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Birds of Prey Centre owner sold three black kites belonging to...
ZOOLOGISTS and animal experts from across Europe gave evidence yesterday against the former boss of the National Birds of Prey Centre in Newent.Keith Beaven stands accused of borrowing owls from zoos...
View ArticleSex attacker snared by DNA 21 years after crimes
ADVANCES in DNA technology snared a sex attacker who preyed on lone women – 21 years later.In 1991 Andrew Parton, from Gloucester, targeted female dog walkers with lewd and indecent behaviour, but his...
View ArticleCitizen editor: These women showed immense courage in coming...
TODAY police and rape crisis workers have praised the bravery of the women who have come forward in the Paul Lewis case.This is a story which is not easy to read and one many will find upsetting but...
View ArticleDriver failed to stop after crash
POLICE in Tewkesbury are appealing for witnesses after a driver failed to stop after a collision with a cyclist.A black Vauxhall Astra collided with a 28-year-old man in Walton Cardiff Lane, off...
View ArticleRapist Paul Lewis, 32, forced women into threesomes - court told
TERRIFIED women were raped and beaten by violent Paul Lewis, a court heard.The 32-year-old, of Bristol Road in Gloucester, forced the women to have threesomes with each other and even another man.He...
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Locker theft warning to gym members at Virgin Active in...
GYM users have been hit by a series of locker thefts which has seen thousands taken from bank accounts. In one incident £17,000 was swiped from a bank card stolen from a locker while two Rolex watches...
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Richard Thorne jailed for six and a half years after historic sex...
RICHARD Thorne has been jailed for six-and-a-half years for raping a boy aged nine.The now 33-year-old Thorne, of Greenways, Lydney, committed the offence aged 17 in the Forest of Dean town in the late...
View ArticleAppeal after beloved border collies Flo and Efa stolen from...
LUCY Bent and her husband James have launched a desperate appeal after their beloved pet dogs were stolen.On Wednesday the couple, from Burleigh in Stroud, reported to police the theft of their Land...
View ArticleGloucester teens admit horrific cellar attack on boy
TWO teenagers have admitted a "degrading and humiliating" attack on a boy where they threw concrete dust in his eyes, made him strip and carried out a prolonged sexual assault in a Gloucester cellar....
View ArticleDad and son addicted to heroin to get help not punishment from...
A FATHER and son will get help with their heroin addictions after they admitted they had been dealing drugs from their home.Judge Jamie Tabor QC told Idris Ibrahim and his son Suleman, of Worcester...
View ArticleCitizen editor: DNA fears are natural but at the same time it is...
AT first glance, the Howard League for Penal Reform's figures on children's DNA samples are staggering.Gloucestershire police have taken an average of 10 per week from under 18s. A handful of them were...
View ArticleDNA samples taken from children as young as 10
POLICE take an average of 10 DNA samples a week from Gloucestershire children – some as young as 10.The figures obtained by the Howard League for Penal Reform revealed officers took swabs from 507 boys...
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Gloucestershire police take 10 DNA samples from children every...
CHILDREN as young as 10 are having their DNA sampled by police every single day.Ten swabs are being taken from youngsters aged 17 and under by Gloucestershire officers each week.Clurisa Esson, 20, from...
View ArticlePolice investigating how man received stab wound in Lydney fight
TWO teenagers have been arrested after a man was seriously injured in a fight outside a pub in Lydney.Police are still investigating how he got a puncture wound to the stomach in the attack, near The...
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Jury out on former owner of the Birds of Prey Centre in Newent,...
JURORS are deciding whether the former boss of Newent's International Centre for Birds of Prey stole owls from zoos across Europe.Keith Beaven, pictured, has denied four counts of theft of owls, as...
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Thieves raid Gloucester Rowing Club leaving trail of destruction
A THIEF made off with a stash of chocolate from Gloucester Rowing Club – along with cash, a drill and bottles of wine.A late night break-in at the club has left it out of pocket by several hundred...
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Stalker jailed for making Cheltenham GP's life "living...
DELUSIONAL stalker Raymond Knight has been jailed after making a Cheltenham doctor's life a "living hell".He will be banned from the county on his release.Gloucester Crown Court heard the former...
View ArticleMen accused of card conspiracy
THREE men have appeared at Gloucester Crown Court accused of conspiracy to steal.It is alleged the men used a bank card trap device on a bank cash machine in Cheltenham's Bath Road.Lucien Dascalescu,...
View ArticleArmed police hunt bank robber on the loose in Gloucester
Armed police are hunting a bank robber who is on the loose in Gloucester after escaping from prison. Lyndon Stein, 49, is wanted in connection with an attempted robbery at Santander, in Westgate...
View ArticleTowpath joyriders will have mopeds crushed, police warn
ANTI-SOCIAL youths were spotted riding mopeds up and down a canal towpath.Three Hempsted residents told police about the joyriding down the towpath of the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal on Friday...
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