The film every parent needs to see after girl, 15, was groomed...
It's hoped this film, released by police after an appalling case of child grooming, rape and murder, will help parents, guardians and youngsters everywhere understand the dangers of online...
View ArticlePublic safety fears after knives and crossbow stolen in burglary
There are fears about a set of knives and a crossbow falling into the wrong hands after they were stolen from a property in Tewkesbury.The blades, used by owner Steve Wolfie for sport as throwing...
View ArticleWoman tells of moment she came face to face with burglar stalking...
Imagine getting up in the night and going downstairs to find someone about to break into your property.It's a scary thought but it's exactly what happened to one woman in Tewkesbury.Jojo Davis took to...
View ArticleWoman locked herself in bedroom after escaping sexual assault,...
A 19-year-old woman was subjected to a 'sustained' sexual assault by Hakeem Barriffe, 21, after he offered her some leftover pizza to eat, a jury was told today.The alleged attack last year in happened...
View ArticleThis man is wanted on suspicion of breaking a woman's nose on...
Do you know this man?He is wanted by police in connection with a nasty assault on a woman on her own doorstep in Cheltenham.The victim sustained a broken nose, bruised eye and broken teeth as a result...
View ArticleMan admits driving while double the alcohol limit in crash which...
A 22-year-old English Bicknor man has today admitted causing a young mum's death by driving carelessly when he was almost twice the alcohol limit.Adam Selway, of Council Villas, English Bicknor,...
View ArticleCouple hid in bathroom after man armed with hammer went on...
A drunk young man smashed his way into a terrified Tewkesbury couple's home and went on a 'rampage' with a hammer because he had been cheated in a drug deal, a judge accepted on Wednesday.Alexander...
View ArticleMan cleared of offering woman pizza and then groping her
A jury took less than an hour today to clear 21-year-old Hakeem Barriffe of sexually assaulting a young woman.Mr Barriffe, of Lysons Avenue, Gloucester, was alleged to have dragged the 19-year-old...
View ArticleWoman, 53, dies after being found seriously injured in Littledean...
Police are trying to piece together the circumstances after a woman died having been found seriously injured this afternoon. Emergency services descended on Littledean, near Cinderford, just before 3pm...
View Article'Despicable' burglar broke into home of MS sufferer to feed crack...
A Leonard Stanley multiple sclerosis victim was distraught when he was burgled by a homeless man whom he had once welcomed into his home and fed, a court heard today.Thomas Archer, 22, had 'inside...
View ArticleDrug dealers caught out by undercover cops have ill-gotten gains...
Three Cheltenham drug dealers currently serving long jail terms will have to forfeit ill gotten gains totalling £1,350, a judge ruled today. Dad of two Connor Delaney, 21, of Waterloo Street, Swindon...
View ArticleEverything we know so far about 'unexplained' death of seriously...
Police continue to investigate the 'unexplained' death of a woman found seriously injured at a home in the Forest of Dean. Paramedics were called to the semi-detached property in Broad Street just...
View ArticlePlumber grew cannabis in a tent because 'he didn't want to buy...
A Cirencester drug user who grew 25 cannabis plants 'on a commercial scale' in a tent on a Cotswold industrial estate has avoided jail.Plumber Joseph Nail, 25, of Nursery View, Siddington, was told by...
View ArticleHalf of all crime is now cyber with monthly cost to Gloucestershi...
More than half of all crime in Gloucestershire is now cyber related and an average of £250,000 worth of financial loss is recorded per month – enough to wipe out a business overnight.The figures have...
View ArticlePolice investigators say death 'still unexplained'
Mystery surrounds the death of a woman who was discovered by paramedics with serious injuries in the Forest of Dean yesterday. An ambulance was sent a semi-detached property in Broad Street just before...
View ArticleVictim 'thrilled' that law on stalking to change
A woman who suffered years of fear and harassment at the hands of an obsessive stalker is thrilled that the law will be changed to extend the maximum sentence for the crime.MPs for Cheltenham and...
View ArticleThis drug dealer hid crack cocaine up his bum during a police...
Drug dealer Tyrone Thomas, 30, stuffed a £2,000 package of heroin and crack cocaine up his bum when he was being strip searched by police, a court heard today.He clenched his buttocks so tightly it...
View ArticleCouple charged with killing baby Ah'Kiell Walker appear in court
A couple have been accused of manslaughter after their three-month-old baby died at the family home in Gloucester.Hannah Henry, 20, and partner Alistair Walker, 26, appeared at Bristol Crown Court on...
View ArticlePolice officers testing 'potential evidence' over woman's death
Detectives looking into the death of woman in Littledean yesterday are waiting on evidence to be tested to see if a crime has been committed. The 53-year-old woman was found with serious injuries in a...
View ArticleTributes left for 'loving and well-liked' Shirley Duff, as police...
Touching tributes have been left for a 53-year-old woman described as a 'well-liked and loving friend' after dying suddenly in the Forest of Dean. The woman, named locally as Shirley Duff, was found...
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