Locker thefts gym says security is top priority
GYM bosses at a Gloucester leisure club hit by a raft of locker thefts say they are taking security seriously.Gloucester Health and Racquets Club, in Brockworth, has been at the centre of a three-year...
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Prolific Cheltenham shoplifter freed from prison after appeal
PROLIFIC shoplifter Natasha Benson is back on the streets of Cheltenham after her prison sentence was overturned. The 33-year-old has walked free from court after spending just seven weeks of a...
View ArticlePot growing Gloucester grandad must pay back £52,000
A GRANDAD who was ringleader of a cannabis-growing gang will have to pay back nearly £53,000 of his ill-gotten gains.Gloucester Crown Court previously heard that Andrew Sutton had more than £1million...
View ArticleMum smashed pub window in Newnham with "baseball bat"
SEEING her injured brother after a fight sent a mum into a window-smashing rage, a court heard.Jenna Lewis brandished a piece of wood and shouted "Are you frightened, Dave?" twice at landlord David...
View ArticleVictim 'broke ankle in pub glass attack', court told
AFTER ducking two glasses that were thrown at him in a pub, Simon Weyman fell and broke his ankle, a court heard.Craig Martin denied causing grievous bodily harm with intent to Mr Weyman, who got his...
View ArticleFraud team offers scam advice to deaf people
POLICE have been giving Gloucestershire's deaf and hard of hearing people top tips on making sure they avoid being scammed.A fraud team from Gloucestershire police spoke with a group of county...
View ArticleDisaronno made arsonist binman 'angry and evil' court hears
A BINMAN set fire to his own flat in a failed suicide bid before he "lost his nerve", evacuated the building and extinguished the blaze.Luke Morris said he was "angry and evil" after drinking half a...
View ArticleCouple robbed in Cheltenham for just £20
A ROBBER knocked a middle-aged man to the ground and demanded cash from his partner during a terrifying hold-up.The victims, a 62-year-old man and a 54-year-old woman, were walking along Fauconberg...
View ArticleOnly 20 per cent of calls to police are about crimes
POLICE in Gloucestershire deal with much more than just crime.That's the message from police and crime commissioner Martin Surl, who says just 20 per cent of calls to the police are related to...
View ArticleMan cleared of causing GBH in Stroud pub altercation
JURORS have cleared a man of causing grievous bodily harm during an altercation at a Stroud pub.Craig Martin was accused of throwing two glasses at Simon Weyman's head during a row at The Swan on...
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Company director used business's money to pay for lavish...
COMPANY director Adrian Burford, who owns a multi-million pound manor house in Stow-on-the-World, has had his assets frozen.It comes amid allegations the 50-year-old used money stolen from his own...
View ArticleYoung thieves admit burglary and car break-ins
THIEVES have admitted five car break-ins and a house burglary in Charlton Kings.Thomas Clarke was jailed for two years and nine months after admitting one burglary in Croft Avenue on April 25.He was...
View ArticleWarrant issued for arrest of Gloucester man accused of criminal...
MAGISTRATES asked police to arrest a man who failed to turn up for a court hearing on Monday.John Anthony Sallis, 26, of Cromwell Street, Gloucester, was due to appear before Stroud Magistrates' Court...
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Gloucester son of a high ranking Polish police officer in threats...
THE son of a high ranking Polish police officer has been given a community order after threatening to kill someone while in possession of a baton.Przemyslaw Zalejski went to the Painswick Road home of...
View ArticleFather and son heroin addicts jailed despite plea not to leave...
FATHER and son heroin addicts have been locked up after their Gloucester home was raided.Dad Idris Ibrahim, 54, and his son Suleman, 28, were told by Gloucester Crown Court at a previous hearing they...
View ArticleFitness instructor left with fractured jaw after wedding attack...
A JEALOUS husband launched an attack on a young fitness instructor, fracturing his jaw in three places, at a Cotswold wedding.And the fit of rage at The Swan Hotel in Bibury cost Ian Gould more than...
View ArticleA DISABLED Cheltenham man set fire to his own vehicle to get...
A DISABLED man set fire to his own car to get attention from his former lover, a court heard.Christoff Joachim, 56, denied destroying his Renault Clio by arson and fraud by dishonestly telling the...
View ArticleMan with 'curly blond hair' in car with blacked out windows tried...
A man driving a car with blacked out windows tried to persuade an 11-year-old girl to get into his vehicle. Police are appealing for witnesses after the incident in Slad Road, Stroud yesterday at...
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Gloucester roundabout rabbit hunting fears spark police check for...
Police will check Gloucester's famous rabbit roundabout for snares after fears were raised they were being hunted.Gloucester big cat tracker Frank Tunbridge believed the Walls' roundabout bunnies of...
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Fight spills out onto street in early hours at Cheltenham pub
A FIGHT at the Horse & Jockey pub spilt out onto the street in the early hours of this morning. Police officers are appealing for information after the "nasty" altercation at about 3am this...
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