Gloucestershire teacher, Isiah Young, found guilty of sexually...

January 13, 2015, 8:00 am

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A Gloucestershire teacher has been found guilty of sexually touching two of his teenage pupils at a county college.Isiah Young had denied touching either of the girls he taught, but following a three day trial the 34-year-old dad was convicted of four counts of sexual activity with the children while in a position of trust as their lecturer.The court heard Young, of Reddings Park in Cheltenham, had put his hand up one of the girl's tops and stroked her back in 2013.He was also found to have...

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Flytippers dumping rubbish across Gloucester

January 13, 2015, 10:36 am

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Construction materials have been dumped outside a cricket club in Gloucester as the city suffers from thousands of incidents of flytipping a year.Piles of rubble and bricks were abandoned outside Gloucester City Winget Cricket Club in Spa Road last week and Gloucester MP Richard Graham, who plays for the club, was incensed by the mess."This pile of rubble in the car park between the bowls club and Gloucester City Winget Cricket Club is an example of selfish flytipping which I hope we will see...

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January 13, 2015, 11:34 pm

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The reward for helping to solve the mystery of who killed Shaun James has been doubled to £10,000.The independent crime- fighting charity Crimestoppers has topped up Gloucestershire police's offer for information of £5,000 with the same sum.Cinderford builder Shaun, known as Jammers was found dead in a lane off Steam Mills Road just after 7pm on December 15, 2002.Since his death his family have always suspected foul play and not the hit- and-run suspected by police for so many...

Dog owners in Gloucestershire are urged to keep an eye on their...

January 14, 2015, 4:51 am

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Police are urging people to keep a close eye on their pets after reports dogs are 'going missing' across Gloucestershire.Many fear the animals are being stolen to order but the county force has played it down claiming there have been no recent dog-napping reports.But in the 12 months leading up to November last year, there were a total of nine recorded dog-theft crimes in Gloucestershire.In recent weeks, some dog lovers have claimed to see attempts made to bundle dogs into the back of vans.A...

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January 14, 2015, 8:06 am

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The clean up bill of an "incompetent" businessman's failure to run a Gloucestershire waste management company could be more than £1 million, a court heard.Alfred Booy left land at Sharpness Dock littered with rubbish and asbestos and attracting vermin after he was evicted by his landlords and failed to comply with Environment Agency regulations.Despite the 68-year-old's "complete lack of expertise" and a permit he moved his business to the Leathern Bottle Reservoir in Cam and...

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January 14, 2015, 9:49 am

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Gloucester burglar Jessie Evans who rang police to confess to stealing nearly £4,000 of goods from a home, was released on bail before going on to steal from his aunt.The 30-year-old broke into the Cheltenham home before calling cops and asking to be arrested and return to prison.But he was released before he went on to steal jewellery and drugs from his aunt's home.Evans of London Road in Gloucester avoided jail after admitting two burglaries and one theft from a home so the paranoid...

Martin Stokes' mother claims he was turning life around before...

January 14, 2015, 10:15 am

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The mother of Martin Stokes said her son was getting his life back on track when he was killed by a so-called friend following an altercation at a Gloucester flat.As the first anniversary since the death of the 30-year-old passes, heartbroken Tania Simmonds believes he was cleaning up his act by turning his back on a life of drink and drugs.She also said he was looking forward to bringing up his young family before he was stabbed in the eye by Tony Poole on January 13, 2014, after a row...

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January 15, 2015, 1:33 am

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Ed Miliband has become the next well-known face to be sporting a Hollie Gazzard Trust wristband.The leader of the Labour Party was captured wearing the purple band by supporters of the Gloucestershire charity.Ed, 45, has joined the likes of actor Jack Nicholson, footballer Rio Ferdinand and Brooklyn Beckham supporting the charity.Hollie, 20, was murdered by her ex-boyfriend as she worked as a hairdresser at the Fringe Benefits salon in February 2014.Since her Churchdown family have set up the...

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January 15, 2015, 5:39 am

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Even anti-libido drugs haven't stopped serial flasher Stephen Theyer from outraging public decency.The 44-year-old was jailed for nine months after he was seen committing a lewd act on two occasions in the waiting room of the Healthy Living Centre in Hester's Way, Cheltenham.Theyer has been banned from public transport and is now barred from surgeries across Gloucestershire after being unable to control "his urges" – despite taking drugs.Gloucester Crown Court heard a woman and her...

Former Gloucestershire police woman admits fraud when selling...

January 15, 2015, 8:03 am

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A former Gloucestershire police officer has admitted to six counts of fraud while trying to sell horses through her self-named equestrian businesses.Carrie Vinson failed to tell owners of their horses' troubled pasts and that she was running a business when she was selling the animals.The 33-year-old, who retired from the constabulary after ill health in December 2012, pleaded guilty to six counts of fraud at Gloucester Crown Court on Thursday.The court heard she had committed the offences,...

