Robbers punched, throttled and spat on boy, 16, in Stroud
A 16-year-old Stroud boy was punched, throttled, spat on and robbed by two young men as he sat in a town park chatting with friends, a court heard today.The boy was 'disgusted and shocked' by the...
View ArticleDursley grandfather jailed for amassing huge child pornography...
A Dursley grandfather who spent more than 15 years compiling a 'library' of many thousands of child pornography pictures was jailed for a year at Gloucester crown court today.Frank White, 66, of Garden...
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View ArticleFriends who dealt cannabis to fund own drug use in Stroud avoid...
Two friends who became small time cannabis dealers in Stroud so they could finance their own use of the drug have avoided jail.Matthew Wilkins, 22, of Haven Avenue, Stonehouse, and Zed MacDonald, 19,...
View ArticleWoman 'assaulted with hammer and has finger bitten in playing...
Police are appealing for witnesses after a woman was assaulted with a hammer on a playing field in King's Stanley. The incident happened on the village green shortly after 5.30pm on Sunday (17 April)....
View ArticleGloucestershire's own 'Wolf of Wall Street' told to pay back...
A 'Wolf of Wall Street' who lived a champagne lifestyle after fleecing investors of their life savings must repay more than £10million of the £44million he made - or face another 10 years in jail....
View Article'Strong and courageous' mum of tragic baby Jordan Ward praised by...
Police have made a point of paying tribute to "strong and courageous" Paula Watts for her role in seeing former partner Stephen Ward jailed for killing their baby.Ward, 25, of Lawnside in Nailsworth,...
View ArticleMan commits "lewd act" at Haresfield
Police say a man has been seen committing a "lewd act" in woodland near Haresfield. The incident happened in an area regularly used by dog walkers at about 3.20pm last Wednesday, 27 April.A woman was...
View ArticleRobber targets dad with child in Dursley
Police are appealing for information after a man was robbed in Dursley. The incident happened in a pathway off Kingshill Road at about 12.50pm on Bank Holiday Monday. The victim, a 28-year-old local...
View ArticleMeditation guru accused of running multi-million pound Cheltenham...
A meditation practitioner accused of running a multi-million pound cannabis factory in a Cheltenham house was found dead before police could charge him.Adrian Mieras, 61, failed to check out of the...
View ArticleTimeline: CCTV captures moment Dolton Powell is fatally attacked
The murder of Dolton Powell sent shockwaves throughout the community in Gloucester and it has taken months of painstaking investigation to piece together exactly what happened. Gloucestershire Live has...
View ArticleDolton Powell: Police investigation largest in Gloucestershire...
The operation to catch those responsible for murdering Dolton Powell was the largest Gloucestershire police undertook since the arrest of serial killer Fred West. Hundreds of officers from four...
View ArticleWho were the Bristol men charged with murdering Dolton Powell in...
A look at the lives of the eight men charged with murdering Dolton Powell in Gloucester.Many of the group have lived in Bristol their whole lives and most would go to school together - some even lived...
View ArticleDolton Powell: Family's tribute as court sets date to sentence...
Dolton Powell's family have paid a short tribute after verdicts were delivered following a nine-week murder trial in Bristol.Nine men had stood accused of playing a role in 21-year-old Dolton's death...
View ArticleWatch heart-breaking tribute given by family of murdered...
The brave family of murdered 21-year-old Dolton Powell have given a heart-wrenching tribute to the popular man, describing him as one of a kind. Mother Angela Nugent and Dolton's stepfather Grivill...
View ArticleCheltenham woman who claimed she was held prisoner in home told...
A Cheltenham woman who claimed Sonny Johnson assaulted her and held her prisoner in her own home told a jury today that her allegations were all lies.Bethany Ingram, mother of Johnson's two children,...
View ArticleDolton Powell: Daley and Barclay in rap troupe featuring violent...
Videos have emerged of the violent world two of the men in the Dolton Powell trial surrounded themselves with – which the 21-year-old inadvertently walked into the night he was murdered.Bristol man...
View ArticlePolice helicopter over St Marks, Cheltenham, after police chase...
The police helicopter flew over Cheltenham last night in the hunt for a person following a pursuit. The chopper was seen over the St Mark's area of the town at around 1am on Tuesday, July 5.Next:...
View ArticleGloucester stabbing: victim still in hospital as police hunt...
A man is still in hospital after being stabbed near Gloucester Park last night.Police are guarding the scene but no arrests have been made and officers are continuing their investigations.The victim is...
View ArticleHeroin addict broke down in tears when telling judge about the...
A 34-year-old woman whose £600 a week heroin addiction drove her to crime broke down in tears as she told a judge today about the grip the drug had on her.Earlier this year Esther Yarrow, formerly of...
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