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September 21, 2015, 3:42 am

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A Bath man has been sent to jail after head-butting his girlfriend and stealing from young women he met on an internet dating site.Kevin Moxham, 30, of Great Stanhope Street in central Bath, was sentenced to ten months in prison at Bristol Crown Court. His 26-year-old girlfriend had lent him a total of £13,000 during their six-month relationship believing he was an online trader who would pay the money back.Recorder Mr Jonathan Barnes told Moxham his behaviour of borrowing from his...

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Nurse charged with manslaughter of ten-year-old

September 21, 2015, 5:55 am

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A nurse has been charged with causing the death of a ten-year-old girl.Carrie-Anne Nash, 33, from North Somerset, has been charged with manslaughter on the grounds of gross negligence. Phoebe Willis, ten, died at Bristol Children's Hospital in late August 2012 from complications that arose from her rare genetic condition called cystinosis.Phoebe had been taken to Weston General Hospital on the morning of August 25 and was transferred to Bristol where she died the following day.Nash had been a...

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September 21, 2015, 7:02 am

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A man accused of obstructing police in the investigation of the death of a 55-year-old Peasedown St John woman has been denied bail.Declan Harper had applied for bail after admitting the charge, which relates to the death of Joanna Doman in May.Declan was denied bail in Bristol Crown Court by Judge Julian Lambert.The 20-year-old was not in court, but will return to be sentenced on October 23 after pleading guilty to obstructing police.An incorrect version of this story appeared on the Bath...

Man gets 23 years for sexually abusing three girls

September 21, 2015, 11:37 pm

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A man has been given a 23-year sentence for sexually abusing three youngsters.Judge Julian Lambert told Paul Davies that he was such a high risk of future abuse that he also banned him from contact with any person under 16.Davies, 54, of Trinity Court, Nailsea, denied the charges but was convicted after a trial at Bristol Crown Court.A jury found him guilty of indecently assaulting one girl as well as subjecting a second to an indecent assault and two offences of indecency with a child.Davies...

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September 21, 2015, 11:48 pm

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A grandmother who fraudulently claimed £66,987 in benefits has been given 40 years to pay it back.Josephine Bromfield has until she is 109 to pay back the amount in full.The 69-year-old pleaded guilty to making dishonest representations to obtain housing benefit and council tax benefit between March 2004 and July 2013 - she failed to declare a £63,000 legacy she had received from her mother in 2003.She also admitted fraudulently receiving pension credit, Bristol Crown Court...

Man banned from teaching for life after having sex with a pupil

September 22, 2015, 1:56 am

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A teacher who had sex with a pupil has been banned from working with children.The National College of Teaching and Leadership has upheld an allegation that Ian Jordan, 59, had a sexual relationship with a pupil while a teacher at a South West school.A panel found a further allegation that Jordan sexually abused a boy was not proven. He had denied both of the allegations against him.Jordan was banned from teaching for life and has been told he cannot teach in any school, college, youth...

New stalking laws could offer better protection

September 22, 2015, 2:11 am

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Victims of stalking could be about to get greater protection.The Government is exploring options that would give stalking victims the same protection as people threatened by domestic abuse or forced marriage.The law would be based on legislation already in place to tackle domestic abuse, female genital mutilation and forced marriage.In domestic violence cases, a perpetrator can be prevented from returning to a residence for up to 28 days.Karen Bradley, a Home Office minister, said: "The...

Bath Magistrates' Court: Latest cases

September 23, 2015, 5:31 am

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Abdrahim Louarradi, 31 of Frankland Close, Bath, was given a 16-week curfew between the hours of 10pm and 9am and ordered to pay £350 for assault by beating, another charge of assault and assaulting two police officers.Ben Christopher Harding, 27 of Chelwood Drive, Bath, was ordered to pay £210 and given a 40-day community order for causing damage to two mopeds, a garden fence and a car.David Conradi, 48 of Queens Parade, Bath, was given a conditional discharge and ordered to pay...

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Bath motorcyclist caught doing 118 miles on a road near Keynsham

September 24, 2015, 9:30 pm

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A man from Bath has been caught driving his motorbike at 118 miles an hour near Keynsham.Glenn Robert Fry, 56 or Midford Road, Bath, pleaded guilty to breaking the 70-mile-an-hour speed limit along the A4174 Ring Road. Fry was caught travelling at 118 miles an hour on his Ducati bike, near to the Hicks Gate roundabout, on March 20.Magistrates sitting in Bath disqualified Fry from driving for 42 days, and ordered him to pay a £700 fine, a £70 victim surcharge, and £85 costs.

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September 25, 2015, 4:53 am

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A Frome woman has been ordered to pay compensation for destroying a window at Bath's Royal United Hospital.Tracy Ann Moore, 36 of Westfield Road, Frome, pleaded guilty to the charge when she appeared at Bath Magistrates' Court on September 11.Moore was given a conditional discharge and ordered to pay £239.40 in compensation, a £15 victim surcharge and £150 criminal courts charge for the damage.

