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November 17, 2015, 4:24 am

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An appeal has been launched to help the 90-year-old man who had of £2000 stolen at a cashpoint in Gloucester. Police are still looking for two people wanted in connection with the incident which took place in Southgate Street on Wednesday.The pair took the money from the pensioner in a theft at a cashpoint where the old man was withdrawing money.It happened between 10.30am and 11am.See CCTV images police released here.As he was withdrawing money from the cashpoint the woman began...

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November 17, 2015, 7:51 am

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A man was punched and stamped on during an attempted robbery in Gloucester in the early hours of Saturday.The incident happened close to the Jet garage in London Road shortly before 1am.The victim, a 48-year-old Gloucester man, suffered grazes, bruising and swelling to the head when two males attacked him after demanding his phone and wallet. They made off empty handed. A car is believed to have pulled over during the incident and police are eager for the occupants of that vehicle to come...

GCHQ crucial to fighting cyber crime

November 17, 2015, 7:53 am

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The Chancellor George Osborne was in Gloucestershire today talking about cyber security at GCHQ.Here's the lowdown on what he said:The cyber threat to the UK is real – GCHQ is dealing with more than 200 attacks on UK companies and businesses every month. Double what it was lastGCHQ will develop a National Cyber Hub – making Gloucestershire the centre of the UK's efforts in fighting cyber crime.Cheltenham will also become home to a new Innovation Centre – to support cyber...

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November 17, 2015, 8:36 am

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'Controlling' David Llewellyn told police "it will take a squad of you to get me out of here" after he went into his ex-girlfriend's home and threatened her and her neighbours with a knife.The 20-year-old, from Redwell Road, Matson, entered Jessica Samuels' house late at night having drunk 10 pints of cider on August 23.He admitted affray but was allowed to walk free from Gloucester Crown Court when he was sentenced last week.Judge Michael Cullum gave him an 18 months community order...

Murderer on the run after escaping from Leyhill Prison

November 17, 2015, 10:04 am

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Police are hunting a murderer who has gone missing from an open prison. Andrew Senior, 46, was due to report for a roll call at 8.15pm on Monday but did not turn up and officers discovered he had not been seen since 4.45pm that day. He was jailed for murder in 2004 and went missing from HMP Leyhill in South Gloucestershire. Senior is known to have links with Wolverhampton and Birmingham in the West Midlands. He is white, about 6ft 2ins tall of heavy build with very short balding brown...

Two people die in police raid in Paris

November 17, 2015, 11:42 pm

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Police say two people have died in an anti-terror operation in the Saint Denis area of northern Paris this morning.Media reports in France say one woman who was wearing a suicide belt died after detonating it and a suspect was killed by a police sniper.At least seven explosions were heard.There has been shooting heard and roads in the area have been closed off.Reports indicate that the focus of the operation is Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the alleged mastermind of the Paris terror attacks that killed...

Gloucester man wanted after GBH nightclub incident

November 18, 2015, 5:06 am

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Gloucestershire Constabulary has released an image of a wanted man in order to trace his whereabouts.Darren Cleavous Cohen has been wanted in connection with an incident of gross bodily harm at a night club in Gloucester in September.He is from Gloucester and has links to the West Midlands.Enquiries have been ongoing to locate Cohen, but officers are now appealing for the public's help to trace him.Anyone who recognises him or knows of his whereabouts is asked to not approach him but to call...

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November 18, 2015, 10:29 am

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Double-edged could be one way of describing the significant work of the group determined to put Gloucester on the night life map.NightSafe, a police and business backed-scheme to cut crime in Gloucester, reports a positive outlook for the city but it is squaring up to another stark reality.Plaudits came in thick and fast during the recent Rugby World Cup and NightSafe's successful push for the closure of Eastgate Street to protect revellers on Friday and Saturday nights has proved a success.But...

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November 18, 2015, 11:12 pm

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A father and son who plundered thousands of pounds' worth of copper wire from a Gloucester railway depot in a series of raids have been jailed.Work on the new grandstand at Cheltenham Racecourse also fell victim to a copper pipe theft by one of the pair, Gloucester Crown Court heard.Reginald Smith, 67, of Village Street, Aldington, Evesham, and his son Gary Smith, 24, of the same address, both admitted burglaries of the depot in Horton road on December 27 last year and January 2 this year and an...

Teenage boy kicked and punched by masked men in Newent

November 19, 2015, 6:03 am

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A 16-year-old was kicked and punched by masked men in a terrifying attack in a car park in Newent.Police are appealing for witnesses after the 16-year-old boy was walking home just after 9pm on Tuesday, November 3 when three, possibly four, men jumped out of a black Ford Fiesta with a red roof and assaulted him. He was kicked and punched and his glasses were knocked off his face. The men were wearing white masks. One of the men was white, another was non-white and there is no description of the...

