Man jailed for tricking deaf man out of £17,000

April 2, 2016, 11:20 am

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This is the callous man who befriended a vulnerable deaf man and then cheated him out of £17,000 by overcharging for home repair work which was not even needed.Simon Doherty, 22, of Linden rd, Gloucester, was jailed for nine months on Thursday after he admitted defrauding 64 year old Mike Rentell during his year.Mr Rentell said he now realised he had been manipulated by Doherty and his sense of distress had been made all the worse by the fact that he is currently undergoing medical tests...

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BREAKING: Serious motorbike crash closes Bruton Way

April 3, 2016, 12:43 am

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Bruton Way is currently closed between the London Road and Metz Way junctions due to a police incident.Police are investigating after a motorcyclist was seriously injured in the early hours of this morning.Update: Road reopens as police seek witnesses to crashThe male rider is currently in Gloucestershire Royal Hospital in a serious condition.Officers are appealing for information as it is not known whether another vehicle was involved.The road is likely to remain closed for several hours while...

Tuffley man, 20, dies in motorbike crash in Gloucester

April 3, 2016, 9:01 am

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A 20-year-old Tuffley man has died from his injuries suffered after colliding with a building in Gloucester city centre.The man came off the road at 6am today at Bruton Way and collided with the NCP multi storey-car park opposite Gloucester Railway Station.He was taken to Gloucestershire Royal Hospital for treatment where he sadly died of his injuries.It is believed that there were no other vehicles involved in the collision.The road was closed for around six hours from the railway station...

Run over wheelchair user fighting for life in Gloucester

April 3, 2016, 9:12 am

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A 56-year-old woman has been left with life-threatening injuries after her wheelchair was hit by a car on Great Western Road at around 12.15pm today.The victim was struck by a Volvo V40 car registered to Bream.The victim sustained serious leg and internal injuries and was initially treated at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital before being transferred to Southmead Hospital in Bristol.The road was closed for around five hours to aid officers investigating the collision. Anyone who may have witnessed...

Several injured and one fatality around Gloucester over weekend

April 3, 2016, 11:46 pm

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It has been a terrible weekend on Gloucestershire's roads with a number of accidents resulting in several serious injuries and one fatality.Tuffley man, 20, dies in motorbike crash in GloucesterA 20-year-old Tuffley man died from his injuries suffered after colliding with a building in Gloucester city centre.The man came off the road Saturday morning at Bruton Way and collided with the NCP multi storey-car park opposite Gloucester Railway Station.Run over wheelchair user fighting for life in...

Car with no tax, insurance or MOT seized in Matson

April 4, 2016, 12:10 am

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Police Community Support Officers have seized a vehicle in Matson.The officers flagged the car down after it was found it had no insurance, no tax or MOT.In addition it was then found the driver did not even have a licence.It led to the Peugeot 206 being seized and taken away.

Tory leaflet slams Gloucestershire police as '4th worst' in UK

April 4, 2016, 8:50 am

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The contest for Gloucestershire police's top job is intensifying as a Conservative Party leaflet has condemned the county's force as the fourth worst in the country.The allegations have been made in election leaflets which are peppering the city as Gloucester prepares for the city council and the police and crime commissioner elections.The leaflet claims, according to Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabularies, that less than a quarter of crimes were solved in the county in...

CCTV: Do you recognise these people?

April 5, 2016, 12:20 am

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JD Sports, Vodafone, Lloyds Bank, TGI Fridays, Lidl, Farm Foods, Boots and Tuffley Service Station haveall been victims of theft recently. Gloucestershire police want to speak to these people.Theft When:07/03/2016Where:JD Sports, GloucesterPlease click here if you recognise this personTheftWhen:24/02/2016Where:Vodafone, GloucesterPlease click here if you recognise this personTheftWhen:29/02/2016Where:Lloyds Bank, CheltenhamPlease click here if you recognise this...

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Trolls target Bonnie Armitage, 9, killed during hunt

April 5, 2016, 5:44 am

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Vile online trolls have targeted the tragic nine-year-old girl killed when she was kicked by a horse as she rode with a hunt. Bonnie Armitage fell from the saddle of her Shetland pony Lindsay after she was struck in the chest in the "freak accident". Bonnie, who was a pupil at St Hugh's preparatory school in Faringdon, Oxon. where her father Nick Armitage, 40, is deputy head, sustained fatal injuries and died in hospital. Her parents, Nick and Polly, a professional flute player,...

Man accused of historic sex abuse told victim he would kill her...

April 5, 2016, 10:24 am

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A man accused of sexual abuse against youngsters told one of his alleged victims he would kill her if she told anyone of her ordeal, a court heard yesterday.Bristol Crown Court heard how Stephen Lee, now aged 58 of Sandyleaze, Longlevens, sexually abused a girl under 16Lee is one of four men from Gloucester accused of sexually abusing against two girls and two boys all under 16.The four alleged paedophiles appeared in court yesterday as the trial continued into 16 charges of multiple sex...

Victims of stalkers back MP Richard Graham's calls to double the...