Holcombe Volvo driver caught almost twice over drink drive limit

September 25, 2015, 5:10 am

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A man has been banned from driving for being caught twice over the drink drive limit.Christopher Robert Jones, 34 of Field View, Holcombe, pleaded guilty to drink driving when he appeared at Bath Magistrates' Court on September 14.Jones was caught with 68 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath - the legal limit is 35 microgrammes per 100 millilitres of breath - on August 30 while driving a Volvo V40 along Stratton Lane in Holcombe.Magistrates disqualified him from driving for 36...

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September 25, 2015, 10:30 pm

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Martin John Hawkins, 28, HIghfield Crescent, Chilcompton, was ordered to pay £305 and given three points on his driving licence for driving over the speed limit on the M4.Aisling O'Neill, 34 of Day Crescent, Bath, was ordered to pay £305 and given three points on her driving licence for driving at 36 miles an hour along The Shallows in Saltford.Michelle Louise Crispin, 50 of Maple Walk, Keynsham, was ordered to pay £120 and given three points on her driving licence for...

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September 28, 2015, 7:05 am

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Soul Star Savage, 27 of Holcombe Terrace, Bath, was given a conditional discharge, nine points on his driving licence and ordered to pay a £340 fine, £180 criminal courts charge, £30 victim surcharge and £85 costs for possession of cannabis, driving while using a mobile phone, and driving without insurance. The court also ordered the cannabis be destroyed.Jonathan Richard Hillman, 43 of Haycombe Drive, Bath, was given three points on his driving licence and ordered to pay...

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September 29, 2015, 5:36 am

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Two men have made their first court appearance on charges of child sexual exploitation following an investigation in Yeovil.Mehmet Citak, 33, of Bradford Abbas in Dorset and Ahmet Kurtmyemez, 27, of Swindon in Wiltshire, made their first appearance at Yeovil Magistrates' Court on Tuesday, September 29.At the short hearing, Kurtmyemez was further charged with one count of sexual activity with a child under 16.He also faces six counts of sexual assault.Citak has been charged with three counts of...

Man accused with rape is on the run in the West Country

October 8, 2015, 8:03 am

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A man accused with rape is on the run in the West Country.The man, Bester Mashayamombewas, 51, was charged by police in September with one count of rape and one count of sexual assault by touching after an alleged assault on a patient at a Devon mental health unit.But he failed appear at Plymouth Magistrates' Court this week.Police are now looking for Mashayamombe, of Granby Street, Devonport, after a bench warrant for his arrest was issued.Officers have said they do not know where he is.Anyone...

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Becky Watts trial: Concerned boyfriend unknowingly walks past her...

October 8, 2015, 8:26 am

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The boyfriend of Becky Watts unknowingly walked past her dead body when he visited her home on the day she died, a court heard on Thursday.Becky, 16, was killed in her bedroom during a botched kidnap attempt before her body was stabbed 15 times and cut into eight pieces.Her remains were found on March 3 this year "meticulously packaged" and hidden in a number of boxes, bags and suitcases in a nearby shed.Prosecutors claim that Becky's step-brother Nathan Matthews and his girlfriend...

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October 8, 2015, 10:41 pm

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A shop worker has told a court how Nathan Matthews, charged with the murder of Becky Watts, bought a circular saw after the teen was reported missing.Kelly Lee, who works for the DIY chain B&Q in Bristol, told Bristol Crown Court , how a man bought the saw, along with a face mask, gloves and goggles. She told the court how he came in at 12.51pm on February 20 and she remembered him because he had queried the price of a circular saw he was purchasing. She told the jury: "He brought a...

Becky Watts trial: Stepfather of Shauna Hoare gives evidence

October 9, 2015, 4:32 am

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The stepfather of Shauna Hoare has said that his daughter contacted him for the first time in two years following the disappearance of Becky Watts.Hoare, and her boyfriend Nathan Matthews arranged to see Kevin Stone in February.Mr Stone said the pair spent four days visiting him and Shauna's mum, Lisa Donovan, at their home in Wilton Close, Southmead, from around 11am to 11pm or midnight.He told the jury there had been no previous contact because of an argument over a car.Speaking behind a...

Becky Watts trial: Shauna Hoare's mother appears in court

October 9, 2015, 5:06 am

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The jury at the Becky Watts murder trial have been hearing from relatives of the defendants.Bristol Crown Court heard on day three of the trial that Shauna Hoare, 21, was just 14 when she started seeing Nathan Matthews.Her mum Lisa Donovan also said her daughter moved out of her home when she was 17.The jury heard that on February 23 – four days after Becky went missing – Lisa was at home with her partner, Kevin Stone, when Hoare phoned. She then saw her later that day.Mrs Donovan...

Becky Watts trial: Nathan Matthews 'controlling'

October 9, 2015, 5:15 am

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The stepbrother of Becky Watts has been described as controlling and "sexually orientated".Lisa Donovan, the mother of Shauna Hoare, has been giving evidence at the murder trial at Bristol Crown Court.She told the jury that her daughter had to give Nathan Matthews, stepbrother to Becky, sexual favours if she wanted something.Matthews and Hoare are accused of murdering Becky and cutting her body up in the bathroom of their home.Matthews was 22 when he started seeing Hoare who was 14 at...