year.John...
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Dale Ashford, from Yeovil, jailed for 30 months after biting...
Police have said they are ready to help victims of hate crime after a vicious assault left a former member of the Turkish Army "scared and intimidated."Turkish national Mehmit Ali Karaaslan, who has...
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Stoke-sub-Hamdon man Darren Trotman pleads guilty to assault on...
A father who assaulted his 'vulnerable' friend in a moment of 'needless violence' has been jailed by a judge.Darren Trotman, 29, pleaded guilty to one count of assault causing actual bodily harm which...
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Body found in Sherborne: everything we know - and what we still...
It's been four days since the body of a man in his 40s was discovered in Sherborne during a missing person search.The gentleman was discovered during an extensive search for 14-year-old Gryphon...
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Jack Gudge death: no further police action after teenager's death...
Dorset Police have said that "no further action" will be taken against a 24-year-old man arrested in connection with the death of Jack Gudge. The teenager died after a disturbance outside a Tesco...
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Dorset man to stand trial for threatening to kill former partner
A Dorset man accused of making a threat to kill his former partner has been ordered to stand trial before Somerset Magistrates.Phillip David Paulley is alleged to have sent the complainant a Facebook...
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Yetminster man Gordon Brown found guilty of starting fire at...
A Dorset man accused of driving to his ex wife's home in Wincanton and starting a fire has been found guilty of the offence following a trial before Somerset Magistrates.Gordon Richard Brown, 33, of...
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Glastonbury dog attack: Police Taser animal after it attacks...
Police have used a Taser on a dog in a Somerset town after it attacked an officer. Avon and Somerset Constabulary were called to a disturbance involving four to six people on Glastonbury High Street on...
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Raid in Merriott: Police in Somerset appeal for help to find two...
Two men who attacked a cash machine at a petrol station in Somerset with a circular saw are being hunted by police. After forcing entry to Broadway service station, the men fled the scene in a dark...
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Yeovil man sentenced for breaching order telling him to stay away...
A Yeovil man who had been ordered to stay away from his partner was found by police hiding in a cupboard at an address where she was visiting just a week after being given the court order.Joshua Shawn...
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Wellington drug dealer spared jail as court hears he came from...
A Wellington drug dealer avoided jail by the narrowest of margins after a judge gave him 'one chance to redeem himself'.20-year-old Chadd Winters, from Churchfields, was found by police in the drivers...
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Sherborne pharmacy raid: Dorset PCC apologises for failings in...
Dorset's police and crime commissioner has officially apologised to the proprietor of a Sherborne pharmacy targeted by thieves last month. The Abbey Pharmacy on Cheap Street was raided by thieves on...
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Burnham-on-Sea man Stuart Kilcoyne tried to recover £1,000...
A Burnham-on-Sea man has avoided being sent to jail after he admitted being in possession of an illegal stun-gun, disguised to look like a torch.Stuart Kilcoyne was found with the weapon at 7.30pm on...
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