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November 19, 2015, 7:13 am

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Two men been charged with human trafficking offences.Viera Sulcova, 38, from Blenheim Road, Gloucester, and Vojtech Paloc, from Dexter Street in Derby, have jointly been charged with three counts of trafficking people into the UK for sexual exploitation and three counts of controlling prostitution for gain.A third person – a 33-year-old man – will be summonsed for the same offences.An Avon and Somerset Constabulary investigation was launched in 2013 into offences of human trafficking...

Police are looking for Gloucester man Guy Manley

November 19, 2015, 8:40 am

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Police have released an image of man wanted in connection with a theft and assault in Gloucester.Guy Manley, aged 29, from Gloucester failed to answer police bail on Saturday 7 November after being arrested on suspicion of theft and assault following an incident at shop in Kings Walk three days before.Since failing to answer his bail, Manley is suspected of breaching his bail conditions by shoplifting from the same store on Monday 16 November.Officers have conducted thorough enquiries in order...

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November 19, 2015, 11:14 pm

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A 30-year-old man who subjected a friend and later a neighbour to brutal and frenzied attacks has been jailed for at ten years at Gloucester Crown Court.Lee Connors committed the two horrifying assaults thirteen months apart - the second of them just four days after he had finished a prison sentence for other offences.He pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm with intent to Dariusz Sobecki in Gloucester on April 4, 2014, and to attempting to cause grievous bodily harm with intent to...

Driver jumped from car during police chase in Gloucester as it...

November 20, 2015, 6:52 am

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A young driver jumped from his car during a police chase in Gloucester as it headed straight towards children playing.The group of youngsters ran behind a tree to avoid the driverless Citroen C3 as it headed straight for them, Gloucester Crown Court heard yesterday.The driver Sabian Righton, 19, of Naunton Road, Gloucester, was caught by police as he fled on foot, said prosecutor Charlie Pattison.Ms Pattison said that at 2pm on October 4 police saw Righton's car on the A40 Golden Valley by-pass...

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November 20, 2015, 8:43 am

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Police have released the image of a thug wanted in connection with several robberies, including an attack on an elderly man that left him with broken ribs and bruising.Following a thorough investigation, officers have linked the man to two other robberies and are now turning to the public for help to identify him. The first shocking incident happened in St James Street in Gloucester in the early hours of Monday 3 August. The 74-year-old victim, from Gloucester, had just used the cashpoint at...

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November 20, 2015, 9:00 am

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The police are appealing for information of a man who has been linked with several robberies in the area. They have issued a CCTV image of a man wanted in connection with several robberies, including an attack on an elderly man that left him with broken ribs and bruising. The incident happened in St James Street in Gloucester in the early hours of Monday 3 August. The 74-year-old victim, from Gloucester, had just used the cashpoint at Sainsburys Local and was outside Antig Engineering Property...

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November 21, 2015, 3:31 am

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Gloucestershire Police has issued a statement denying its Chief Constable Suzette Davenport is set to resign from the force.Amid increasing speculation within the rank and file of the constabulary that the head of the force is set to leave, a Gloucestershire Police spokesman said it was not the case.He said: "Contrary to this rumour we can confirm that the Chief Constable Suzette Davenport has not resigned and is committed to her work with Gloucestershire Constabulary."It comes after...

Drug dealer calls out 'this ain't right' as he's jailed for 27...

November 21, 2015, 6:41 am

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Shocked drug dealer David Badhams protested "This ain't right" as he was led to the cells after being jailed for 27 months at Gloucester Crown Court yesterday.Badhams, 37, looked stunned as Recorder Malcolm Gibney told him he would have to serve an immediate jail term for supplying heroin from his home in The Dukeries, Westgate Street, Gloucester.Badhams appeared to have been expecting a suspended sentence and as a custody officer took him to the cells he shouted "This ain't right...

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November 21, 2015, 7:13 am

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Gloucester man Rhys Shardlow – once dubbed "public enemy number one" by a judge - is again being sought by Gloucestershire Police in relation to a burglary in the city.In March, 2014 the tearaway was jailed for six months for a string of offences as well as breaching previous bail conditions and he is now once more being sought by police.The 22-year-old, originally from London Road, Glocuester, is thought to have links in Cheltenham and Malvern in Worcestershire.If you see him or...

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November 21, 2015, 9:36 am

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Shoplifter Alan Webber, 37, threatened a Gloucester store manager with a hypodermic syringe when he was caught, a judge heard yesterday.The manager backed off and Webber ran to his car, and then drove straight at a police officer who tried to stop him getting away.At Gloucester Crown Court Webber, of no fixed address, admitted thefts from Morrisons in Metz Way and the Co-op in Hillview Parade, Hucclecote.He also admitted two offences of using threatening behaviour, one of dangerous driving and...