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Somerset man pleads not guilty to rape and sexual offences...
A Somerset man has pleaded not guilty to charges of rape and sexual assault, the latter of which involved children up to a decade ago. Alan Edward Blakemore, of Parsons Close, Long Sutton, appeared at...
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Woman who brought M5 to a standstill in court on malicious...
A 26-year-old woman whose actions ground Somerset to a halt last summer will have to wait until the end of next month to find out if she will place a prison sentence.Abigail Wyatt appeared before...
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Kidnapping in Blue Lagoon bar Gloucester Road, Bristol: Avon and...
Police have released shocking CCTV footage of a man being kidnapped from a bar as part of an appeal for information.The 22-year-old victim was dragged out of the Blue Lagoon on Gloucester Road in...
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Police appeal for witnesses after £50k of straw torched on...
Police have appealed for witnesses after £50,000 worth of straw was torched on the Somerset Levels. Firefighters were called out to a farm on Dyers Road in Curry Rivel just before midnight on Friday...
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Drugs and stolen goods worth thousands seized in Frome raids by...
Thousands of pounds worth of illegal drugs and stolen property have been seized by the police during an operation in Somerset today (February 9). Pictures of drugs, bagged stolen goods and officers...
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Police 'concerns growing' for missing Somerset teen from...
A missing teenager from Somerset was last spotted in the Midlands, it has been reported. Kain Smith, 17, was seen on Cotton Lane in Derby on February 3. But since then Kain, who is from the Bridgwater...
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Norton Fitzwarren crash: Police seek witnesses after stolen...
Police are looking for witnesses following a crash in Somerset between a stolen convertible Renault and a parked Audi A4. The crash happened in Norton Fitzwarren, near Taunton, on Tuesday (February 7)...
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Police arrest man following Somerset nature reserve car break-ins
A man has been arrested after a number of car break-ins at a Somerset beauty spot.An Avon and Somerset spokesman said: "We're investigating a number of break-ins to cars parked at nature reserves on...
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Marine A: Call for Taunton's Alexander Blackman to go free 'soon'...
A Royal Marine jailed for murder should be released from prison "very soon" after the horrors of war he has lived through, according to a former MP. Sgt Alexander Blackman, 42 from Taunton, was...
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Teen drug dealer caught red-handed in Taunton
A teenager who was caught red-handed selling drugs has been spared jail by an unimpressed judge.The police had been out on patrol in Hamilton Road, Taunton, on August 20 last year when they spotted a...
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Art at the sharp end - knife amnesty transforms Somerset's...
Knives left at an amnesty bin at Taunton Crown Court and collected by police in Avon and Somerset have helped to create a poignant memorial to victims of knife crime.The court was the first court...
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Rapist serving life escapes from HMP Leyhill with domestic...
Police are appealing to the public to help them find a rapist serving a life sentence and another criminal who have absconded from prison. Nicholas Briggs, 28, and Anthony McCormick, 52, both absconded...
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'Vile' Bridgwater paedophile Kevin Simon Ford jailed 16 years for...
A 23-year-old man from Bridgwater has been sentenced to 16 years for a series of offences relating to indecent images and the sexual abuse of girls.Kevin Simon Ford, of no fixed abode, admitted three...
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Homeless man wanted to go to prison when he stole three bottles...
A homeless man who was caught stealing three bottles of gin in Yeovil had his wish granted when he was sent to prison. Somerset Magistrates were told that heroin addict Paul David Williams had only...
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Paulton home break-in sees laptops, wallets and bank cards stolen
Burglars stole two laptops and bank cards from a Paulton home before using the cards at shops in Bedminster.Avon and Somerset Police were called to an address in Jubilee Terrace, just after 9am on...
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Yeovil man dragged woman into ditch in terrifying sexual assault
A man who dragged a woman into a ditch and subjected her to a terrifying sexual assault in Yeovil has been indefinitely hospitalised by a court today.Douglas Hall, 30, currently a serving prisoner at...
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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,...
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'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...
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'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...
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Cannabis-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,...
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