Cyril Jenkins, paedophile pensioner babysitter from Burnham-on-Se...
A paedophile pensioner from Burnham-on-Sea has been jailed for eight years after carrying out a series of sickening sexual assaults on a seven-year-old girl he had been babysitting.Cyril Jenkins, 67,...
View Article'Kevin said don't tell" - full horror of Bridgwatwer...
A paedophile that targeted a 15-year-old girl and a 12-year-old girl while he was being investigated for the serious sexual abuse of a four-year-old has been jailed for 16 years by a judge today.Kevin...
View Article'Idiotic' ketamine and cocaine dealing plumber from Chard escapes...
A 28-year-old plumber from Chard has been handed a suspended jail term after being caught in possession of cocaine and ketamine.Samuel McCaffery was driving towards Crewkerne when he was spotted...
View ArticleCannabis-smoking driver could have killed his son in this...
Pictures show the horrific aftermath of a crash caused by a dope-smoking father who "could have killed" his three-year-old son when he fell asleep at the wheel.Sturminster Newton man Brett Perry-Hunt,...
View ArticleRevealed: Eight of the most crime-ridden streets in Bridgwater
We can reveal eight of the worst streets for crime in Bridgwater after new figures were released by Avon and Somerset Police.The crime data is for December 2016 and is available from the police.uk...
View ArticleCrime statistics reveal Somerset town with highest crime rate
Crime figures for the year 2016 have been released by Avon and Somerset Police, and we can reveal that the Somerset town with the highest crime rate is Bridgwater.Using data from the police.co.uk...
View ArticleFrome man smashed up partner's home when she left for his...
ANGRY that his partner had left for his father's funeral without him, a Frome man started smashing up property at their home after flying into a rage. Matthew Alexander Lofts could be heard making a...
View ArticleStreet teenager accused of damaging YMCA door lock ordered to...
A Street teenager accused of causing hundreds of pounds worth of damage to a door lock at a homeless hostel has had his case adjourned to enable him to attend. Matthew John Wall, 19, of High Street, is...
View ArticleChard woman admits violent behaviour towards police officer
Angry that her husband was being arrested for breaching his bail conditions by talking to her, a Chard woman intervened and launched a barrage of abuse and violent behaviour towards the police....
View ArticleIs splashing someone with your car a crime? It could be –...
Splashing someone on the pavement with your car could be a crime, according to police in Somerset. At this time of year there's often water on the roads and we've probably all witnessed pedestrians...
View ArticleMan with car full of drugs tried to enter music festival at...
A 31-year old who was stopped with a car full of drugs as he tried to enter a music festival at Butlins in Minehead has been spared a jail sentence.Edward Oliver, 31, appeared before Taunton Crown...
View ArticleTrowbridge Wetherspoons: Eyewitness describes shocking scenes in...
An eyewitness who filmed the chaos of a dramatic bar brawl at a pub in Trowbridge has described the moment the punches started flying.The fight broke out in the early hours of Sunday morning (February...
View ArticleCrash on A36 at Farleigh Hungerford near Frome caught on dashcam...
A woman was left afraid to travel as a car passenger after a van driver pulled out of a junction and crashed into her husband's car - leaving both of them with whiplash.Somerset Magistrates were told...
View ArticleFires in Naishs Street, Frome: witness describes flames leaping...
A man who raised the alarm when a fire was started deliberately near a house described seeing flames eight feet tall leaping from burning bins.The fire, which took place on Naishs Street, Frome was one...
View ArticlePolice appeal: Still no sign of Tanya, missing for a week
There is still no sign of a woman who has been missing since last Tuesday.Police are still running an appeal to find 30-year-old Tanya Vickery.Searches of the shore and sea were carried out around...
View ArticleShepton Mallet community must pull together to tackle 'scary'...
A Shepton Mallet woman has called on her community to pull together to report crime and anti-social behaviour after a "scary" disturbance in the town centre. Amanda Stone-Outten, who runs a gallery and...
View ArticleYarlington Homes property in Yeovil was damaged as man rowed with...
A man who started arguing with his former partner and "came to blows" as they lay in bed then punched a hole in the bathroom door to avoid hitting her instead.Callum Ray McAteer was caught on a police...
View ArticleSherborne mum admits stealing clothes from Yeovil Marks and...
A Sherborne woman who was caught red-handed stealing a bag of clothing from a Yeovil store confessed she was going to sell them to fund her spiralling addiction to class A drugs.Mother Carrie...
View ArticleSomerset teenager flew into rage and smashed up family cars with...
A teenager who totally lost control after an argument with her boyfriend and assaulted her mother and stepfather before trashing their house in Ilchester with a sledgehammer has been sentenced to a...
View ArticleMan made 'sexually-motivated' threats to mum and daughter, 9, in...
A man made nasty "sexually-motivated" threats toward a mother and her nine-year-old daughter in Blandford and police are appealing for information as they try to track him down. The worrying encounter...
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