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• Criminal damage at airport denied

  By  Saltash-People at 07:00 on 25/08/10

  

  A SALTASH man has denied causing criminal damage to a traffic barrier at Plymouth Airport. Melvyn Richard Jones, of Killigrew Avenue, Saltash, entered a not guilty plea to the charge at an earlier hearing at Plymouth Magistrates’ Court. The 56-year-old appeared before magistrates, who adjourned his case for trial on Wednesday, October 13.

• Gransdson shot himself after theft, inquest told

  By  Saltash-People at 10:00 on 12/08/10

  

  A teenager from Bristol thought to have stolen money from his grandparents drove to Cornwall to shoot himself in a lay-by, an inquest has heard. Joshua Mather, 19, described by his mother Paula Mather as a “friendly, happy boy”, used a shotgun from the farm he shared with his grandparents to kill himself on February 19. Detective Constable John Farrow, of Saltash CID, told the inquest in Truro there was no evidence...

• ‘Fastest biker’ avoids jail for dangerous ride

  By  Saltash-People at 10:00 on 03/08/10

  

  An inexperienced biker who rode at 150mph in traffic on the A38 has admitted dangerous driving. Oliver Marriott, 21, was due to face a re-trial yesterday at Plymouth Crown Court after a previous jury could not reach a verdict. But as the trial was due to start, Marriott, from Pillaton near Saltash, changed his pleas to charges of dangerous driving and driving while uninsured on the road near Plymouth. Prosecutor David Gittins...

• Biker who rode at 150mph walks free

  By  Saltash-People at 07:00 on 03/08/10

  

  AN INEXPERIENCED biker who rode at 150mph in traffic on the A38 near Plymouth has admitted dangerous driving. Oliver Marriott, 21, was due to face a retrial yesterday at Plymouth Crown Court after a previous jury could not reach a verdict. But as the trial was due to start, Marriott, from Pillaton near Saltash, changed his pleas to guilty to charges of dangerous driving and driving while uninsured. Prosecutor David Gittins said...

• Assault charge

  By  Saltash-People at 09:00 on 28/07/10

  

  A 48-YEAR-OLD man has appeared before magistrates charged with assaulting a man and a woman at a property in Saltash on June 10 and causing damage to household items valued at more than £1,400. David Hanna, of Revell Park Road, Plympton, Plymouth, appeared before Bodmin magistrates on July 21. The case against him was adjourned until August 4 and he was bailed with conditions.

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