Gloucester mum speaks out about the dangers of online grooming

July 3, 2015, 9:44 am

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A Gloucester mum has spoken out about the dangers of social media after her teenage daughter was groomed online.The first time she had any idea her daughter was in a dangerous relationship was when she started behaving erratically and staying out late.According to the mum, who the Citizen has decided not to name, there was a dramatic change in her daughter's behaviour after she started chatting to a group of people online.She has spoken about how internet grooming tore her family apart in a...

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July 3, 2015, 9:55 pm

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Businesses in Gloucester are becoming increasingly concerned about a large drop in police numbers in the city.Some claim shoplifters are being let go by security guards and violent drinkers on nights out are left unchallenged because officers are unable to respond to all incidents of crime anymore.Several police officers have spoken to the Citizen about their concerns around carrying out their duties in the future amid dwindling staff numbers.One effect the drop has had is on retailers in the...

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July 4, 2015, 3:07 am

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A teenage rugby player broke a man's jaw in two places during a late night skirmish, a court heard yesterday.The teenager was sentenced to eight months detention and training after he admitted unlawfully wounding Edward Parn of Painswick Road, Cheltenham.Gloucester crown court heard that the teenager, who cannot be named, was in Cheltenham town centre on 24th June last year.The teenager and two others, Rockoy Watson, 20, of Lime Court, Great Western Road, Gloucester, and Montell Hopkinson, 19,...

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July 4, 2015, 6:08 am

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Police are searching for a Land Rover Defender stolen from the Thrupp area of Stroud. Officers said two people were spotted running to a nearby saloon car. The car was stolen just before midnight last night from Thrupp Lane. The registration of the missing car is VO51 XSW 1/2 Thus Land Rover was stolen just before midnight, 2 people were seen to run to a nearby saloon car. Reg' VO51XSW pic.twitter.com/nkuxBc8CbI— Glos Road Police (@GlosRoadPol) July 4, 2015 In a tweet,...

Missing Abbeydale boy found and 23-year-old woman arrested

July 6, 2015, 3:50 am

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Missing Abbeydale teenager Jack Parfiitt has been found safe and well at an address in Penhill, Swindon.Jack was found by officers this morning following enquiries made in the area. He had been staying with friends. A Wiltshire Police spokesman said: "A 23 year old woman from Swindon has been arrested at the address. Our enquiries are continuing."He will now be returned to his home in Gloucester.

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July 7, 2015, 2:45 am

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A 23-year-old Forest of Dean dad's jealous attack on a man he believed was a love rival has landed him behind bars for nine months.Adam Gardiner punched Joseph Haskitt and then stamped on his head, causing him to suffer a convulsive fit, Gloucester Crown Court was told.Luckily Mr Haskitt has not suffered any further medical problems since the 'concussive convulsion' immediately after the attack at the Golden Lion pub in Cinderford on October 18 last year.Gardiner, of Church Road, Longhope, who...

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July 7, 2015, 2:49 am

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A care worker who stole more than £13,000 from three vulnerable women has been given six months to avoid jail by paying back all the money.Mum-of-four Tanya Daniels, 48, of Sapperton Road, Gloucester, abused her trusted position as a support worker in care home to take money from the women's bank accounts. She had been entrusted with their bank cards because they were not able to look after their own finances.Daniels spent much of the money on clothes for herself, Gloucester Crown Court...

Police hunt pair who threw 'bottle of fluid' over man in Barton

July 7, 2015, 4:58 am

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A witness appeal has been launched to find two men who threw a "bottle of fluid" over another man outside Coral bookmakers in Barton Street.It happened at about 7.45pm on Sunday, June 28. Police said the liquid was thrown "from a Lambrini bottle and smelled of alcohol".A police spokesman said: "Did you see two white males throw some fluid from a bottle over a man sitting outside Coral Bookmakers? They had come from the direction of Eastgate Street and then continued to...

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Calls have been made for pop-up urinals in parts of Gloucester

July 7, 2015, 7:40 am

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Calls are being made for 'pop-up' urinals in Eastgate Street to deter drinkers from relieving themselves down alleyways or against buildings.The stretch of road is the where much of the city centre's nightlife is and brings in substantial amount of income for Gloucester's economy.But visitors are being put off visiting the area and business owners face hefty cleaning bills when those out on the town are caught short and relieve themselves on walls in the street. Those caught can face hefty fines...

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July 7, 2015, 10:50 am

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This man is wanted by police in connection with a serious collision in Cheltenham.Asa Martin, 29, who has links to Gloucester, is wanted in connection with a road crash in Hester's Way which left a 50-year-old man in a medically induced coma.He is believed to have been one of three people in a silver Seat which crashed into two pedestrians on Saturday.Police have released Martin's photo and details about him, as they want to speak to him urgently in connection with the crash on Saturday.They are...

