Eileen McDonagh, 33, has been spared jail after defrauding the RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institution) of nearly £27,000 by impersonating a charity collector. Over several months, McDonagh carried out more than 3,600 …
A woman who fraudulently collected nearly £27,000 by posing as a Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) charity collector has been spared prison. Eileen McDonagh, 33, conducted over 3,600 transactions on the streets of …
Andrew John Westwick, a 59-year-old resident of East Town Lane in Pilton, has been sentenced to 27 months in prison for supplying cannabis. The Bristol Crown Court handed down the sentence on Wednesday, September 3, following …
Shaun Bundy, 41, of Pookfield Close, Frome, has been sentenced to eight years in prison following a retrial that found him guilty of raping a woman in her own home. Bundy initially denied the crime, forcing the victim to …
A 22-year-old man from Trowbridge has been sentenced to nearly five years in prison for violently targeting two pedestrians with his car in a shocking act of road rage retaliation. Braden Lynam, of Woodborough Close, pleaded …
Andre Vrona, 43, of Plain Pond, Wiveliscombe, has been disqualified from driving for three years after being found more than four times over the legal alcohol limit while driving his Volkswagen Golf on the A358 near Henlade. …
Richard Bowles, 51, from Woodstock Road, Salisbury, has been sentenced after making 1,920 calls to 999 over a 30-month period, all requesting to speak to the ambulance service. These calls frequently involved abusive and …
August 2025 saw a range of serious criminal cases concluded across Somerset and nearby areas, with offenders receiving substantial prison terms for a variety of grave crimes. Courts in the region have delivered justice to …
Two men have been sentenced following a perilous high-speed chase on the M4, during which a high-powered lamp was deliberately shone into the eyes of pursuing police officers, and missiles were hurled from their vehicle. In …
Callum Denley, a former Wiltshire Police Constable, has been sentenced for failing to comply with the conditions of his Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) by refusing to hand over his mobile phone for inspection. The …
Marcin Raczak, a 28-year-old resident of Harford Street, Trowbridge, has been sentenced to nine months in prison following a series of alarming incidents involving an imitation firearm and illegal drugs. The sentencing took …
On Sunday, August 17, a 38-year-old man from Walthamstow was disqualified from driving for over two years and handed a suspended prison sentence following a serious drink-driving incident in Chippenham. Mihai Bacar was …
On June 10, Marlon Henriques, 30, from Tidworth, Wiltshire, sparked a terrifying police chase after refusing to stop for roads policing officers. Initially spotted speeding at 56mph in a 30mph zone on Marlborough Road, …
Callum Foster, a 27-year-old homeless man from Chippenham, was sentenced to three years and nine months in prison after robbing a Jaguar XF during a test drive. Foster pleaded guilty to robbery and driving without a licence …
Brett Conway exploited his elderly parents by stealing nearly £52,000 from their joint bank account between December 2017 and June 2018. His father was suffering from severe dementia, leaving both parents vulnerable to his …