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June 9, 2014, 8:18 am

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HORSES – including a foal later rescued by Olympic dressage champion Charlotte Dujardin – were kept in such terrible conditions that a jail sentence for owner Lisa Fletcher was deemed the only suitable punishment. She was sent down for 16 weeks today at Cheltenham Magistrates Court having admitted animal cruelty. Miss Dujardin, a gold medallist at London 2012 who lives near Newent, adopted one of the foals, called Santa, after Fletcher's neglect was exposed. Fletcher, 47, was...

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June 9, 2014, 10:20 am

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A TESCO security guard was the subject of a "vicious, nasty and unprovoked" attack that will see a Gloucester man and Cotswold woman sentenced next month. Kaley Ray, a 23-year-old mum of Barnes Wallace Way, Upper Rissington, pleaded guilty at Gloucester Crown Court yesterday to using racially aggravated behaviour which caused fear of violence. Her denial of a charge of racially aggravated assault by beating, on Ghanaian security guard Lamin Saidykhan at Tesco, St Oswald's, was accepted by the...

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June 10, 2014, 1:58 am

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CHILDREN had three mountain bikes stolen and were threatened with violence in Tuffley. The robbery took place last Wednesday at about 3.40pm, when the three victims were cycling home from school, passing through an alleyway between Cole Avenue and Stroud Road. They were confronted by six offenders who had covered their faces with bandanas and had hoods over their heads, who ordered the victims off their bikes and pushed two of them, threatening to break their noses. Fearing violence, the...

Knife arch used in Friday night Gloucester city centre crackdown

June 9, 2014, 10:45 am

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A knife arch was installed Gloucester's The Regal pub on Friday night as part of a police crackdown. Gloucester City Centre licensing team carried out an operation to help combat knife crime with the Special Constabulary on Friday. Six specials, a sergeant and a PC set up the knife arch in the foyer area of The Regal and people entering were requested to hand over any metallic items before going into the venue through the metal detecting knife arch. If the arch indicated the presence of...

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June 10, 2014, 8:59 am

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CRAIG Francis broke into his ex-partner's home and attacked her in front of their distressed four-year-old child, a court was told yesterday. Francis, aged 36, of Howard Street, in Gloucester, kept on hitting Jessica Lawless after she curled up in a ball to protect herself, Gloucester Crown Court heard. He was jailed for a total of 22 weeks after admitting a charge of common assault and criminal damage. Judge Euan Ambrose said: ""The attack has left her with a loss of confidence and she...

Teenagers have bikes stolen in Tuffley by six masked robbers

June 10, 2014, 9:56 am

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TEENAGERS had three mountain bikes stolen and were threatened with having their noses broken when confronted by six robbers in Tuffley. It took place last Wednesday at about 3.40pm, when the three victims were cycling home from school, passing through an alleyway between Cole Avenue and Stroud Road. They were confronted by six offenders who had covered their faces with bandanas and had hoods over their heads, who ordered the victims off their bikes and pushed two of them, threatening to break...

CCTV released after alcohol stolen from Gloucestershire shops

June 11, 2014, 2:39 am

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Police investigating the theft of hundreds of pounds worth of alcohol from two Gloucestershire shops have released CCTV images of two men that they would like to speak to. The first theft happened at a shop on Dudbridge in Stroud between 3pm and 3.20pm on Wednesday May 28. Two offenders entered the store on four occasions, with one carrying a shopping basket and the other pushing a trolley. Each time they walked to the alcohol isle of the store and without paying took around 12 bottles of...

Police investigate Stroud raid

June 11, 2014, 8:14 am

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POLICE are investigating after a raid on a garage near Stroud. Garden machinery was taken after an unlocked door was opened by thieves in Windyridge, Bisley between 8pm and 10pm on Sunday, June 8. Witnesses are asked to call police on 101, quoting incident 98 of June 9.

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June 11, 2014, 8:30 am

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A JILTED boyfriend took his former partner to a secluded spot before slapping her around the face – after fearing she was seeing someone else. Damien Nembhard pleaded guilty to assaulting Natasha Hoyle by beating on December 9, last year. Gloucester Crown Court heard Miss Hoyle had finished their two year relationship with the jealous 34-year-old just six days earlier. Prosecutor Kirsty Real told the court: "He turned up to wait for her after work and he wanted to talk to her. "She did...

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June 12, 2014, 1:35 am

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A YOUNG Quedgeley mum caught by police on the M5, with her child and £40,000 worth of M-Cat in her car, was cleared of conspiring to supply the drug yesterday. Rhianne Mordaunt told the court she was unaware her partner and drugs king pin boyfriend, Reuben Brissett had put the stash in the boot. The 26-year-old of Pegasus Gardens in Quedgeley said she thought they were going on a family trip when she, Brissett, 33, and their baby daughter went to pick up the drugs from Leicester on October...

