'I'm no angel' says Gloucester mum who faces eviction from home...

April 16, 2014, 12:59 am

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HER neighbours say her behaviour left them "worried for the safety" of their children, while police link her to half of all antisocial incidents on her estate since 2012. But while single mum Marie Smith concedes she is "no angel", the 38-year-old from Hempsted claims she has been made a scapegoat for all the problems in her street. Marie and her family face eviction from their home on Soren Larsen Way which officers say has been at the centre of 35 reports in six months. The...

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Reuben the rottweiler muzzle order after attacking two puppies in...

April 16, 2014, 11:37 pm

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ROTTWEILER Reuben must be muzzled in public after attacking two puppies and another dog, JPs have ruled. Owner Michelle Harris told Stroud Magistrates' Court she let someone else take 10-year-old Reuben and Labrador Hooper for a walk because she was not feeling well. When the Rottweiler was off the lead he dashed over to three springer spaniels. "The victim, Joanne Thomas, was walking with her springer spaniel Ellie and two puppies when Mrs Harris's dogs ran towards her," said Graham Dono, on...

Man left Bisley neighbours terrified after drunkenly getting out...

April 17, 2014, 9:17 am

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DRUNKEN Christopher Bidmead started banging on his neighbour's door before getting out his antique cavalry sword in the street, after he thought she had been spreading rumours about him. Carly Townsend was at home with her seven-year-old son and left terrified when the 31-year-old came knocking at her door on July 31, last year. Prosecutor Julian Kesner told the court: "As she approached she could see her neighbour's face pressed up against the glass by the door. She opened the door and he...

Stonehouse man tells judge that being in prison has given him the...

April 17, 2014, 10:06 am

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"BEING in prison is the worst thing that has happened to me and it has given me the kick I needed," an alcoholic told a judge yesterday. Luke Smith told Judge Jamie Tabor QC: "I am not here to look for sympathy because you have given me a chance before and I didn't take it. "I think I need to see this bottom to see the top. "I am three weeks without alcohol and I don't care. The only thing I care about is my family that I took for granted." The 29-year-old was jailed last week after he drunkenly...

Mystery man 'Leo' persuaded university student to cash dodgy...

April 17, 2014, 9:44 am

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A UNIVERSITY student, persuaded by a mystery man, drove down to Gloucester to cash a £1,499 fraudulent cheque. Business student Beverley Asare, who hopes for a career in finances, was asked by a man called Leo that she met at a party to cash the cheque in the city's The Money Shop in Station Road. Prosecutor Janine Wood told Gloucester Crown Court she went into the shop, provided identity and said she had been given the cheque by a company called Jackson Forklift Ltd as they had failed to...

Gloucestershire man jailed for attack after a row over The...

April 18, 2014, 10:18 am

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ROWING over reality TV show The Valleys in a lapdancing club landed one Gloucestershire man with a 10-week spell behind bars. Danny Butler was with his friend Fred Evans, who won a boxing silver medal at the London 2012 Olympics, when the attack happened, Birmingham magistrates heard. The court was told Butler teamed up with welterweight Evans to launch a "gratuitous and unprovoked" attack which left their victim unconscious. Butler, 20, of Gloucester Road, Corse, was jailed for 10 weeks for his...

Man, 31, arrested after dog kicked and thrown in ditch

April 20, 2014, 1:54 am

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A 31-year-old man has been arrested by police in the Forest of Dean after his dog was found kicked and thrown into a ditch at Elton. The dog was rescued by police officers and she is being looked after.

Armed man arrested by police in Podsmead, Gloucester

April 20, 2014, 10:35 am

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Armed police officers were in Podsmead today after reports a man was holding a handgun. Officers with firearms were sent to Cole Avenue after members of the public called the police around 2.30pm about the incident. He was seen in the street. The 25-year-old man was arrested at the junction of Byron Avenue and Scott Avenue 15 minutes after the officers were deployed. Police recovered a weapon described as a "cap gun". Investigations are ongoing, and police are asking for witnesses to come...

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'Brandishing toy guns in a threatening manner' is a crime, police...

April 21, 2014, 6:51 am

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POLICE say young people run the risk of prosecution if they are seen brandishing toy guns in public places. The warning comes after a 25-year-old man was arrested in Podsmead after residents claimed he was holding a handgun. Police later recovered a weapon described as a 'cap gun' following an incident at Cole Avenue at around 2.30pm on Sunday. Sergeant Rodger Wyber said: "If we get a call about any kind of suspected firearm you can expect it to be looked upon very seriously. "Just because a big...

'Speak out against drink-drivers', passengers urged in new...

April 21, 2014, 9:11 am

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THE family of a teenager killed in a drink-drive crash has backed a campaign to urge passengers to speak out if they suspect a driver is over the limit. Aaron Howard and Andrew Mudway were both 17 when they got in to Jim Carney's Vauxhall Cavalier SRi almost nine years ago. Just a few minutes later on May 7, 2005 Andrew was dead along with Carney, who was twice over the drink-drive limit. Aaron died the next day in hospital. Horrific incidents like that could be stopped. Transport Minister...

