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September 30, 2015, 3:24 am

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Police have charged a man with dangerous driving, failing to stop and driving with no insurance or MOT after a chase ended with a collision in Gloucester.Officers had pursued a Vauxhall Astra van from Cheltenham, down the Golden Valley bypass and into Gloucester before it ended with a collision involving an unmarked BMW police car in Eastern Avenue.There were two 15-year-old girls in the back of the van, one of whom suffered a skull fracture in the crash and remains in Gloucestershire Royal...

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Gods of Ink tattoo parlour in Gloucester ransacked in £2,00...

September 30, 2015, 8:52 am

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Thousands of pounds worth of equipment has been stolen from Gods of Ink tattoo parlour.Staff from the business in Market Parade, Gloucester, arrived at work today to find the front door smashed open and tattooing gear missing.Owner Lisa Richmond said she was shocked to discover the break-in."It's upsetting to us because we have done a lot in the community since we opened a shop here two years ago," said Lisa, who owns the studio with her husband Mark."One of our young lads has had...

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October 1, 2015, 12:39 am

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People have spoken of their shock at the suspected murder of a woman on their estate.A murder investigation has been launched after the discovery of the woman's body in a house in Kingston Road, in the Northway area of Tewkesbury.Gloucestershire police were called there at around 4.45am yesterday and found the body of the 54-year-old.The death is being treated as suspicious and a 59-year-old man was arrested later in Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, on suspicion of murder.Stewart Flatman, who lives two...

'Controlling' boyfriend from Gloucester kidnapped ex's pet rabbit...

October 1, 2015, 1:04 am

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Spurned Jeremy Compton, 18, kidnapped his ex-girlfriend's beloved pet rabbit after she dumped him - and then put her in fear for her life when he held a knife to her throat, a court heard.Compton, of Stanley Road, Gloucester, was sentenced to nine months in a young offender institution after he pleaded guilty to threatening to kill his ex and assaulting her causing actual bodily harm on August 26.Prosecutor David Maunder told Gloucester Crown Court Compton and Georgia Mitchell, also 18, had been...

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October 1, 2015, 3:45 am

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Gloucestershire Police are looking for a girl missing from Gloucester.10-year-old Chemmie Emery left her home this morning in Dorney Road, Gloucester to go to Linden Primary School, Linden Road, but did not arrive. Chemmie is 5ft tall with wavy blond hair. It's believed she was wearing a red sweatshirt, white polo shirt and black trousers. She was carrying a blue bag. Anyone who has seen Chemmie or knows of her whereabouts please call 101 quoting incident number 114 of 1st October 2015.

Gloucester couple convicted of attack on three sisters but...

October 1, 2015, 5:43 am

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A Gloucester couple were convicted today of attacking three Asian sisters - but cleared of having a racist motive for the violence.Charlotte Mace, 24, and Mark Ridler, 27, had denied unleashing 'nasty and utterly unnecessary' assaults on next door neighbours Maimuna, Faiza and Munazeh Sheikh in the road outside their Gloucester homes on August 28 2012.The prosecution alleged the assaults were racially motivated and that the couple hurled offensive abuse at the sisters.But after a five-day trial...

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October 8, 2015, 8:13 am

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Gloucestershire Police have released a number of images of people suspected of everything from using counterfeit money to stealing meat. Do you know any of them?Non Dwelling BurglaryWhen:29/09/2015Where:Living Water Ltd, High St, NewentPlease click here if you recognise this personTheft by Finding - Mobile PhoneWhen:19/09/2015Where:Tesco Express, London Rd, GloucesterPlease click here if you recognise this personTheft - VariousWhen:18/09/2015Where: Poundland, High St, CheltenhamPlease click here...

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October 8, 2015, 9:10 am

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A major row has broken out over how a young man who knocked a female police sergeant unconscious was spared jail, as CCTV of the attack has been released. Kane Singh was allowed to walk free from court even though he admitted assaulting the 45-year-old mother of three, causing her a deep head wound and nearly three months off work. But Crown lawyers say they cannot appeal over the suspended nine-month sentence for the attack on Sgt Sara Sleeman. Now police bosses have released a video of...

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October 8, 2015, 9:34 am

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A brazen thief has stolen a signed rugby shirt being raffled to raise money for a Gloucestershire cancer charity.The man coolly whipped the shirt off a mannequin in the window of the Sue Ryder shop in the middle of Gloucester city centre.He even stopped to pick a fallen blouse from the floor before walking out the store and riding away on his bike.Staff were shocked that he managed to steal the valuable prize from right under their noses without anybody noticing.Even a longstanding customer who...

Arson denied by Nailsworth man

October 8, 2015, 9:39 am

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A Nailsworth man has denied trying to set fire to a house in Stroud, a court was told.Leon Dunlop, 26, of Grace Dale, Old Bristol Road, Nailsworth pleaded not guilty to arson with intent to endanger life, when he appeared at Gloucester Crown Court yesterday (Thursday.)Dunlop was alleged to have tried to start a fire at a house in Eros Close, Stroud on February 21, this year.Dunlop allegedly interfered with the letterbox of the property belonging to Colin Bloxsome.A plea and case management...

