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In the dock: Who's been up before the courts this week?
There seems to have been an abundance of prison doors clanging in the courts across Somerset this week. Probably the biggest case this week was that of the Broadway family, when a long-running murder...
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Crewkerne man 'distraught and outraged' after vandals throw white...
A man was left "distraught and outraged" after white paint was thrown over his car in Crewkerne.Vandals targeted Joe Snowdon's silver Peugeot parked on Rhydderch Way in the town sometime overnight...
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Man sends penis and masturbation pictures to possible landlord by...
A man told a court he texted photographs of himself masturbating to a man by mistake when he was drunk.Tobias Alan King sent the pictures of his penis to a man who advertised a room to rent - but later...
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Shepton Mallet woman stole £2,000 while working as petrol...
A woman who helped herself to more than £2,000 while working as a petrol station cashier has been given an eight week suspended prison sentence by magistrates.Marie Karina Ashford pocketed cash from...
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CCTV used to help capture a woman drink driving her Nissan Micra ...
A woman has been given a 14 month driving ban after CCTV operators saw her car swerving to avoid hitting another vehicle in Yeovil.Camera operators saw Bonny Catherine Warr leaving a bar in Stars Lane...
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Woman's late-night racist Facebook rant at 'olive-skinned'...
A woman has been publicly shamed by a nightclub after her "racist" 3am Facebook rant about being barred by an 'olive-skinned' doorman backfired. Foul-mouthed Deborah Smith, 44, penned her abusive...
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Taunton 18-year-old charged with possessing psychoactive...
Police have charged an 18-year-old man with possessing a psychoactive substance with intent to supply.Samuel Bal, of Knapp in Taunton, has also been charged with possessing a class B drug. The charges...
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Carer accused of £6,000 theft from woman with dementia
A care worker has appeared in court accused of stealing thousands of pounds from an elderly woman with Alzheimer's.Kisella Hillman was alleged to have committed the offences over the course of about...
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Sgt Alexander Blackman's lawyers will argue he is a 'man of...
The lawyer of a marine jailed for murdering an insurgent in Afghanistan will argue he is a "man of integrity" who deserves to be out on bail while awaiting the start of his new appeal.Sergeant...
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Picture of thug jailed for driving his car at victim in shocking...
This is the thug who drove his car into a man during a terrifying armed brawl in Glastonbury that saw acid, a steering lock and broken bottle used as weapons. William Lovelace was jailed last week, for...
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Romanian national given 16-month-driving ban after failing to...
Magistrates who gave a Romanian national a 16 month driving ban after he failed to comply with a breath test were told that the police procedures may have "got lost in translation".Bogdan Nicolae...
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25-year-old from Manchester admits abusing 14-year-old girl
A 25-year-old man has appeared before Taunton Crown Court to admit two charges of sexual activity with a 14-year-old girl.Jamie Young, of Manchester Road, Openshaw, appeared before his honour Judge...
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25-year-old Chard man on trial for attempted rape and sexual...
A man allegedly blocked a woman in her living room, threatened to take photographs of her in her underwear and then tried to force himself on her when she refused to sleep with him, a court heard...
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Lloyds bank customers warned to look out for 'convincing' scam...
Customers of a popular high street bank have been warned to look out for "convincing" scam letters which point people towards a dodgy and potentially costly phone number. An investigation by the Daily...
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Violent man wanted in Somerset after prison sentence for weapons...
Police are appealing for help to locate wanted man Mark Eastwood - but are warning that he is a risk to the public.Eastwood, 23, is wanted on a recall to prison after breaching the terms of his...
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Police seize cash and cannabis in Weston-super-mare drugs raid
Police have seized a large quantity of cannabis from a property in Weston-super-Mare. Avon and Somerset Police found the drugs along with a pile of cash while searching an address in Thirlmere Road in...
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Wilfred Isaacs murder: Who is still living at the Chubbards Cross...
Who is left living at the Chubbards Cross caravan site?The Broadway and Isaacs families lived side by side on the site in Ilton until May 5 when the shooting took place but had not been on speaking...
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Yeovil man seen taking axe from back of truck and approaching man...
A Yeovil man who was seen taking an axe from the back of his truck and approaching a man in the street who he was having an argument with has been sentenced to a community order.Glen Skip was witnessed...
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Yeovil man flew into rage after being blocked by a woman on...
Blocked on Facebook by a woman he had dated for just one month, a Yeovil man flew into a rage and gained access to a communal area at her flat and punched the glass in her front door causing it to...
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Chard woman weeps in dock as she relives alleged attempted rape
A woman wept in the witness box at Taunton Crown Court today as she relived a sexual attack she said was committed by her friend in her own home.The 35-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons,...
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