Sentencing of man, 71, in GP's stalking case
A STALKER who began a campaign of harassment directed at a female GP after he thought his restraining order had lapsed will be sentenced on May 7.Raymond Knight admitted trying to contact Dr Eleanor...
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THE stalker of a female GP, who began a campaign of harassment after he thought his restraining order had lapsed, will be sentenced on May 7.Raymond Knight admitted trying to contact Dr Eleanor Aston...
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Rehab worker guilty to drugs charge after 12 years on the run
A WORKER at a rehabilitation centre has admitted possession with intent to supply around £40,000 of drugs after nearly 12 years on the run.Stephen Holmes absconded from justice in 2001 when he failed...
View ArticleBookies raids in Cheltenham and Tewkesbury
ROBBERS have raided four bookmakers in two months.Three bookmakers in Cheltenham and Tewkesbury have been subject to armed attacks since February. And Betfred in Tewkesbury has been the victim of...
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Prisoners' lives changed after being given an outside world job...
PRISONERS are turning their lives around by getting jobs outside their prison confines before they are released.One prisoner was able to patch up his relationship with his father, find a girlfriend,...
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Arsonists target Up Hatherley destroying caravan and damaging...
ARSONISTS are believed to have destroyed a caravan, a garden fence and set fire to rubbish in Up Hatherley.The two fires took place on Sunday night.Firefighters were called to a caravan on fire in...
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HSBC bank 'makeshift bomb' blast probe in Quedgeley
A BOMB which ripped apart a Quedgeley cash machine was a 'makeshift' device.Investigations are continuing into a midnight attack on HSBC at Olympus Park, in which thieves got away with up to £100,000...
View ArticleInquest begins into death of Ceri Fuller and his three children
AN inquest into the deaths of three siblings and their father will start today.The bodies of Ceri Fuller and his three children, from Milkwall near Coleford, were found in a quarry near Shrewsbury last...
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Claw hammer man avoids jail after Sainsbury's outburst
AGGRESSIVE Ryan Davis has been allowed to walk free after swinging a claw hammer at another man outside a city shop.The 32-year-old was already banned from the Sainsbury's store in Northgate Street...
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Fires in Up Hatherley blamed on arsonists
ARSONISTS are believed to have destroyed a caravan and a garden fence after setting fire to rubbish in Up Hatherley.The fires took place on Sunday night.Firefighters were called to a caravan on fire in...
View ArticleBusinessman on fraud charges
FORMER Stroud businessman Jeffrey Hoslett has been charged with three counts of fraud.The 43-year-old, now of Beech Street, Cross Hills, West Yorkshire, has been charged with fraud by abuse of...
View ArticleSending more people to jail is not the answer, warns Gloucester...
SENDING more people to jail is not the way forward, a leading county homeless worker has said.Yesterday, The Citizen told how magistrates in Gloucestershire were twice as likely to give someone a...
View ArticleMotor home owners warned to be on guard after two thefts in a...
MOTORHOME owners are being told to secure their vehicles after two were stolen in just a week.They were taken from properties in Stonehouse and Dursley.The first, a white and orange Volkswagen motor...
View ArticleScrap metal dealers steal jewellery from Quedgeley woman
SCRAP metal dealers stole jewellery when they went to pick up an old parasol from a woman's home in Quedgeley.The victim heard the scrap metal collectors in her street and went out to speak to the...
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Former doctors' practice manager denies £100K fraud and...
THE former manager of a Forest of Dean doctors' surgery has denied the fraud and theft of nearly £115,000.Sharon Head, who worked at the Newnham and Westbury Doctors' Surgery for more than 20 years,...
View ArticleTewkesbury is the fifth safest place in the UK, according to...
LIVING in fear is not something that people living in Tewkesbury will know much about, according to a survey.The town has been named as the fifth safest place in Britain.Based on levels of violent...
View ArticleSecurity measures called for in 'scary' Cooper's Edge alley
EXTRA security measures are being called for in Cooper's Edge to make a 'scary' alley safer.Mum-of-one Lynda Jones said she feels 'uneasy' after thieves stole a line up of bicycles from near her...
View ArticleLorry firm is fined £450k
HAULIER Larkins Logistics has been fined £450,000 after a driver was run over and killed by his own lorry.Father-of-three Gary Walters, 51, was working for the firm, based in Staunton, when the...
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Inquest hears details of how father and three children died
THREE young siblings from Gloucestershire, who were found dead in woodland with their father, suffered multiple knife wounds, an inquest heard.The Fuller children – Sam, 12, Rebecca, eight, and...
View ArticleTwo break-ins
THREE properties in Winchcombe were burgled early yesterday morning.Police are investigating three break-ins between 12.30am and 5.30am. Two houses were in Abbots Leys Road and one was in Binyon...
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