Former home of Gloucester killer Tony Poole has been petrol...

January 15, 2015, 8:17 am

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Neighbours have spoken of their terror after an apparent attempt was made to burn down the former home of Gloucester killer Tony Poole.A petrol bomb was thrown at the property in Tredworth after the 52-year-old was sent down for ten-and-a-half-years for stabbing Martin Stokes last year.Police say a bottle, containing flammable liquid and a burning fuse, is believed to have been launched at the property on Melbourne Street East on Monday evening.A neighbour, who did want to be named, said: "The...

Bristol man jailed for taking part in a planned burglary of a...

January 15, 2015, 9:22 am

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A planned burglary of a Stroud bicycle shop was foiled when the business owner blocked in the thieves' van as they tried to get away with £15,000 of bikes.But the four men attempted to ram Chris Hart's Nissan Vivara out the way to get away with the mountain bikes stolen from his Noah's Ark shop.Michael Chaplin, 22, was jailed for 18 months after he admitted being one of the burglars, who covered their faces with scarfs and hoods when they broke into the Brimscombe store at 4am on August...

Former drug addict rapped for stealing LEGO from Argos in Stroud...

January 15, 2015, 11:09 am

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LEGO was pinched from Argos just before Christmas by a former drug addict who fell back in to his old ways, a court has been told.Matthew Alexander Edrich lifted a LEGO van playset and a Lego jungle tree worth a total of £44.98 in Stroud just before Christmas.Prosecutor Jo Wallace told the town's magistrates' court that Edrich, who has 78 previous convictions to his name dating back to 1990, was spotted by staff in the Merrywalks store on Wednesday December 10 last year."Staff saw him...

Two killed in anti-terror raids in Belgium

January 15, 2015, 11:30 pm

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Two people have been shot dead by anti-terror police in Belgium.The suspected Islamic extremists were killed and another injured in the raid by police in the east of the country where weapons are reported to have been recovered at the site in Verviers. After the raid, four Kalashnikovs, bomb-making equipment and police clothing were found.According to the BBC, prosecutor Eric Van Der Sypt said armed officers targeted a group returning from Syria, believed to be readying an attack on the public...

Brockworth man admits assaulting woman

January 16, 2015, 2:51 am

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A Brockworth man has admitted assaulting a woman in a domestic situation.Matthew, 50, of Hebden Close in Brockworth pleaded guilty to assaulting Emma Waldon causing her actual bodily harm on May 27, last year.Gloucester Crown Court heard he would return on February 12 for sentencing.

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January 16, 2015, 6:19 am

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Schools are on high alert after a man allegedly tried to entice a child into his van this morning.Police say the reported incident happened in St Briavels, near the Forest of Dean, between 7am-8am.A 12-year-old girl was said to have been approached by a man in a white, muddy van as she approached the bus stop in High Street.A police spokesman said: "He then followed her, asking her where she was going and offered to take her to the bus stop. The girl alerted her mother and police were...

Stroud bike thief shopped by McColl's worker in Cirencester

January 16, 2015, 7:14 am

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An eagle-eyed convenience store assistant shopped a bicycle thief to police when he returned to the store a month later. Stroud Magistrates' Court heard how the worker in McColls remembered Brent Fletcher stealing the £550 BMX a month before. When bricklayer Fletcher, 24, of Woodlands Close, Eastcombe, Stroud was picked up by officers, he admitted the crime straightaway and the bike was returned to its rightful owner, the court heard on Monday, January 12. Prosecutor Jo Wallace told the...

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January 16, 2015, 9:00 am

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Schools are on high alert after a man reportedly tried to entice a young girl into his van while she was walking to catch her school bus.The white van driver followed the 12-year-old girl as she made her way towards the bus stop outside St Briavels Primary School, near the Forest of Dean, police say.Officers say the man was described as being in his mid to late forties, with bushy eyebrows and a goatee beard, wearing a green and brown beanie hat and a green turtle neck. He possibly had a Welsh...

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January 16, 2015, 10:52 am

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Violent Darren Smith, who fractured a man's cheek bone when he punched him in the face twice, is behind bars after failing to stay out of trouble.The 35-year-old was given a chance to avoid jail after he attacked Anthony Daubeney at a house party in Wellington Street, Gloucester on March 1, 2013.But Smith failed to keep away from crime and was sent back to prison, where he was the victim of an attack himself.Gloucester Crown Court heard Smith of Lime Court in Great Western Road, had been punched...

Gloucester man avoids jail after stealing Children in Need...

January 19, 2015, 6:32 am

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PAY day loans and gambling debts saw Gloucester's Warren Hellis steal more than £5,000 off his employers – including hundreds of pounds meant for Children In Need.The 35-year-old, who worked as a finance officer at Michaelwood services on the M5, took the cash from a safe between August and October, last year.Prosecutor Alistair Haggerty said management were informed there was around £4,500 missing from one of the cash safes at the Welcome Break stop.He said a further...