Update: Man arrested in massive Forest of Dean fuel duty raid
Customs officers swooped on an industrial estate as part of a three-day Fuel Duty operation.A convoy of vehicles including tankers arrived at New Dunn Business Park in Sling, near Coleford.Thousands of...
View ArticleAn illegal immigrant said he was repeatedly stabbed as he laid in...
AN illegal immigrant from Algeria told a jury how he was repeatedly stabbed by a man who walked into his Gloucester bedroom and attacked him as he lay in bed.Mohammed Mghizou told Gloucester Crown...
View ArticleCustoms officials have seized about 100,000 litres of 'illicit...
Customs officials have seized about 100,000 litres of 'illicit fuel' from a warehouse in Gloucestershire. HM Revenue and Customs carried out the raid as part of a three-day investigation into fuel duty...
View ArticleWoman sexually assaulted as she helps motorist near Lydney,...
A woman was sexually assaulted by the man she helped to change a tyre on a road near Lydney, police say. Police are appealing for witnesses to the reported assault in Aylburton on Tuesday, June 9. An...
View ArticleDavid Hall admits killing pensioner Dennis Plater
A gardener has admitted stabbing pensioner Dennis Plater to death last year.Homeless David Hall admitted murder, this afternoon at Bristol Crown Court.Mr Plater, 82, of Walkley Hill, Rodborough was...
View ArticleIs cannabis growing on the Gloucester gate streets?
It is not every day you see what is believed to be cannabis growing in a flower bed in the centre of Gloucester.This picture was taken by a Citizen reader who was stunned to see the plant thriving in...
View ArticleGolden Valley Bypass hotspot sees motorists top 90mph
The A40 Golden Valley Bypass is becoming a speeding hotspot after a dozen motorists were caught travelling over 90mph.During only one hour Gloucestershire Roads Police stopped drivers travelling along...
View ArticlePensioner stabbed 40 times in a frenzied murder on his own...
PENSIONER Dennis Plater was stabbed 40 times in a frenzied murder on his own driveway, a court heard yesterday. David Hall, 47, admitted killing the 82-year-old model-railway loving widower who lived...
View ArticleRestaurant owner told jury of his shock when one a tenant emerged...
The owner of an Indian restaurant told a jury of his shock when one of his tenants emerged from his bedroom covered in blood and pleading for help.Standing behind injured Mohammed Mghizou in the room...
View ArticleBuilder from Longford suffocated a deer with his bare hands
A 45-year-old builder suffocated a deer with his bare hands, a court was told.Elwyn Wayne Ingram, pleaded guilty at Cheltenham Magistrates' Court to causing unnecessary suffering to the Roe deer on...
View ArticlePensioner attacks teenager outside Gloucester bingo hall
Police in Gloucester are appealing for witnesses after a teenager was dragged into an alleyway by a stranger and assaulted. The 18-year-old victim was walking along Eastgate Street just after 4pm on...
View ArticleMan sentenced for bombarding Cinderford girl with threatening...
A 20 year-old-man bombarded a Cinderford girl with threatening texts and Facebook messages in which he threatened to knife her, a court heard today.One of the texts from Joshua Phelps to the girl said:...
View ArticleGloucester man accused of stabbing an illegal immigrant told...
A 41-year-old Gloucester man accused of repeatedly stabbing an Algerian illegal immigrant in a bid to kill him told police that it was he who was the real victim. Andrew Jones maintained that Algerian...
View Article​Elderly man assaulted during bizarre incident in Quedgeley
Police are appealing for information after an elderly man was assaulted in his home in Quedgeley.The victim, aged in his 80s, was left with a small cut to his arm following the strange but traumatic...
View ArticlePolice investigating Nailsworth mobile phone theft want to know...
Gloucestershire Constabulary would like help in identifying the two men in this photograph. Police would like to speak to them in connection with a mobile phone that was stolen from a handbag in Hobbs...
View ArticleLamborghini pulled over by Gloucestershire Police
Gloucestershire Police have made serious endeavours recently to seize cars without insurance, but pulled a dud on arguably one of their most glamorous vehicles they have pulled over. The bright yellow...
View ArticleQuedgeley civil servant told she must muzzle dog at all times...
Civil servant Susan Buckland has been told she must muzzle her dog at all times while out in public after the animal bit a six year old boy.A court heard that the dog, a black and white collie cross...
View ArticleTuffley man committed suicide in exactly the same way his...
A 27-YEAR-OLD man arrested over illegal images on his computer committed suicide in exactly the same way his half-brother had died when he was arrested for burglary 17 years earlier, an inquest...
View ArticleGloucester "safer than ever before"
Business leaders have reaffirmed their faith in Gloucester, claiming the city is safer than ever before despite a spate of random attacks recently.Gloucester's reputation as a city on the up continues...
View ArticleThree-week-old baby boy dies after dog attack
A three-week old baby has died after being bitten by a dog.The baby boy was rushed to hospital after reportedly being bitten by a terrier-type dog at the family home in Sunderland.He later died from...
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