Pair steal £2,000 from 90-year-old man in Southgate Street...

November 16, 2015, 5:39 am

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A man and woman who stole £2,000 in a cash point distraction theft are the latest to be added to Gloucestershire Constabulary's Caught on Camera online galleryThe pair took the money from the pensioner in a theft at a cashpoint where the old man was withdrawing money.It happened between 10.30am and 11am on Wednesday, November 11 on Southgate Street in Gloucester.As he was withdrawing money from the cashpoint the woman began speaking to him and pressing buttons on the keypad to distract...

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Knife-wielding gang rob boy, 15, in Quedgeley

November 16, 2015, 6:03 am

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A 15-year-old boy was robbed of his wallet, including £70 in cash, at knifepoint in Quedgeley on Friday, November 13.The boy was walking through the recreation ground by Bristol Road with two friends when he was approached by four males at about 7pm.His two friends ran away before two of the offending group grabbed hold of the victim by his coat and one of the other males pulled out a knife and held it in front of the victim.This male then went through the victim's backpack, taking his...

Ambulance collides with Vauxhall Astra between Podsmead and...

November 16, 2015, 7:08 am

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Traffic is building after an ambulance and car collided on a busy road between Podsmead and Quedgeley in Gloucester.The collision took place at 1.50pm on in Cole Avenue when a Vauxhall Astra struck the emergency vehicle.There are delays in the area while recovery is arranged for the vehicles and the road is cleared of debris.A Gloucestershire police spokesman said the Vauxhall Astra is believed to have jumped the traffic lights before colliding with the ambulance.If you have any information...

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November 16, 2015, 9:41 am

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THIS pair are wanted for stealing £2,000 from a 90-year-old man in the centre of Gloucester.The duo struck between 10.30am and 11am last Wednesday and distracted the man by talking to him while he was withdrawing money.The woman was speaking to him while pressing buttons on the keypad to distract him, meanwhile the man is believed to have taken the victim's bank card, before withdrawing £2,000 from his account.Police have concerns that the pair also targeted another elderly man in a...

​New images released of huge regeneration plans for Bakers Quay...

November 16, 2015, 9:42 am

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New images have been released by a business consortium hoping to transform a derelict area of Gloucester Docks.Rokeby Merchant Developments submitted a planning application in August with images for the proposals for Bakers Quay which include shops, bars and restaurants.They also hope to build 155 flats a drive-through Costa Coffee and a 105-bedroom Premier Inn.Now they have submitted new updated images for the waterfront site.Concerns were raised for the future of the development after a large...

Police appeal for more information on Innsworth assault

November 17, 2015, 2:36 am

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Police are appealing for information after the attempted robbery of a 63-year-old man in Innsworth.The incident occurred outside the No. 8 Barber Shop on Kestrel Parade in Innsworth, near Gloucester, between 11.30pm and 11.55pm on Wednesday, November 4.The victim was walking along Kestrel Parade he walked past a man standing back from the road near the shop. The culprit pushed the man up against the wall, verbally abusing him and demanding money before assaulting him.The offender ran away...

Appeal launched to help robbery victim

November 17, 2015, 4:24 am

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An appeal has been launched to help the 90-year-old man robbed of £2000 at a cashpoint in Gloucester. Police are still looking for two people wanted in connection with the incident which took place in Southgate Street on Wednesday.

Appeal launched to help 90-year-old Gloucester man after pair...

November 17, 2015, 4:24 am

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An appeal has been launched to help the 90-year-old man who had of £2000 stolen at a cashpoint in Gloucester. Police are still looking for two people wanted in connection with the incident which took place in Southgate Street on Wednesday.The pair took the money from the pensioner in a theft at a cashpoint where the old man was withdrawing money.It happened between 10.30am and 11am.See CCTV images police released here.As he was withdrawing money from the cashpoint the woman began...

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November 17, 2015, 7:51 am

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A man was punched and stamped on during an attempted robbery in Gloucester in the early hours of Saturday.The incident happened close to the Jet garage in London Road shortly before 1am.The victim, a 48-year-old Gloucester man, suffered grazes, bruising and swelling to the head when two males attacked him after demanding his phone and wallet. They made off empty handed. A car is believed to have pulled over during the incident and police are eager for the occupants of that vehicle to come...

GCHQ crucial to fighting cyber crime

November 17, 2015, 7:53 am

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The Chancellor George Osborne was in Gloucestershire today talking about cyber security at GCHQ.Here's the lowdown on what he said:The cyber threat to the UK is real – GCHQ is dealing with more than 200 attacks on UK companies and businesses every month. Double what it was lastGCHQ will develop a National Cyber Hub – making Gloucestershire the centre of the UK's efforts in fighting cyber crime.Cheltenham will also become home to a new Innovation Centre – to support cyber...

'Controlling' Matson man avoids jail after threatening ex and...

