Police have released CCTV images of a man they would like to speak to in connection with a robbery at an Exeter shop. A man ran into the store on Manston Road brandishing a baseball bat and threatened the female member of staff, repeatedly demanding cash. The victim, a woman in her 30s, feared for her safety and handed over £200 cash. The offender, who had his face covered, continued his threats as he left the store, running off up Jubilee Road towards St Annes Road. Police are now appealing for witnesses and information about the robbery which happened around 6.50pm on Friday 5 July. They...
Devon and Cornwall Police are urging the public to be aware of opportunist thieves looking for valuables left in vehicles. This summer, Police are recommending that people take care by keeping car windows closed and doors locked, and by keeping valuables out of sight. Police are asking people who are out for the day and enjoying the hot summer weather to follow simple precautions when out and about:
• Lock your vehicles and close windows. • Park your vehicle in a safe and well lit area. Use secure car parks. • Leave nothing on display in your vehicle. Remove items such as sat nav...
Shortly before midday on Tuesday 9 July, an elderly woman pedestrian who was standing on a pavement was struck by a car that was being driven by an elderly man. The incident took place on Gatehouse Close in Dawlish. Police report that the car, a silver Skoda Fabia, was manoeuvring in the street and for an unknown reason left the road, striking the woman pedestrian before careering through a nearby garden, coming to rest against a nearby property. The woman, thought to be in her mid-seventies, sustained serious head injuries and the male driver, a man in his mid-eighties, suffered minor...
Police are currently investigating an unexplained death in Sidmouth. Officers were called at around 1.30pm today (9 July) after reports that a member of the public had found the body of a woman on the beach, approximately half a mile from Jacobs Ladder. Along with police, the Sidmouth lifeboat, Coastguard and paramedics were called to the area. The woman was pronounced deceased at the scene. The death is currently being treated as unexplained.
Police are appealing for witnesses to an assault near Crediton railway station which left a man with a serious injury. The victim approached the male suspect and was lured into the bushes in Station Road, where he was hit over the head with an unknown weapon. The victim, in his 50s and from Barnstaple, sustained a deep cut to his head which required stitches. Police are appealing for witnesses to the assault which happened around 9pm on Wednesday 26 June. Anyone who can help is asked to contact police on 101, quoting crime reference KC/13/486.
Update 9 July: Charleigh has been found safe and well in the Bristol area. The Police thanked the media for their help in locating her.
First published 8 July: Police are becoming increasingly concerned for the welfare of a 15-year-old girl from the Newton Abbot area. Charleigh Bindon has been missing since Friday 28 June. Charleigh is described as white, 5ft 4in, of slim build and with long dark hair with light brown hair extensions. At the time of going missing she was wearing dark leggings, an indigo strappy top and a white cardigan. Charleigh also uses the surname ‘Robson’. She...
Today (Wednesday 3 July), Devon and Cornwall, Avon and Somerset, Dorset and Gloucestershire Police join the National Police Air Service (NPAS). This is the fourth phase of implementation since the launch of NPAS on 1st October 2012. The remaining police forces in England and Wales will join NPAS by January 2015.
The focus of NPAS is to deliver a more cost effective service, balancing the need to save money in a challenging economic environment against the need to ensure the police have a quickly deployable asset that can be used to tackle crime and protect the public.
The birth of a newborn baby outside a Cornish police station has given new meaning to the phrase “delivered by C-Section.”
The little boy was brought into the world outside Camborne station by a group of police response officers from the locally-based C-Section.
The special delivery took place in the early hours of Friday 21 June 2013 when the on-duty officers heard a woman screaming outside the station at around 5.45am.
On investigation, they found 28-year-old Kristina Kacorri in the final stages of labour, accompanied by her husband Max.
Devon & Cornwall Police say that they received a call from the fire service shortly before 3am on Monday 24 June, with a report that a man in Torpoint had doused himself in petrol.
On arrival at the scene, they found a man holding a petrol can and the property from the outside smelt strongly of petrol.
Police and fire then attempted to engage with the man, who began setting fire to items within the house.
Police report that the fire service then took action and flooded the house with water and gained entry.
Update 23 June: Exeter Police report have provided further details on the collision that occurred at approximately 5pm on Saturday 22 June 2013 between a Nissan Skyline and a 12-year-old boy on his bicycle on Alphington Road.
A police spokesman said: "The Nissan Skyline, driven by a 29-year-old local man, was travelling outbound from the city centre towards the Marsh Barton turning. The bicycle ridden by a 12-year-old local boy was using the dedicated cycle lane and was also heading outbound in the same direction as the Nissan.
