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Victim of sex trafficking gang speaks out about ordeal in Fred...
THE victim of a human trafficking gang who was held as a sex slave in the house where Fred West began his murder spree in Gloucester has spoken out about her ordeal. Her story has been told as part of...
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Bisley Navy submariner cleared of attack after breaking...
A serviceman has been cleared of an attack on a teenager, which left him with a broken jaw and three missing teeth. Royal Navy submariner William Gegg was found not guilty of causing Luke Gaskins...
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Jordan Shepherd took Nan's car on high speed police chase in...
A teenager took his Nan's car on a high speed police chase through Matson, while his heavily pregnant girlfriend was in the passenger seat. Jordan Shepherd drove on the wrong side of a roundabout and...
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Sex offender David Bolton jailed after indecent images of...
REGISTERED sex offender David Bolton has been jailed after being caught with child and animal pornography on his computer and iPod. Dad-of-one David Bolton, 49, had been placed on the sex offender...
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Stealing £14 of chocolate from Bishop's Cleeve shop costs...
Stealing seven chocolate bars from a petrol station has cost a thief more than £300. Abusive Michael Barlow wanted to go to trial over the theft at Gloucester Crown Court – instead of the magistrates'...
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Drink driver nailed by off duty policeman and CCTV
COMPELLING evidence from an duty police officer and CCTV nailed a drink driver who tried to wriggle out of a prosecution with a "hip flask defence". Graham Michael Stokes, 49, of Brionne Way,...
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Mark Duggan inquest jury concludes he was lawfully shot dead by...
The inquest into the death of London man Mark Duggan today concluded he was lawfully killed when police shot him in Tottenham in August, 2011. A firearms officer shot him once in the arm and once in...
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Drugs officers swoop on Stroud home
DRUGS officers swooped on a home in Stroud this morning. Three police vehicles and several officers were seen at the house off Folly Lane, Uplands but no illegal drugs were seized. A force spokesman...
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CPS told to 'get on' with case against man alleged to have set...
The Crown Prosecution Service has been warned to "get their act together" to bring a case against a man alleged to have held his partner's head down and set his Pit bull dog on her. Joel Armstrong's...
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Delays in cruelty court cases are harming animal welfare,...
Bureaucracy and "pointless protocol" in courts is harming the welfare of animals involved in cruelty cases, magistrates have been warned. Animals owned by defendants involved in mistreatment trials...
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Dangerous driver Christopher Wright admits high speed police...
Dangerous driver Christopher Wright led police on a high speed chase down the A40, leaving them having to smash into his car to get him to stop. And the 23-year-old has been arrested on suspicion of...
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Teenager escapes jail after head butting woman at Stroud New...
A 'cowardly' teenager head butted a woman in the face after being thrown out of a New Year's Eve party in Stroud. Brendan Price was said to have lost his temper when he attacked Eden Edney on being...
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Burglar and crack addict, Jason Brown, 'relieved to be caught'
Burglar and crack addict Jason Brown said he was relieved to be caught after falling back into his old crime committing ways. Gloucester Crown Court heard the 41-year-old succumbed to old temptations...
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Man admits hitting another with golf club during Gloucester kebab...
A man has admitted striking someone with a golf club in a kebab house affray. Mohammed Gilgil pleaded guilty to affray on March 31 this year at the Best Takeway in Eastgate Street. The 31-year-old of...
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Gloucester man escapes jail after growing cannabis at his home
Text messages proved a Coopers Hill man was trying to supply cocaine after a police bust found cannabis plants growing in his home. Steven Ferry escaped a jail sentence yesterday after he admitted a...
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Beer goggle go-kart driving at Gloucester Academy proves drink...
If 17-year-old Demi Byers' drink driving experience had been real she would have killed three people. But thankfully for the Gloucester Academy teen she was driving a go-kart around cones in the...
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CCTV released after thieves use stolen savings cards to spend...
Police want to hear from anyone who recognises two people officers want to speak to in connection with the theft of two savings cards in ASDA in Bruton Way, Gloucester. The victim had saved up nearly...
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"We don't fiddle our figures" says police and crime...
Responding to comments from the former head of the Metropolitan Police Lord Stevens that some forces 'routinely write off crimes', Gloucestershire's police and crime commissioner, Martin Surl said it...
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Proposed new terror laws could have seen Gloucester bomb plotter...
GLOUCESTER terror plotter Sajid Badat could have faced life behind bars under new plans revealed today. The former Crypt School pupil was jailed for 13 years and freed after eight years when explosives...
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Helpless mum-of-four Leah Thompson watched family cat dragged to...
HELPLESS mum Leah Thompson watched on as her family's cat Jasper was savaged by two dogs on the doorstep of her Kingsway home. The mum-of-four fears a small child on Kingsway could be the next victim...
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