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December 1, 2014, 6:09 am

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A woman says she now feels vulnerable in her own home after being sprayed in the face with a mystery liquid by burglars she disturbed.The woman said she is also scared to go back to work.She arrived home to be confronted by a group of men in her house in off Tewkesbury Road.As she opened her front door at least four men ran out the back door and jumped into a white saloon car.She followed the group to look at the number plate, but one of the men walked up to her and sprayed a non-noxious liquid...

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December 1, 2014, 8:51 am

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Heroin and crack cocaine dealer Pavel Holan started a four-year jail sentence on Monday after being caught red-handed with 49 wraps of drugs ready for sale.Czech-born Holan, 41, of Parkend Road, Gloucester, accepted he owned the drugs but denied having any intent to sell them to others. He claimed they were for his own use.But at the end of a one-day trial at Gloucester Crown Court, the jury rejected his story and found him guilty after just 40 minutes of possession of a total of £780...

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December 1, 2014, 9:09 am

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The owner of an antiques shop is counting the cost of a daring raid which saw the culprit get away with £40,000 haul of gold and diamonds.Tetbury Antiques and Interiors owner Craig McShane said the burglar lowered a ladder through a roof light, evaded extensive security measures and spent almost an hour in the Long Street shop's strong room helping himself to antique jewellery."We have CCTV of the whole incident and he was in here for 55 minutes early on Saturday morning," said Mr...

Asher Maslin Court of Appeal over 24 year sentence for killing...

December 2, 2014, 3:16 am

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Killer Asher Maslin has lost his appeal to have his minimum sentence reduced for murdering ex-girlfriend Hollie Gazzard.Judges at the Court of Appeal in London upheld the decision that the 22-year-old would have to spend at least 24 years behind bars for the brutal attack on the pretty hairdresser.Speaking after the case, Hollie's dad Nick, said the thought of Maslin lodging a successful appeal was "almost too much to bear" and said the court had made the right decision.Maslin pleaded guilty to...

Asher Maslin Court of Appeal against his sentence for killing...

December 2, 2014, 8:57 am

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Asher Maslin tried to have his 24 year sentence for killing Hollie Gazzard reduced today at the court of Appeal. He failed and three judges ruled his sentence was just. Speaking after the hearing Hollie's father Nick Gazzard said: "In maintaining the minimum sentence of 24 years we believe the court has made the right decision. "The appeal only increases our determination to campaign in Hollie's name for statutory education for healthy relationship education in schools. Here is how the...

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December 2, 2014, 9:26 am

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Jurors have retired to consider whether Allan Hill sexually abused two young children while babysitting them in Gloucester in the late 1990s.Judge Jamie Tabor QC summed up the case to the jury at Gloucester Crown Court on Tuesday and sent them out to consider their verdicts.They will resume their deliberations on Wednesday morning.Hill, formerly of Matson, but now of Stoke Road, Cheltenham, has pleaded not guilty to two offences of indecent assault of a young girl between May 1997 and May...

Woman robbed in Gloucester by man with pointed object who rode...

December 3, 2014, 12:19 am

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A woman was threatened by a man with a 'sharp pointed object' before riding off on an 'L' plate motorbike.She was sitting in her car in Massey Road, Gloucester when she was approached by a man who said he wanted to know the time. As she wound down her window to answer he threatened her with a sharp, pointed object and demanded her handbag - which he then took. He made off on a dark coloured 125cc motorbike, displaying L plates, riding off towards Adelaide Street with no helmet. He is described...

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December 3, 2014, 1:56 am

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A £10,000 reward has been raised for information leading to the arrest of Huw 'Badger' Norfolk, who has links to Cheltenham. Avon and Somerset Police appealing for the public's help to trace Norfolk, wanted in connection with two offences being investigated as part of a series of criminal damage and arson attacks. Norfolk, 27, is wanted in connection with an arson attack at a communications mast in Bath in January last year, and criminal damage caused to the Bristol Post building in...

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December 3, 2014, 4:25 am

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Allan Hill, 44, has been cleared today of sexually assaulting a three year old boy about fifteen years ago.After a day of deliberation the jury at Gloucester Crown Court found Hill not guilty of two charges of indecently assaulting the boy in the 1990s.But the jury has not yet agreed on verdicts on two similar charges alleging that Hill indecently assaulted the boy's older sister when she was 4-5 years old also in the '90s.Judge Jamie Tabor QC instructed the jury that he could now accept...

What happened to Cinderford man Shaun James? BBC Crimewatch to...

December 3, 2014, 5:53 am

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What happened to Cinderford man Shaun James? The 32-yearold was run over and killed 12 years ago in the Forest of Dean town but noone has been bought to boook for the crime. The BBC's Crimewatch programme tomorrow evening will feature a reconstruction of the final hours of Cinderford man Shaun James. Gloucestershire Police will be revealing fresh information about the case and asking for the public's help to find out exactly what happened to Shaun. Shaun was...

