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January 12, 2014, 3:29 am

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PROSECUTORS have been warned to "get their act together" to bring a case against a man alleged to have held his partner's head down and set his pit bull dog on her. Joel Armstrong's defence team are still waiting for papers that should have been served by December 6. The 32-year-old has been charged with three separate acts of violence on his girlfriend including another incident where he allegedly stabbed her and one where he is said to have punched her. But Gloucester Crown Court previously...

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January 12, 2014, 4:02 am

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A DAD-of-three found with nearly half a kilo of cannabis in his home has walked free from court. Mark Hatten told the court, despite his history in drug dealing, he was not selling it but merely looking after it for someone else. The 33-year-old market stallholder admitted possession of the drug, which had a street value of £5,050, with intent to supply on the basis he was just keeping hold of it in exchange for some of it to smoke. The court heard Hatten had shown receipts and tax...

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January 13, 2014, 5:36 am

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A wealthy mother who runs an online tutoring service for children with learning difficulties has been charged with poisoning a young girl. Mary Kidson, 55, is charged with three counts of "administering poison to a female juvenile with intent to endanger life or inflict grievous bodily harm". Kidson - who was initially arrested in March last year - is accused of committing the offences between December 2010 and March 2013 in Ledbury. A spokesman for West Mercia Police said the...

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January 13, 2014, 5:47 am

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Two boys have been seen dragging a blue fibreglass Dinghy along a canal towpath. When challenged by police, the offenders ran off and left the dinghy behind. The incident happened along the towpath, off St Anns Way, in Gloucester, on Friday at around 3pm.

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January 13, 2014, 6:15 am

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Three Riflemen have been accused of keeping a woman prisoner, while one of them sexually assaulted her. The servicemen from the 4 Battalion The Rifles appeared at Gloucester Crown Court on Monday to face the charges made against them following a night out in Cheltenham on March 4, last year. Jack Mustoe, 21, of Elm Grove, Huntley, Nicholas Portnall, 27, of Hunter Point, Chinnor in Oxfordshire and Jonathan Gould, 19 of Parklands Road, Wellington, Somerset all pleaded not guilty to falsely...

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January 13, 2014, 7:16 am

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Knife wielding robbers threatened a man while stealing good from his Cirencester flat, a court heard. Despite knowing the victim, Billy Lipscombe, made no effort to cover or mask his face while he and two others robbed Josh Price's flat. Gloucester Crown Court heard the three men burst into his Melmore Gardens home on July 31, 2012 at 7.15am before stealing his belongings and attacking him. Prosecutor Phillip Warren said the two other men; Mr Price did not know, held him up with knives and...

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January 13, 2014, 8:51 am

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A WOMAN sparked a half an hour police search after she told a bus passenger she had been sexually assaulted so that she could use their phone after running out of credit. She approached a person waiting for a coach at Gloucester Bus Station to say that she had been assaulted in the station toilets. She asked to use the person's phone to call a friend but there was no answer. The passenger then called the police to report the sexual assault. But after a half an hour search for the offender,...

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January 13, 2014, 11:00 am

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A centre of expertise is to be created for research into domestic abuse, murder, serious sexual offences, neighbourhood policing and crime prevention. A £20,000 cash injection will fund the Gloucestershire Hub for Policing Research, Development and Community Engagement. The partnership is a collaboration between Gloucestershire Police and Crime Commissioner Martin Surl, Gloucestershire Police and the University of Gloucestershire. Gloucestershire Police and Crime Commissioner Martin Surl...

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January 13, 2014, 11:23 pm

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A partnership between police and academics has been awarded £20,000 to launch a hub for police research in Gloucestershire. The grant from the College of Policing – the first professional body for the service in England and Wales - will be used to establish the Gloucestershire Hub for Policing Research, Development and Community Engagement. The hub will become a centre of expertise in domestic abuse, homicide, serious sexual offences, neighbourhood policing and crime prevention and...

Double stabbing at Gloucester city centre house

January 14, 2014, 2:25 am

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Two men have been stabbed during an incident at an address in Nettleton Road in Gloucester last night. Police rushed to the scene at 8.55pm. Two men, aged 30 and 47, suffered stab wounds and were taken to Gloucestershire Royal Hospital. The 30-year-old man was later transferred to Frenchay Hospital in Bristol and is currently described as being in a critical but stable condition. The 47-year-old man was later discharged and was arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm. He...

