Martin Surl defiant about role as police and crime commissioners...
Defiant Gloucestershire police and crime commissioner Martin Surl has said that criticisms of the elected role nationally do not apply in the county. Police commissioners are 'on probation' because of...
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View ArticleFacebook campaign launched to keep notorious criminal Barry...
A Facebook campaign has been launched to keep notorious Gloucester criminal Barry Chambers out of the city when he is next released from prison. A page has been set up called "Let's keep Barry Chambers...
View ArticleTwo men arrested on suspicion of manslaughter following death of...
TWO men have been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter following the death of a Cinderford man last week. A 43-year-old from the town and a 48-year-old man from Stonehouse were arrested by police last...
View ArticleMan jailed for hitting friend over the head with a cricket bat in...
Irishman, Joseph Brazil, who told a judge in December "you will never see me again," was back before the court after hitting a friend over the head with a cricket bat. The 24-year-old was jailed for 15...
View ArticleTwo men from Gloucestershire have been released on bail in...
TWO men arrested in connection with the death of a Cinderford man have been released on bail. A 43-year-old from the town and a 48-year-old from Stonehouse have been questioned by police over the death...
View ArticlePrime Minister David Cameron condemns Gloucester knife crime
Prime Minister David Cameron has condemned knife crime in Gloucester in the wake of three alleged murders. Speaking to the Citizen's public affairs reporter Mike Wilkinson today during a visit to...
View ArticleAsher Maslin, accused of murdering Gloucester hairdresser Hollie...
The ex-boyfriend of Gloucester hairdresser Hollie Gazzard appeared at Bristol Crown Court this morning accused of murdering her. Asher Thomas Maslin was due to enter a plea to the charge, but instead...
View Article£16,000 raised for the Hollie Gazzard Trust in memory of...
A WHOPPING £16,000 has already been raised by a trust set up in memory of Churchdown hairdresser, Hollie Gazzard. The 20-year-old was killed as she worked in a Gloucester salon in February this year....
View ArticleDisgraced coroner Alan Crickmore who swindled estates of dead...
Coroner Alan Crickmore who swindled the estates of dead clients, is appealing his jail sentence for fraud. The solicitor, who was Gloucestershire's coroner, pilfered almost £2 million from his clients...
View ArticleTen-man Gloucester drugs gang jailed for 55 years over £1.2...
MEMBERS of a drugs gang who could have flooded the streets of Gloucester with £1.25million of cocaine have been jailed for more than 55 years. Rodney Brissett headed up the Gloucester end of the...
View ArticleWhitminster thug launched hooligan style headbutt on innocent V...
A THUG has escaped a jail sentence after he unleashed a "football hooligan" style head-butt during an unprovoked attack outside a Cheltenham nightclub. Thomas Harry Thornes, 21, of Uptons Garden,...
View ArticleRape accused says shape of his manhood means he did not have one...
AN engineering worker accused of rape told a jury yesterday he did not have one night stands because of the unusual shape of his manhood. Paul Lee, 32, of Millers Dyke, Quedgeley, also said the woman...
View ArticleViolent Gloucester man jailed for five years after tormenting...
Violent Andrew Knott has been jailed for five years after tormenting a woman for four days, beating her, threatening her with a knife and hammer and sexually assaulting her. The 44-year-old inflicted...
View ArticleQuedgeley rapist, Paul Lee, jailed for eight years
A rapist who violently attacked a woman while she slept was jailed for eight year. Paul Lee was found guilty of raping the 23-year-old as she slept on a sofa at her friend's home. She told Gloucester...
View ArticleGloucester burglar avoids jail after leaving fingerprints on a...
Lookout Jordan Ryland has avoided jail after being part of a team of burglars, who raided a house under renovation and stole £7,000 worth of goods - including baby clothes. The unsophisticated...
View ArticleProlific burglar Richard Stokes targeted schools to "avoid...
PROLIFIC burglar Richard Stokes is a "coward" who targeted schools to "avoid confrontation". A day after being released from a prison term he received for burgling a city school, Stokes went back and...
View ArticleTeenage burglar, Star Sallis, back in court for breaching...
Teenage burglar, Star Sallis, who walked into a 96-year-old's home and stole whisky and his wallet, has appeared in court after breaching her sentence. The 18-year-old of Marsh Lane in St Paul's,...
View ArticleForest of Dean cannabis growing couple terrified of going to jail
A couple growing and selling cannabis appeared at court terrified at the prospect of going to prison. Emma Blunt, 20, and her boyfriend, George Davis, 28, both admitted being concerned in the...
View ArticleGrandad jailed for stabbing mate who shaved his head during...
A football fan stabbed a friend when he woke to find his head had been shaved as a prank. Grandad Ian Norfolk was landed with a seven-and-a-half year jail sentence after he attacked his friend Peter...
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