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A man accused of failing to comply with a breath test after being suspected of drink-driving claimed he was not the driver of the car at the time.Kurt Unsworth, 24, of Stringfellow Crescent in Chard, appeared in the dock before Somerset Magistrates, sitting at Yeovil.He pleaded not guilty that on August 13 at Yeovil, when suspected of having driven a vehicle and having been required to provide a specimen of breath for analysis, he failed to do so.Prosecutor Christine Hart said that the...

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October 4, 2016, 7:45 am

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A Sherborne man will be sentenced later this year after pleading guilty to burglary and driving a stolen car over the drink drive limit.Robert Michael Davies, 25, of Coombe, Sherborne, appeared in Taunton Crown Court on Friday (September 30) via videolink from HMP Bristol.At a previous hearing in Yeovil, he was charged that, on August 23, he entered as a trespasser an address in Higher Kingsbury, Milborne Port and took alcohol, cash and car keys for a motor vehicle.He was also alleged to have...

Yeovil teaching assistant Hamid Bhatti tells court 'I had nothing...

October 4, 2016, 9:50 am

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A 22-year-old teaching assistant who slept with a 15-year-old pupil from a Yeovil school said he was 'nervous and scared' when police originally arrested him on suspicion of grooming her.In his second day of giving evidence, Hamid Bhatti told the court: "This was all wrong. I wasn't grooming her in any way, shape or form."While being cross-examined by prosecutor Lee Brembridge, Bhatti admitted he had lied to the police during interviews, telling them he had not been in contact with the...

Young Churchill Academy girl 'did absolutely the right thing' say...

October 4, 2016, 11:00 am

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Police have said they are investigating a report of a young girl being approached by a man in a vehicle outside a Somerset school.The girl was approached by a man in a grey Ford outside Churchill Academy in Churchill, North Somerset.The school sent out a message on its Facebook page last week to say there had been several reports from students of a man acting suspiciously.PCSO Nicola Mitchell said: "We have received a report of a girl being approached by a man in a grey vehicle outside...

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October 5, 2016, 1:02 am

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A Yeovil man who was arrested for a drugs offence then asked the police to go back to his car and fetch a bag containing his keys but forgot he also had a knife inside it.The officer found the lock knife and then charged Justin King with being in possession of a bladed article, Somerset Magistrates were told.King, 27, of Bond Street, pleaded guilty to being in possession of the lock knife and a quantity of cannabis at Yeovil on July 30.He also admitted using the vehicle without insurance and...

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October 5, 2016, 2:53 am

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A Yeovil teenager drank six pints of cider and went to his former partner's home with a nine-inch knife - on the same day he was handed a restraining order banning him from going near her.The alarm was raised when Dean Lock went missing from his home, along with a nine-inch kitchen knife, and police found "concerning" writings and drawings in a notebook beneath his bed relating to his former girlfriend.Shortly after he went missing, a member of the public contacted the police to say a...

Yeovil man said he was 'no good' at shoplifting when caught...

October 5, 2016, 3:20 am

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A court was told that a Yeovil man who was caught red-handed stealing a DVD box set didn't go shoplifting very often as he was "no good at it".Malcolm David Carter was desperate to buy back a guitar and amplifier that he had pawned at a local shop, so went thieving to try and raise some cash.However after being seen leaving the HMV store in the Quedam Centre with a bulging bag he was monitored by CCTV operators and detained by police in the nearby multi storey car park.Carter, 51, of...

Burnham-on-Sea Superdrug ram raid - police searching for three...

October 5, 2016, 4:01 am

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Police are hunting ram raiders who smashed into a high street store in Burnham-on-Sea and stole a large quantity of stock. The three men targeted the Superdrug store on Burnham-on-Sea's High Street for the early morning raid and escaped with health and beauty products. This raid comes barely over a month after a similar raid took place on the same street.An Avon and Somerset police statement read: "At around 2am on Monday, October 3, a black or dark coloured Mazda was reversed into the...

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October 5, 2016, 5:43 am

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A supermarket chain will be taking steps to make sure a 'charity' stall is never allowed outside its stores again.Warnings were posted on Facebook in September about a potentially bogus fundraiser outside a number of Lidl shops in Somerset and Dorset.Residents of Gillingham, north Dorset, spotted a man trying to collect money for an animal charity on Tuesday, September 27.Lidl confirmed at the time the stall was not an "official" partner and said it should not have been there.A Lidl...

Yeovil teaching assistant Hamid Bhatti jailed for abduction and...

October 5, 2016, 8:25 am

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A teaching assistant from a Yeovil school who had sex with a teenage schoolgirl has been jailed for five years after a jury found him guilty of child abduction and two allegations of sexual activity with a child. Hamid Bhatti, now 24, was acquitted of two further charges of sexual activity with a child. Sentencing him to five years in prison for sexual activity with a child and two for child abduction, to run concurrently, Judge David Ticehurst said: "For a period you were undoubtedly...

NSPCC hits out at teaching assistant Hamid Bhatti who sexually...