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January 14, 2014, 6:46 am

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DJ Dave Lee Travis is alleged to have sexually assaulted his youngest victim at a Showaddywaddy concert on a Gloucestershire farm. The 68-year-old carried out a series of assaults which were "sexual in nature" while working as a disc jockey, acting in pantomimes and even at the opening of a hospital radio station, London's Southwark Crown Court was told. The former Radio One DJ, whose real name is David Patrick Griffin, is on trial accused of assaulting 11 women, one of whom was 15 at...

Gloucestershire's policing bill for badger cull confirmed as...

January 14, 2014, 12:33 am

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GLOUCESTERSHIRE'S Police and Crime Commission took to Twitter last night to confirm the badger cull in the county cost £1.7 million to police. Martin Surl tweeted out: "£1.7m is the 'estimated' total cost for policing the whole cull in glos - not just the extension period." The cull, which took place in Gloucestershire and Somerset, saw 1,771 badgers killed, but both fell short off their targets. In Gloucestershire some 831 of the animals were shot. The government not the...

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January 14, 2014, 8:29 am

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A club boss described how lapdancers he hired for the Cheltenham Festival got "out of control" in the days leading up to his alleged kidnap. Curtis Woodman, 34, set up a pop-up club at Embassy in Cheltenham for punters but failed to secure a sexual entertainment venue licence after leaving his application too late. Over 60 girls were hired for the venue in Cheltenham during the National Hunt festival in March 2012 where they were paid £150 per night plus commission. But a group claim...

Man loses eye in double stabbing in Nettleton Road, Gloucester

January 14, 2014, 9:00 pm

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A KNIFING in Gloucester city centre left one man without an eye and another with stab wounds to his stomach.Two men, aged 30 and 47, were taken to Gloucestershire Royal Hospital after police rushed to the scene at 8.55pm on Monday.The 30-year-old man was later transferred to Frenchay Hospital in Bristol and is described as being in a critical but stable condition.The 47-year-old man was later discharged and was arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm. He remained in custody...

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January 15, 2014, 3:47 am

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A man has been arrested in connection with a stabbing in Gloucester on Monday. The 51-year-old Gloucester man was detained on suspicion of attempted murder yesterday and remains in police custody. Officers were called to the incident at an address in Nettleton Road in Gloucester at around 8.55pm on Monday night and discovered two men, aged 30 and 47, who had suffered stab wounds. Both were taken to Gloucestershire Royal Hospital but the 30-year-old man was later transferred to Frenchay...

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Schoolboy injured in hit and run outside Millbrook Academy

January 15, 2014, 8:33 am

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A schoolboy was left injured following a hit and run outside Millbrook Academy. The 15-year-old boy was knocked off his bike before the driver left the scene. A police spokesman said the car had clipped the boy's handlebars causing him to fall off. He was left with injuries to his wrist and leg following the incident at 8am on Tuesday morning outside the school on Mill Lane in Brockworth. Anyone with information can contact the police on 101 quoting incident 75 of January 14, 2014.

Woman punched in the face following row in Lydney children's park

January 15, 2014, 8:43 am

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A woman was punched in the face following a row in a Lydney children's park. She was said to have been left with a facial injury after the attack in Bathurst Park Road. A spokesman for Gloucestershire Police said the women had got into a heated debate before the victim was punched. The assault took place at 3pm on Saturday, January 11. Anyone with information can contact police on 101 quoting incident 254 of that date.

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January 15, 2014, 9:00 am

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CONMAN Mark O'Hanlon, whose fraud wrecked a Lydney business, will have a quarter of his pension fund confiscated from him when he turns 55, a judge has ruled. O'Hanlon's criminal benefit from the fraud was £170,505 but at present he has only £30 in cash which can be taken from him under the Proceeds of Crime Act. However, in two years' time when O'Hanlon celebrates his 55th birthday he will be entitled to draw 25 percent of his pension pot. At Gloucester Crown Court today, Judge...

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January 15, 2014, 3:51 am

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Police are trying to trace a woman who picked up £20 in cashback left behind by the previous customer at a self-service till in Gloucester Asda. Officers have issued CCTV of the incident at Bruton Way in the city on Boxing Day and are very keen to speak to the woman pictured. Anyone who recognises her should call 101, quoting incident 122 of December 26.

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January 15, 2014, 9:00 pm

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DETECTIVES investigating a double stabbing have arrested a man on suspicion of attempted murder.A 51-year-old Gloucester man was detained on Tuesday. A 47-year-old man arrested earlier has been released without charge.A 30-year-old male is said to be in a critical but stable condition in hospital after two men suffered stab wounds in the city.The 30-year-old, named locally as Martin Stokes, has received messages of support from friends who are praying for a speedy recovery.Yesterday officers...