Mobile speed van locations in Gloucestershire

October 9, 2015, 3:57 am

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Gloucestershire's Road Safety Partnership has released the locations for mobile speed vans in Gloucestershire for the coming month.For the following four weeks these are where the mobile speed detection vans could be placed.The list is not exhaustive but where the partnership will be concentrating on.Princess Elizabeth WayGloucester Road, CheltenhamNew Barn Lane ,CheltenhamStoke OrchardUckington

Gloucester City Council warns about Council Tax scam

October 9, 2015, 8:39 am

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Gloucester City Council is warning homeowners about a scam going about Council Tax Refunds, threatening people's accounts.There have been a number of hoax calls to customers with regard to Council Tax Refunds, with the hoax caller claiming to be from the council and offering the customer a refund of their Council Tax.They then request bank account information to make the payment.Please do not provide your details.If you have any concerns about a call then please call the council on 01452 396396...

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October 9, 2015, 9:31 am

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A Gloucester man who has changed his name to Mr Prince of Peace will stand trial for allegedly unlawfully inflicting grievous bodily harm upon a woman.Formerly called Gervis Smith, 39, of Parkend Road, Gloucester, the defendant is accused of assaulting Samantha Riettie on May 3, this year.Gloucester Crown Court heard that there were still serious issues regarding the defendant's fitness to plead but the trial date of October 26 was not vacated.At an earlier hearing His Honour Judge Jamie Tabor...

Injured schoolboy heartbroken by bike theft

October 12, 2015, 3:17 am

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Schoolboy Louis Chambers is heartbroken after thieves stole his motocross bike weeks before he was due to return to the sport after two devastating injuries.The 13-year-old loves has been out of action for months after breaking his wrist and shoulder in two separate accidents.But just as he was looking forward to racing again thieves stole the Archway School pupil's £3,000 bike from his father's van.The bike is not insure so it means he cannot return to training with the Severn Valley...

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October 12, 2015, 4:28 am

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The Crown Prosecution Service has recovered almost £700,000 from William, Brida, James and Johnny Connors, who were convicted along with another member of their family in December 2012 of slavery-related offences committed across Leicestershire, Gloucestershire and Nottinghamshire. The defendants beat their victims and forced them to work for as little as £5 a day, and were found guilty of conspiracy to require a person to carry out forced or compulsory labour. The assets recovered...

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Gloucestershire police make drugs bust in Lydney

October 12, 2015, 5:44 am

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When it comes to the police's war on drugs every little helps, as they make the smallest of confiscations in the Forest of Dean. Officers in Lydney spotted a 47-year-old woman acting suspiciously and approached her. As a result they found a small bag of what appears to be cannabis. The police officers Tweeted the find via their Forest Police Twitter account. They said: "Not the best quality, or the greatest haul; however this was seized from a 47yr female acting suspiciously in...

Masked gang beat farmer in Stroud home with pickaxe handle

October 12, 2015, 10:49 am

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Balaclava-clad men burst in to a sleeping farmer's home near Stroud, beat him with a pickaxe handle and robbed him of thousands of pounds in cash.The man was believed to have been alone in a remote farm property in Uley when a gang of three men walked in to house and demanded to know where money and valuables were.The victim was treated in hospital for serious facial injuries including a broken cheekbone, said a police spokesman."The victim was in an armchair and three men entered the...

Brave families release dramatic video of sons' last moments...

October 12, 2015, 11:05 am

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The families of two young men killed in a high-speed crash have been praised for bravely decided to release the dramatic video showing their last moments to act as a warning to other young people. Driver Kyle Careford, 20, and his friend Michael Owen, 21, both died instantly in the fatal crash in Crowborough earlier this year. Michael had been videoing their journey as they sped at up to 90mph through the Sussex countryside, before the red Renault Clio they were in crashed into a church wall...

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October 13, 2015, 2:55 am

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Burglar Matthew Portlock took advantage of a neighbour's eviction from his flat by burgling it hours after he had left, a court heard.Portlock, 36, of Taylor House, Matson, Gloucester, kicked open the door of Stephen Edkins' flat and took a bike, jumper, cash, razors and pillows from it, Gloucester Crown Court was told.Because it was Portlock's third burglary conviction in the last ten years he received a mandatory 'three strikes and you're out' jail term of three years from Judge Jamie Tabor...

Four valuable mountainbikes stolen in raid on Cranham home

October 13, 2015, 5:10 am

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Valuable mountain bikes have been stolen from a home - police are appealing for information.Officers were called on Friday, October 9 when a householder in Mill Lane, Cranham discovered that four distinctive and valuable mountain bikes had been stolen from the house. It's believed they were stolen between 7am and 9am that morning.Descriptions of the bikes are:(1) Lemon/ Lime coloured (looks bright yellow) Transition Carbon Covert mountain bike (frame size - small) with modified brakes: blue...