April 5, 2016, 10:29 am

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People whose lives have been shattered by the crime of stalking, harassment and the violence that often goes with them backed a call by MP Richard Graham to double the maximum sentence for the crime.Nick Gazzard, the father of 21-year-old Hollie who was murdered by her former boyfriend Asher Maslin following a history of harassment, and Dr Eleanor Aston – a GP practising in the city who suffered seven years of stalking by a former patient – were both at the launch of a report by the...

Pair jailed after knife and hammer attack on Gloucester couple

April 7, 2016, 4:26 am

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Two vulnerable Gloucester people 'living on the margins of society' were subjected to a brutal knife and hammer attack led by a man who believed he had been cheated in a drug deal, a court heard today.Tyrone Richards, 27, was angry that he had spent £40 on crack cocaine which turned out to be powdered paracetemol, Gloucester Crown Court was told.With Charanjit Andev, 46, and two women, he went to the home of Paul Massey and Emma Davies in Midland Road, Gloucester. The couple were assaulted...

Three boats broken into in Forest of Dean as thieves pinch...

April 7, 2016, 5:21 am

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Police in the Forest of Dean are appealing to the public for information after thefts from three boats resulted in various electrical items being stolen. The vessels were broken-into at Lydney Yacht Club on Harbour Road between 7.30pm on Sunday March 27 and 4pm on Tuesday April 5. In the first incident which is thought to have happened between the above dates and times offender(s) have forced entry to the white leisure boat and once on board have stolen a Vision GPS chart plotter and case...

Police to write to Gloucester rugby clubs warning players to keep...

April 7, 2016, 7:13 am

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Rugby officials say players should not be the focus of a witch-hunt after it was revealed police are writing to clubs to warn about late night fracas in Gloucester.The force said there has been a handful of alleged incidents in the city centre and are now taking action to clampdown.Issues allegedly involving a handful of players from some city clubs were discussed at a meeting for Nightsafe – a scheme which aims to make Gloucester streets safer at night.Gloucester City Safe, which aims to...

What Gloucester dealer could have bought with £41,699 he...

April 7, 2016, 7:56 am

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A 33-year-old Gloucester drug dealer who made £41,700 from his crimes was ordered today to hand over just one pound under the Proceeds of Crime Act.A total of £10,000 of Ezekiel Foster's ill gotten gains had been seized from him at the time of his arrest and a subsequent financial investigation has found he has no other assets which can be confiscated, Gloucester crown court was told.The Recorder of Gloucester, Judge Jamie Tabor QC made a formal Proceeds of Crime Act order certifying...

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Cam ATM theft CCTV investigated

April 7, 2016, 11:43 pm

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Gloucestershire police are looking for this man who may be able to help them with investigations into an ATM theft in Cam. The incident happened on Tuesday, March 22 but officers have only now appealed for information after the theft at One Stop in Phillimore Road in Cam. It is believed the man caught on the CCTV could help with the investigations into what happened. Popular: Police to write to Gloucester rugby clubs warning players to keep it clean on nights out It is not clear how much...

Teenager attacked by gang in Forest of Dean robbery

April 8, 2016, 1:14 am

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A teenager has been hospitalised after being robbed by a gang of men as he left a pub in the Forest of Dean.The 18-year-old victim had left the Greyhound Inn and was walking home along Newerne Street when he was attacked by a group of around five males. During the assault the man's wallet, some trainers and car keys to his blue Fiesta were taken.The incident happened at around 11.30pm on Wednesday, April 6.Trending: Police to write to Gloucester rugby clubs warning players to keep it clean on...

Double-your-money for developer who rebuilt Connors house wrecked...

April 8, 2016, 3:10 am

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The former home of one of the notorious Connors family members is back on the market and is set to net an eagle-eyed developer a very tidy profit. Ikuru, a bungalow in Tewkesbury Road, Cheltenham, was wrecked when a lorry was deliberately driven through the front of it last October. It was previously owned by Johnny Connors, who was convicted in 2012 along with several members of his family for their part in a forced labour gang which operated largely from a traveller site in...

Murder inquiry in Forest of Dean after woman, 56, died from...

April 9, 2016, 4:25 am

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Police are investigating the death of a woman in Newnham in the Forest of Dean. Officers were called by the ambulance service to a house in The Slad, Popes Hill, at 11.20pm yesterday (Friday 8 April). A 56-year-old woman had suffered fatal injuries. POPULAR:Fund to help family of bus crash victim, 10, doubles overnightMost read stories in Gloucester this week'My autistic teenage son has been let down' - Gloucester mum The next of kin has been informed and the coroner has been...

Do you know who helped Camron, 10, after bus crash in Gloucester?...

April 10, 2016, 4:41 am

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Donations from complete strangers to help ease the strain on Veronica Lee's family have "restored faith in mankind".A fund was set up by friends of Veronica's after her son Camron, 10, was hit by a bus close to Gloucester Park on March 18.He has been in Bristol Children's Hospital ever since and has undergone eight operations, three skin grafts and a 'flap' procedure – a major skin graft.He is unlikely to be able to leave for at least another month and his mum, 38 – who has...