David Telles, 38, from California, USA, has been sentenced to six years in jail after appearing at Exeter Crown Court yeserday (6 November). Telles pleaded guilty to meeting a child following sexual grooming, abducting a child, three offences of sexual activity with a child, and engaging in a sexual act in the presence of a child at a hearing held at Exeter Crown Court in October.
Telles flew to the UK in June 2014 to meet the 14-year-old after exchanging messages online. He took her from Cornwall to a hotel near Exeter. Senior Investigating Officer Detective Inspector Andrea...
Two men, who pleaded guilty to fraud and consumer protection offences, have received prison sentences for conning elderly and vulnerable people for thousands of pounds.
Rogue traders, James Doran of Quedgely in Gloucester and Patrick Conners of Hatfield in Hertfordshire, pleaded guilty to a variety of offences committed in the summer of 2012 in Plymouth and Exeter.
Trading as South West Drives and Patios, the two approached an elderly Plympton resident to install a block paved driveway at his home.
Pressure was put on the man who reluctantly agreed a contract for £6...
A week long trial at Exeter Crown Court has found two people found guilty of armed robbery today.
Lee Prouse, 24 and Jordanne Morris, 21, both of Stanhope Square in Holsworthy, have been found guilty of robbing Knowle Garage in Braunton on Saturday 10th November 2012.
A third defendant, 28-year-old Jamie Latta, of no fixed address, Barnstaple, pleaded guilty prior to the trial.
CCTV footage shows the masked Latta and Prouse threatening shopkeeper, Trude Mian with a meat-cleaver and a kitchen knife and force her to empty the till.
Mark Noyes, 46, has on Wednesday 26 June, been sentenced to five years in prison (with an extended licence of eight years) at Exeter Crown Court after being convicted of numerous sexual offences against children.
The court had heard that Noyes had deliberately accessed a social networking site in order to befriend and groom two vulnerable American girls from his home in Beaworthy.
The two victims involved were aged around 12 years at the time of the incidents.
Following the case, DC Glenn Boniface from Devon and Cornwall Police’s Public Protection Unit commented: “...
A cowboy builder from Newton Abbot has pleaded guilty to unfair trading and fraud offences following an investigation by Devon and Somerset Trading Standards Service.
Exeter Crown Court heard today how Jonathon Mills of Heathfield Newton Abbot (6 May 1967) cheated an elderly Devon resident out of nearly £120k by overcharging her for various building works at her property, including some work which was also unnecessary.
Devon County Council launched the investigation, supported by Devon and Cornwall Police and the Regional Trading Standards Scambuster Team, following...
Tony Bradbury, 41, of Whitchurch Avenue, Exeter, was today sentenced at Exeter Crown Court to 3 years and 10 months in custody. Det Sgt Brian Slade from the force’s child exploitation unit said: “Tony Bradbury has today been sentenced for offences including sexual activity with children, grooming of children and possessing and distributing pictures of child abuse. “This has been a complicated and extensive enquiry. It has uncovered a number of children who are victims of Bradbury. This investigation demonstrates our commitment to find and convict those who are targeting both girls and boys...
Today at Exeter Crown Court, Junior Bradshaw aged 32 years and Kevin Liverpool, aged 35 years, both from Manchester, were found guilty of conspiracy to rob and murder Joss Stone.
Kevin Liverpool has been sentenced to life imprisonment and will serve a minimum of 10 years and 8 months.
The sentencing of Junior Bradshaw has been adjourned until a later date.
Following the conviction and sentencing, Superintendent Steve Parker the Senior Investigating Officer said:
"This has been a long and difficult investigation. While on the face of it the circumstances...
An Okehampton farmer has been banned from keeping dogs for ten years after failing to improve the squalid conditions for his 13 collies, despite several warnings and advice from Devon County Council.
Leon Henry Smith (aged 62, of Castle Road, Okehampton), who has twice been banned from keeping sheep or cattle, was given the chance to improve conditions for the dogs after the judge at Exeter Crown Court deferred sentencing earlier this year.
However, his case was brought back to court early last month after Devon County Council's Trading Standards Team and...
