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Pub regular 'predicted road death in Longhope' moments before...

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A drinker in a Longhope pub said 'someone is going to get killed there' moments before a crash in which a Forest of Dean teenager died.Customers and staff of the Yew Tree Inn told a jury they had seen two cars in a high speed race, driving close together, just before a smash in which apprentice hairdresser Leanne Davies died.Paul Reddan and Matthew Creed both stand accused of causing the 19-year-old's death by dangerous driving on the A4136 on May 31, last year.The court heard Reddan, who had...

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Man sought after Clearwell pub The Butchers Arms raided

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An appeal has gone out to find this man who is suspected to have been involved in the burglary of a pub near Coleford where wine boxes, bottles of spirits and crates of whiskey were stolen.Gloucestershire police are appealing for this man caught on CCTV, or anyone who might know him, to come forward to help with enquiries after a suspected burglary at the Butchers Arms in Clearwell.Between 12.30am and 3am on October 2 the cellar door of The Butchers Arms was forced open and numerous boxes of...

Man sought after Clearwell pub The Butchers Arms raided

A husband and wife will appear at Gloucester Crown Court charged...

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A HUSBAND and wife will face judges charged with slavery, rape and fraud offences next month.Frederick and Belinda Keet, from New Street, Charfield, Wotton-under-Edge, will appear at Gloucester Crown Court.They both spoke only to confirm their names, age and date of birth at Cheltenham Magistrate's Court today.The legal advisor told the court: "All matters are linked and they are jointly charged and therefore all matters will need to go to crown court."Frederick Keet, 60, faces blackmail, rape...

A husband and wife will appear at Gloucester Crown Court charged...

Sniffing out 18 bags of drugs is all in a day's work for...

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POLICE describe their young sniffer dog as "cracking" to work with after her keen sense of smell discovered a suspected cannabis haul in Gloucester.Holly, a springer spaniel which is only four years old, discovered 18 bags of what is thought to be the Class B substance in a white Ford Fiesta outside The Range, on Eastern Avenue.Following reports of suspicious activity, police followed the vehicle before pulling it over outside the store on Eastern Avenue shortly after 4.30pm on Friday.Despite an...

Sniffing out 18 bags of drugs is all in a day's work for...

Paul Reddan could 'not remember' much about Leanne Davies fatal...

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A driver accused of taking part in a high speed race before he crashed into a wall and killed a Forest of Dean teenager, told police officers he could not remember much of that night.Paul Reddan and Matthew Creed are alleged to have been racing on the A4136 near Longhope before the crash on May 31, last year in which trainee hairdresser, Leanne Davies, died.The pair both denies causing the death of the 19-year-old from Worrall Hill, Lydbrook by dangerous driving.Gloucester Crown Court heard...

Paul Reddan could 'not remember' much about Leanne Davies fatal...

Man who killed former Gloucester footballer Jonathan Palmer in a...

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The man who killed a former Gloucester footballer in a hit-and-run incident has been sentenced to five months in jail.Jonathan Palmer, 21, who played for Abbeymead Rovers as a junior, died after the bike he was riding collided with a car on October 28 last year.Stephen Hill, 35, of Birts Street, Birtsmorton, was sentenced at Worcester Magistrate's Court after admitted causing death by dangerous driving. He has also been disqualified for driving for three years.Mr Palmer, also of Birtsmorton,...

Man who killed former Gloucester footballer Jonathan Palmer in a...

Pensioner arrested by police for offensive weapon in Gloucester...

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Police descended on Gloucester City Centre and arrested a 72-year-old man today after reports he was holding an offensive weapon.A police van and unmarked police car were witnessed driving at speed down Westgate Street towards the incident at around 12.35pm today.Three vehicles arrived at the scene on Eastgate Street outside Starbucks and the pensioner was apprehended.A Gloucestershire police spokesman said: "Police were called to a store in Eastgate Street, Gloucester at about 12.35 pm today...

Pensioner arrested by police for offensive weapon in Gloucester...

Paul Reddan had a picture of his speedometer at 120mph in the...

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A man accused of causing the death of a Forest of Dean teenage girl told a jury he was not a dangerous driver despite going at speeds of 120mph just a week before the crash. Paul Reddan was alleged to be racing with Matthew Creed before he lost control of his silver Corsa and smashed into a wall near the Longhope war memorial killing his passenger, Leanne Davies, in May.The 20-year-old told the jury he could not remember much of what happened on May 31, this year as a result of his injuries, but...

Paul Reddan had a  picture of his speedometer at 120mph in the...


Granny Janice Birchall was back at Gloucester Crown Court after...

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Granny Janice Birchall who went on the run last month has appeared back before a court after being found.The 42-year-old was summoned to the court after she failed to attend supervision and unpaid work requirements following a neighbour dispute.Birchall received a suspended jail sentence last November when she kneed and kicked Bryony Moore in Milo Place and then attacked a 13-year-old boy who went to help her.She was due to appear before Gloucester Crown Court for breaching the suspended...

Granny Janice Birchall was back at Gloucester Crown Court after...

Jail for jealous boyfriend who slashed partner's ex in violent...

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Jealous Andrew Hartwell has been jailed for six years after slashing another man in rage.The 34-year-old attacked his girlfriend's former husband, Patrick Quarrie, with a knife after he discovered him at her home.A jury at Gloucester Crown Court took just 35 minutes to convict Hartwell of wounding Mr Quarrie with intent to cause grievous bodily harm on July 7 last year.The trial heard Hartwell had returned from Bristol Carnival and visited his partner Amanda Barnett at her Kipling Close home and...

Jail for jealous boyfriend who slashed partner's ex in violent...

Witnesses to crash which killed Leanne Davies in Longhope...

