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For the next two weeks the Citizen will be covering the trial of Ewen Reynolds, who is accused of killing popular Tuffley teenager Zac Evans in January.To help us reach out to those who would like to...
View ArticleZac Evans' alleged killer will stand trial today 11 months after...
Zac Evans' alleged killer will stand trial today 11 months after his death.Tuffley man Ewen Reynolds will appear at Bristol Crown Court accused of murdering the 19-year-old and of attempting to murder...
View ArticleA castle has been found under Gloucester prison's basketball...
More details have been revealed about the castle 'similar to the Tower of London' which lies beneath the basketball court at Gloucester prison.The keep walls of the Norman castle have been found...
View ArticleFeud over teenager's relationship leads to ratchet vs baseball...
A feud about a Sling teenager's relationship with a Clearwell girl led to his dad arming himself with a ratchet, a court heard.Welder Michael Parsloe, 45, of Council Villas, Sling, drove to Neil...
View ArticlePressure washer stolen in Churcham
Gloucestershire Police were called yesterday following a break in at a garage in Churcham. Unknown offenders broke into a steel container at the garage which housed a distinctive yellow and black...
View ArticleZac Evans: Ewen Reynolds murder trial hears of 'terrifying...
Jurors have been told how Zac Evans was "swiftly and savagely" killed by Ewen Reynolds with a two foot machete after an argument between two women escalated outside a Gloucester pub.This morning at...
View ArticleZac Evans: First day of Ewen Reynolds murder trial hears of...
Distressing footage has been shown to jurors of the moment Tuffley teenager Zac Evans died in the murder trial of Ewen Reynolds.The jury was told how 19-year-old Zac was "swiftly and savagely" killed...
View ArticleViolent pair jailed after row over cannabis in Coney Hill turned...
Two violent serial crooks who set upon a drug dealer in an argument over cannabis have been jailed.Leon Pettigrew, 35, of Matson Lane and 39-year-old Wayne Taylor of Oak Ridge Close, Abbeymead, were...
View ArticleZac Evans: Legal arguments dominate day 3 of Ewen Reynolds murder...
Witnesses have yet to be called in the murder trial of Tuffley man Ewen Reynolds which will enter its fourth day tomorrow.Reynolds, 44, of Foley Close is accused of killing 19-year-old Zac Evans with a...
View ArticleCaught on camera: Police investigate supermarket distraction...
Police investigating supermarket distraction thefts, allegations of racial abuse, and making off without paying have issued photographs of people they want to speak to.It comes after a spate of thefts...
View ArticleExclusive: Ewen Reynolds' defence claims Zac Evans and pals had...
Zac Evans and his two friends were carrying knives and chased Ewen Reynolds before he struck and killed Zac with a two-foot-long machete, it was claimed in court.Zac's friend Keaton Jones broke down in...
View ArticleGloucester woman threatened Big Issue seller with hammer
Troubled Jacqueline Shields threatened a well-known Gloucester Big Issue seller with a hammer in front of shocked shoppers, a court heard has heard.Shields, 50, of Eastern Avenue, Gloucester, claimed...
View ArticleZac Evans: Christian Lord describes how his friend died in his...
Christian Lord has recalled how he held his heavily-bleeding friend Zac Evans in his arms in his last few moments before the Tuffley teenager died from a severe injury to his neck, a court has...
View Article'Vulnerable' James Bullock jailed for beating homeless Gloucester...
A homeless man sitting on a roadside in Gloucester was wantonly laid into by James Bullock, who kicked and punched him and then walked off bragging, a court heard.Bullock, 32, of London Road,...
View ArticleChurchdown dad-of-three jailed for death crash as he juggled two...
A divorced father-of-three who juggled two jobs a day to raise his children and pay off £60,000 mortgage debts crashed his car and killed an eminent professor in a head-on collision after falling...
View ArticleZac Evans: Police and medics relive fight to save Tuffley...
Police and paramedics have given evidence of the scene they arrived at and how they fought to save Zac Evans at the trial of his alleged murderer Ewen Reynolds.Reynolds, 44, is accused of killing the...
View ArticleZac Evans: Ewen Reynolds' mistress describes moments after...
The girlfriend of Ewen Reynolds has described how he left his wife at the scene where Zac Evans died and fled to London with her at his murder trial.Leanne Purnell Has given evidence at Bristol Crown...
View ArticlePolice find thousands of pounds of illegal tobacco in Tredworth
Police raided a house in Tredworth alongside trading standard officers last week as the house was believed to store illegal tobacco for a shop in the city.In total the officers found 1175 packs of 20...
View ArticleAnother Christmas without answers for Shaun James family as...
The family of murder victim Shaun James are facing another Christmas shrouded in questions – but a beautiful little gift is due imminently. The 32-year-old's body was found on this day in 2002 in 'the...
View ArticleTuffley man jailed for kicking woman in head over beachball row
Violent Dayle Redding was jailed today for repeatedly kicking a helpless mum of three in the head in a row over a beachball going over the garden fence.Dayle Redding, 24, was sent straight to prison...
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