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April 22, 2016, 4:51 am

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The most read Bath Chronicle stories of this morning (Friday, April 22) are dominated by Bath Rugby and in particular the assault case of a first-team player. Student attacked by Bath Rugby player was checking to see if 'upset' Fa'osiliva was okayThe university student who was knocked out by Bath Rugby player Alafoti Fa'osiliva had been checking to see whether the "upset" back-rower was okay.Bath Rugby player Alafoti Fa'osiliva admits unprovoked attack on student in...

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April 23, 2016, 12:52 am

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Three people have been jailed in connection with the death of 84-year-old David Hick. Mr Hick died after he was hit by a car as he crossed Cole Road, Bruton, Somerset, on October 14 2014. Yesterday (April 22) at Bristol Crown Court, two men and a woman have been sentenced for their part in his death. Robert Finlay, 48 of Rickhayes, Wincanton, had previously admitted careless driving while under the influence of alcohol and conspiracy to pervert the course of justice. He has been jailed for...

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April 23, 2016, 7:13 am

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Shane Crouch, 25, of Greenvale Drive in Bath, has been given four 16-week prison sentences which will run concurrently, after he admitted four motoring offences including driving while over the drink-drive limit, driving while disqualified and without insurance. Crouch was subject to a community order at the time. He has been ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £100.Daniel Wright, 31, of Norfolk Crescent in Bath, has been given a community order and made to pay £190 after admitted...

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April 24, 2016, 5:04 am

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These are the most read Bath Chronicle stories from Sunday, April 24. TOP 20: The Sunday Times Rich List 2016 reveals Britain and Ireland's wealthiest The richest people in Britain and Ireland has been revealed with the publication of the Sunday Times Rich List 2016. Queen Elizabeth's love letter sells for £14k at auction in Chippenham A letter written by Queen Elizabeth in 1947 when she was as 21-year-old princess has sold for more than £14,000 in...

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April 24, 2016, 10:00 pm

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A 25-year-old man who raped a 17-year-old girl in Bath will be sentenced for the crime today. Teon-jamal Ballans, from Longmead Terrace, Riverside, is due learn his fate when he appears in Bristol Crown Court on Monday (April 25). Ballans pleaded guilty to two counts of rape in February. The sexual assaults took place in the Lower Bristol Road area of Bath at about 6.30am on Sunday December 20, 2015. Ballans was also charged with possessing an offensive weapon, allegedly used to...

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April 25, 2016, 2:00 am

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A 25-year-old man who raped a 17-year-old girl in Bath was sentenced for the crime today. Teon-jamal Ballans, from Longmead Terrace, Riverside, learned his fate in Bristol Crown Court on Monday (April 25). Ballans pleaded guilty to two counts of rape in February. The sexual assaults took place in the Lower Bristol Road area of Bath at about 6.30am on Sunday December 20, 2015. READ MORE: Bath rapist 'violated and humiliated' his teenage victim in a car parkBrutal rape in Bath left 17-year-old...

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April 25, 2016, 5:13 am

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Avon and Somerset Police have issued a statement following the sentencing of Bath man Teon-jamal Ballans, who admitted the rape of a teenage girl. Ballans, 25, raped the 17-year-old girl in the early hours of December 20 last year at the Bath Spa University accommodation along Lower Bristol Road. He was sentenced to 11 years in jail. Police thanked the brave victim for her help with the investigation. READ MORE: Bath man Teon-jamal Ballans jailed for rape of 17-year-old girl DCI Gary...

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April 25, 2016, 8:58 am

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A 42-year-old man has admitted slashing a security guard who tackled him after he stole a bottle of vodka from a store in central Bath. Richard Hardman, of Julian House in Bath, pleaded guilty to stealing the alcohol from Marks & Spencer, carrying a knife and using it to deliberately wound Nigel Magner. A court heard that the security guard tackled Hardman to the ground in Kingston Road after Hardman stole a £20 bottle of vodka from the Marks & Spencer store in Stall...

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April 25, 2016, 8:59 am

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A director of hit drama Peaky Blinders from Bath has avoided a driving ban for multiple speeding offences.Otto Bathurst was caught doing 40mph in a 30mph limit in his Mercedes on the A4 Bath Road in Saltford at just before 10pm on October 5 last year.At Bath Magistrates' Court on March 3 he pleaded guilty to one charge of speeding and the case was adjourned until today to consider whether the 43-year-old should be banned.The father-of-three already has nine points on his licence from three...

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April 25, 2016, 9:07 am

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A Bath man who brutally raped a 17-year-old girl 'violated and humiliated' her between parked cars in a car park, a court heard. Teon-jamal Ballans was jailed for more than 11 years today for raping his teenage victim twice during the early hours of Sunday, December 20, 2015. The 25-year-old man from Longmead Terrace, Riverside, had previously admitted to both counts of rape, one vaginal and one oral, near student accommodation in the Lower Bristol Road area of Bath. READ MORE: Live from...