November 17, 2015, 8:36 am

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'Controlling' David Llewellyn told police "it will take a squad of you to get me out of here" after he went into his ex-girlfriend's home and threatened her and her neighbours with a knife.The 20-year-old, from Redwell Road, Matson, entered Jessica Samuels' house late at night having drunk 10 pints of cider on August 23.He admitted affray but was allowed to walk free from Gloucester Crown Court when he was sentenced last week.Judge Michael Cullum gave him an 18 months community order...

Murderer on the run after escaping from Leyhill Prison

November 17, 2015, 10:04 am

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Police are hunting a murderer who has gone missing from an open prison. Andrew Senior, 46, was due to report for a roll call at 8.15pm on Monday but did not turn up and officers discovered he had not been seen since 4.45pm that day. He was jailed for murder in 2004 and went missing from HMP Leyhill in South Gloucestershire. Senior is known to have links with Wolverhampton and Birmingham in the West Midlands. He is white, about 6ft 2ins tall of heavy build with very short balding brown...

Two people die in police raid in Paris

November 17, 2015, 11:42 pm

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Police say two people have died in an anti-terror operation in the Saint Denis area of northern Paris this morning.Media reports in France say one woman who was wearing a suicide belt died after detonating it and a suspect was killed by a police sniper.At least seven explosions were heard.There has been shooting heard and roads in the area have been closed off.Reports indicate that the focus of the operation is Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the alleged mastermind of the Paris terror attacks that killed...

Gloucester man wanted after GBH nightclub incident

November 18, 2015, 5:06 am

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Gloucestershire Constabulary has released an image of a wanted man in order to trace his whereabouts.Darren Cleavous Cohen has been wanted in connection with an incident of gross bodily harm at a night club in Gloucester in September.He is from Gloucester and has links to the West Midlands.Enquiries have been ongoing to locate Cohen, but officers are now appealing for the public's help to trace him.Anyone who recognises him or knows of his whereabouts is asked to not approach him but to call...

Will cuts to policing and the Gloucester drinking culture...

November 18, 2015, 10:29 am

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Double-edged could be one way of describing the significant work of the group determined to put Gloucester on the night life map.NightSafe, a police and business backed-scheme to cut crime in Gloucester, reports a positive outlook for the city but it is squaring up to another stark reality.Plaudits came in thick and fast during the recent Rugby World Cup and NightSafe's successful push for the closure of Eastgate Street to protect revellers on Friday and Saturday nights has proved a success.But...

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November 18, 2015, 11:12 pm

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A father and son who plundered thousands of pounds' worth of copper wire from a Gloucester railway depot in a series of raids have been jailed.Work on the new grandstand at Cheltenham Racecourse also fell victim to a copper pipe theft by one of the pair, Gloucester Crown Court heard.Reginald Smith, 67, of Village Street, Aldington, Evesham, and his son Gary Smith, 24, of the same address, both admitted burglaries of the depot in Horton road on December 27 last year and January 2 this year and an...

Teenage boy kicked and punched by masked men in Newent

November 19, 2015, 6:03 am

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A 16-year-old was kicked and punched by masked men in a terrifying attack in a car park in Newent.Police are appealing for witnesses after the 16-year-old boy was walking home just after 9pm on Tuesday, November 3 when three, possibly four, men jumped out of a black Ford Fiesta with a red roof and assaulted him. He was kicked and punched and his glasses were knocked off his face. The men were wearing white masks. One of the men was white, another was non-white and there is no description of the...

Gloucester man part of duo accused of trafficking Czechs for sex...

November 19, 2015, 7:13 am

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Two men been charged with human trafficking offences.Viera Sulcova, 38, from Blenheim Road, Gloucester, and Vojtech Paloc, from Dexter Street in Derby, have jointly been charged with three counts of trafficking people into the UK for sexual exploitation and three counts of controlling prostitution for gain.A third person – a 33-year-old man – will be summonsed for the same offences.An Avon and Somerset Constabulary investigation was launched in 2013 into offences of human trafficking...

Police are looking for Gloucester man Guy Manley

November 19, 2015, 8:40 am

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Police have released an image of man wanted in connection with a theft and assault in Gloucester.Guy Manley, aged 29, from Gloucester failed to answer police bail on Saturday 7 November after being arrested on suspicion of theft and assault following an incident at shop in Kings Walk three days before.Since failing to answer his bail, Manley is suspected of breaching his bail conditions by shoplifting from the same store on Monday 16 November.Officers have conducted thorough enquiries in order...

Lee Connors, 30, jailed for 10 years for 'brutal and frenzied'...

November 19, 2015, 11:14 pm

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A 30-year-old man who subjected a friend and later a neighbour to brutal and frenzied attacks has been jailed for at ten years at Gloucester Crown Court.Lee Connors committed the two horrifying assaults thirteen months apart - the second of them just four days after he had finished a prison sentence for other offences.He pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm with intent to Dariusz Sobecki in Gloucester on April 4, 2014, and to attempting to cause grievous bodily harm with intent to...