Bike stolen from outside McDonalds in Westgate Street

June 13, 2014, 8:24 am

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Police are appealing for witnesses to the theft of a mountain bike outside a fast food restaurant in Gloucester. The owner locked the machine outside McDonalds in Westgate Street at about 4.45pm on Sunday June 8th and went inside. When he returned 15 minutes later, it had been stolen. The bike is a Specialized Hardrock model, black in colour with Maxxis tyres and red handlebars. Anyone with information is asked to call 101, quoting incident 389 of 8/6/14

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June 13, 2014, 9:03 am

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VICTOR McDermott was carried outside during the attack which ended his life last year because one of the defendants "wanted to keep him safe", a court has heard. Mr McDermott was stamped on and kicked during the vicious assault on November 27 after a row broke out over an allegation that he had stolen two bottles of wine and other items from a flat in Gloucester, it is alleged. Andrew Harling and Simon Boswell are accused of attacking Mr McDermott, stripping him naked and dragging him into a...

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June 13, 2014, 9:12 am

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BEGGARS are pestering the public in Gloucester city centre – despite having a place to stay. Police have pledged to crack down on the issue and say many who rely on handouts do not even live on the streets. Officers will carry out plain clothes patrols to catch offenders who will be given support if necessary. Sergeant El Lakin, from the Gloucester City Centre Community team, said: "Begging is an offence. Most of the individuals who target the public in this way are known to us, and...

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June 13, 2014, 6:17 am

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An axe-wielding man targeted a motorist in an Asda supermarket car park. The incident happened in the car park of the Asda superstore in Metz Way, at about 10.15pm on Wednesday. Police have launched an investigation and are hoping to trace the man who brandished the axe. Just moments earlier, the driver and his passenger had been shouted and sworn at by a pedestrian as he was waiting at traffic lights on the junction of Bruton Way and Metz Way. When the driver continued his journey and...

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May 29, 2014, 7:49 am

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A criminal charge against the only badger cull protestor in the UK accused of breaching an injunction has been dropped by the Crown Prosecution Service. Gloucester Crown Court heard the CPS would be offering no evidence against Cathy Scott, who travelled to Gloucestershire last year in a bid to campaign against the controversial cull. A High Court injunction banned anyone from protesting within 100 metres of homes or using torches, LED lights and camera flashes near the cull zone. The...

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June 14, 2014, 4:20 am

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Robert Sulc has been found guilty of regularly sexually abusing a young girl over a period of almost five years. The defendant looked in shock and shook his head as the foreman of the jury read out the verdicts yesterday. Judge Jamie Tabor QC said: "I need to know more about him. He will be remanded in custody until then." Earlier this week, Gloucester Crown Court heard that Sulc abused the girl at his home between May 2004 and March 2009 when she was aged between seven and 11. But Sulc, of...

Violence-free night in Gloucester for England's World Cup opener

June 15, 2014, 2:47 am

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Police and hospital staff say that it was an uneventful night in Gloucester despite the late night England match. They had been preparing for the worst with outbreaks of violence seen in the past. But Gloucestershire Royal Hospital's emergency department consultant Tom Llewellyn said: "We have had no World Cup related incidents so in that respect it has been a very quiet night." Gloucestershire police duty inspector Sarah Johnson said: "Although it was a busier night than...

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June 16, 2014, 3:27 am

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CHILDREN were left malnourished, infested with head lice and living in squalor as they were surrounded by animal faeces thanks to their failing Gloucestershire parents. Their mum and dad were together jailed for four years and nine months yesterday after neglecting five of their children between 2007 and 2012 – despite authorities having had contact several times. Teachers, doctors, health professionals and social workers were all aware of the family, but no formal action was taken until...

Gloucester tyre lever wielding robber smiles as he is jailed

June 16, 2014, 7:00 am

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A tyre lever wielding robber, who punched a vulnerable man and stole his rucksack, smirked as he was sentenced to three years and nine months in jail. Joshua Guest-King smiled as he was handed down the sentence at Gloucester Crown Court on Monday – before the judge warned him he could always change his mind. The 21-year-old from Bristol Road promptly apologised for his actions and told the judge: "I am pleased with the result. I am remorseful for what happened, but I am pleased with the...

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June 17, 2014, 3:43 am

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Two young men alleged to have been racing their cars when a horrific crash killed 'beautiful and bubbly' Leanne Davies have today denied causing her death by dangerous driving. At Gloucester Crown Court Paul Reddan, 20, of Stafford Close, Broadwell, near Coleford, and Matthew Creed, 18, of Glen Oak, Brierley, near Drybrook, both pleaded not guilty to causing death by dangerous driving on the A4136 in Longhope on May 31 last year. Creed also denied a second charge of trying to pervert the...