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A BALTONSBOROUGH woman has been jailed for causing the death two of her friends through careless driving.Jasmine Larder, of Lottisham Green, was sentenced to 15 months in a young offenders institution and received and five-year driving ban at Taunton Crown Court today.The 20-year-old was found guilty of causing the deaths of Ellie Clare and George Stott by driving without due care and attention.Click here for the full court report.

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December 11, 2015, 10:00 pm

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A GLASTONBURY man accused of assaulting a male and stealing from a police officer is to have a date fixed for a trial before Somerset Magistrates.Mark Williams, 31, of Pendragon Park, was charged with assaulting Tayfun Kilic by beating him during an incident in Glastonbury on August 8.He was further alleged to have stolen a water bottle worth £13 belonging to a female police officer during a separate incident on July 12 when he appeared before the court at Yeovil.The defendant admitted...

Glastonbury man in court over alleged racially motivated assault

December 18, 2015, 10:00 pm

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A GLASTONBURY man has been charged with offences of assault and public order with racist overtones in a row over an unofficial shortcut through his property.Karel Deeley, 59, of Palmers Road, appeared in the dock before District Judge David Taylor, sitting at Yeovil.He was charged that on July 15 at Glastonbury he assaulted Charles Cox and the offence was racially aggravated.He was further alleged to have used threatening or abusive words or behaviour or disorderly behaviour within the hearing...

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December 19, 2015, 10:00 pm

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STRUGGLING to survive on benefits, a Glastonbury man went thieving so he could provide his family with the birthday and Christmas presents he felt they deserved.However police on duty in Glastonbury town centre saw Matthew Keirle acting suspiciously and found he had just stolen some toiletry items.A subsequent arch of his home address revealed a quantity of children's clothing stolen from Marks and Spencer that he claimed he had bought from a "random bloke" in the High Street.Keirle...

Glastonbury woman allegedly assaulted police officer

December 28, 2015, 10:00 pm

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A GLASTONBURY woman has appeared in court charged with assaulting a police officer after claiming she was wrongly accused of being involved in a drugs deal.Kerry Cleave, 44, of Landmead, appeared in the dock before Somerset Magistrates, sitting at Yeovil.She pleaded not guilty to an allegation that on May 23 at Yeovil she assaulted a female police constable in the execution of her duty after being suspected of buying drugs from a person in a van.Prosecutor Christine Hart said that the defendant...

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June 17, 2015, 10:00 pm

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AS he waited to hear if he was to be jailed for a violent attack on a pensioner, a former international sportsman wept in the dock at Taunton Crown Court.Jetski champ Joel Doorbar had admitted attacking 68-year-old cancer sufferer James Smith at a Glastonbury supermarket.Doorbar, 36, who later said he was "sick to the core" about his actions, cried as Judge David Ticehurst sentenced him for causing grievous bodily harm to Mr Smith during an incident in the toilets in Morrisons at Street Road on...

Teenager allegedly mooned at workmen and threatened to slit their...

March 22, 2016, 12:00 am

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A TEENAGER who allegedly mooned at two workmen who were cleaning some guttering in a Street house and then threatened to slit their throats with a knife has been ordered to stand trial.Lewis Groves took exception to the complainants' van being parked nearby and was said to have subjected them to an onslaught of verbal abuse.Prosecutor Joanne Pearce told Somerset Magistrates the defendant was then said to have pulled down his trousers and mooned at them and then held up a knife and made a gesture...

Barton St David woman accused of spitting at policeman and using...

March 22, 2016, 11:00 pm

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A BARTON-ST-DAVID woman accused of offences of assaulting a police officer by spitting at him and using threatening behaviour has been ordered to stand two separate trials before Somerset Magistrates.Dawn Julie Baker, 44, of Mill Road, appeared in the dock before Somerset Magistrates, sitting at Yeovil.She was charged that on November 20 last year in the High Street, Street, she assaulted a police community support officer acting in the execution of his duty.She was also alleged to have used...

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March 23, 2016, 11:00 pm

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A SUNDAY afternoon stroll along a country lane became a terrifying experience for a woman who suffered "life-changing" injuries when she was hit by a young rider on an off-road motorcycle.A family who had been out on an after-lunch walk near Walton on August 16 last year, were interrupted by an "extremely-loud" machine.The bike – driven by 21-year-old Jordan Clare, of Serenity Rise, Street – narrowly missed Sarah Guerrera and sped off.But he turned, driving at the...

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March 24, 2016, 11:00 pm

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A MAN who was allegedly found by police with a cannabis growing set-up at his home in Glastonbury has appeared in court.Mark McMurray was said to have been growing the class B drug after police carried out a search of his address and found 10 cannabis plants at various stages of growth.They also discovered a quantity of dried cannabis leaves and bush that had already been harvested, Somerset Magistrates were told.McMurray, 46, now living at an address in West Pennard, pleaded not guilty to a...

