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Somerset family left to pick up pieces after tools worth...
A self-employed Somerset businessman and his family have been left to pick up the pieces after thousands of pounds' worth of tools were stolen from their van. Thieves targeted a van parked on the...
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Lee Stoodley JAILED and branded 'inhumanly callous' over death of...
A man who caused the death of one young man and left another paralysed from the neck down has been sentenced to 11 years in jail by a judge this afternoon. Lee Stoodley was branded "despicable" and...
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Families speak of pain as Lee Stoodley jailed for killing Lewis...
The families of those killed and maimed when the car Lee Stoodley was driving back from a Christmas night out hurtled across a roundabout and into a tree told a court today about the night their lives...
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Lee Stoodley trial: Paralysed Dan Reed says crash that killed...
A man left paralysed in a crash which killed Lewis Rogers near Bridgwater has spoken about how the terrible event has taken his promising future from him. Dan Reed told today how the actions of Lee...
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Picture of Lee Stoodley released as he is jailed for killing...
This is the driver who killed a man and paralysed another in a horror crash near Bridgwater. Lee Stoodley, 33, of Gielgud Close, Burnham-on-Sea, was jailed today for the crash which killed Lewis Rogers...
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Kristian Coombes and Gene Gill face judge over Taunton brawl that...
Two men who got into an ugly brawl in Taunton which left one man battered and bleeding and another with a broken jaw and fractured skull faced a judge for sentencing. Kristian Coombes, 27, from Godfrey...
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Police appeal after man found with serious head injuries in...
Detectives are appealing for witnesses after a man was found with serious head injuries in Weymouth.The man aged in his 40s was found lying next to a bicycle in Upway Street, off King Street, at around...
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Jailed cannabis factory operator has to pay £16,000...
A Somerset man will have to pay out £16,000 as well as serve a prison sentence for running a drugs factory in an industrial unit. Matthew Hand, 37, of Regency Court in Wells, was ordered to pay out...
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Thieves steal half a ton of lead from All Saints Church roof in...
Thieves stole more than half a ton of lead from a Somerset church roof in an early hours theft. The All Saints Church in Merriott was targeted on March 14 where the lead was forcibly removed from the...
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Police issue appeal for witnesses after man was kicked in the...
Warminster police have issued an appeal for witnesses after a man was assaulted on Sunday night (March 26). The victim who is in his 50s was knocked to the ground and repeatedly kicked to the body and...
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Bournemouth dad Robert Hinz murdered three-month-old son
A father has been found guilty of the murder of his three-month-old son in Dorset. Robert Hinz, 34 and of Carysfort Road, was found guilty on Tuesday, (March 28) of murder following an 12-day trial at...
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M5 crash witnesses sought by Avon and Somerset Police
Avon and Somerset Constabulary is appealing for witnesses following a two-car crash on the southbound stretch of the M5, on the split level between junctions 19 and 20, at around 3pm on Friday, March...
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M5 and M49 incidents: Two charged after slab thrown from bridge...
Two teenagers have been charged after a stone slab was thrown from a motorway bridge and went through the windscreen of a cement lorry. The pair have also been charged in connection with a series of...
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Matthew Barnes forgot he had three bags of cocaine in his wallet...
A man who was subjected to a random drugs search at a Yeovil nightclub forgot that he had three bags of drugs in his wallet left over from a weekend stag party. Door staff at Club Neo found the bags of...
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Yeovil police station to remain open for the next 18 months
Yeovil's police station will remain open for the next 18 months, the force has confirmed today (March 29). Avon and Somerset Constabulary has also confirmed that the custody suite will close on Monday,...
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Stuart William Chisman more than four times over drink-driving...
A drink driver who was found by police to be more than four times over the limit when he crashed his car into a wall in Langport town centre could be facing a possible prison sentence. When police were...
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Yeovil monster Peter Kingdon who beat, abused and raped children...
A monster who beat, raped and sexually assaulted three young girls has been sentenced to 22 imprisonment years today. Peter Kingdon, age 55, carried out sickening attacks on the girls over a period of...
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Taunton farmer Robert Norman to be sentenced for threatening to...
A Taunton farmer who attacked his neighbour and threatened to shoot him is due to be sentenced today.Robert Norman, 52, of Northway Farm, Halse in Taunton admitted assaulting Richard Webber and...
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Teenagers asked for phones in attemped robbery in Holway area of...
Police are appealing for witnesses following an attempted robbery in Taunton. Two teenagers were approached on Saturday, March 25, in Holway Avenue at about 7pm. An Avon and Somerset police spokesman...
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Farmer Robert Norman jailed for threatening to shoot neighbour in...
A farmer who pointed a shotgun at his neighbour and threatened to shoot him during an argument over sheep worrying has been jailed for 10 months by a judge today. Robert Norman, 52, of Hill View,...
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