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December 14, 2016, 1:52 am

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A teenager who tried to blackmail one of the richest people in Somerset is facing jail after admitting a year-long cyber crime spree. Student Daniel Kelley, 19, was involved in a £42M TalkTalk data hack.He used a loophole in TalkTalk security software to try to extort money from the firm's chief executive Dido Harding, Baroness Harding of Winscombe and husband of Weston-super-Mare MP John Penrose. Kelley demanded 465 Bitcoins, worth around £285,000 at today's rate, to not release...

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December 14, 2016, 2:24 am

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A family's Christmas display aimed at raising money for charity has been targeted by thieves.The Carver family have spent the past eight years putting up a display of ornamental Christmas lights to raise money for charity, at their home in Burnt House Lane, Stoke St Michael, Shepton Mallet.This year they were raising money for the Bristol Royal Infirmary's Children's Ward.Around 10 of the display ornaments were stolen on the evening of Thursday, December 8, with the offenders damaging a fence...

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December 14, 2016, 3:34 am

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An Evercreech man who was found to be more than FOUR times the drink-drive limit was stopped by a member of the public who suspected he was drunk.The witness called the police to report Scott Darrell Lovell after he had been seen swerving across the road and braking sharply in front of other vehicles.The defendant was unable to complete a breath test for medical reasons, but when he produced a urine sample it was tested and produced the staggeringly high reading.Lovell, 41, of Westbrook Road,...

Painter and decorator from Street stole vodka to make ends meet

December 14, 2016, 4:25 am

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Struggling to make ends meet, a Street man went shoplifting but was caught red-handed leaving the Sainsbury's store with bottles of vodka in his trolley.Jason Philip Kersey was detained by supermarket staff, and when he was later interviewed by police admitted the offence which was committed just a month after he was given a conditional discharge for a previous theft.Kersey, 36, of Berkeley Road, pleaded guilty to stealing alcohol worth £132 belonging to Sainsburys at Street on October...

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December 14, 2016, 4:27 am

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A man arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving after a schoolgirl was killed in a collision has been released on bail. Police say enquiries are continuing in the wake of the death of the girl - initially reported to be a 16-year-old although police now say she was 15 - on Monday night in Taunton. She was one of two female teenage pedestrians taken to Musgrove Park Hospital following the crash on the A358 at around 9.15pm. She died in hospital. The girl was a pupil at Taunton School...

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December 14, 2016, 6:52 am

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Police are investigating a robbery in Yeovil after three men threatened a pedestrian before stealing from him.One of the suspects told the victim he had a knife while the terrifying mugging was carried out.The theft took place on Rosebery Avenue at around 5pm on Friday, when the three men pulled up in a dark coloured car and approached the man.He handed over his mobile phone and a tobacco pouch. Although one of the suspects claimed he was carrying a knife, the victim did not see a weapon.The...

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December 14, 2016, 8:40 am

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A man found by the police in possession of a large bread knife and a broken pool cue in Crewkerne town centre after he claimed he had just been viciously attacked himself, has appeared in court.Rikki Fraser Newby claimed he had panicked when he returned home and found his wife was not there and thought she was about to be attacked so grabbed the two items.The 33-year-old defendant, of North Street, appeared in the dock before Somerset Magistrates, sitting at Yeovil.He pleaded not guilty to two...

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December 14, 2016, 8:49 am

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A paranoid schizophrenic heroin addict almost stabbed a 14-year-old drug dealer - who was part of a gang who had 'cuckooed' his home - to death.Today, a judge ruled that 29-year-old James Ormrod would be detained indefinitely in a hospital for treatment, after hearing the attack was so violent that he broke off part of a kitchen knife in the attack - and then continued to stab him with what remained of the blade. Taunton Crown Court heard that Ormrod began using drugs at the age of 15 as an...

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Taunton boy pushed off bike while riding on footpath behind Tesco

December 14, 2016, 11:01 am

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A boy was pushed off his bike in Taunton and suffered an injury to his arm.The police is now appealing for information after the 11 year old was assaulted on the footpath behind Tesco, in Castle Street, at around 8.30am on December 6.He then suffered a sore arm as a result of being pushed off the bike by then unknown man.The offender was white, aged about 35 years old, 5ft 9ins, of average build and he was dressed in dark clothing, with a black snood covering his face.MORE: Violent new 'school...

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December 14, 2016, 12:10 pm

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A group of youths were reportedly taking a deadly concoction of drink and drugs in a Street park causing a councillor to send out a warning to parents.Councillor Tina Emery posted a message on her Facebook page today (December 14) telling parents to check where their children are when they go out.She said the police attended Merriman Park late on Friday (December 10) and early on Saturday (December 11).Cllr Emery said the group of youngsters were drinking and taking drugs and was concerned...

