Weston-super-Mare travellers released on bail after 'mental'...
Travellers who were arrested last week at Locking Street car park in Weston-super-Mare have been released on bail.A number of people were arrested last Thursday when at least six police riot vans...
View ArticleColeford man Samuel Ball admits throwing food at police cell...
A Coleford man who denies four allegations of assaulting his partner has admitted damaging a police cell when he arrested.A court heard it cost £70 to clear up the mess after he threw food at a...
View ArticleLack of court time delays assault case against husband from...
A Stoke-sub-Hamdon man accused of assaulting his wife and damaging her mobile phone has had the case against him adjourned.Douglas Hallett, of no fixed address, is charged with assaulting the victim by...
View ArticleThornford man charged with death threat and possessing a knife...
A Thornford man has appeared in court charged with making a death threat and being in possession of a knife in Yeovil.Phillip David Paulley, 22, of The Waldrons, appeared in the dock before Somerset...
View ArticleShepton Mallet takeaway owner left feeling 'sad' after theft of...
The owner of a takeaway in Shepton Mallet has been left feeling "sad" after an apparent theft from his business.Kevin Chan, of Hong Kong Garden, posted CCTV images on Facebook of a woman allegedly...
View ArticleThree men arrested on suspicion of robbery and damgage to more...
The three men who were arrested on suspicion of slashing more than 36 car tyres in a Somerset town have had their bail extended.Police were alerted to the rampage by vandals at around 3.40am on August...
View ArticleCrack and heroin user sent back to jail after month-long crime...
A Yeovil man who breached a suspended prison sentence along with an order for post sentence supervision after being released from jail has been sent back behind bars for eight months.Soon after being...
View Article'Lethargic' Yeovil teen who landed flying kick on hostel door...
A court was told that a Yeovil teenager who took a flying kick at the door of a young persons hostel he was living in had got into "a bit of a rut".With no job, smoking cannabis and no motivation to do...
View ArticleMemorial bench in Frome vandalised at showfield which used to...
A memorial bench in Frome has been vandalised with local residents condemning the behaviour. The Chris Morgan memorial bench, located at The Old Showfield near Bath Road and Rodden Road, was found...
View ArticleFrome man jailed for charity shop robbery with crowbar left woman...
A charity shop worker who bravely tried to resist a 36-year-old Frome man as he threatened her with a crowbar told a court that she no longer feels safe at work.Jason Dando, of Wedmore Close, who has a...
View ArticleSherborne residents targeted by HMRC phone scam, police say
Scam callers claiming to be working for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have targeted residents in the Sherborne area, according to police.Dorset Police has issued advice to the public after...
View ArticleFour men arrested at Queensway, Yeovil, after quantity of cash...
Four men have been arrested on suspicion of drug dealing after police stopped a car in Yeovil. Officers pulled the vehicle over on Queensway at around 11pm on Tuesday night (September 13) and...
View ArticleYeovil man facing assault and criminal damage charges has case...
A Yeovil man facing allegations of assault, criminal damage and using violence to secure entry has had the case against him dropped.Andrew John Raymond Cleal, 41, of King Street, previously appeared...
View ArticleSomerset woman banned from driving after police spotted...
A woman who attracted the attention of the police at Farrington Gurney after leaving her car indicator turned on has been given a 17 month driving ban after she was found nearly double the drink drive...
View ArticleGlastonbury woman ignored repeated requests to leave town centre...
A Glastonbury woman who ignored repeated requests by the police to leave the town centre after she was causing a disturbance was arrested when she ignored an official warning she was given.Lisa Ann...
View ArticleThird dog attack in Glastonbury 'linked' to scary incident...
A third dog attack, which is thought to be linked to an incident where a guide dog was targeted, has been reported in Glastonbury.Ian Brooks, who lost 90 per cent of his sight as a child after...
View ArticleChurch in Glastonbury High Street cordoned off after 'woman...
A section of Glastonbury High Street has been cordoned off after a woman was assaulted. St John's Church was taped off by police after the woman, who has been taken to hospital, was attacked.Get more...
View ArticleGlastonbury high street cordon to remain after woman suffers...
A cordon will remain in place on a section of Glastonbury high street until "much later" after a woman was taken to hospital with serious but not life threatening injuries following an assault.In an...
View ArticleClass A drugs, cash and weapons seized after car stopped for...
A large quantity of Class A drugs, cash and weapons was seized after a car was seen driving erratically late at night in Yeovil, police have since revealed. As we reported this morning, an eyewitness...
View ArticleFour teenage girls accused of assaulting 14-year-old girl in...
Four teenage girls charged with assaulting another teenager have appeared in court.The three 14-year-old girls and one 15-year-old were charged with assault following the incident on Sunday (September...
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