Slough man to stand trial accused of assaulting autistic partner...
A man has appeared before a domestic violence court accused of assaulting his partner, who was described as a "vulnerable adult", at her home in Shepton Mallet.Martin James Harbour, allegedly grabbed...
View ArticleLidl shoplifter drops Ouzo bottle after staff challenge him in...
A shoplifter caught stealing booze from a Yeovil supermarket handed a bottle of Ouzo back to staff before another fell from his jacket. Daniel Wayne Bryant was homeless and substituting drugs with...
View ArticlePolice seek man in connection with racially aggravated assault in...
A garage worker was assaulted in a racially aggravated attack after following two suspected fuel thieves from a forecourt.The employee followed two men in his own car from the garage in Wellington...
View ArticleCCTV released after Minehead pub toilet attack - police want to...
Police want to trace a man and a woman after an attack in the men's toilets at a Minehead pub.An investigation has been launched by Avon and Somerset Police following the assault and the Old Ship...
View ArticleMan jailed for shaking baby boy and hitting head against hard...
A man who violently shook a six-month-old boy and hit his head against a hard surface leaving him severely disabled has been jailed for four-and-a-half years.Benjamin Pople, 30, of Woolavington, was...
View ArticleParents of baby given 'horrific injuries' by Benjamin Pople speak...
The parents of a baby boy who suffered 'horrific injuries' and was left disabled after a man shook him and hit his head against a hard surface have spoken of their pain. The couple's statements were...
View ArticleHow to find out if someone has secretly logged into YOUR Facebook...
Imagine if someone hacked into your Facebook account? They could do some damage couldn't they? The potential intrusion to your privacy and possibility they could wreck your online life is very real....
View ArticleEverything you need to know about Marine A case as appeal date...
The appeal of a former Royal Marine from Somerset jailed for killing a Taliban insurgent in Afghanistan will take place next month. On 15 September 2011, Sergeant Alexander Blackman pointed his gun at...
View ArticleFrome man allegedy tried to get partner to retract statement to...
A Frome man facing offences of domestic violence and intimidating a witness allegedly tried to get his partner to retract her statement to the police that he had assaulted her.James Plows had been...
View ArticlePuppy farm collie which attacked two people ordered to be...
Magistrates have ordered the destruction of a collie dog belonging to a Westbury-sub-Mendip woman, between Wells and Cheddar, which attacked two people leaving them with bite injuries.The dog, which...
View ArticleNew Year's Eve decision by Yeovil man to move car while double...
New Year's Eve celebrations turned sour for a Yeovil man when he was caught behind the wheel of his car while more than double the drink drive limit.Lucas Cedric Moore was worried when a drunken male...
View ArticleYeovil man accused of GBH has case adjourned
A Yeovil man accused of an offence of causing grievous bodily harm has had the case against him adjourned. Luke Martin Bruce, 26, of West Coker Road, is alleged to have unlawfully and maliciously...
View ArticleCrewkerne man to stand trial accused of stealing pressure washer...
A Somerset man has been ordered to stand trial accused of stealing a pressure washer from an Indian restaurant in the town. Stephen Michael Hunter, 56, of Memorial Avenue, Crewkerne, pleaded not guilty...
View ArticleDrunk man punched his mum in head at family home in Martock
Descending into a spiral of depression and alcoholism, a man assaulted his mother during an incident at the family home in Martock.Police received a 999 call from the victim saying they could not cope...
View ArticleSomerset cat shot dead: Metal pellet pierced Monty's liver as...
This is seven-year-old black cat Monty who had to be put to sleep after a metal pellet pierced his liver, the RPSCA has revealed His owner, Nick Perry, found Monty lying on his side and struggling to...
View ArticleSherborne pharmacy raid: further bail extension for Gillingham...
A Dorset man questioned by police over a "daylight robbery" in Sherborne has had his bail extended for a second time. The Abbey Pharmacy on Cheap Street was targeted on September 1 last year by three...
View ArticleBBC Countryfile to feature police near Langport tackling rural...
A village near Langport is set to make an appearance this weekend on a leading TV programme about the British countryside. The BBC's long-running programme Countryfile came to film on a farm just...
View ArticlePolice still looking for part of group which vandalised benches...
Police are still looking for part of a group responsible for vandalising benches in the heart of a Somerset market town. Earlier this month Castle Cary town council asked for the public's help to...
View ArticleYeovil learner driver who flipped car onto its side was over...
A learner driver who was found unconscious in the driver's seat of her car after it had flipped over onto its side was found to be over the drink drive limit. Katarzyna Aneta Wisniewska was approached...
View ArticleDrunk man steals friend's car, sends Snapchat at wheel, crashes,...
An 18-year-old from Wellington got drunk, took his friend's car without permission, sent him a Snapchat video of himself veering all over the motorway, crashed the car and ran away from the scene and...
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