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Taunton man told 'jail is inevitable' after admitting sex...
A man has been told a prison sentence is 'inevitable' after he admitted a string of historical sexual offences against a 15-year-old girl.31-year-old Shaun Prettyjohns, of Coopers Mill, Norton...
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Hear the 999 call made by a Somerset pensioner - after her...
This is the moment a brave pensioner makes a harrowing 999 call for help -- after being sexually assaulted by her husband.The unnamed 78-year-old woman can be heard sobbing down the phone as she tells...
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Dorset man to stand trial for historic sex offences
A Dorset man will stand trial next year for historic sex offences.David Akers, 60, of Weymouth, appeared at Bournemouth Crown Court this morning (December 19) to face charges relating to offences which...
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Wincanton police warn public to beware of counterfeit cash in the...
Counterfeit notes have been used to buy goods in a Somerset town, prompting a warning from a local police officer. PC Neil Wolstenholme told residents to "be on your guard" on Twitter after recent...
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Man caught drug driving after police spotted car weaving across...
A man who was spotted by police weaving across the road in his car on the Glastonbury bypass was later confirmed to be drug driving after taking a test. Narottam Zakheim had been to a gig at the...
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Yeovil teenager drove while disqualified the day before being...
The day before he was due to be sentenced for a dangerous driving offence, a Yeovil teenager got behind the wheel and drove while he was subject to a ban. Police on patrol in the town saw David Fenn...
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Man snared by online paedophile hunters spared jail
A man who was snared by paedophile hunters posing online as a 14-year-old girl was told he had 'avoided jail by the skin of his teeth' today.50-year-old Gerald Knight had chatted with the fictitious...
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19-year-old spared jail after sexually assaulting two young men
A "smashed" 19-year-old man who stripped off and sexually assaulted two young men was spared jail by a judge.Joshua Trowbridge from Oaken Ground, Wellington, met the pair to buy alcohol and went to a...
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Man severely beaten by girlfriend heads Taunton charity's...
A man who was so badly beaten by his partner that he nearly lost an arm is urging Somerset men to not suffer in silence.Ian McNicholl, a domestic abuse survivor and Ambassador of the Taunton-based...
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Sherborne pharmacy raid: Gillingham man arrested for Abbey...
A man arrested on suspicion of robbing a Dorset pharmacy will remain on police bail until the middle of next month.Last month Dorset Police arrested a man from Gillingham in connection to a "daylight...
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Distraction burglary in Sherborne foiled by quick-thinking farm...
Quick-thinking farm workers were able to foil a distraction burglary after spotting suspicious signs.Workers on a farm near Sherborne were approached by a man asking for water to put in his vehicle,...
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Sherborne woman hid perfume stolen from Yeovil Boots store down...
Desperate for some cash so she could get back home, a Sherborne woman went thieving in Boots, helping herself to more than £200 worth of fragrances. However, a security guard at the store on Middle...
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Frome man stole alcohol from Tesco Express and shouted 'come and...
A Somerset man who stole three bottles of wine from a convenience store told the police who arrested him that committing the offence had been "easy". Reece Tonks helped himself to the alcohol at the...
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Taunton Royal Marine convicted of murdering injured Afghan...
A Royal Marine jailed for life for killing an injured Afghan fighter is due to find out today if he will be released on bail.Sergeant Alexander Blackman was jailed for 10 years for shooting dead a...
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Christmas 2016: Raid on lights raising money for Bristol hospital...
A woman who raises money for charity every year was left "frightened" for her elderly mum when thieves came to snatch much of her Christmas light display. Priscilla Carver had only just put up this...
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Bridgwater paedophile jailed for indecent assaults on 14-year-old...
A Somerset man has been sentenced to nine years in prison after he admitting indecently assaulting boys under the age of 14.Glyn Davies, of Fir Tree Close, Bridgwater, was sentenced at Isleworth Crown...
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38-year-old Minehead man jailed for sexual abuse of two girls
A man who sexually abused two young girls was jailed for eight years by a furious judge today (December 21).38-year-old Andre Egington, currently a serving prisoner, but originally from Penfield Road...
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Yeovil teenager accused of dangerous driving on A37 to stand...
A teenager accused of driving dangerously on the A37 and other roads in Yeovil has been sent to Taunton Crown Court to stand trial.Curtis Adrian Yaldiz, 19, of Freedom Avenue in Yeovil, appeared in the...
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Chard man rolled van while driving back from night of pool double...
A Chard man who lost control of his van and collided into a wall, overturning the vehicle, was more than double the drink drive limit when he was freed from the wreckage.Clive Benham had offered to...
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Yeovil drink-driver ambushed by police outside pub after tip off
Acting on a tip-off, the police waited outside a Yeovil pub for a man to leave in his car and when they breathalysed him found he was over the limit.Sixty-three-year-old Joseph Roy Milton also only had...
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