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March 10, 2017, 10:00 pm

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Police have released CCTV footage which captures the horrifying moment a defenceless woman is violently attacked and chucked down a flight of stairs in a drunken rage by her partner. The victim specifically asked police to release the video of the sickening attack in order to inspire other victims of domestic abuse to have the confidence to come forward. Mark Power, 37 is caught on camera violently attacking his terrified girlfriend across a house hallway, before proceeding to throw her...

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March 10, 2017, 10:00 pm

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As always, it's been a busy week for police across Avon and Somerset. Here's some of the outstanding cases they need your help to solve. Do you hold a vital bit of information that could help with their inquiries? Police are on the hunt for a man who snatched a handbag from a 44-year-old woman in East Quay, Bridgwater on Thursday, March 2. The victim was walking along the road when a man came up behind her and pushed her, grabbing her handbag and running off. The bag stolen was black...

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March 11, 2017, 12:39 am

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An inmate scaled the roof of a South West prison, stripped, and set fire to his clothes, causing a 'large' fire last night (March 10). It is reported that a prisoner climbed onto a pitched roof at HMP Guys Marsh in Shaftesbury, Dorset, and started a fire, causing 64 inmates to be evacuated. It is understood that the protest started at around 5pm, and hours later the prisoner started ripping off roof tiles before setting his clothes alight. The emergency services were called to a report of...

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March 11, 2017, 3:45 am

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A police officer is facing the sack after he allegedly 'sexted' a crime victim an intimate selfie while on duty at court. The PC was the officer in charge of a case involving a "vulnerable" victim and they started a "sexual relationship" once it concluded, it is claimed. The Avon and Somerset police officer allegedly took a sexual snap of himself on his mobile while on duty at Bristol Crown Court, and sent it to the victim. The officer is alleged to have...

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March 11, 2017, 10:00 pm

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Somerset's courts has dealt with of offenders who've done everything from biting police officers, to lying about qualifications and getting sexually explicit with police officers pretending to be 12-year-old girls online. Here's some of the biggest cases to go through the courts this week: A learner driver who was caught drink driving in Yeovil town centre began behaving in a bizarre manner before biting a female officer on the arm as she tried to provide medical assistance when he suffered...

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March 11, 2017, 10:00 pm

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A 14-year-old was among dozens of people arrested for gun crimes in Avon and Somerset over the last three years, new figures have revealed.Figures released by Avon and Somerset Police under the Freedom of Information Act show the number of people they have arrested for gun possession has risen steadily since 2014.In 2016, 90 people across the force area were arrested for possession of a firearm, compared to 62 in 2015 and 48 in 2014.Another 31 people were arrested last year for having an...

Michael Grimes, 62, from Crewkerne, used 'incognito' mode to...

March 12, 2017, 3:59 am

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A registered sex offender who used an "incognito" mode on the internet while he browsed adult porn sites at his Crewkerne home claimed he had done it to stop other people from finding out that he enjoyed watching extreme sexual practices. Sixty-two-year-old Michael Grimes had been made the subject of a Sexual Offences Prevention Order following a conviction for possessing indecent images of children made on December 12, 2014 at Portsmouth Crown Court. As a result he was ordered to...

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March 12, 2017, 5:15 am

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A prisoner has been arrested following a fire at a South West prison on Friday March 10. The 29-year-old inmate at HMP Guys Marsh in Shaftesbury has been arrested on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life. Somerset Live reported yesterday, that 64 inmates had to be evacuated from the prison following a fire on the roof. A Dorset police statement read: "Officers have arrested a man following a fire on the roof of a building within HMP Guys Marsh in...

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March 12, 2017, 7:08 am

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A Huish Episcopi man who lost control of his car in Langport town centre, flipping it onto its roof, was found to be nearly double the drink drive limit when breathalysed by police. Thomas Simon Atkins had been out with friends and left early after becoming upset about questions over his broken engagement. Police were then called to the scene in North Street after residents were woken by the sound of a loud crash and they found the defendant's vehicle upside down in the middle of the...

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March 13, 2017, 2:35 am

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When the police received a tip-off over other matters, a Yeovil teenager was found to be driving without insurance or a licence when they stopped his car. Leaner driver Charlie John Croft had already been convicted of similar offences just before Christmas, and after being caught a second time appeared in the dock before Somerset Magistrates at Yeovil. The 18-year-old, of Springfield Road, pleaded guilty to driving a Renault Megane on Mudford Road in Yeovil on January 18 without insurance...