Banned Matson driver Jeremiah Smith jailed after car chase...

April 20, 2014, 11:19 pm

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Banned driver Jeremiah Smith took his girlfriend's car and chased her through the streets of Gloucester as she was carried in another car, following in close pursuit and ramming the car she was in three times. The 28-year-old was jailed for a year after he drove dangerously through the streets after the couple's row on March 1. Gloucester Crown Court saw CCTV footage of Smith tailing the car Tina Butler was in, getting within four to five feet of it, around the Quays, Docks and Gloucester's...

Dispersal order to tackle anti-social behaviour in Gloucester...

April 22, 2014, 8:53 am

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A NEW dispersal order to tackle anti-social behaviour in Gloucester city centre will start in May. The order, which was agreed with Gloucester City Council, will run from Thursday May 1 to Saturday November 1 2014. It allows police or Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) to direct any groups of two or more to leave an area for 24 hours when they believe the behaviour of the group is likely to result in members of the public being harassed, alarmed or distressed. The order covers the area...

Painswick Post Office worker 'stole parcels as revenge against...

April 22, 2014, 9:00 am

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TWO parcels containing jewellery which went missing in the post proved that Painswick postmistress Karen Judd was a thief, a jury was told yesterday. An investigation was launched by Royal Mail after the parcels posted by retired jeweller Graham Nash on December 12 and 17 2012 did not arrive, Gloucester Crown Court heard. The probe led to six other parcel thefts being uncovered – and all were the responsibility of Judd, alleged prosecutor Richard Cole. He said she committed the total of...

Woman left distraught after 'postmistress stole precious rings',...

April 23, 2014, 9:43 am

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POSTMISTRESS Karen Judd allegedly stole a parcel containing a woman's engagement ring and her mum's wedding ring, jurors heard. Royal Mail manager in Stroud, Andrew Yarworth, said he contacted the alleged victim because she was so distraught that the parcel posted to her by jeweller Graham Nash from Painswick never arrived. It was one of two parcels of repaired jewellery sent by Mr Nash from Painswick Post Office in the space of a few days and they both disappeared, the jury was told. Mr...

National Stalking Awareness Day: Gloucestershire woman's 10 years...

April 24, 2014, 2:37 am

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A BUSINESSWOMAN was stalked and harassed for 10 years by a man she met through work. The Gloucestershire woman was forced to put a panic alarm in her home and eventually had to move after being told she was no longer safe to live alone. The 48-year-old, who did not wish to be named, was subjected to online abuse, a physical attack, attempts to destroy her business and even had her telephone number posted on a sex website advertising her as a prostitute. She was tormented by the man, who despite...

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Two arrested over damaged cars in Stroud

April 24, 2014, 5:44 am

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A man and a youth have been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage in connection with a number of incidents in Stroud overnight (23 – 24 April). The incidents were as follows: In the evening of April 23, a statue was thrown through a car windscreen in Woodlands Close. Shortly before midnight, all the windows of a Ford Transit were reported smashed in Folly Lane. Also overnight, six vehicles were attacked in Summer Street, and the windows of three of them smashed. In separate...

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April 25, 2014, 6:19 am

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PARENTS have been left "terrified" of opening their front doors after a bogus social worker door-stopped a mother in Quedgeley and carried out fake medical checks on her four-month-old son. Police are searching for the imposter, who claimed to be from Gloucestershire Social Services and was carrying a fake ID badge. The woman called on the house in Deerhurst Place around 2pm on Wednesday and asked to check on the baby because there were concerns for his welfare. She then checked the child's...

Tuffley couple told to expect jail after £49k benefit fraud

April 26, 2014, 5:48 am

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A Tuffley couple who have admitted a £49,900 benefits fraud were warned by a judge yesterday that they are 'likely to be going to prison.' Trina Leray, 33, of Falfield rd, Tuffley, pleaded guilty at Gloucester crown court to dishonestly failing to notify the Department of Work and Pensions between Jan 2007 and Aug 2012 that she was 'maintaining a common household' with Peter Farncombe, also 33. The charge said the amount of benefit she was entitled to would be affected by the fact that...

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April 28, 2014, 3:24 am

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FORMER Gloucester Cathedral organist Ian Ball has been jailed for sexually abusing a teenage boy. Ball, 46, disgraced himself with a number of inappropriate relationships and once had a pint poured over his head by a married lover's husband. But he is now behind bars for two-and-a-half years for molesting a 14-year-old boy who visited him at another cathedral for organ lessons. He was also found to have dozens of illegal images of children on his home computer. Ball was forced to resign from...

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April 28, 2014, 4:01 am

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GAMBLING addict, Derek Grinstead, who stole £119,000 from a fishmongers he worked for has been given an additional six months to pay back some of the cash he stole. The 45-year-old was jailed for 16 months after he netted the money from his employer, Severn and Wye Smokery, over three-and-a-half years. Gloucester Crown Court heard in December last year, Grinsted had just £26,772.50 worth of assets and would have to sell his home to pay back some of the cash. Then he was giving six...