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Man jailed for eight weeks after stealing packet of crisps from...

August 24, 2015, 8:22 am
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A man has been jailed for eight weeks for stealing a packet of crisps and alcohol from a supermarket.Kyle James Farr, 29 of Raby Place, Bathwick, was given an eight-week prison sentence by Bath Magistrates.Farr pleaded guilty to stealing two cans of Jack Daniels and Coke, a can of gin and tonic and a packet of crisps, from Sainsbury's on Dorchester Street on August 7.He was also ordered to pay an £80 victim surcharge and a £150 criminal courts charge.

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Keynsham woman disqualified after being more than four times over...

August 24, 2015, 8:24 am
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A woman has been disqualified from driving after being caught more than four times over the drink drive limit.Louise Marita Hughes, 41 of Silbury Rise, Keynsham, was disqualified for six months by Bath Magistrates.Hughes pleaded guilty to driving a Freelander while over the drink drive limit along the Ashmead Road, Keynsham, on June 30.She was found to have 151 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35 microgrammes of alcohol for every 100 millilitres of breath....

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Two Frome men appear before magistrates charged with attempted...

August 24, 2015, 9:06 am
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TWO men have appeared in court charged with attempted murder after an incident in Frome at the weekend where a man was allegedly stabbed with a knife.Alan McDonald and Ashley Christopher Wells were both arrested following the late night incident on Saturday and appeared before Somerset Magistrates on Monday.McDonald, 40, of Great Western Street, Frome and Ashley Christopher Wells, 19, of Selwood Road were both brought separately before the court at Yeovil.They were both charged with the...

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Bath Magistrates' Court: Latest cases from the court

August 24, 2015, 9:50 pm
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Susan Borries, 73 of Sydney Road, Bath, was ordered to pay £240 and given three points on her driving licence for driving 35 miles an hour along A4 Bath Road, Saltford, on February 20.Nicholas Corbin, 37 of Winiford Lane, Bath was ordered to pay £321 and given three points on his driving licence for exceeding the 50-mile-an-hour speed limit along the A4/A46.Krystal Evans, 28 of Wessington Avenue, Calne, was ordered to pay £321 and given six points on her driving licence for...

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Frome men charged with attempted murder appear in court

August 25, 2015, 2:24 am
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TWO men have appeared in court charged with attempted murder after an incident in Frome at the weekend where a man was allegedly stabbed with a knife.Alan McDonald and Ashley Christopher Wells were both arrested following the late night incident on Saturday and appeared before Somerset Magistrates on Monday.McDonald, 40, of Great Western Street, Frome and Ashley Christopher Wells, 19, of Selwood Road were both brought separately before the court at Yeovil.They were both charged with the...

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Bath Magistrates' Court: People say no to closure

August 25, 2015, 3:22 am
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The majority of people want Bath to keep its Magistrates' Court.A survey, being conducted by the city's MP Ben Howlett, has revealed that 86 per cent of people value having the courts in Bath.Bath Magistrates' Court is one of 91 courts across England and Wales earmarked for closure by the Ministry of Justice.According to the Ministry there are 460 courts and tribunal hearing centres in England and Wales costing taxpayers half a billions pounds a year.But last year over a third of all courts and...

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Mark McCrae banned from driving after posting video of himself...

August 25, 2015, 3:30 am
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A man who posted an online video of himself driving on the M5 at 160 miles per hour has been banned from driving for 18 months. Mark McCrae, who runs a nightclub in Weston-super-Mare, filmed himself speeding in his BMW then posted the footage on Youtube and Facebook. After a member of the public spotted the video, McCrae appeared before Bristol Crown Court –where he parked his car on double yellow lines. The 28-year-old, from Rowley Regis in the West Midlands was due to face trial in...

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Bath man Sean Andrew Jones jailed for appearing in court twice in...

August 25, 2015, 4:31 am
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A Bath man has been sent to jail for nine months after appearing in court twice in less than a fortnight.Sean Andrew Jones, of Odins Road, Odd Down, was handed the nine-month prison sentence by Bath Magistrates' on August 13.The 26-year-old pleaded guilty to indecently exposing himself in the city and using threatening or abusive words or behaviour or disorderly behaviour on August 11.Jones was sentenced to three months for the two charges and ordered to pay an £80 victim surcharge and...

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Clifton College teacher Jonathan Thomson-Glover jailed after...

August 27, 2015, 7:56 am
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A former teacher at Clifton College has been jailed after admitting to making indecent images of children.Jonathan Thomson-Glover pleaded guilty to 36 counts of making, taking and possessing indecent images of children.The 53-year-old had filmed more than 100 children using hidden cameras at a boarding school and another property.Thomson-Glover, of Wadebridge, Cornwall, was jailed for three years and nine months by Judge David Ticehurst at Taunton Crown Court.The charges relate to more than 120...

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Christopher Hampton, accused of murdering Bath teenager Melanie...

August 27, 2015, 8:39 am
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The man accused of murdering Bath teenager Melanie Road is due to appear in court on Friday.Christopher John Hampton is accused of murdering the Bath schoolgirl more than 30 years ago.Hampton, 63, has already appeared in Bristol Crown Court twice, but has not yet entered a plea.He is due to appear again on Friday August 27.A-level student Melanie, 17, was last seen alive in the early hours on June 9, 1984, after a night out with friends in Bath.She was found dead the following day from multiple...

