TWO men found at Michaelwood Service Station with meow-meow worth up to £320,000 on the streets have escaped going to prison.Couriers Craig Skidmore and Bradley Rix were pulled over by police in a van on the M5 and found with nearly four kilograms of methadrone.Prosecutor Julian Kesner said the drug was in its purest form and, once it was cut, it could be worth a potential £320,000.Bournemouth's Rix, 21, from Feversham Avenue, and Skidmore, 28, of Elma Road, both pleaded guilty to...
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Meow-meow couriers spared jail
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Woman in baked bean and fake tan attack on friend's house
MARY Stokes trashed her friend's home by pouring baked beans around it and putting nail varnish in her son's cot.The 24-year-old then ransacked the little boy's birthday presents and a camera containing pictures from his party vanished.Stokes then knocked over her friend's TV and emptied bottles of fake tan over clothes belonging to the woman and her son.Prosecutor Julian Kesner said Stokes deliberately targeted Charlie Shill when she ransacked her home on July 21 last year.Gloucester Crown...
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Raiders loot Forest of Dean cycle attraction for thousands in...
MASKED raiders disabled CCTV cameras and cut telephone lines before escaping with cash and bikes worth thousands from a Forest tourist attraction.Pedalabikeaway was targeted late on Saturday night and early on Sunday by criminals who used a wheelbarrow and wheelie bins to steal a safe full of takings, shop stock, a cash till and half a dozen bikes."It looked like a 'professional' job," said mechanic Tom Abrahams. "They stole ladders from a house over the road so they could get up...
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Woman, 50, due in court on 'stabbing' charge after Stroud attack
A 50-YEAR-OLD was due to appear in court yesterday after an alleged stabbing in Stroud.A 48-year-old man was left in a "critical but stable" condition during a domestic-related assault at a home in Upper Leazes on Friday night.He remains in hospital after the attack after which a woman was arrested for attempted murder.Lydia Beavis, of the same address, was charged on Saturday night with wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.She was due to appear at Cheltenham Magistrates'...
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Woman in baked bean and fake tan attack on house
MARY Stokes trashed her friend's home by pouring baked beans around it and putting nail varnish in her son's cot.The 24-year-old then ransacked the little boy's birthday presents and a camera containing pictures from his party vanished.Stokes then knocked over her friend's TV and emptied bottles of fake tan over clothes belonging to the woman and her son.Prosecutor Julian Kesner said Stokes deliberately targeted Charlie Shill when she ransacked her home on July 21 last year.Gloucester Crown...
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Police quash fears about Forest of Dean sex offender
FEARS that known sex offender Ian Smith is living in Parkend in the Forest of Dean are unfounded say police.Gloucestershire Constabulary is reassuring people after a post on a Newent Facebook page suggested he may be in the living area.It said: "Please watch out for this man his name is Ian Smith, he's a serious sex offender against young children he's been seen in Park End please share."The original posting has been shared almost 6,000 times and has numerous strongly worded comments...
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Daniel Thomas, 27, banned from pubs and clubs in Stroud for...
DANIEL Thomas has been banned from pubs and clubs for the next three months – and a judge told him he is lucky not to be sent to prison.Thomas, from Cutler Road in Stroud, took part in an unprovoked attack on a motorcyclist near the town's Tesco roundabout.Jezzamine Taylor instigated the violence after causing the biker to stop, then slapping him around his head twice, causing his helmet visor to smash.But 27-year-old Thomas joined in the assault, punching and kicking Joseph Lord on...
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Seven percent of crimes in Gloucestershire resolved by community...
OFFENDERS behind more than 500 cases of violent crime in Gloucestershire in the last 12 months were let off without a formal conviction.This comes after a national survey revealed more than 10,000 people in the UK who committed a serious violent crime last year were dealt with by a community resolution.The scheme, which means offenders are not formally convicted, is normally used in minor crimes. National figures were obtained by Freedom of Information requests by the Labour Party.Countywide...
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Jamie Sharp, 23, jailed after car chase ends in crash
JAMIE Sharp, who stole a car and ended up being chased by police cars and a helicopter through a city centre, has been jailed.The 23-year-old, of Dean's Way, Gloucester, stole the blue Audi A4 from David Stewart's Stonechat Avenue home after he left his front door unlocked overnight between December 29 and 30.Sharp took his Acer laptop, BlackBerry phone, and £100 cash as well as the car before cameras spotted the stolen vehicle in the city before it headed to Northampton.Officers from...
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Fit and healthy dad Mike Rodman, 37, died of natural causes -...
A FIT and healthy dad just collapsed and died on the football pitch, an inquest heard.Mike Rodman, known as Raj, died aged just 37, while playing for Kingswood AFC reserves against Charfield on Saturday, January 26.Gloucestershire Coroner's Court heard Mr Rodman had an enlarged heart and could not be resuscitated following his cardiac arrest that day.His girlfriend and mother of their five-month-old daughter Eva, Lauren Workman, was at the game.In a statement, she said: "Generally speaking,...
