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Drugs in Somerset: Do police figures reveal Avon and Somerset as...
Avon and Somerset is a hotspot for crack cocaine - with seizures on the rise. While the number of seizures is down overall, there has been a 125 per cent rise in crack seizures in a year - with figures...
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Man given suspended sentence for Sherborne assault and carrying...
A man has been given a suspended sentence for an assault in Sherborne and illegally possessing a shotgun.William Joseph James Price, 55, was previously charged with one count of possession of a shotgun...
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Homeless man stabs friend who gave him somewhere to sleep - in...
A homeless man thrust a dart into his friend's neck and then shoved a pint glass into his face during an argument in a Somerset pub.The victim let David Harrison sleep on his sofa, but when the pair...
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Environment Agency digger, dredger and boat damaged in arson...
Arsonists that torched three dredging vehicles near Yeovil - including a boat - could have caused a water pollution emergency.The boat was sunk spilling oil into the River Yeo as a result of the attack...
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Wilf Isaacs murder trial: Everything we learned during the...
A trial into the alleged murder of Wilfred Isaacs Senior has now finished its second week and as well as evidence from members of the Isaacs family, the jury heard from a number of experts as the...
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Action Fraud warning about scam emails with fake court summons...
Scammers are targeting your inbox with official looking emails which claim you have been summoned to appear in court. According to Action Fraud – a national police organisation – the dodgy emails claim...
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Man found with axe in his trousers after staff working at Asda...
A man has been jailed for 12 months after being found at a supermarket in possession of stolen items and an axe.Leon Marcus Tillman was already subject to a suspended sentence for three previous...
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Revealed: Somerset towns with the highest and lowest burglary...
As the winter nights draw in Somerset Live has been examining a national crime database to look at the number of burglaries in your town.The clocks changing often sees a rise in the number of...
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Man charged with attacking teenager with hammer in High Street,...
A man who allegedly attacked a 16-year-old boy with a hammer in Yeovil town centre leaving him with a fractured cheek has been remanded in custody awaiting trial. Joseph Jennings, 31, of no fixed...
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30 year old denies kicking man and fracturing his skull in...
A Shepton Mallet man accused of attacking another male during an incident in the town leaving him with a fractured skull has appeared before Somerset Magistrates. Lukasz Arcisz allegedly kicked the...
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Milborne Port man charged with robbery, kidnap, drug dealing and...
A Somerset man has been ordered to stand trial at Taunton Crown Court facing allegations of robbery, kidnap, drug dealing and money laundering. Adam Wayne Rowe, 35, of The Brambles, Milborne Port,...
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Shepton Mallet shop advised to close early by police after...
A shop in the centre of a Somerset town was forced to close early recently because of "issues with local drug dealers". Martin's newsagents at 8 Town Lane in Shepton Mallet apparently closed early...
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Police urge Sherborne residents to secure property after donkey...
Dorset Police are urging Sherborne residents to secure their property after a barn was broken into in a neighbouring village.Thieves broke into a barn in the Thornford area some time between Wednesday...
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Woman remains on bail after remains of baby found at house on St...
A woman arrested after human remains were found in a garden in Yeovil will remain on bail until January.The 29-year-old was arrested on suspicion of infanticide after the remains of what are believed...
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Trial for Frome woman accused of fiddling Conservative Club's...
A woman accused of false accounting in the books of Frome and District Conservative Club to the tune of £20,000 while acting as the club steward will face a judge and jury next year.Dannette Stelcel...
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Pensioner appears in court charged with historic offences of...
A pensioner has appeared in court charged with historic offences of sexual assault involving a teenage girl at Stoke-sub-Hamdon in the 1990s.David Thomas Lester, 66, of Cassiobury Road, Weymouth,...
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Wellington woman banned from driving after admitting charge
A 26-year-old woman has appeared before Taunton Crown Court to admit a charge of dangerous driving.Abigail Wyatt, of Trinity Close, Wellington, pleaded guilty to one charge of dangerous driving said to...
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Gordon Brown spared jail after being found guilty of setting fire...
A man who drove over 70 miles to set fire to his ex-wife's property in a dispute over family court proceedings narrowly escaped being sent to prison when he appeared before magistrates to be...
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Frome woman accused to assaulting two police officers at her home
A Frome woman has appeared in court accused of assaulting two police officers, who were called to her home after reports that she was intending to harm herself.The officers were said to have found...
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