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​Gang behind multi-million pound drug run to Bristol jailed for...

August 27, 2015, 11:32 am
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A gang believed to have brought millions of pounds worth of class A drugs to Bristol has been jailed for a total of 64 years and six months.Police caught the six men after monitoring the trafficking of heroin and cocaine to the city from Manchester and Liverpool at the end of last year.The gang used designer label bags to smuggle the drugs into Bristol.Evidence gathered by police during suggested large quantities of class A drugs coming to the city and money moving the other way to pay for...

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Christopher Hampton, accused of the murder of Bath teenager...

August 28, 2015, 3:20 am
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The man accused of the murder of Bath teenager Melanie Road will stand trial next year.Christopher John Hampton, 63, will stand trial in May 2016 for the 17-year-old's murder more than 30 years ago.The case is expected to last for up to four weeks.Recorder Judge Neil Ford QC said: "This is a case which concerned a truly tragic killing as long ago as the middle of 1984."A trial date of 9 May 2016 had been set to allow time for both the prosecution and the defence to prepare properly, he...

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Chippenham drug gang jailed for conspiracy to sell crack cocaine...

August 28, 2015, 9:48 am
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Five members of a gang selling crack cocaine and heroin in Chippenham have been jailed for a total of almost 20 years.The gang, which included two men from Chippenham and one from Trowbridge, were based out of the home of Chippenham woman.The ringleaders were Paul Chevolleau, 41, from Chippenham, who was jailed for six years, and 34-year-old Wayne Trought, from Burchells Green Road in Bristol, who was handed a sentence of six years and eight months.The woman whose house they used, Beverley...

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Dolton Powell murder inquiry: Six charged with murder of...

August 29, 2015, 8:57 am
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Five men and a male youth have been charged in connection with the death of 21-year-old Dolton Powell in Gloucester last week.Dolton was found dead near the All Nations Community Centre in Chase Lane in the early hours of Sunday August 23.All the defendants were due to appear at Cheltenham Magistrates' Court on Saturday August 29.The defendants and the charges are as follows.Jordan Barclay, 18 and of Campbell Street, St Pauls Bristol is charged with murder, affray, possession of an offensive...

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Bath Magistrates' Court: Latest cases

September 15, 2015, 6:42 am
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Omar Abdeslan Jebari, 27 of Kingsmead Court, Bath, was sentenced to 12 weeks in prison for to charges of assault by beating and breaking a bail condition. He was also ordered to pay £230.Michelle Louise Olley-McCarthy, 28 of Midsummer Buildings, Bath, was ordered to pay £215 and disqualified from driving for 14 days for failing to give information on the identity of a driver alleged to have committed an offence.Anne Marie Carey, 48 of Lyme Gardens, Bath, was ordered to pay £120...

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The £1.4 million cost of prosecuting women involved in...

September 15, 2015, 9:19 am
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The cost of prosecuting 11 women involved in operating and promoting a £21 million pyramid scheme came to at least £1.4million it has been revealedTwo of those prosecuted in the get-rich quick con came from the Chew Valley.At least 10,000 people were caught out by the scam, named Give and Take, between May 2008 and April 2009.Bristol Crown Court heard victims were encouraged to "beg, borrow or steal" to take part and promised £23,000 for each £3,000 invested if...

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Max Lewis tragedy: Man convicted of causing the teenager's death...

September 16, 2015, 12:45 am
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Two men have been convicted following the death of teenager Max Lewis in a fatal crash near Corsham last autumn.Daniel Palmer was convicted of causing the 19-year-old's death by careless or inconsiderate driving at Lacock in November.Palmer, 23, who was driving the car in which Lewis was killed, had pleaded guilty to the charge.Connor Forrester, 19, was convicted of dangerous driving.Palmer, Forrester and a third man who had been driving on the same stretch of road at the time of the crash were...

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Adam Beeney appears in court charged with rape of 63-year-old...

September 17, 2015, 10:57 pm
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A 21-year-old man has appeared in court charged with raping a man more than three-times his age.Adam Beeney, of Bristol South End, Bedminster, Bristol, is charged with two counts of rape, two counts of causing a male to engage in non-penetrative sexual activity and one count of sexual assault.The alleged offences took place on September 1 at a property in Bedminster.Beeney is said to have raped and sexually touched the 63-year-old victim without his consent.Dressed in a grey tracksuit, Beeney...

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Bath's Magistrates' and County Court could be used for new...

September 18, 2015, 6:39 am
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The future of Bath's Magistrates' and County Court has been discussed in the House of Commons.Bath MP Ben Howlett secured a debate in Westminster on the possible closure of courts and tribunal services across the UK. Mr Howlett stressed the important role the Bath courts have in the community.He also suggested how the local service could be improved making better use of the buildings on North Parade.He said: "After speaking to a range of key parties, there is an opportunity to use the...

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Teenage roofer who preyed on Somerset pensioners jailed

September 20, 2015, 3:51 am
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A teenage roofer has been jailed after targeting vulnerable pensioners around Somerset.Robert Small preyed on people aged in their 80s and 90s, despite receiving a warning from South Gloucestershire's trading standards team.Small was sentenced for his "mean" crimes to 14 months in a youth offenders' institute, after an 18-month investigation by police.The 18-year-old had been pulled in by trading standards in August 2013 after trying to get work in Downend and was warned by council of...

Teenage roofer who preyed on Somerset pensioners jailed

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