Police murder probe after fatal assault in Trowbridge

March 13, 2017, 2:36 am

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Police are appealing for witnesses after a man was fatality injured following a serious assault in Trowbridge in the early hours of Sunday (March 12). The man has been named locally as 24-year-old Jordan Taylor, but police have not formally identified the victim of what they are calling a "serious assault". It is thought that the man was stabbed,UPDATE - 1.11pm: Tributes have now been paid to popular Jordan Taylor, murdered outside Trowbridge Hospital. "I just feel absolutely...

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March 13, 2017, 4:50 am

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Police have been cracking down on mobile using drivers. Following an increase in the penalties for using a mobile phone at the wheel, Dorset Police took part in a week-long crackdown against people using their mobile phones while driving, with 92 fixed penalty notices being issued. The campaign ran from March 1 to March 7 with offenders being handed six penalty points and a £200 fine. This has doubled under new rules introduced by Government on March 1 2017 from three penalty points...

Yeovil drug dealers put behind bars

March 13, 2017, 5:04 am

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Three people have been jailed following a detailed investigation into drug dealing in the South West. Kadeem Abbrey, 24 and of Bittern Court, Edward Street in Deptford, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply heroin and cocaine on Thursday 5 January 2017 at Bournemouth Crown Court. Sophie Bowen, 19 and of Percival Terrace in Brighton and Stephan Broome, 59 and of Princess Road in Bridport, were found guilty of conspiracy to supply heroin and cocaine following a 13-day trial at Bournemouth...

Chard man pleads guilty to careless driving on A303

March 13, 2017, 5:32 am

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A CHARD man who admitted an offence of careless driving has been ordered to appear before Somerset Magistrates who may consider banning him from driving.Jacobus Kerkhoff, 26, of Old Station Court, was charged with driving a vehicle on the A358 Tatworth Road in Chard without due care and attention on June 19 last year.The defendant pleaded guilty to the allegation by post, but when the matter was put before Somerset Magistrates at Yeovil they said that they needed to see Kerkhoff in court as they...

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March 13, 2017, 6:03 am

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Tributes have been to a 24-year-old labourer with a "cheeky smile" who was stabbed to death outside Trowbridge hospital, as police launch a murder probe. Popular Jordan Taylor was walking back from a night out with a pal, 24, when they were both knifed by a man in the 1.30am attack. Paramedics were called and battled to save Jordan in the car park of Trowbridge Community Hospital. Despite their efforts, he died at the scene. His friend, who is said to have been stabbed in...

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March 13, 2017, 8:49 am

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CCTV is being viewed and analysed and cordons remain in place in parts of Trowbridge as up to 100 officers carry out inquiries into the murder of Jordan Taylor early yesterday morning (March 12). Specialist investigators from the Brunel Major Crime Investigation Team - including staff from Gloucestershire and Avon and Somerset - along with officers from the local community policing team, special constables and PCSOs are working on the case. Popular Jordan Taylor was walking back from a night...

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March 13, 2017, 10:13 am

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A family court judge has issued a warning about the damage drugs can do after ruling that four children - whose mother was an addict by the time she turned 20 - must go into council care. Judge Stephen Wildblood said impressionable teenagers may think that drug taking was "cool". But he said it could lead to "ruination". The judge issued a warning in a ruling after analysing the woman's case at a private family court hearing in Bristol. He said neither the woman, who...

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March 13, 2017, 11:00 pm

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A Crewkerne mother is objecting to an attempt by Somerset County Council to prosecute her for taking her two children out of school during a term time holiday. The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, denied two offences of being the parent of her son and daughter, who were both attending schools in Crewkerne, and that she failed to ensure they attended regularly at their schools between June 30 and July 19 last year. However, she told a court at Yeovil that the holiday had been a...

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March 14, 2017, 12:23 am

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A Wincanton man who claimed he had no memory of his car ending up on its roof in a country lane was later found to be more than twice the drink drive limit. When police were called to the scene of the single vehicle accident at Holton they found a car on its roof with no passengers inside, but blood was found at the scene. An ambulance was outside a nearby address and they found John Dicker who confirmed he had been the driver, Somerset Magistrates were told. Dicker, 53, of Higher Holton...

Vietnamese human trafficking victims go 'missing without a trace'

March 14, 2017, 12:59 am

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Two victims of human trafficking have gone "missing without a trace" from the South West. Tang Chien Dang and Thang Vu Tan have not been seen for a month after being placed into care by social services. Both were identified as 'gardeners' during a people trafficking investigation, named Operation Astoria. The Southwest Regional Organised Crime Unit, known as Zephyr, has issued an appeal for witnesses in relation to the safeguarding of the two Vietnamese boys. They were kept in...