Matt Ellett, a scout leader from Taunton, has been found guilty of 19 sexual offences against children. The 32-year-old was convicted by a unanimous jury at Taunton Crown Court, which sat at North Somerset Courthouse, on …
Body-worn camera footage has revealed the arrest of Michael Bretton, 41, captured while he was lying in bed at home. Bretton was taken into custody for the murder of Craig Hurcombe, a lorry driver who was the boyfriend of a …
A man has been found guilty of murdering his former lover’s new partner in what has been described as a “cold-blooded execution”. Michael Bretton, 41, is believed to have used a samurai sword in the fatal attack on Craig …
A man has been found guilty of murdering his former lover’s new partner in what has been described as a “cold-blooded execution”. Michael Bretton, 41, was convicted of killing Craig Hurcombe in Gurney Slade on 1 January, …
Tony Bartlett, a 39-year-old father from Axminster, Devon, has been sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 18 years for the murder of his four-week-old son, Atticus Bartlett. The tragic incident occurred at …
Tony Bartlett, a 39-year-old father from Axminster, Devon, has been sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum of 18 years for the murder of his four-week-old son, Atticus Bartlett. The tragic incident occurred at their …
A Devon father has been sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 18 years for the murder of his four-week-old son, Atticus Bartlett. The infant died following a violent shaking incident at their home in Chard, …
Two men, Wayne Shortland from Yeovil and Lewis Coombes from Castle Cary, have been sentenced to prison after stealing video game consoles and cash from a property in South Street, Yeovil. The burglary took place in the early …
Two men involved in a burglary in Yeovil that targeted video game consoles and cash have been sentenced to prison. Wayne Shortland, 43, from Yeovil, and Lewis Coombes, 38, from Castle Cary, were captured on a doorbell camera …
A shop owner in Weston-super-Mare has been sentenced following the seizure of £10,000 worth of illegal tobacco and vaping products by police and Trading Standards officers. Naseh Mahmoodi appeared at North Somerset …
A man from Trowbridge has been sentenced to prison for assaulting a woman on a street in Wiltshire. Jason Prior, 41, was convicted of assault by beating following an incident on Bythesea Road on the evening of Tuesday, June …
A 41-year-old man from Trowbridge has been sentenced for assaulting a woman on a street in Wiltshire. Jason Prior was found guilty of assault by beating, an offense he initially denied, and was sentenced to 23 weeks in prison …
A court in Swindon has sentenced three individuals who fabricated a story in an effort to secure a lighter sentence for a convicted drug dealer. The trio was found guilty of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice. Gavin …
A woman from Somerset, along with two accomplices, has been sentenced for attempting to pervert the course of justice by fabricating a story to secure a lighter sentence for a convicted drug dealer. At Swindon Crown Court, it …
A Somerset man has been found guilty of murdering his four-week-old son, Atticus Bartlett, by violently shaking him. The infant died after collapsing at the family home in Chard on July 16, 2022. Tony Bartlett, 39, formerly a …