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A driver alleged to be racing another vehicle before it smashed into a wall and killed a 19-year-old from the Forest of Dean told a jury witnesses who had seen a high speed chase were "exaggerating".Matthew Creed said he did not believe his driving, on May 31 last year on the A4136, contributed to the death of apprentice hairdresser Leanne Davies.Gloucester Crown Court heard from eight witnesses who said Creed's Renault Clio and Paul Reddan's Vauxhall Corsa were travelling at speed and...

Witnesses to crash which killed Leanne Davies in Longhope...

Jamie Oliver's Fifteen restaurant defends decision to hire a...

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The decision by Jamie Oliver's restaurant, Fifteen, to take on a convicted paedophile has sparked massive controversy online.David Mason, 24, admitted raping a 12-year-old girl five years ago and is now an apprentice at the restaurant.He spent two years in a young offenders institute and two years on probation.He was put on the sex offenders register indefinitely and has been banned from being near young girls without permission.Mason won a place on the apprenticeship scheme six weeks ago.The...

Jamie Oliver's Fifteen restaurant defends decision to hire a...

Man jailed for terrifying sex attack on prostitute in Gloucester...

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Sex attacker Scott Johnson has been jailed for four years and four months after sexually assaulting a prostitute in a secluded area of Gloucester Park, after having agreed to pay her £60 for sex.The 22-year-old pulled the screaming woman to the floor and put his hand over her mouth to stop her screaming before a passer-by chased him off.Gloucester Crown Court heard Johnson of Finlay Road committed the offence while on bail for sexually assaulting another woman, who was so terrified by the...

Man jailed for terrifying sex attack on prostitute in Gloucester...

'Woohoo' - burglar yelps with joy as he is sent to prison for...

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A burglar could not believe his luck when he was given nine months in jail after he broke into a newsagent's and stole lottery cards.Dean Marsden was whooped with delight, punched the air and patted his solicitor on the back after receiving his sentence at Gloucester Crown Court on Friday.The 28-year-old broke into Bailey's newsagents in Dursley where he stole 10 packs of lottery tickets between July 20 and 23.But the court heard his fingerprints were found on two of the winning tickets he sent...

'Woohoo' - burglar yelps with joy as he is sent to prison for...

Friends to be sentenced over Nick Bonnie's death tomorrow

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FOUR friends who lied to police after the death of popular Stroud man Nick Bonnie will discover their fate tomorrow. Paul Tabb, James Churchill, Dean Neale and Simon Lloyd-Jones, who all admitted perverting the course of justice after their friend Nick died having taken a suspected bad batch of illegal drugs, are due to be sentenced in Manchester on Monday, October 20. They were due to be sentenced on Friday, October 3 but Nick's family and friends were disappointed to discover the hearing had...

Friends to be sentenced over Nick Bonnie's death tomorrow


Nick Bonnie's friends escape jail over 'rash and foolish lies'...

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FOUR Stroud men who lied to police after the death of popular Nick Bonnie have been spared jail.Mr Bonnie collapsed at the Warehouse Project nightclub in Trafford during a lads weekend after taking MDMA and ecstasy and later died at Manchester Royal Infirmary on September 28 last year.Four of his friends - Paul Tabb, Dean Neale, James Churchill and Simon Lloyd-Jones - told police the drugs had been bought inside the Warehouse Project, Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court was told today...

Nick Bonnie's friends escape jail over 'rash and foolish lies'...

The Hollie Gazzard Trust praised in parliament by Women and...

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A trust set up in memory of Gloucester hairdresser, Hollie Gazzard, has been praised for its work in Parliament.Hollie, 20, from Churchdown was murdered by her ex-boyfriend in February of this year.Since her death her family, including dad Nick, mum Mandy and sister Chloe, have set up the Hollie Gazzard Trust, which aims to educate and raise awareness of domestic abuse and violence, as well as reduce knife crime and train hairdressers.Women and Equalities Minister, Nicky Morgan, said in...

The Hollie Gazzard Trust praised in parliament by Women and...

Paul Reddan convicted of causing girlfriend's death in Longhope...

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A 20 year old Forest of Dean man has been convicted today of causing his girlfriend's death by dangerous driving during an alleged race with another young driver last yearAfter a six day trial the jury at Gloucester crown court found Paul Reddan guilty of causing 19 year old Leanne Davies death by driving dangerously on the A4136 at Longhope on 31st May last year.But the jury did not reach a verdict in the case of Matthew Creed, 19, who was allegedly racing against Reddan when the fatal crash...

Paul Reddan convicted of causing girlfriend's death in Longhope...

'We all feel cheated' over Nick's death - mum of tragic Nick...

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Pauline Bonnie, Nick's mum, read out the following victim impact statement in court.I AM the mother of Nicholas Bonnie and I have prepared this statement on behalf of myself, my husband Andy, our two sons Thomas and Ryan and Nick's partner Leah.In the early hours of Saturday September 28, we were told our beloved son, brother and partner had died. Since that day a part of us has died. Our lives will never be the same.A reliable work colleague and loyal friend, he was always there in times of...

'We all feel cheated' over Nick's death - mum of tragic Nick...

Stonehouse Jaguar driver rumbled twice by same officer over fake...

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A JAGUAR driver who was stopped twice for driving on a fake Italian licence told police he had got it in Naples from a man he could only name as 'The Accountant'. Pietro Forgione from Stonehouse could not tell magistrates who this man was because everyone is known by their nickname - he said he is known as 'The American' over there. And Stroud Magistrates' Court heard how Forgione told a police officer who stopped him that another officer was sorting out the issue - only to discover it was the...

Stonehouse Jaguar driver rumbled twice by same officer over fake...

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