Police are appealing for witnesses after a 94-year-old woman had her handbag stolen in a Tiverton supermarket.
The woman visited the café at Morrisons between 6.15pm and 6.30pm on Friday evening (26 July) and placed her handbag on the floor next to her chair. She heard a noise behind her and when she looked down her handbag had gone. The red handbag contained cash, various cards and a Nokia mobile phone. The victim, who is from Buckinghamshire, was in the area to visit family and had stopped briefly at the café. Police are appealing for witnesses and are particularly keen to speak...
Police are appealing for witnesses after a serious collision between a car and cyclist in Exeter on Sunday 28 July. The collision happened at around 7.40pm on Topsham Road, at the junction with Higher Wear Road. Police believe the silver Ford Fiesta was travelling along Topsham Road from Topsham, heading towards Countess Wear, when the cyclist emerged from the nearside before being struck by the car. The 30-year-old male cyclist was taken to the RD&E hospital with extensive injuries including a head injury. He has since been transferred to Derriford Hospital in Plymouth. The 18-year-...
Update 5pm: As a result of the earlier appeal, a potential witness has been identified and has spoken to the Police.
Earlier today (25 July): Police are looking to identify a male cyclist (pictured) who is a witness to the house fire at Magnolia Court in Tiverton on Tuesday 23 July.
He cycled past the fire before emergency services arrived, possibly more than once. He may hold vital information.
A joint Police and Fire Service investigation has been launched following the fire which damaged four properties in Tiverton at around 4pm.
A joint Police and Fire Service investigation has been launched following a fire that damaged four properties in Tiverton. The fire broke out at Magnolia Court at around 4pm yesterday (Tuesday, 23 July 2013). The fire, which is being treated as suspicious, spread to four properties, causing extensive damage to one house. No-one was injured. A 30-year-old local man was arrested in connection with the incident and was later released on Police bail until 25 September 2013. Anyone with information regarding the incident is asked to contact the Police on 101, quoting reference KT/13/1196 or...
A group of cyclists could hold vital information for detectives trying to establish the last movements of Katherine Hooper and her son Joshua.
Katherine Hooper, 24, and her five-year-old son Joshua died after falling from rocks on Friday 12 July. Police discovered the body of her two-year-old son Sam at her home in Dukes Close, Paignton later that day.
A murder investigation was launched by Devon and Cornwall Police.
A group of cyclists, possibly from a local club, are believed to have been on Haytor on the evening of Thursday 11 July. The cyclists were seen having...
Police have released still and video CCTV images of Katherine Hooper in a bid to appeal for public information surrounding her and her son’s whereabouts in the hours before their death .
Katherine Hooper, 24, and her five-year-old son Joshua died after falling from rocks on Friday 12 July. Police discovered the body of her two-year-old son Sam at her home in Dukes Close, Paignton later that day.
A murder investigation was launched by Devon and Cornwall Police. They revealed over the weekend that the family had been the subject of a Safeguarding Partnership intervention and...
Detectives investigating the death of a mother and son at Haytor will be returning to Dartmoor one week after the tragic event to appeal for the public’s help to establish the pair’s last movements.
Katherine Hooper, 24, and her five-year-old son Joshua died after falling from rocks last Friday (12 July). Police later discovered the body of her two-year-old son Sam at her home in Dukes Close, Paignton.
Detectives are trying to establish the movements of Katherine and Joshua in the 24 hours prior to their death.
It has been established that they took a black private...
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...