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April 25, 2016, 9:53 am

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These are the most shared Bath Chronicle stories of the past 24 hours (up to 6pm on Monday, April 25). Bath remembers the Second World War Blitz that killed 417 people in the cityA gathering was held outside Royal Victoria Park to remember the 417 people who died in Bath during the Blitz.Art Garfunkel announces Bath Pavilion summer showThe legendary singer-songwriter will visit Bath on June 24, following his performance in London as part of the Hampton Court Palace Festival.Bath Rugby: Mike Ford...

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April 25, 2016, 9:30 pm

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A man who threatened to blow himself up in the centre of Bath is facing a prison sentence. Michael Gadsby called the emergency services at 10.10pm on April 6 and told call handler Stacey Walker he had an incendiary device in his backpack and was going to detonate it in Southgate Street next to SouthGate shopping centre. A terrified Ms Walker "believed 100 per cent" that he was serious and kept the 61-year-old on the phone for 12 minutes before police arrested him in Milsom Street,...

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April 26, 2016, 12:30 am

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The 17-year-old victim of a brutal rape in Bath was left feeling 'worthless' after the attack, a court has heard. The girl, whose courage has been praised by police and lawyers, described her feelings in a victim impact statement read out in Bristol Crown Court on Monday (April 25). Her words were heard by the judge who went on to sentence Teon-jamal Ballans for the "callous and degrading" rape committed in a car park in the Lower Bristol Road area in December 2015. READ...

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April 27, 2016, 2:57 am

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A man who started a fire that caused around half a million pounds worth of damage to a Bath church will be sentenced for the crime next month.Homeless man Stanley Marsh has admitted starting the fire that destroyed parts of St Mary's Church in Julian Road last July.The fire, which started near the confessional box, left the Grade II listed building unusable.PICTURES: Firefighters tackle fire at St Mary's Church, BathThe wooden entrance and roof were damaged, and furnishings, paintings and hymn...

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April 27, 2016, 3:01 am

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These are the most read Bath Chronicle stories from the morning (Wednesday, April 27). Motorcyclist, 35, dies after collision with car in Corsham on A4 Bath Road A 35-year-old motorcyclist has died following a collision with a car in Corsham. Motorcyclist involved in accident on A4 Bath Road in Corsham Three ambulances as well as fire engines and a number of police cars were all called to the scene of the tragic collision. Man charged with committing grievous bodily harm at...

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December 29, 2016, 7:43 am

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Bath's Pigeon Man is back doing his act just 10 days after telling magistrates that even a prison sentence wouldn't stop him feeding the birds.Paul Charlton appeared at Bath Magistrates' Court on December 19 having been convicted of three charges of failing to comply with a community protection notice ordering him to stop feeding pigeons.Despite the court threatening him with a £2,500 fine, Charlton was back today (December 29) by the Pump Room in the centre of Bath, balancing pigeons on...

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December 29, 2016, 8:22 am

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Glenn Michael Bautista, aged 21, of The Weal in Weston, admitted four counts of assaulting the same woman. He assaulted her twice at a house in Bath, once in Shepton Mallet and once in the George Street nightclub Zero Zero. Bautista was given a community order under which he must take part in a building better relationships programme and rehabilitation. An order was put in place restraining Bautista from contacting the woman for two years.Danielle Paige Hazel, 19, of Parsonage Lane in Bath, has...

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December 30, 2016, 12:34 am

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A 35-year-old jailed over tying bacon to the door handles of a Bristol mosque has died in prison.Kevin Crehan died in HMP Bristol on Tuesday (December 27) while serving a 12-month sentence for the crime.A prison spokesman said an investigation into the death in under way, but no further detail has been released.Crehan, from Knowle, was jailed in July along with 48-year-old Mark Bennett, from Patchway, after the pair attacked Jamia Mosque in Green Street, Totterdown.During the incident a St...

30-year-old man jailed by Bath magistrates for 'sustained...

January 2, 2017, 6:02 am

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A man has been jailed over a sustained assault on a woman in her car in Bath.Michael Jamie Brinkley, aged 30, of Julian House, was sent to prison for 12 weeks for assaulting the woman in London Road on May 2. He denied the offence to Bath Magistrates Court on September 26 but was found guilty on November 11. When he appeared at the court in North Parade Road on December 21 for sentencing, he was also found guilty of failing to appear before the court nine days previously on December 12. He was...

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January 2, 2017, 8:03 am

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A homeless woman has been jailed for the second time in a year for begging on the streets of Bath.Jenny Ruth Dinmore, who gave her address as the Julian House Homeless Hostel in Manvers Street, admitted two counts of begging at Bath Magistrates Court. The 41-year-old was subject to a three-year Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO) for the same offence. On October 18 at Terrace Walks she breached that order by begging and did so again on November 19 when she begged in Upper Borough Walls. She was given...