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A man who led police on a high-speed chase from Bristol to Wales and back again after they tried to stop him for driving without insurance has been given a suspended prison sentence. Billy Heatherley, 23, reached speeds of up to 120mph along the M5 before heading into residential areas where he drove so dangerously that traffic police abandoned the chase, Taunton Crown Court heard this morning. Prosecuting, Lucy Stoker said police had spotted Heatherley driving his Ford Focus in Canford Lane,...

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February 17, 2017, 8:00 am

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Two men are wanted in connection with a robbery at a shop in Bruton today (February 17). Police are appealing for help in identifying two men pictured in CCTV. They've wanted in connection with a robbery at a shop on Bruton High Street at 2.30am. A spokesman for Avon and Somerset Constabulary said: "If anyone has any information in relation to this incident could they please call 101 and quote crime reference number 5217035826." This is a breaking news story and will be updated...

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February 17, 2017, 9:06 am

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A car with a dog in it is suspected stolen from Shepton Mallet High Street. Police were called at 4.10pm this afternoon (February 17) to reports of a vehicle stolen with a dog inside it. A spokesman for Avon and Somerset Constabulary said: "Our enquiries are continuing and anyone with information is asked to contact us using crime reference number 5217036349". Shepton Mallet resident Karen Mercer has been comforting the victim and has put out an appeal on her Facebook page for...

In the courts: Your weekly round-up of the biggest cases

February 17, 2017, 9:54 pm

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From failed trials and threats to kill to appeals over benefit fraud and dangerous drivers, it's been another busy week in the courts. Here are some of the biggest cases to be heard by judges and magistrates over the last week: A 21-year-old has been given a county wide Criminal Behaviour Order, after being sentenced to eight weeks in prison for shoplifting offences. Police hope that the order, handed to Daniel Westood, of Blandford, will help to tackle the man's disruptive...

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February 17, 2017, 10:00 pm

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From missing people, much-needed information and outstanding crimes, once again Avon and Somerset police are asking for your help. Take a look at the photos below - perhaps they jog your memories. Perhaps you hold vital information that can help police to do their jobs and help keep people safe.Have you seen Daniel Hill?Police are warning people not to approach him, but to call 999 if they spot him. He's wanted on recall to prison after his licence was revoked.He's white, 5ft 10ins tall, of...

Yeovil woman accused of assaulting partner and 17-year-old

February 18, 2017, 1:13 pm

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A Yeovil woman accused of assaulting her partner and a 17-year-old youth appeared before Somerset Magistrates in custody.Katarzyna Aneta Wisniewska, 41, of Eastland Road, is charged with assaulting Robert Duda and the youth by beating them during an incident in the town on January 22.Prosecutor Christine Hart said that the defendant allegedly slapped both of the victims during an altercation but defence solicitor Jeffrey Bannister said his client denied both assaults.Following a review of the...

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February 18, 2017, 1:27 pm

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A Frome man has appeared in court accused of assaulting a young girl during an incident in the town has had the case against him dropped.Shaun Daniel Witcombe, 29, of Tower View, was charged with assaulting the girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, by beating her on November 17 last year.At a previous court hearing prosecutor Christine Hart said that the defendant was alleged to have assaulted the young girl while trying to take her mobile phone away from her.Witcombe pleaded not guilty...

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February 18, 2017, 1:35 pm

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A man who admitted breaking into a Yeovil recycling unit and causing damage to property at AgustaWestland denied assaulting a man at the helicopter site.Anton Ioan Marcu, 36, of Whitacre Road, Birmingham, appeared in the dock before Somerset Magistrates at Yeovil.He pleaded guilty to entering as a trespasser Metal Recycling on the Lynx Trading Estate, with intent to steal on August 10.He also admitted damaging a floor belonging to AgustaWestland on the same date but pleaded not guilty to...

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February 19, 2017, 7:09 am

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A MAN who torched a Christmas tree in Frome town centre and then filmed the fire as it spread to a nearby restaurant, panicked and then dowsed the flames with a fire extinguisher.In another incident Julian Glynn Ramsay was abusive to a former partner who he met in a pub after she had called him a "maniac".On another date he was reported to the police by a friend who was concerned that he was in possession of a knife while he was in a drunken state.Ramsay, 22, of Nunney Road, Frome,...

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February 20, 2017, 8:19 am

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A West Country man has been jailed for more than seven years following a fatal collision in Nailsea last year. James Bisset, 23, of Yatton, was driving along Clevedon Road in the early hours of February 14, 2016, when he was involved in a collision with a group of pedestrians. One of the pedestrians, 18-year-old Alex Gould, died following the collision. Bisset was convicted of causing death by dangerous driving, causing serious injury by dangerous driving, driving a motor vehicle while...

Museum 101: Somerset public baffled as police ask - who used...

