Police seize BMW after road surface damaged in Stonehouse

April 22, 2015, 7:15 am

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Grooves were left in the road surface after a driver continued on at least one flat tyre for around half a mile. Police seized a silver BMW three series last night after stopping it on the A419 Bristol Road in Stonehouse, opposite Wycliffe College. Motorists were surprised to see the damage stretching from the turning for King's Stanley and Leonard Stanley on the Ebley bypass, past the Horsetrough roundabout near the turning for Upper Mills Trading Estate. "I can confirm that a silver BMW was...

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Van driver sought after girl, 11, offered lift near Stroud

April 22, 2015, 7:36 am

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Police want to track down a van driver who tried to get an 11-year-old girl in to his van near Stroud. Gloucestershire Constabulary are appealing for information following an incident in Nailsworth on Tuesday, 21 April. Between 4.15-5.00pm an 11 year old was walking home from school along Spring Hill. When she reached the junction with Hayes Road a small, red van pulled up alongside her and the man, who was alone in the vehicle, asked her if she wanted a lift. The girl said 'No' and the van...

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April 22, 2015, 7:48 am

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An 'outstanding' retired RAF and GCHQ employee who repeatedly sexually abused two girls under the age of 14 in Gloucester has been jailed for six and a half years.David Churcher, 72, of South View, Pershore was found guilty of 13 counts of sexual abuse by a jury of nine women and two men at Gloucester Crown Court today.The jury took just two hours to reach their unanimous verdicts.Churcher remained impassive in the dock as the jury foreman read out guilty verdicts to all 13 counts.The assaults...

Alleged Coleford murder victim 'put vacuum cleaner up woman's...

April 22, 2015, 8:36 am

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A key witness has claimed Gerry Nott's alleged murderer said it could have been her she attacked at his home in the Forest of Dean.The retired landscape gardener, who was known to be an alcoholic and drug dealer, was found on the floor of his lounge in Coleford with fatal brain injuries in October last year after a drink and drug-fuelled evening with friends.Amanda Howard, 46, from Broadwell, is on trial for his murder at Bristol Crown Court, accused of punching and kicking the 66-year-old to...

Police seek witnesses to Lydney burglary

April 22, 2015, 8:46 am

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Gloucestershire Police are seeking witnesses to a burglary which saw a strimmer, a quad bike and caravan trailer stolen in the middle of the night in the Forest of Dean.Thieves struck a commercial workshop in Parkend, Lydney during the night of March 1 and stole various items including a Husquvarna power strimmer, a red Honda quad bike and an Ifor Williams caravan trailer.Police are appealing for help in identifying the three males or the car on the CCTV images.A Gloucestershire Police spokesman...

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April 23, 2015, 1:09 am

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Two men have this morning been arrested in connection with the death of Shaun James in Cinderford in 2002.The men, aged 63 and 51 and both from Cinderford, were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder and currently remain in police custody.Shaun James was 32 when he was run over in Steam Mills Road on the evening of December 15, 2002.Police who investigated the case at the time believed the incident was a hit and run traffic collision but were unable to identify the driver. A cold case...

Robert Hiam refused bail over alleged stabbing of teenager near...

April 23, 2015, 4:08 am

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A 20-year-old Gloucester man who allegedly stabbed a 17-year-old youth in the city was refused bail at Gloucester Crown Court.Robert Hiam of Naunton Road, Coney Hill, has been charged with wounding with intent, common assault by beating, criminal damage and possession of an offensive weapon in a public place and remanded in custody.Hiam has denied the charges.He is alleged to have stabbed his young victim in Great Western Road in the early hours of March 22 this year.Defence lawyer Steve Young...

'Canal Boat Boy' burglar Clinton Bowen jailed for bungled...

April 23, 2015, 4:42 am

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Professional burglar 'Canal Boat Boy' Clinton Bowen, 32, is back behind bars after a bungled raid on a house in Gloucester.Bowen, 32, of Matson Lane, pleaded guilty to attempting to burgle a property in Central Road on May 31, 2014 and was sent down for 15 months on Wednesday.At Gloucester Crown Court, Judge Jamie Tabor QC told Bowen, who got his nickname after being sent on a canal boat trip by social services as a young offender, that burglary was his way of life."You cause misery...

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More arrests in connection with Shaun James cold case 'murder'

April 24, 2015, 12:00 am

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A further two men have been arrested this morning (Friday) in connection with the death of Shaun James in Cinderford in 2002.A 53-year-old Cheltenham man and a 46-year-old Cinderford man were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder and currently remain in police custody.Two Cinderford men, aged 63 and 51, arrested yesterday on suspicion of conspiracy to murder have been bailed to return to police in May.Shaun James was 32 when he was run over in Steam Mills Road on the evening of December...

