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Tony Swift was murdered in his home by Lee McClatchley who afterwards spent the afternoon selling drugs which he had stolen from his victim, a court heard today.McClatchley, 30, from Cromwell Road, Cheltenham, a cannabis user and small-time dealer, repeatedly struck his 68-year-old victim with a hammer at a flat in Mendip House in Cheltenham, prosecutors say.The jury was told how Mr Swift believed Mr McClatchley, or an associate of McClatchley, had stolen his wallet.Read: Sisters' anger over...

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August 9, 2016, 10:47 pm

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All the latest news as it comes in from around Gloucestershire. Catch up:Beloved Barnwood bunnies - and household pets - could be wiped out by deadly diseaseOne man died another is in a serious condition in hospital after an accident on the A40A court has heard Cheltenham man Tony Swift was killed in a vicious hammer attackAnd customers were left furious after being charged £1 for tap water in a Gloucestershire cafe The latest news here:

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August 9, 2016, 11:50 pm

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CCTV images have been released from various shops in the county which have suffered assaults, theft or criminal damage.Theft When:30/06/2016Where:Lloyds Chemist, GloucesterPlease click here if you recognise this personAttempt BurglaryWhen:09/07/2016Where:Hill Fish Shop, GloucesterPlease click here if you recognise this personAssaultWhen:04/07/2016Where:Whaddon Food and Wine, CheltenhamPlease click here if you recognise this personTheft When:05/07/2016Where:JD Sports, GloucesterPlease click here...

More than £1,000 stolen in burglary in Hempsted, Gloucester

August 10, 2016, 12:08 am

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More than £1,000 was stolen in a burglary at a house in Gloucester. Offenders forced their way into a property in Soren Larsen Way in Hempsted and stole the money from a wallet. The burglary took place between 11:30am and 2pm on Sunday August 7. Read: All we know about the fatal crash on the A40 Police are hoping someone saw the incident as the property overlooks a busy main road. Gloucestershire Constabulary is appealing for witnesses to the burglary. Read: Tony Swift killed...

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August 10, 2016, 4:28 am

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A cheating Gloucester bridegroom missed his wedding after being locked up in police cells – for ripping off another girlfriend.Carl James had appeared in the dock an hour before he was due to tie the knot in Wales last month – but yesterday told the same court that he did not go through with the nuptials.The lying 25-year-old admitted two counts of fraud against former girlfriend Helen Jenner in Exeter, Devon, who he had only known for three months.Read: Investigation launched after...

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August 10, 2016, 4:51 am

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A drunken pensioner nearly crashed six times driving through Bishop's Cleeve after consuming several glasses of brandy, a court heard. John Cowan, 75, who was three times over the drink drive limit, failed to move when a set of traffic lights turned green.He then stopped on Cheltenham Road's busy roundabout, causing three cars to swerve, Cheltenham magistrates were told. Cowan, of Abbots Mews, visited Tesco around 9pm on July 21 where a security guard saw him walking unsteadily and staff had...

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August 10, 2016, 6:39 am

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A jealous boyfriend who sent his girlfriend's list of sexual conquests to her dad has escaped jail.Jon Junior Blackwell, 22, threatened her with violence, took a photo of her crying on the floor, grabbed her mobile phone and checked messages to other men, and told her he would try to kill himself if she did not stay with him.Prosecutor Paul Ricketts told Cheltenham Magistrates' Court today that the incidents started over the New Year period."They had been at a friends' house, then at a club. He...

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August 10, 2016, 7:08 am

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Officers used pepper spray on a drunk man outside a club after he tried to fight the door staff, Cheltenham magistrates heard today. Lewis Hiam, aged 25, avoided jail after breaching the conditions of a suspended sentence when he was thrown out of Liquid nightclub in Eastgate Street, Gloucester, on July 23. He shouted "come out fight me" at door staff at 3am before officers incapacitated him with spray and put him in the back of a police van. The prosecution said he "tried to...

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Son of murdered Tony Swift asked if he killed his father, which...

August 10, 2016, 8:19 am

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Tony Swift's son was an aggressive and abusive bully who would regularly lose his temper with his father and his girlfriend, a court heard today.Sam Swift, 23, from Cheltenham, had been a drug dealer for years and regularly threatened Tony Swift, 68, who died from head injuries in his home.But when asked if it was him who had murdered his father, Mr Swift said it was not.Read: Son of murdered Tony Swift asked if he killed his father, which he denied, court heardMr Swift, appearing as a witness...

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August 10, 2016, 8:20 am

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A vicar who served in the idyllic parish where the TV show Father Brown was set was spared jail today for a 'very wicked' sex attack more than 40 years ago.Grahame Humphries, 71, indecently assaulted a 14-year-old girl in the early 1970s while serving as curate at St Michael's Church in Wandsworth, southwest London.Humphries' victim finally came forward last year in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal, Kingston Crown Court heard.The clergyman was ordained more than 40 years ago and also served...