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July 7, 2015, 11:27 pm

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A housing association official jailed for a £150,000 fraud has no assets that can be confiscated by the State - except a Skoda Fabia car worth no more than £2,000, a court heard.In January Christopher Winter, 43, of Trenchard Road, Bream, received a 32-month jail term after he admitted defrauding the Oxbode Housing Association.Yesterday his case was back before Gloucester Crown Court for a confiscation hearing under the Proceeds of Crime Act.The prosecution say his car, his only...

Police seek information after car is damaged in Cinderford

July 8, 2015, 6:11 am

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Police are seeking information or witnesses to a Road Traffic Collision which took place in Cinderford on 3 July, in which a parked Ford Fiesta was damaged sometime between 08.45 and 17.30.A woman returned to her parked car, a white Ford Fiesta Zetec, in Heywood Road Council car park at approximately 17.30 on Friday 3 July and discovered damage to the rear quarter of the offside, with black paint left where the damage had been caused.Anyone with information is asked to contact police on 101...

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July 9, 2015, 2:06 am

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A new workshop is educating more than four thousand 17-24-year-olds across the county to be aware of the dangers of drink and drug driving.The event, aimed at young pre and novice drivers and their passengers, has been developed by the Gloucestershire Road Safety Partnership and Gloucestershire Engineering Training to support their anti drink drug driving campaign.By working together these agencies want to prevent incidents from happening by teaching young people about the emotional and physical...

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July 9, 2015, 8:41 am

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Festival-goers were targeted in Over as more than a dozen tents were burgled and valuables taken – including someone's pyjamas.Thieves targeted the tents at last weekend's Barn on the Farm and stole a number of items, many while the occupants were sleeping inside.Police are appealing for witnesses to the spate of thefts after several incidents were reported on the first night of the three-day country folk festival.The burglars entered several tents during the night of Friday July 3 and...

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July 10, 2015, 1:43 am

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Victims of domestic violence and abuse could find relief as a £3.2 million funding boost is announced to help ensure nobody is turned away from help.The fund will be open to proposals from local partnerships including those in Gloucestershire that demonstrate how the needs of victims could be met in innovative ways.This announcement builds on the £10 million funding for refuges announced in March 2015.The Summer Budget 2015 also announced a review of the full range of services...

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July 10, 2015, 1:52 am

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A former teacher at Newent Community School may enter pleas in court today for 21 sex offences.Art teacher Ceri Boothe, 57, faces charges dating between 1990 and 2014 including taking indecent images of children and sexual activity with a mentally disordered man.The alleged offences are alleged to have taken place in Gloucester, at public toilets in Cirencester, at the Butlin's holiday camp in Minehead, and at a hotel in Torquay.There are seven charges of taking indecent images of children and...

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July 10, 2015, 3:38 am

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A Forest of Dean man who hid 28 wraps of crack cocaine up his bottom has admitted conspiring to supply the Class A drug.Joshua Derbyshire-Moore, 24, formerly of Victoria Street, Cinderford but now living in Sheffield, denied possessing crack cocaine with intent to supply but admitted possessing the drug.At Gloucester Crown Court he also admitted conspiring with Gareth Morgan to supply Class A drugs on June 17.Morgan had been jailed for 12 months at a separate hearing.Defending lawyer Jason...

South African carer terrified of returning home has been jailed...

July 10, 2015, 3:39 am

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A South African mother who is terrified of returning to her homeland after a gangland shooting in her former flat has been jailed at Gloucester Crown Court today for having forged immigration papers.Qualified carer Hlengiwe Sithole, whose brother witnessed the shooting some years ago in Johannesburg and has not been seen since, fears for her life if she is sent back, the court heard.Sithole, 34, of Park Road, Gloucester was jailed for six months after admitting possessing a false UK resident's...

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July 10, 2015, 5:26 am

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A comprehensive school teacher has today admitted a catalogue of 20 sex offences including taking photographs of boys in a public changing room and abusing a man with the mental age of a child.Thomas Ceri Boothe, 58, who worked at Newent Community School, pleaded guilty at Gloucester Crown Court to indecently assaulting the man on four occasions between January, 2002, and April 2004.He also admitted four offences of having sexual activity with the same man knowing he had a mental disorder making...

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July 10, 2015, 9:11 am

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Police are on the hunt for a knifeman who fled on a bike after stabbing someone in Gloucester Cathedral's grounds.The 28-year-old victim suffered 'superficial' wounds to his arm and was chased by his attacker, who then rode off on a bike.He is yet to be apprehended.Paramedics took the victim to hospital where he was treated and police have asked any witnesses to the assault to contact them.It is understood the victim ran into the Cathedral after being stabbed and was helped by vergers inside.The...