Police seize BMW after road surface damaged in Stonehouse
Grooves were left in the road surface after a driver continued on at least one flat tyre for around half a mile. Police seized a silver BMW three series last night after stopping it on the A419 Bristol...
View ArticleVan driver sought after girl, 11, offered lift near Stroud
Police want to track down a van driver who tried to get an 11-year-old girl in to his van near Stroud. Gloucestershire Constabulary are appealing for information following an incident in Nailsworth on...
View ArticleEx-RAF and GCHQ employee jailed for six-and-a-half years for...
An 'outstanding' retired RAF and GCHQ employee who repeatedly sexually abused two girls under the age of 14 in Gloucester has been jailed for six and a half years.David Churcher, 72, of South View,...
View ArticleAlleged Coleford murder victim 'put vacuum cleaner up woman's...
A key witness has claimed Gerry Nott's alleged murderer said it could have been her she attacked at his home in the Forest of Dean.The retired landscape gardener, who was known to be an alcoholic and...
View ArticlePolice seek witnesses to Lydney burglary
Gloucestershire Police are seeking witnesses to a burglary which saw a strimmer, a quad bike and caravan trailer stolen in the middle of the night in the Forest of Dean.Thieves struck a commercial...
View ArticleTwo arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder Shaun James in...
Two men have this morning been arrested in connection with the death of Shaun James in Cinderford in 2002.The men, aged 63 and 51 and both from Cinderford, were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to...
View ArticleRobert Hiam refused bail over alleged stabbing of teenager near...
A 20-year-old Gloucester man who allegedly stabbed a 17-year-old youth in the city was refused bail at Gloucester Crown Court.Robert Hiam of Naunton Road, Coney Hill, has been charged with wounding...
View Article'Canal Boat Boy' burglar Clinton Bowen jailed for bungled...
Professional burglar 'Canal Boat Boy' Clinton Bowen, 32, is back behind bars after a bungled raid on a house in Gloucester.Bowen, 32, of Matson Lane, pleaded guilty to attempting to burgle a property...
View ArticleMore arrests in connection with Shaun James cold case 'murder'
A further two men have been arrested this morning (Friday) in connection with the death of Shaun James in Cinderford in 2002.A 53-year-old Cheltenham man and a 46-year-old Cinderford man were arrested...
View ArticleGerry Nott 'murder': Witness describes Broadwell victim attacked...
Murder accused Amanda Howard shook her alleged victim like "a rag doll" before leaving him to die on the floor while she continued to drink with friends, a court heard yesterday.Howard, 46, allegedly...
View ArticleThoughts go out to Shaun James' family in Cinderford as second...
Two more people have been arrested in connection with the alleged murder of Shaun James in Cinderford in the space of 24 hours – 13 years after his death.A 53-year-old Cheltenham man and a 46-year-old...
View ArticleImmigration raid at Whitminster Inn finds men, women and a child...
Immigration officials launched an evening raid at a popular pub and Chinese restaurant, finding seven people allegedly not permitted to work in the UK.The Whitminster Inn, which runs the adjacent China...
View ArticleShaun James 'murder': Two men bailed after 2002 death of...
Two men arrested yesterday (Friday) in connection with the death of Cinderford man Shaun James in 2002 have been bailed to return to police pending further inquiries.The 53-year-old Cheltenham man and...
View ArticleJail and restraining order for Gloucester DJ who cracked wife's...
A 'possessive' Gloucester DJ punched the mother of his baby son so hard that her jaw broke, a court was told yesterday (Friday).Sanjay McLean, 35, of Furlong Road, was jailed for 18 months at...
View ArticleMan, 46, admits grabbing 14-year-old girl in Stroud park
A burly 46-year-old man sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl in a Stroud park in front of her young boyfriend, a court heard.Adam Belcher grabbed the girl around the waist in an alleyway in Stratford...
View ArticleFirearm disguised as police torch seized in Stroud
When police pulled over a driver in Stroud, they made a shocking discovery. Inside a car they said they found what appeared to be a police torch - but in fact it was a taser potentially capable of...
View Article100-year-old American tourist pickpocketed in Gloucester
A 100-year-old American tourist, who was on a return trip to Gloucester where he once lived, is believed to have been a victim of a pickpocketing. He had just got off a bus with his son, who is 70,...
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View ArticleAbuser loses appeal over sex assault on partner's mother
A grandmother in her sixties was regularly molested by her daughter's partner for three years before she finally told anyone what was going on, a court heard. The abuser, from the Stroud area would...
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