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December 14, 2016, 2:57 pm

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Yahoo has made a huge disclosure this evening that hackers may have stolen persona data from more than one billion user accounts.The shock revelation includes the admission that this is a different data breach from the one it revealed in September.That time 500 million accounts were accessed in 2014.This time, hackers may have stolen information including phone numbers, names, email addresses, birthdates and security questions and answers.MORE: Violent new 'school bag challenge' craze has...

Tauton cannabis dealer, 22, avoids jail as he was 'only selling...

December 14, 2016, 10:00 pm

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When police pulled over a speeding motorist in Taunton, they noted a strong smell of cannabis coming from the car.Matthew Coe, 22, of Southfield Close, Taunton, was stopped by police on June 27 last year. When police searched his car they found a jar containing 42.2g of cannabis with a street value of £420, said William Hunter, prosecuting."When he was interviewed by police, he said the cannabis belonged to a friend, but when police examined his mobile phone text messages showed that...

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December 14, 2016, 10:00 pm

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A Chard man who indulged in a spot of poo-flinging after being arrested has been given a single day in custody by a judge.24-year-old Darren Hughes had been detained by police on minor offences on July 15 but was less than pleased with his incarceration.In his rage, he threw excrement at the walls and floor of his police cell, and smeared it across the walls, said William Hunter, prosecuting.But when the court heard from defence barrister Rebecca Bradbury that the offences against him had been...

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December 14, 2016, 10:00 pm

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A teenager caught dealing class A drugs in Yeovil to help pay off his own drug debts was jailed by a judge yesterday (December 14).Zamane Nunes, 19, appeared before Taunton Crown Court in the morning via a video link from HMP Bristol.Nunes, from Elmside, Croydon, admitted two charges of possessing a class A drug with intent to supply and one charge of being in possession of an offensive weapon in Monmouth Road in on October 8 this year.Prosecuting, William Hunter said Nunes had been spotted...

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December 14, 2016, 10:00 pm

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A landlady who was left devastated when a charity box was stolen from behind her bar says her faith in humanity has been restored after Good Samaritans dipped into their pockets to refund the cash.Jo Fuller realised that a collection box that was raising money for St Margaret's Hospice had been stolen while she was working at the Black Horse on The Avenue in Yeovil on Tuesday.A keen supporter of the charity, Jo has raised money for the hospice for several years after they cared for her dad and...

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Police hunt vandals that cut power supply to Wincanton Christmas...

December 15, 2016, 2:49 am

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Police are hunting the vandals who cut the power supply to Wincanton's Christmas tree earlier this month.CCTV images of two men that officers would like to speak to have been released after the lights went out on the evening of Saturday, December 3.The power cut happened after an electricity wire supplying the Market Place tree was damaged between 10pm and 10.30pm.The wire has since been repaired and the tree's lights up and running once more.PC Neil Wolstenholme, beat manager and investigating...

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December 15, 2016, 7:18 am

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Police want to speak to two men after a handbag was stolen from a Taunton office.The theft took place at Mendip House on High Street on Wednesday, November 23, when a handbag belonging to a member of staff was taken.The bag was later recovered but its contents, which included a mobile phone, cash and bank cards, were missing.Police have released images of two men they would like to speak to in connection with the theft.A spokesman for Avon and Somerset Constabulary said: "If you recognise...

Two men arrested in unconnected arson attacks in Wells

December 15, 2016, 8:38 am

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Two men were arrested following two separate acts of arson in Wells on Wednesday. Police have confirmed the incidents were not linked.The fire service were called to an address on Priddy Road, Green Ore, at 5.22am on Wednesday morning. Three appliances attended the scene but the fire was already out by the time they arrived. The fire was confined to a carpet in a single room.Police were called at 5.59am and arrested a 48-year-old man on suspicion of arson. The man was later released without...

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December 16, 2016, 6:38 am

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The victim of a brutal homophobic attack is hoping to inspire others to speak out as the man who left him 15 minutes from death prepares to spend Christmas behind bars. 56-year-old David Ryan was walking home from the Bird in the Hand pub on New Year's Eve when he was savagely attacked by Henstridge boxer and cage-fighter Keith Moult. Hurling homophobic insults at him, Moult punched and kicked Mr Ryan, and continued the assault as he lay helplessly on the ground and lost consciousness. Mr...

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December 16, 2016, 8:58 am

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A man has been disqualified from keeping horses for two years after a horse in his care was left covered in maggots which were eating him alive. Paul O'Mahony, 42, of Malmesbury Road, Royal Wootton Bassett, admitted causing unnecessary suffering to a pony called Monty by failing to seek veterinary care to deal with the fly strike. He was sentenced at Bath Magistrates court on Wednesday, December 15, to a two-year disqualification and ordered to pay £1,260 in RSPCA costs and a...