October 5, 2016, 9:20 am

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The effects of sexual abuse on a vulnerable Yeovil schoolgirl targeted by a "predatory" teaching assistant could last a lifetime, according to the NSPCC. Hamid Bhatti, 24, living at Sladen Street, Rochdale, was found guilty of one charge of child abduction and two of sexual activity with a child at Taunton Crown Court today. The court heard he had met the girl while he was a teaching assistant at her school. The charity has hit out at Bhatti, saying he abused his position without...

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October 6, 2016, 3:02 am

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Police hunted down a motorbike by land and air in a high speed pursuit on the M5 in the early hours.Police cars and a police helicopter followed the bike after it failed to stop in North Bristol at around 3.20am on Wednesday (October 5).The bike was pursued down the motorway for nearly 30 miles before two people were detained by police in Burnham-On-Sea.Police say the helicopter was used because of the high speed of the motorbike.A spokeswoman said: "We were involved in a pursuit that began...

Burglars robbed Nailsea Poundland, then threw CCTV evidence in...

October 6, 2016, 5:08 am

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Police believe burglars who stole cash from a shop in Nailsea also threw CCTV evidence of their crime into a pond.A large quantity of money was stolen from Poundland in Nailsea on September 25, and the police are appealing for witnesses.The incident occurred at around 9.30pm, and a CCTV hard drive was also stolen and then was recovered from a pond in Barrow Gurney on Monday 26 September.PC Peter Rooke said: "We're appealing for witnesses to the burglary and potentially the depositing of the...

Taunton fuel theft: Man drives to petrol station, fills up and...

October 6, 2016, 8:45 am

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A man drove onto a petrol station forecourt in Taunton filled up his car and left without paying.The man drove his green Citroen on Tuesday (October 4) at around 7.30pm to the garage in Thornfalcon.Images have been posted on social media of the car that was believed to have been involved in the theft. In the image it appears the number plate was doctored by the driver of the green car.Police officers are appealing for any information that the public may have.Read more: Police cars and helicopter...

Daniel Poole of Street who raped and sexually abused a girl when...

October 6, 2016, 8:52 am

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A MAN who raped and sexually abused a girl when he was 14 will not go to jail.Daniel Poole of Torlon Grove, Street, is now 31 and was told going to prison for crimes he committed as a teen in 1999 would have a "questionable" benefit to society.Judge David Ticehurst said the case was unique after Poole admitted one charge of rape, four charges of indecent activity with a child and one of indecent assault.Rob Hall, prosecuting, said: "The victim described how the activity started...

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October 6, 2016, 10:40 am

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A 30-year-old who brandished a gun at two men after he was beeped at in a car-park was short-tempered because he had a hangover, Taunton Crown Court heard today.Hearing this, Judge David Ticehurst quipped: "Wouldn't it have been simpler just to take Asprin?"Josef Chmelik, from Trowbridge but currently a prisoner at HMP Bristol, reacted angrily after being beeped at by another motorist at the Co-Op in Mudford on December 10, said Gordon Ritchings, prosecuting.At around 8.10am, Chmelik...

Lisa Winn murder: Glastonbury mum's death inquiry ongoing

October 6, 2016, 12:18 pm

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An official probe into the police's alleged failings to protect a mother who was murdered by her estranged husband in Glastonbury is still under way.Mum-of-five Lisa Winn was stabbed to death in February last year by Neil Winn. Winn was subsequently jailed for 18 years.Following Lisa's death, the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) announced that it had launched an investigation into how Lisa's cries for help were dealt with by Avon and Somerset Constabulary in the months and years...

Mum of Yeovil teaching assistant Hamid Bhatti's schoolgirl lover...

October 7, 2016, 1:48 am

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The mother of Yeovil teaching assistant Hamid Bhatti's schoolgirl lover said that the past two years had been "like living a nightmare". 'Zayn Malik-lookalike' Bhatti embarked on a relationship with her 15-year-old daughter after meeting her on a placement at her school.The mum-of-four, 40, said she quickly cottoned on to what was going on but felt powerless to stop them. Speaking after he was jailed for five years on Wednesday, she said she was glad the ordeal was finally over - but...

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October 7, 2016, 6:30 am

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A company director has been charged with manslaughter in connection with the deaths of four people on a yacht called the Cheeki Rafiki. In May 2014 the 40ft vessel was found with no signs of its crew in the North Atlantic. It had been returning home from a regatta in Antigua. Two men from Somerset – Steve Warren and Paul Goslin – were among those killed. Mr Warren, 52, was from Wincanton and Mr Goslin, 56, was from West Camel. READ MORE: Mum speaks out after teaching...

Brian Win from Bridgwater pleads not guilty to 30 sex charges

October 7, 2016, 6:50 am

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A Bridgwater man will face a trial in the New Year after denying over 30 sexual offences against a young girl.Brian Winn, 57, from Liberty Place, denied six charges of indecent activity with a child, nine of indecent assault, one of sexual intercourse with a child under the age of 13, two of inciting a child under the age of 13 to engage in sexual activities, eight of sexual assault on a child under the age of 13, one of sexual activity with a child under the age of 13 and three of raping a...