February 20, 2017, 12:36 pm

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Avon and Somerset Constabulary had Facebook guessing today (February 20) thanks to an unusual artefact from the Second World War. The force posted a picture on its official Facebook page of a peculiar gas mask from the conflict, inviting its followers to guess what it was. The post read: "We were looking over our archives for #Museum101 and came across this special gas mask. Creepy. But can you guess who it was for?" Museum 101 is a social media event in which museums and...

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February 20, 2017, 9:55 pm

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Revelations of alleged drug taking, drinking and the illegal possession of a mobile phone in a West Country prison has left the chairman of a charity who works with prisoners saddened, but not shocked. Giles Fearn, chairman of the Friends of Guy Marsh prison, said: "Given where we are in society right now I wasn't shocked but I was saddened. All institutions have the good and the bad. We try to help prisoners occupy themselves while they're locked up."We're not there to get involved...

Man sexually assaulted in Collett Park in Shepton Mallet

February 21, 2017, 1:43 am

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A man has been sexually assaulted while walking through a park in Shepton Mallet. Police are now appealing for witnesses following the disturbing attack which took place at around 10pm on Saturday, February 18. UPDATE: Steps could be taken to make park safer at night after 'sickening' assault A spokesman for Avon and Somerset Constabulary said: "A man was walking through Collett Park when he was approached by another man who then sexually assaulted him."The suspect is described...

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February 21, 2017, 1:50 am

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Police are digging up the garden of notorious killer Christopher Halliwell as part of a new search. Halliwell was last year convicted of fatally stabbing and strangling Becky Godden, 20, in 2003 and handed a full-life jail term at Bristol Crown Court. He had already been serving a life sentence for killing a second woman, Sian O'Callaghan, after abducting her as she left a nightclub in 2011. Now police are excavating two gardens outside Halliwell's former home in Swindon,...

Shepton Mallet's Collett Park could be made safer at night after...

February 21, 2017, 3:19 am

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Steps will be taken to look into making a park in Somerset safer at night after a "sickening" sexual attack. Police are investigating a sexual assault on a man which took place at around 10pm on Saturday (February 18) in Collett Park in Shepton Mallet. A man was walking through the park when he was sexually assaulted by a suspect described as a white bald man, approximately 5ft 8 inches tall, with brown eyes. He was apparently wearing a black hooded top, blue jeans and black...

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February 21, 2017, 4:57 am

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Police are appealing for the public's help to find a wanted man. Shane Stephens, 19, from Clevedon, is wanted for failing to answer police bail in relation to a theft offence. He is described as white, 5ft 8ins tall, with black hair and a slim build. He has links to Clevedon, Portishead and Long Ashton. A spokesman for Avon and Somerset Constabulary said: "Anyone with information as to his whereabouts should contact us immediately on 101 and quote crime reference number...

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February 21, 2017, 7:05 am

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A man has appeared in court accused of urinating over property including a child's toy in his partner's bathroom and then defecating on her bed before throwing the duvet out of the window. Mark Christmas also allegedly threw other items into an open fire in her lounge and was then said to have assaulted the victim by hitting her in the face. The 47-year-old defendant, of Honeyfields, appeared in the dock before Somerset Magistrates, sitting as a special domestic violence court in...

Dean Smith, 25, of London Road, Chippenham, denies assaulting his...

February 21, 2017, 7:45 am

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A man who allegedly assaulted his partner while staying at a Travelodge hotel near Yeovil denied the offence when he appeared before a special domestic violence court. Dean Smith, 25, of London Road, Chippenham, was brought before Somerset Magistrates at Yeovil in custody after being arrested by the police following the incident at the weekend. He pleaded not guilty to a charge that on February 18 at Yeovil he assaulted the complainant by beating her. Prosecutor Charlotte Ash said that the...

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February 21, 2017, 8:26 am

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A man charged with rape appeared at Taunton Magistrates Court this morning (February 21).John Nigel Bramma, 52, Lady Street, Dulverton, is accused of raping a woman on Sunday (February 19).It was alleged that Mr Bramma forced himself on the woman, with her scratching him in the face to get him off.Prosecuting, Deborah Hodges, said: "He apologised before leaving and then called the police himself because the woman had scratched him in the face."Read more: Man sexually assaulted while...

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February 21, 2017, 8:56 am

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A FATHER and son from Yeovil have appeared in court facing a string of serious sexual assaults involving young girls. Frazer John Egginton, 47, of Westfield Road and Jonathan Lee Egginton, 25, of St Patricks Road, appeared together in the dock before Somerset Magistrates. Frazer was charged with two allegations of raping a girl under the age of 13 at Yeovil on July 26, 2015 and December 31, 2015. He was also charged with six offences of while being a person aged 18 or over, he...