Gerry Nott 'murder': Witness describes Broadwell victim attacked...

April 24, 2015, 9:21 am

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Murder accused Amanda Howard shook her alleged victim like "a rag doll" before leaving him to die on the floor while she continued to drink with friends, a court heard yesterday.Howard, 46, allegedly beat Gerry Nott to death in his own home where the pair had been drinking last October with a group of friends.One witness yesterday told Bristol Crown Court how Howard shook the grandfather, a retired landscape gardener, several times before throwing him to the ground after he asked her...

Thoughts go out to Shaun James' family in Cinderford as second...

April 24, 2015, 9:14 am

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Two more people have been arrested in connection with the alleged murder of Shaun James in Cinderford in the space of 24 hours – 13 years after his death.A 53-year-old Cheltenham man and a 46-year-old Cinderford man were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder yesterday morning and currently remain in police custody.Two other Cinderford men, aged 63 and 51, were arrested the day before on the same charges and have since been bailed.They are set to return to police in May.Shaun James...

Immigration raid at Whitminster Inn finds men, women and a child...

April 24, 2015, 1:12 pm

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Immigration officials launched an evening raid at a popular pub and Chinese restaurant, finding seven people allegedly not permitted to work in the UK.The Whitminster Inn, which runs the adjacent China Garden restaurant, now potentially faces fines of up to £140,000 after the raid on Thursday night.Officials arrested two Chinese men, aged 25 and 26, found to be in suspected breach of their visa conditions.A Malaysian man, aged 33, an Indonesian man, 26, and two Chinese women, aged 26 and...

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April 25, 2015, 1:03 am

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Two men arrested yesterday (Friday) in connection with the death of Cinderford man Shaun James in 2002 have been bailed to return to police pending further inquiries.The 53-year-old Cheltenham man and 46-year-old Cinderford man arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder will now return to the Gloucestershire Police custody suite in May. Two Cinderford men, aged 63 and 51, arrested on Thursday on suspicion of conspiracy to murder have been also bailed to return to police in May. Shaun James...

Jail and restraining order for Gloucester DJ who cracked wife's...

April 25, 2015, 3:55 am

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A 'possessive' Gloucester DJ punched the mother of his baby son so hard that her jaw broke, a court was told yesterday (Friday).Sanjay McLean, 35, of Furlong Road, was jailed for 18 months at Gloucester Crown Court after he pleaded guilty to assaulting his estranged wife occasioning her actual bodily harm.He also admitted attempting to pervert the course of justice.Prosecuting barrister Charley Pattison told the court: "The defendant went around to the victim's home on October 11 last year...

In pictures: Gloucestershire Police's new recruits

April 25, 2015, 11:35 am

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Man, 46, admits grabbing 14-year-old girl in Stroud park

April 27, 2015, 6:04 am

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A burly 46-year-old man sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl in a Stroud park in front of her young boyfriend, a court heard.Adam Belcher grabbed the girl around the waist in an alleyway in Stratford Park at 5.15pm on March 14 and kissed her on both cheeks, Gloucester Crown Court was told.Belcher, who had been drinking, pleaded guilty to sexual touching and his case was adjourned for a pre-sentence report to be prepared.Prosecuting barrister Janine Wood said: "The defendant walked past he...

Firearm disguised as police torch seized in Stroud

April 27, 2015, 8:36 am

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When police pulled over a driver in Stroud, they made a shocking discovery. Inside a car they said they found what appeared to be a police torch - but in fact it was a taser potentially capable of discharging one million volts. The force's road policing unit said on its Twitter feed that possession of a disguised firearm carries a sentence of up to five years in jail, and it is the second such seizure in Gloucestershire in the past two weeks. "This is the torch seized from a motorist in Stroud...

100-year-old American tourist pickpocketed in Gloucester

April 27, 2015, 9:32 am

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A 100-year-old American tourist, who was on a return trip to Gloucester where he once lived, is believed to have been a victim of a pickpocketing. He had just got off a bus with his son, who is 70, outside the post office in Finlay Road when he lost his balance and fell to the ground. A passerby helped to pick him up, but it was not until the following morning that the elderly tourist noticed a large amount of money in both Sterling and US dollars was missing from his bum bag. The money was...

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April 28, 2015, 5:13 am

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Abuser loses appeal over sex assault on partner's mother

April 28, 2015, 10:31 am

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A grandmother in her sixties was regularly molested by her daughter's partner for three years before she finally told anyone what was going on, a court heard. The abuser, from the Stroud area would make sexual remarks to the woman or grope her when her daughter and other family members were close, Gloucester crown court was told. The victim told the court she kept quiet about the incidents for the sake of her daughter and grandchild and she made efforts to avoid ever being alone in the man's...