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£20,000 of bikes stolen from Golden Tyre Cup meeting
DISAPPOINTED motocross riders and organisers are counting the cost of a targeted thieving spree which saw bikes worth a total of around £20,000 stolen in one night.The youngest victim, Kieran Thomas, nine, had both his prized bikes stolen from the Golden Tyre Cup meeting held over the weekend at Brookthorpe."He was devastated," said dad Dean Thomas. "People were really good and offered bikes that he could borrow but he was so upset, he just didn't feel like it."Five...
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Police warn women to take care when walking alone
WOMEN across the county are being urged to take care when walking alone following two incidents.A 22-year-old woman was walking on a cycle track, near the Clothiers Arms, just off Bath Road in Dudbridge, when she was approached by a man on a bike.He followed the victim into town and stopped following her in the busiest part. He is described as white, around 29 to 30-years-old and around 6ft with long, curly and mousy-coloured hair. He was wearing a black hooded top with the hood pulled up,...
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Mum says poor Gloucestershire College parking put knife victim...
THE mother of a student robbed at knifepoint has hit out at Gloucestershire College – saying poor parking facilities put her daughter at risk.The 19-year-old was forced to park away from the Llanthony Road site as there was nowhere else to park on campus.As she walked to her car in Sudmeadow Road after college on Friday evening, she became the second of three knife robbery victims in as many days. The man threatened her with a kitchen knife before running off with £10 in cash and a...
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Woman finds Churchdown dog walker naked in her bed
A WOMAN came home to find her dog walker naked in her bed – and suffered broken ribs when he attacked her three days later.Angry Francis Iles, 64, pushed Suzanne Sirak to the floor and kicked her three times, Gloucester Crown Court was told.She spent four days in hospital after the attack – and when she was discharged Iles kept calling her in a bid to get her to drop the case.Iles, of Coriander Drive, Churchdown, admitted assaulting Ms Sirak causing her actual bodily harm and...
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Fallen jockey takes case against Cheltenham Racecourse to Court...
A JUMP jockey whose successful career – including over 400 winners – was interrupted by awful injuries suffered in a "bizarre" fall at Cheltenham is mounting a unique compensation bid.Philip Hide, 39, suffered a shattered hip and head injuries when his horse fell during the Letheby and Christopher Novice Handicap Hurdle in November 2006.In what was described as a "1-in-1,000 incident", his barrister, Christopher Sharp QC, said he was riding Hatch A Plan when the...
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Great-grandmother, 90, killed as she crossed the road metres from...
THE family of a 90-year-old, who died after being run over by a car, will never know if the driver was speeding, an inquest has heard.Gwenneth Greenslade from Leckhampton Road died after trying to cross the road just metres from her home in June last year.Gloucestershire Coroner's Court heard the retired housewife, was thrown "like a rag doll" when Alex McPherson's maroon Citroen 3 hit her near the junction with Liddington Road.Mrs Greenslade, who suffered from dementia, but was able...
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Dad Mike Rodman, 37, died of natural causes - inquest
A FIT and healthy dad just collapsed and died on the football pitch, an inquest heard.Mike Rodman, known as Raj, died aged just 37, while playing for Kingswood AFC reserves against Charfield on Saturday, January 26.Gloucestershire Coroner's Court heard Mr Rodman had an enlarged heart and could not be resuscitated following his cardiac arrest that day.His girlfriend and mother of their five-month-old daughter Eva, Lauren Workman, was at the game.In a statement, she said: "Generally speaking,...
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£20,000 of bikes stolen from Golden Tyre Cup meeting
DISAPPOINTED motocross riders and organisers are counting the cost of a targeted thieving spree which saw bikes worth a total of around £20,000 stolen in one night.The youngest victim, Kieran Thomas, nine, had both his prized bikes stolen from the Golden Tyre Cup meeting held over the weekend at Brookthorpe."He was devastated," said dad Dean Thomas. "People were really good and offered bikes that he could borrow but he was so upset, he just didn't feel like it."Five...
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Jump jockey sues Cheltenham Racecourse after bizarre injury
A JUMP jockey whose successful career – including over 400 winners – was interrupted by awful injuries suffered in a "bizarre" fall at Cheltenham is mounting a unique compensation bid.Philip Hide, 39, suffered a shattered hip and head injuries when his horse fell during the Letheby and Christopher Novice Handicap Hurdle in November 2006.In what was described as a "1-in-1,000 incident", his barrister, Christopher Sharp QC, said he was riding Hatch A Plan when the...
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Jamie Sharp, 23, jailed after Audi car chase ends in crash
JAMIE Sharp, who stole a car and ended up being chased by police cars and a helicopter through a city centre, has been jailed.The 23-year-old, of Dean's Way, Gloucester, stole the blue Audi A4 from David Stewart's Stonechat Avenue home after he left his front door unlocked overnight between December 29 and 30.Sharp took his Acer laptop, BlackBerry phone, and £100 cash as well as the car before cameras spotted the stolen vehicle in the city before it headed to Northampton.Officers from...
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