A 'sadistic' Gloucestershire grandad who held a boy's head under...

December 3, 2014, 7:22 am

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'SADISTIC' Robert Jennings who held a boy's head under water for half a minute and also punched and kicked the youngster in the ribs was jailed for three and a half years.The 64-year-old's assaults against the boy were cruel, humiliating and degrading Gloucester crown court was told yesterday. At the time of the offences the boy was under 10.Jennings, of Rowandean Court, Cinderford, admitted two charges of cruelty to the boy and two of indecently assaulting him. The offences took place...

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December 3, 2014, 8:34 am

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Allan Hill, 44, was cleared yesterday of three of the four charges against him of sexually assaulting a young brother and sister.The jury at Gloucester Crown Court however could not agree on a verdict on a fourth charge and Mr Hill was discharged after more than nine hours of deliberation.Judge Jamie Tabor QC bailed Mr Hill pending a decision by the prosecution on whether to seek a retrial on the outstanding fourth charge of indecently assaulting a 4-5 year old girl.During a six day trial Mr...

'Abysmal' teenage driver hit 100mph through speed camera - he...

December 3, 2014, 8:38 am

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Magistrates slapped an 'abysmal' teenage driver with 18 points, a big fine and a ban after he was caught by the same speed camera four times - he thought it was switched off. On one occasion, Junior Simmonds, 18, drove a new 2.0 litre Seat Leon supplied by his dad through the speed camera zone at 100mph. The limit on the A4173 at Brookthorpe is 50mph. The bench in Stroud told Simmonds today they had never seen a case like it - he set off the camera four times in 16 days in July this year. "The...

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December 3, 2014, 8:44 am

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BBC Crimewatch will be asking for the public's help tonight in a bid to discover what happened to Forest of Dean man, Shaun James. The 32-year-old's body was discovered in Cinderford on Sunday, December 15, 2002 after being run over. Twelve years on Gloucestershire police have been working with the television show and reconstructed the final hours' of his life in a bid to find out what happened that evening. The driver of the vehicle has never been discovered and film crews flocked to...

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December 3, 2014, 8:58 am

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BBC Crimewatch will be asking for the public's help tomorrow in a bid to discover what happened to Forest of Dean man, Shaun James. The 32-year-old's body was discovered in Cinderford on Sunday, December 15, 2002 after being run over. Twelve years on Gloucestershire police have been working with the television show and reconstructed the final hours' of his life in a bid to find out what happened that evening. The driver of the vehicle has never been discovered and film crews flocked to the...

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The 12 home security tips of Christmas: How to beat the burglars...

December 4, 2014, 12:30 am

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Barnwood-based Allcooper is backing Gloucestershire police's Be Our Eyes campaign, to beat burglars and eradicate the market for stolen goods.Here Roman Cooper, Allcooper chief executive gives his tips on how to keep your home secure this Christmas.1. Keep gifts out of view. Don't keep Christmas presents in places where they are easily seen.2. Ensure your home looks occupied at all times. Leave a light or radio on to make it look like there is someone in.3. Ensure all doors and windows...

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December 4, 2014, 12:54 am

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Gloucestershire's new custody facility is a significant step closer to completion after the keys were handed over to the county's police and crime commissioner (PCC).Exterior work on thestate-of-the-art complex on the Waterwells Business Park at Quedgeley is now complete. The final phase includes the installation of IT and other equipment and training of staff.An official opening is pencilled in for January 14 and the building is scheduled to become operational later that month. Police and...

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December 4, 2014, 3:33 am

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Nearly 300 speeders were caught by mobile cameras in the Forest of Dean in just one month.In seven visits to the A48 at Woolaston, officers photographed 89 people going above the limit.The figures released by Gloucestershire's Road Safety Partnership highlight the extent of drivers flouting the law.In the county last year, there were 776 collisions on our roads, which resulted in 1,055 casualties. Of these, 213 people were killed or seriously injured.The minimum penalty for speeding is a...

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December 4, 2014, 8:31 am

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A serial burglar dubbed 'Safari Boy' after being sent on a trip of a lifetime to Africa in a failed bid to stop his offending as a boy was jailed today for his latest offence - breaking into an elderly widower's home.Mark Hook, now 38, was taken on an 88-day safari to Egypt and Kenya at public expense when he was just 17 - sparking a national outcry which included condemnation in the House of Commons by the then prime minister John Major.But it proved a waste of taxpayers' money for Hook has...

Who murdered Shaun James? Police launch new investigation into...

December 4, 2014, 2:00 pm

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The hunt is on for a "cold blooded murderer" who killed a Forest of Dean dad 12 years ago. Shaun James was found dead in Cinderford on December 15, 2002 after having been run over, in what was believed to have been a hit and run. But police are now convinced the 32-year-old was laid down in the road, deliberately driven over and believe someone in Cinderford knows what happened to him that Sunday evening. Police appealed to BBC Crimewatch viewers last night in a bid to trace the driver of a...