Man charged with possession of a knife in Bridgwater

March 25, 2016, 12:00 am

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A MAN arrested in Bridgwater in the early hours of Tuesday (March 22) has been charged with possession of a knife.Jemall Rixon, 22, of Bridgwater, appeared before Taunton Magistrates on Wednesday (March 23). He admitted the charge and was bailed with conditions including an overnight curfew monitored by electronic tag pending an appearance before Taunton Crown Court next month.Police are continuing their investigation after dozens of incidents of criminal damage to vehicles in the Bower estate...

Keinton Mandeville man denies assaulting ex's partner

March 27, 2016, 10:00 pm

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A KEINTON Mandeville man who allegedly assaulted the partner of his ex girlfriend in the village shop after a row over a family matter denied the matter when he appeared in court.Matthew Adam Smith, 26, of Irving Road, was in the dock before Somerset Magistrates, sitting at Yeovil.He was charged with assaulting Liam Foster by beating him at Keinton Mandeville on January 7 and damaging his spectacles worth £120.Prosecutor Christine Hart said that the defendant was said to have grabbed the...

Woman accused of stealing Breville, Flymo lawnmower and Jack...

April 8, 2016, 11:07 am

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A WOMAN accused of an offence of shoplifting in Glastonbury has had her case remitted to Exeter to be dealt with after Somerset Magistrates were told she was a vulnerable defendant.BREAKING TODAY: Glastonbury Festival on the move? Eavis hints at new home in 2018Rebecca Tucker, 31, of Smithen Street, Exeter, is charged that on March 19 at Yeovil she stole a Breville slow cooker, a Flymo lawnmower and three bottles of Jack Daniels worth £109 from Morrisons in Glastonbury.The defendant was...

Man jailed after he was caught with knife late at night

April 18, 2016, 1:54 am

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A MAN has been jailed after he was found with a knife late at night. Jamall Rixon was sent to prison for a month after he was found in a Bridgwater street with a weapon late at night. But the 22-year-old will spend the rest of the year in prison for breaking a man's jaw with a knuckleduster last summer. Rixon pleaded guilty to possession of a bladed article in public and was sentenced to one month in prison at Taunton Crown Court on Friday. That offence activated a suspended prison...

Man gets driving ban after drink-driving and ploughing into...

April 18, 2016, 11:00 pm

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A MAN who careered off the road and drove up the front lawn before ploughing into the side of a house in Compton Dundon had been drinking and was also not insured.When Johnathan Frost's Land Rover Discovery crashed into the living room of the address the shocked occupants were upstairs asleep in bed and were showered with stones and plaster.After the driver was taken into a neighbour's house suffering from a number of injuries he phoned his mother who took him away from the scene but he was...

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Banned driver caught drink driving in Glastonbury

April 21, 2016, 11:00 pm

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A BANNED driver who was found by police driving over the limit and uninsured claimed he had been driving his friend's car as a favour because he was too drunk to be at the wheel.However, police had been keeping an eye on the vehicle after seeing it driving on the wrong side of the road earlier that evening and then park up at a pub in Glastonbury.When they saw the car later having left the car park they pulled it over and spoke to Nicholas Peter Burrough who was the driver.They discovered he was...

Thuggish father and son from Street appeal against jail terms

April 22, 2016, 10:00 pm

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A thuggish father and son who carried out a savage late night attack on a pubgoer have been told by top judges their jail terms were not a day too long.Toby John Finn, 19, "summoned" his father John Anthony Finn, 40, after taking umbrage with another man following a night of drinking in Street, Somerset, in September 2014.After an imagined slight involving the younger Finn's ex-girlfriend, father and son set about belabouring their victim, who was knocked to the ground from behind by...

Somerton teen charged with robbery due in court

April 23, 2016, 10:00 pm

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A SOMERTON teenager is due to appear in court next week charged with an offence of robbery.Billy Isaacs, 18, of The Millands, had been scheduled to appear before Somerset Magistrates, sitting at Yeovil.He is charged that on December 17 last year during an incident at Somerton he robbed a man of £20 cash.However the court was told that the hearing had now been postponed until April 27 when the defendant is expected to attend and enter his pleas.Until then his bail was extended with one...

Man who allegedly pushed partner by her throat in Glastonbury has...

April 23, 2016, 11:00 pm

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A MAN charged with assaulting his partner while they were visiting her father in Glastonbury on New Year's Eve has had the case against him dropped.Russell Wu, 31, of Wyndford Road, Glasgow, previously appeared in the dock before District Judge David Taylor, sitting at Yeovil.He pleaded not guilty to an allegation that on December 31 he assaulted Mehnaz Kader Sultan by beating her.Prosecutor Julyan Stephens said that the couple were said to have been at the victim's father's house when Wu...

Ashcott man accused of assaulting police officer

April 24, 2016, 10:00 pm

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AN Ashcott man who claimed he was only trying to prevent his partner from smashing up the address where they were staying has been bound over to keep the peace after getting angry when the police turned up.Thomas James Pincher was arrested when the officers saw him trying to restrain the female. However he started to shout and swear claiming he had done nothing wrong.Unemployed Pincher, 27, of West Street, was charged with an offence of assaulting a police constable in the execution of his duty...