Drug addict burglar Tyler Johnson walked free from court despite...
Drug addict burglar Tyler Johnson who spent nearly a year locked up on false suspicion of murder has walked free from court despite breaking into student digs after assaulting a man in a club The...
View ArticleKenneth Brown blew up estranged wife's Coleford house after...
"Jealous and controlling" husband Kenneth Brown blew up his estranged wife's home after realising he had lost her to another man, a jury was told today.Kenneth Brown, 43, may have intended to die in...
View ArticlePolice dog Stella gives staffies a good name
One of the smallest members of the Gloucestershire Police force has discovered arguably one of the biggest hauls of the year after sniffing out £25,000 in the Forest of Dean. It was all in a day's work...
View ArticleTredworth man jailed for role in Breaking Bad-style drugs...
A Breaking Bad-style drugs gang who were led by a cancer victim just like the hit TV series have been jailed for more than 80 years.Mastermind George Rogers, 78, started the plot from prison despite...
View ArticleSex workers return to Barton as Gloucestershire Police adopt new...
Prostitutes are once again blighting families' lives in Barton Street as they have been spotted returning to the area.Residents say sex workers have been seen soliciting on Charles Street and near...
View ArticleCar buyers sought after pouring oil into Dursley vehicle
Three men who are believed to have tampered with a car they were looking to buy are being sought by police in Dursley.The car's owner had advertised the vehicle for sale and arranged for the viewing at...
View Article'Potentially dangerous' car seized by police in Tuffley
Police have seized a 'potentially dangerous' car in Tuffley after the driver failed to stop twice in the last week. Glos Road Police tweeted that the Peugeot was seized today on suspicion on unlicensed...
View ArticleGirl, 13, left shocked and confused after man stole £20
A 13-year-old girl had £20 stolen from her while she was walking home in Abbeydale.The teenager had been cycling home at 7.30pm on Sunday evening when she got off her bike in a small wooded cut-through...
View ArticleGloucester man on trial for blowing up ex-wife's home blames...
A man charged with blowing up his wife's Forest of Dean home after she left him for a biker is claiming the blast was caused by unknown people who attacked him while he was in the property.The...
View ArticleThieves steal £100 from Stroud charity shop
More than £100 in cash has been stolen from a charity shop in Stroud.Police are searching for burglars who forced entry into Sue Ryder charity shop in Union Street between 5.15pm on Saturday, July 25...
View ArticleLonghope farm owner guilty of 13 animal neglect charges
Pet owner Leonard Pritchard faces jail and being banned from keeping animals after pleading guilty to more than a dozen charges of animal cruelty at his Forest of Dean farm.The 62-year-old from The...
View ArticlePolice may not attend burglaries in Gloucestershire, chief claims
If you are burgled you may no longer get a visit from the police, warns one of the force's most senior chiefs.Sara Thornton, head of the National Police Chiefs' Council, said budget cuts and staff...
View ArticleWife speaks out after ski instructor ex-husband is convicted of...
Ellie Street has spoken of her relief that her ex-husband, a pub landlord and occasional ski instructor at Gloucester Ski & Snowboard Centre, has been convicted of attacking her.She suffered...
View ArticlePictures: War medals stolen in Forest of Dean burglary leaving...
Thieves have broken into an elderly couple's home in the Forest of Dean and stolen several war medals and money.The break-in happened between 9am and 1pm on Monday, July 27 in Brockweir while the...
View ArticleThousands of pounds worth of tools stolen from van in Quedgeley
A nail gun and power drills are some of the items stolen from a van in Quedgeley.Police are seeking a thief who broke into a white Ford Transit van in Shelduck Road and stole tools including three...
View ArticleBicycle stolen from Quedgeley garage
A bike worth hundreds of pounds has been stolen from a garage in Quedgeley.The break in is believed to have occurred between midnight and 9.50am on Sunday, July 26, when one or more offenders broke...
View ArticleGuilty: Jurors convict Gloucester's Kenneth Brown for blowing up...
Jurors have convicted Kenneth Brown of blowing up his wife's home after losing her to another man.The 43-year-old, of Park Road, Gloucester, cut the gas pipe in wife Faye's house in High Nash, Coleford...
View ArticleProlific shoplifter gets another chance after stealing from Tesco...
A prolific thief who breached two suspended jail terms by going shoplifting was given yet another one by a judge who conceded that other courts would be 'aghast' at such leniency.Francis Nisbet, 39, of...
View Article'Jekyll and Hyde' Gloucester drug addict jailed for 12 years...
A 'Jekyll and Hyde' drug addict who beat a friend with homemade weapons including a spiked broomstick, bicycle chain and golf club after making him strip naked was jailed for 12 years today.Dennis...
View ArticleMobile speed camera locations revealed for Gloucestershire
The location of mobile speed cameras in Gloucestershire for August has been revealed.The Gloucestershire Road Safety Partnership operates Mobile speed detection vans operate at more than 80 sites...
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