Court hears how stroke turned 'respectable and blameless' Cam...
Pensioner Michael Webber led a respectable and blameless life until he suffered a stroke which turned him into a sex pest who assaulted and harassed local women and girls, a court heard.The frontal...
View ArticleArrests after Gloucester drug raids uncover £40,000 worth...
Police in Gloucester have carried out raids at two suspected cannabis factories in the city.On May 21, 59 plants with a potential street value of £25,000 were seized along with hydroponic growing...
View ArticleThree men detained in Lydney after hiding in back of lorry...
Police detained three men in Lydney on suspicion of being illegal immigrants after they were discovered in a lorry container from France.Officers were called at 12.49pm yesterday (Wednesday) to Ward...
View ArticleThousands of pounds of tools stolen as Dursley garage targeted...
Police are appealing for information after a garage in Dursley was burgled for the third time in four months with thousands of pounds worth of tools being stolen in each case.The incidents happened at...
View ArticleFour years for Gloucester man who stole Porsche, filmed himself,...
A bragging burglar filmed himself driving a Porsche Boxster he had just stolen - but then crashed it into a wall and was knocked senseless.Emergency services dragged unconscious Jamie Sharp, 26, from...
View ArticleGloucester Carer Nadia Hidalgo who betrayed elderly widow by...
Nadia Hidalgo, who betrayed an 85-year-old widow's trust and friendship by stealing £1,380 from her, has escaped jail.Hidalgo, of Cheltenham Road, Gloucester, used Edna Wilson's bank card to withdraw...
View ArticleDisgraced Gloucestershire coroner Alan Crickmore to repay almost...
The former coroner for Gloucestershire has been told to repay close to £1million stolen from his clients.Former solicitor Alan Crickmore was ordered to pay back £992,679 to the clients he stole almost...
View ArticleNuclear student devastated after £500 bike stolen from Asda...
Abigail Davies is devastated after her bike was stolen during daylight hours from Asda in Gloucester.The 22-year-old has been in Gloucester since September working for EDF Energy in Barnwood as a...
View Article'Incorrigible' Tuffley paedophile jailed again after 35 years of...
An 'incorrigible paedophile' who has been committing sex offences for 35 years was jailed again after being caught with more than 1,600 sexually explicit images of children on his laptop.Police were...
View ArticleMan avoids jail after sharing indecent images and videos of...
A man who logged into a gay dating website was shocked to be sent graphic child pornography by another user he was chatting to, a court heard today.Alexander Kitchener, 20, who called himself 'Hey' on...
View ArticlePolice seize 265 cars and counting in massive crackdown on...
Scores of vehicles are being taken off the road on a weekly basis as Gloucestershire police clamps down drivers without insurance.Last year, the constabulary's traffic officers took 544 cars, vans and...
View ArticleTeenage mugger named and shamed - and jailed - after attacks on...
A teenaged mugger whose attacks on two elderly women have wrecked their lives has been jailed for five years by a judge who named and shamed him.Judge William Hart branded Caine Powell, 17, a danger to...
View ArticleStroud burglar back in jail after beating 12-year drug habit
A drug addict burglar who raided two homes in Stroud has been jailed- less than 18 months after a judge had invited him to give inspirational talks to students at Gloucester crown court.When Paul Clift...
View ArticleWitness appeal after a large fire near Gloucestershire Royal...
Police called to a large fire near Gloucestershire Royal Hospital are appealing for witnesses to come forward after investigations into the cause proved inconclusive.The fire broke out around noon on...
View ArticleFamily of woman injured by teenage Gloucester mugger say she may...
The family of an elderly woman injured by a dangerous teenage mugger Caine Powell has said she may never be the same after the attack.Powell, 17, was jailed for five years for attacks on two elderly...
View ArticleCrimes involving Facebook rise in Gloucestershire
Crimes involving Facebook have risen steadily in recent years in Gloucestershire, a new report has found.In 2014, Gloucestershire Constabulary had 97 offences reported to them that mentioned the social...
View ArticleTrolley thief foiled in Hempsted
Officers in Gloucester foiled a dastardly crime yesterday after the offender chose a less-than-perfect getaway vehicle. PCSOs spotted a gentleman walking down the road in Hempsted with a trolley full...
View ArticleBurglars raid two Forest of Dean homes and make off with...
Gloucestershire Constabulary are appealing for information following two house break-ins in the Forest of Dean.On Tuesday between 1pm and 11pm a house in Latchen, Longhope was broken into and a large...
View ArticleRide along with Gloucestershire Police
Two hours on patrol with Gloucestershire's road police was enough to show me how vital the work they do is.As well as dealing with traffic misdemeanours, the team is there to respond and intercept a...
View ArticleSouth African woman has been able to work in UK for more than six...
A South African woman who is not entitled to be in the UK has been able to work as a carer for more than six years by using false identity papers, Gloucester crown court was told today.Throughout that...
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