Tag Archives: Devon and Cornwall Police

February in Truro Crown Court was largely dominated by one trial, that of three people accused over the incident outside a Bodmin nightclub that left one man dead and several others injured. The case has been heard over several weeks, culminating in the jury going out to consider its verdict …

A man in his 40s has been hospitalised with serious injuries following a crash on the A30. The crash involved a red Royal Mail truck and a red Bateman agricultural crop sprayer at around 8.10pm on Friday, August 25. Officers from Devon and Cornwall Police were first alerted to the …

A man has been arrested following an incident in Truro city centre. Police were called to Victoria Square on Thursday afternoon. The call to Devon and Cornwall Police followed reports of a man shoplifting from a store. Eyewitnesses said that a riot van and a police car arrived, with a …

The months are flying by and hopefully better weather and warmer temperatures are just around the corner. But regardless of the weather outside the wheels of justice continue to turn at Truro Crown Court. Throughout April a number of criminals were jailed at the court, for crimes spanning the criminal …

An Amazon delivery driver has been warned to face a long jail sentence after being found guilty of raping a teenager in an alleyway as she walked home from a night club. Gheorghe Bertlef stalked the 18-year-old through the streets of Exeter before manhandling her into the alley off Hoopern …

Two people remain in hospital with serious injuries after a crash on the A39 in Cornwall on Saturday, police have said this morning. The road, the main route between the A30 at Carland Cross and Truro, was closed for several hours while police conducted a serious collision investigation. On Saturday …

Royal Mail has told fed-up residents on a once quiet estate that it will no longer be delivering their mail as it can’t guarantee the safety of its posties. Residents living on the residential street in Liskeard say they are in constant fear of what will happen next due to …

Police have warned drug buyers to give up on their plans to purchase illegal narcotics and then use the postal system to get it delivered to their door. The warning follows yet another large consignment of mail order drugs – mainly cannabis – which was intercepted by the Royal Mail’s …

A Royal Mail lorry appears to have got stuck under a bridge on Embankment Road. One eyewitness told Plymouth Live that there are “massive delays” in the area due to the “stuck” lorry. She said: “Lorry stuck on Embankment Road, Exeter-bound, causing massive traffic delays. It’s too big to go …

A Royal Mail van ended up in a ditch on the opposite side of the A30 in Cornwall. The accident was spotted near Penzance. The van had been heading west when it appeared to have veered across to the other side of the road and gone off the carriageway. It …