A39 fatal crash trial: 'There was no evidence of cause' for crash...
AS the case continued prosecution and defence brought road traffic collision experts before the court to give their expert opinions on what happened during the crash and what had caused it. Police...
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A SUMMER evening's trip to get food from a Bristol restaurant ended tragically with the deaths of two young people from central Somerset. A passenger in the car they were travelling in has given...
View ArticleA39 fatal crash trial: Defendant quizzed on accident that killed...
A 20-year-old from Baltonsborough accused of killing two of her friends through careless driving said she "could not remember what happened" in court. Jasmine Larder of Lottisham Green answered...
View ArticleA39 fatal crash trial: Larder found guilty of causing death of...
THE jury have reached a verdict in the trial of a Baltonsborough woman. Jasmine Larder, of Lottisham Green, was charged that on June 27 last year at Farrington Gurney she caused the death of Ellie...
View ArticleGlastonbury business man caught driving nearly three times over...
A GLASTONBURY businessman has been given a two year driving ban after being found nearly three times over the drink drive limit. Somerset Magistrates were told that Terrence Jeffery had suffered a...
View ArticleGlastonbury man denies assaulting police officer
A GLASTONBURY man who denied assaulting a police officer during an incident in the town has been ordered to stand trial before Somerset Magistrates.Nathan Williams, 26, of St Johns Square, appeared...
View ArticleWest Lydford man denies stealing wine
A WEST LYDFORD man has been ordered to stand trial in the New Year accused of stealing a bottle of wine.Thomas Edward Everson, 27, appeared in the dock before Somerset Magistrates, sitting at Yeovil...
View ArticleFormer Glastonbury mayor jailed for fraud
A FORMER mayor of Glastonbury has been jailed for 42 months for his involvement in a £20m foreign currency investment scam.Edward James, 75, was at the helm of doomed currency exchange companies Crown...
View ArticleDriver accused of injuring man after driving incident in...
A TWENTY seven year old man has appeared in court in relation to a driving incident in Glastonbury in June where a man was left suffering injuries.Osei Kuffour Twum, of Sherborne Avenue, Enfield, was...
View ArticleGlastonbury man accused of assault and criminal damage in court
A GLASTONBURY man who had been ordered to stand trial accused of offences of assault and criminal damage has had the case against him discontinued.Edward Ashley Gill, 20, of Benedict Street, appeared...
View ArticleGlastonbury man accused of criminal damage in court
A GLASTONBURY man accused of an offence of criminal damage has had the case against him dropped.Kieron Edward Andrews, 25, of Old Bridge Close, was charged that on September 30 at Street he damaged the...
View ArticleGlastonbury man allegedly stole from a police officer and...
A GLASTONBURY man accused of assaulting a male in the town and stealing from a police officer has had his case adjourned.Mark Williams, 31, of Pendragon Park, is charged with assaulting Tayfun Kilic by...
View ArticleSomerton man admits assaulting boy, 12, causing him to break his...
A SOMERTON man who assaulted a 12-year-old boy during a confrontation at a local park causing him grievous bodily harm has been sent to Taunton Crown Court to be sentenced.Paul Gillingham went to...
View ArticleMan kicked police officer in Glastonbury 'to get his attention'
A MAN who kicked out at a police officer to get his attention after being assaulted by youths in Glastonbury town centre has been given a conditional discharge by magistrates.The police were called to...
View ArticleSomerton man assaulted man in 'violent and unprovoked attack'
A SOMERTON man who had been drinking when he assaulted a man in a violent and unprovoked attack after misinterpreting some horseplay has been given an 18 week suspended prison sentence. Alexander...
View ArticleMan went shoplifting 'after falling into a downward spiral of...
AFRAID he was going to lose the roof above his head, a man went shoplifting at a Street supermarket after falling into a downward spiral of depression.David Horswell was challenged and detained by...
View ArticleMan smashed window in Glastonbury as 'a cry for help'
COLD and with no food, money or roof above his head, a man got his wish to go back behind bars after threatening to keep causing damage in Glastonbury town centre until he was arrested.Alan Parfitt had...
View ArticleMan went on "rampage" at partner's Glastonbury home and...
A MAN who went "on the rampage" at his partner's home in Glastonbury and launched a sustained attack on her had little recollection of what he had done.Samuel Roger Welbourne had drunk four pints of...
View ArticleMan and woman from Street accused of assaulting two women and a...
A MAN and woman from Street have appeared before a domestic violence court in connection with three alleged offences of assault.Ozwald Freeman, 40, of Couture Grove and Rachel Hewett, 51, of High...
View ArticleGlastonbury man who couldn't afford his rent but wasn't allowed...
CAUGHT in a catch 22 situation over spiralling Bedroom Tax debts, a Glastonbury man went thieving to try and raise some cash.Somerset Magistrates were told that Simon Edward John Norris was living in a...
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