Jack Brownless, 39, of Hazelbury Bryan in Dorset, has been banned from driving for five years after being caught driving under the influence of drugs. On Monday, August 22, a silver Mercedes B-Class was spotted driving …
Michael Dunk, a Somerset Green Party councillor representing Frome West, may not have to immediately vacate his council seat following his recent imprisonment. Dunk, affectionately known as “Mick,” was sentenced on December …
Andrew Cobb, a 54-year-old man from Monmouth Street, Bridgwater, has been sentenced to over six years in prison following a police sting operation that uncovered his extensive child exploitation offences. Cobb targeted and …
A 38-year-old man with severe mental illness has been sentenced to six years in prison for the manslaughter of an 86-year-old woman in Somerset. David Parish, who has no fixed address, appeared at Bristol Crown Court on …
A 19-year-old driver, Edward Spencer, has been sentenced to two years' detention after a fatal head-on collision that resulted in the deaths of three teenagers and life-changing injuries for others. The catastrophic incident …
Paul Butler has been sentenced to life in prison, with a minimum term of 27 years, for the murder of Plymouth University lecturer Claire Chick. The 53-year-old pleaded guilty and was sentenced at Plymouth Crown Court for the …
Thomas Wilkinson, a 34-year-old burglar and serial shoplifter, has been sentenced to seven months in jail for a home break-in on Boxing Day and 10 counts of shoplifting. The break-in occurred in Peasmarsh, near Ilminster, …
A man was sentenced to four years in jail after admitting to setting fire to a barn near the Somerset border. Liam Jones, 29, of no fixed abode, was sentenced at Swindon Crown Court on April 22 for arson. Shortly after the …
A former Avon and Somerset police officer, James Gullis, 28, has been given a suspended prison sentence after admitting to making indecent images of children. He pleaded guilty to the offences in February and received a …
A massive pile-up on the M5 was caused by a mentally-ill driver after he undertook 39 vehicles and averaged 102mph. Jamie Poyntz, 41, from Plymouth, injured seven people and sent a car containing a family of holidaymakers …