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Police hunt for man who fled after holding hands with five-year-o...
AN apparent child snatching attempt in Gloucester has seen police urging parents and children to be on high alert for potential abductions.Officers have stepped up patrols and are appealing for...
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Jury retires to decide if Forest hotelier tried to put his hand...
A jury has retired to decide on whether an hotelier and grandfather sexually assaulted a teenage girl.Geoffrey Sparkes, owner of the Forest House Hotel and Bluebell Restaurant in Coleford, was alleged...
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Forest of Dean hotelier cleared of sexually assaulting a teenage...
HOTELIER and grandfather, Geoffrey Sparkes, has been cleared of sexually assaulting a teenage girl by putting his hand down her bra.A jury at Gloucester Crown Court took just one hour and 20 minutes to...
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Ex-soldier, who saw 'unimaginable horrors' while in Afghanistan,...
An ex-soldier, who witnessed "unimaginable horrors", while serving in Afghanistan, has been jailed for a vicious assault on his former partner.Luke Steed was said to be suffering from mild Post...
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Skate park suffers suspected arson in Forest of Dean
A SIGN has been set alight at a popular skatepark in Cinderford.Firefighters were called to the incident at the Collingwood Skatepark at 10.45pm on Friday and spent 10 minutes putting out the...
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Review into sex attack on a boy in Gloucester cellar concluded no...
A REVIEW into a disgusting sex attack on a boy in a Gloucester cellar has concluded no-one could have anticipated or prevented it.Kane Lammin and Anthony Ford were both jailed for 10 years after they...
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Five released after investigations reveal man was not thrown from...
Four men and one woman have been released from police bail following a police investigation where it was believed a man was thrown from a van. Police have concluded that no criminal offences were...
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Pyramid scam gang women in court for £21m fraud which...
Members in a band of middle-aged women who fleeced thousands of investors in a pyramid scheme which generated a staggering £21million have been jailed.The greedy group - aged between 33 and 68 - each...
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Volunteers at Gloucestershire Bike Project have been left...
THE future of a Gloucester cycling charity hangs in the balance after being struck by burglars twice in only six weeks.Mountain bikes, a laptop, a top-of-the-range camera and cash have all been stolen...
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Carlsberg and a baseball cap found outside Lydney shop where...
CARLSBERG lager and a baseball cap were left outside a Gloucestershire estate agents which had its window smashed.Police made the discovery when called to the Richard Butler outlet on Newerne Street,...
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Canadian police investigation into 'naturist' films leads to...
A 24-YEAR-OLD Quedgeley man caught with more than 20,000 indecent images of children he had been collecting since his teens has avoided jail.At Gloucester Crown Court on Thursday, Nicholas Mills, of...
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Gloucestershire child neglect parents have 'lenient' jail terms...
AN "inept and inadequate" couple who blighted their children's lives with five years of extreme neglect had their jail sentences more than doubled by top judges yesterday.The Gloucestershire couple –...
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Warning after cash machines tampered with in Gloucester and...
Police are warning bank customers in the county to be on the alert after two cash machines were found to have been tampered with by criminals earlier this week.The discoveries were made in Gloucester...
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Gloucestershire police officer on trial accused of kicking...
POLICE officer James Vosper throttled his partner and kicked her in the stomach in a drunken rage after leaving £30 in a cashpoint, a court heard on Friday.Vosper, 41, started drinking heavily after...
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Mobile CCTV plan to tackle nuisance crimes in Forest of Dean...
VILLAGES in the Forest of Dean blighted by nuisance yobs may soon have a new weapon in their fight against crime.A series of new 'mobile' CCTV cameras could be snapped up in order to keep a watchful...
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Connors family: Forced labour victims in line for cash payouts -...
VICTIMS rescued from forced labour gangs run by the Connors family are in line for huge compensation payouts after Gloucestershire Police secured its biggest criminal confiscation order in its...
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Gloucestershire Police officer denies kicking girlfriend and...
POLICEMAN James Vosper has denied throttling his partner before kicking her in the stomach and instead claimed he was the one who was attacked.Vosper, 41, started drinking heavily after realising he...
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Jealous boyfriend 'strangled pregnant 16-year-old to death to...
JEALOUS and controlling Aston Robinson strangled his 16-year-old pregnant girlfriend to death with her scarf because he wanted her to be quiet during a row, a court heard.The 18-year-old stands accused...
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Man suffers broken cheekbone in unprovoked attack as he walked...
Police are appealing for witnesses after a 25-year-old Gloucester man was attacked after he left The Registry nightclub to walk home. It is believed two or three men kicked and punched him in what is...
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Three men charged with theft of diesel from vehicle in Gloucester
Three men have been charged with theft from a motor vehicle in connection with an incident at a builders supplier in Gloucester.Andrew Graham Ferris, 28 and of Shelley Avenue in Gloucester, Stephen...
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