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Taunton's Glen Squire stabbed man repeatedly before dumping him...
A drug addict who stabbed a man on Valentine's Day before throwing him naked out of his car has been jailed for 18 months.Glen Squire, 25, of Canal Road in Taunton appeared before Recorder Martin Meeke...
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Robert Cox inquest: Family say man stabbed to death at mental...
The mother of a Burnham-on-Sea man fatally stabbed while at a hostel for people with mental health problems has questioned the care he received. Robert Cox, 24, was stabbed to death at a hostel in...
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Man jailed for attempting to hit cyclist with hammer and metal...
A man has been jailed for four years for hitting his friend in the face with a metal pole and attempting to hit a cyclist with a hammer during two separate incidents in Weymouth. Jason Keith Breen, 41...
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Prisoners wandering around in dressing gowns at crisis-hit Guys...
Prisoners are wandering around in dressing gowns or just shorts at a crisis-hit prison, a scathing inspection report reveals.Inmates were also able to flout rules by smoking outside their cells amid...
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CCTV images released after man has wallet and chainsaw stolen...
Officers investigating the theft of a wallet in Lytchett Matravers have issued CCTV images of a man they would like to identify.Sometime between 8.30am and 1pm on Wednesday 15 February 2017 an offender...
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Man assaulted in Milborne Port following taxi ride
Police are seeking to identify two women and a man as they investigate an assault in Milborne Port near Sherborne. The incident occurred at approximately 3.15am on Sunday, April 2. A man took a taxi...
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Concrete pillar used to break down door as thieves target...
A concrete pillar was thrown through the door of a Sherborne pharmacy by burglars in the early hours of this morning (April 12).For the second time in the space of a year, the Abbey Pharmacy on Cheap...
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Poole man dies after being restrained by police following...
An independent investigation is underway into the death of a man after he was restrained by police. The police were called at 4.12pm and 4.19pm on Tuesday, April 11 to The Avenue in Poole, due to...
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Street man accused of punching man as he answered knock on door...
A Street man accused of punching a man in the face leaving him with multiple fractures to his cheek and jaw has appeared in court charged with an offence of malicious wounding.Nathan Winn, 22, of Woods...
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Police helicopter in pursuit of disqualified driver in Weston-sup...
A police helicopter was involved in a pursuit in Weston-super-Mare yesterday evening (April 11) as officers attempted to catch a disqualified driver. Officers from Avon and Somerset Constabulary began...
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Yeovil man Daniel Raymond Langton accused of possessing indecent...
A Yeovil man has appeared in court to answer allegations of possessing indecent images of children. Daniel Raymond Langton appeared before Somerset Magistrates, sitting at Yeovil. He has been charged...
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Two men assaulted in Wells' Tor Street sparks police search for...
Police are hunting for witnesses to an early morning assault in Wells. The incident took place between 5am and 6am today (April 12) on Tor Street. Police believe that a couple of men were assaulted,...
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Sunderland driver James Robert Sweeney was so drunk he couldn't...
A drink-driver who was seen by CCTV operators in Yeovil town centre getting into a car with a group of other people was so confused he could hardly work out where the exit was. James Robert Sweeney was...
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Warning over text scam as one woman conned out of £70,000
People are being urged to be wary of a new text scam that has seen some conned out of tens of thousands of pounds.Experts have warned that this text scam is not easily identifiable as fraud as it is...
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Appalling statistics lift lid on domestic violence in Somerset
Figures have revealed that people living in Somerset and Avon are more likely to fall victim to domestic abuse from a partner than almost anywhere else in the country. Avon and Somerset police recorded...
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Crime in Glastonbury and Street revealed: These are the most...
Street or Glastonbury – where do the most crimes happen? The website police.co.uk maps out reported crime in any given area. The information is available by months and types of crime. Somerset Live...
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The nine biggest crime hotspots in Yeovil in 2017
The worst streets for crime in Yeovil have been revealed thanks to figures released by Avon and Somerset Constabulary.The crime data is for January this year - the latest figures available - and is...
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Avon and Somerset police tight lipped over terrorist arrests
Police in Somerset have opened their books to reveal the number and types of crimes they have investigated since 2014, but are keeping tight-lipped over terror-related arrests. While Avon and Somerset...
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Former Dorset deputy head David Akers jailed for indecently...
A former Weymouth deputy head has been jailed for four years after being found guilty of indecently assaulting a pupil in the 1990s. David Akers, 61, of Waddon in Weymouth, was found guilty today...
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Weston-super-Mare drugs boss Martin Fullerton jailed 11 years
The head of a cross-border drugs operation who bought heroin and cocaine down from the West Midlands before using runners to sell them on the streets of Weston-super-Mare has been jailed for 11...
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