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August 10, 2016, 8:41 am

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Steven Goulding threatened his daughter with a knife in a row about the changing of her baby's nappy but is still caring for the child once a week, a court heard today.Goulding, 40, of Australia House, Princess Elizabeth Way, Cheltenham, looks after his grandchild on Fridays when his daughter goes out for the night, Gloucester Crown Court was told.Goulding pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to a charge of affray. He was sentenced today to four months jail suspended for two years and ordered to...

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August 10, 2016, 11:52 am

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A warrant was issued today for the arrest of a man who attacked his fiancee and left her for dead in a pool of blood just hours after they got engaged.In January Steven Webley, 28, of Cinderford, received a 10 month suspended jail term for assaulting Stephanie Borrowdale, 27, causing her actual bodily harm and doing criminal damage.Today he was due before Gloucester Crown Court for allegedly breaching the terms of his suspended sentence but he did not attend.Probation officer Sian Worrall said a...

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August 11, 2016, 12:11 am

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Police cars and a helicopter were spotted in Cranham this morning as they tried to track down a driver who charged out of Gloucester on the wrong side of the road. The motorist drove 'erratically' in the Matson area of Gloucester after failing to stop for officers at around midnight. The vehicle was speeding and on the wrong side of the road during the pursuit before police lost the driver as they headed towards Cranham. Read: Fiancee left for dead just hours after proposal from man she...

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August 11, 2016, 1:00 am

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A man thought he had woken up to the sound of a train crash when a drink driver crashed into two cars parked outside his Gloucester home. Removal driver Luke Barry's Volkswagen Golf collided with the vehicles in Reservoir Road at 3.10am on July 23, Cheltenham magistrates heard. The 26-year-old, of Rumsey Close, was almost three times over the drink-drive limit but initially claimed he was not in control of the vehicle and that the driver had run away up the road. Police checks confirmed...

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August 11, 2016, 1:11 am

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A Gloucester drug dealer and property landlord who has made a quarter of a million pounds from his crimes must sell his five houses within the next three months, a judge ruled yesterday.In March, Mark Douglas, of St Swithun's Road, Hempsted, was jailed for seven years after being convicted of involvement in a major hard drugs supply plot. It was his second such offence - he had been jailed in 2009 for his role in an earlier plot.In 2010 Gloucester Crown Court ruled that he had assets of...

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August 11, 2016, 2:37 am

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Gary Falloon carried on peddling hard drugs while on bail after being arrested for supplying cocaine and heroin from posh Cheltenham hotel rooms, a court heard yesterday.Earlier this year Falloon, 22, of Malden Road, Pittville, Cheltenham, was jailed for six years nine months for offences committed from rooms at the Montpellier Chapter and Thistle Hotels in the town.But yesterday an extra 20 months was added to his prison time after he pleaded guilty to possessing heroin with intent to supply on...

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August 11, 2016, 3:55 am

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The theft of a bean bag and dozens of food items has landed a Quedgeley man in court.Matthew James Hunt, 33, of Zura Avenue, Brockworth, pleaded guilty to theft from Asda in Quedgeley at Cheltenham Magistrate's Court.Read: Drug dealer and landlord forced to sell five homes after running drug gangHe stole £100 worth of general food products and a bean bag on June 9.Read: Dealer jailed for selling drugs from posh hotel room will spend much longer in jailHunt was sentenced to 80 hours of...

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August 11, 2016, 7:54 am

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A man has been jailed for six weeks for stealing meat and vodka and committing a lewd act.Paul Michael Hicks, of no fixed abode, was sentenced by Cheltenham magistrates.They heard the 35-year-old had been given a 12-week jail sentence, suspended for a year, on May 31 this year. It followed him committing the lewd act on May 16 in a Cheltenham street, in sight of other people.Read: Vicar, 71, who indecently assaulted teenager in 'wicked' act spared jailRead: Scout leader admits trying to get...

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August 11, 2016, 9:39 am

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Road rage driver Danny Copeland was warned today to prepare for jail after a jury convicted him of crashing into another motorist's car and then attacking him outside GCHQ in Cheltenham. At the end of a four day trial Copeland, 36, was found guilty by a jury of eight women and four men of dangerous driving and assault. Copeland, who lives in the Newent area, was 'undertaking' a Ford Mondeo on the dual carriageway past GCHQ on December 1 last year when he hit the car and then slewed across...

Trial date set for Dursley man on sex assault charges

August 11, 2016, 11:23 am

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A 45-year-old Dursley man is to be tried by jury next year after he pleaded not guilty at Gloucester Crown Court today to two sexual assault charges.Rayyan Ahmed, of St George's Road, Dursley, denied that he assaulted a female on at least 10 occasions between January and June 2014.Judge Michael Cullum bailed him to await a trial starting on January 30 2017.