Bath man Kevin Moxham jailed after head-butting girlfriend and...
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...
View ArticleNurse charged with manslaughter of ten-year-old
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,...
View ArticleMan accused of obstructing police in investigation of death of...
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...
View ArticleMan gets 23 years for sexually abusing three girls
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...
View ArticleGrandmother given 40 years to pay back £66,987 in benefit...
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...
View ArticleMan banned from teaching for life after having sex with a pupil
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...
View ArticleNew stalking laws could offer better protection
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...
View ArticleBath Magistrates' Court: Latest cases
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...
View ArticleBath motorcyclist caught doing 118 miles on a road near Keynsham
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...
View ArticleFrome woman in court for smashing window at Bath's Royal United...
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...
View ArticleHolcombe Volvo driver caught almost twice over drink drive limit
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...
View ArticleBath Magistrates' Court: Latest cases
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...
View ArticleBath Magistrates' Court: The latest cases
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...
View ArticleTwo men appear in court on child sexual exploitation charges:...
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...
View ArticleMan accused with rape is on the run in the West Country
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...
View ArticleBecky Watts trial: Concerned boyfriend unknowingly walks past her...
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...
View ArticleBecky Watts trial: Nathan Matthews bought circular saw at Bristol...
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...
View ArticleBecky Watts trial: Stepfather of Shauna Hoare gives evidence
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...
View ArticleBecky Watts trial: Shauna Hoare's mother appears in court
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...
View ArticleBecky Watts trial: Nathan Matthews 'controlling'
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...
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