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Royal Marine jailed for abusing former partner

Royal Marine jailed for abusing former partner

Avon and Somerset PoliceThe judge described Deaken as a "coward" and a "bully"A Royal Marine has been jailed for 26 months after being found guilty of controlling and coercive behaviour towards his former partner.In August, a jury heard how 26-year-old Jayden Deakin, from Norton Fitzwarren in Somerset, physically and psychologically abused his partner over a period of years.He was described by the judge as a "coward" and a "bully" at his sentencing at Taunton Crown Court after unanimously…

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Man charged with conspiracy to import Class A drug

Man charged with conspiracy to import Class A drug

A man has been charged with conspiracy to import a Class A drug, the National Crime Agency (NCA) said.Earlier this year the NCA said it was investigating a conspiracy to smuggle £18.4m worth of cocaine into the UK on an inflatable boat in September 2024, which involved a 28-mile (45km) sea chase from off the coast of Newquay. The NCA said Patrick Tsang, 52, of Cosham, Portsmouth was taken into custody at a local police station following his…

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Murder arrest in Truro after man, 23, found dead

Murder arrest in Truro after man, 23, found dead

A murder investigation has been launched after a 23-year-old man was found dead.Devon and Cornwall Police said officers were called to Polruan Road, Truro, at about 07:20 GMT on Wednesday after receiving a concern for welfare report at a property.The force said a man was pronounced dead at the scene and another 23-year-old man from Truro has been arrested on suspicion of murder. He remains in custody.Police said it is believed the two men knew each other and…

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Five children bailed after Bideford arson arrests

Five children bailed after Bideford arson arrests

Five children arrested after a house fire which left a person missing have been released on bail, police said.Four boys and a girl aged between 13 and 15, from north Devon, had been held on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life following the fire in Bideford.Police said they were treating the fire at a terraced house in Honestone Street on Tuesday evening "as a suspicious incident with murder as one of several hypotheses being considered". A…

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Ex-funeral director in court over blocking burial

Ex-funeral director in court over blocking burial

A former funeral director has appeared in court accused of preventing the lawful and decent burial of a woman.Jack Weekes, 32, of Millbrook, Cornwall, appeared at Bodmin Magistrates Court on Friday.The court heard he was charged with preventing the lawful and decent burial of a woman, named in court as Elizabeth Penhaligon, between 16 October 2023 and 4 December 2023.He was further charged with fraud by false representation between 11 October and 5 December, which the court heard…

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Hamas hands over two bodies after Israel resumes attacks on Gaza | Hamas News

The Palestinian group Hamas has handed over two bodies it said were of deceased Israeli captives, a day after the fragile Gaza ceasefire was shattered by a series of deadly Israeli strikes across the besieged enclave.The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that the two bodies had been received by Israeli forces via the Red Cross in Gaza and would be transported into Israel for identification.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listUnder the…

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Millbrook funeral director accused of blocking burial

Millbrook funeral director accused of blocking burial

A former funeral director from Cornwall is set to appear in court accused of fraud and stopping a body from being buried.Jack Weekes, 32, of St Johns Road in Millbrook, has been summonsed to Bodmin Magistrates' Court on Friday. He faces two charges following a police investigation in 2024.Devon and Cornwall Police said the first charge relates to preventing the lawful and decent burial of a dead body between 16 October and 4 December 2023.The second accuses Mr…

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Five teenagers arrested in Bideford fire murder probe

Five teenagers arrested in Bideford fire murder probe

Five children have been arrested as one person remains unaccounted for after a house fire, police have said.Four boys and a girl – all aged under 18 and from north Devon – have been held on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life following the blaze in Bideford.A murder investigation was launched following the fire at a terraced house in Honestone Street on Tuesday evening. A man remains unaccounted for, and his next-of-kin have been informed, police…

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Teenagers’ convictions for killing Mikey Roynon quashed

Teenagers’ convictions for killing Mikey Roynon quashed

Christopher Maceat Bristol Crown CourtFamily handoutMikey Roynon, pictured with his mother Hayley, was stabbed to death at a house party in BathTwo teenagers who were found guilty of manslaughter after a boy was killed with a zombie knife at a house party have had their convictions overturned.Mikey Roynon, 16, was stabbed in the neck during a row in the garden of a house in Bath in June 2023. Leo Knight, now 18, and Cartel Bushnell, now 17, were…

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Eighth arrest made in Cornish cocaine smuggling plot

Eighth arrest made in Cornish cocaine smuggling plot

An eighth man has been arrested as part of an investigation into a cocaine smuggling ring off the Cornish coast.Earlier this year, seven men were convicted and jailed for a total of more than 130 years after pleading guilty to trying to smuggle £18.4m worth of cocaine into the UK on an inflatable boat in September 2024.The National Crime Agency (NCA) said officers investigating the plot, which involved a 28-mile (45km) sea chase from off the coast of…

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Washington’s ‘Blob’ is helping whitewash Sudan’s war crimes | Human Rights

Ben Rhodes, a former United States deputy national security adviser under President Barack Obama, famously called Washington’s foreign policy establishment “the Blob” to describe its entrenched ecosystem of think tanks, former officials, journalists and funders that perpetuate a narrow vision of power, global order and legitimate actors. This apparatus not only sustains conservative inertia but also defines the limits of what is considered possible in policy. In Sudan’s two-and-a-half-year conflict, these self-imposed boundaries are proving fatal.A particularly insidious…

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Arrest after knifepoint street robbery in Plymouth

Arrest after knifepoint street robbery in Plymouth

A man has been arrested after a knifepoint robbery in Plymouth, police have said.It happened on Kit Hill Crescent in the Barne Barton area at about 03:45 GMT on Wednesday, Devon and Cornwall Police said.The force said a man is believed to have approached another man in a car and "made threats to harm" him before stealing the vehicle's keys.A man in his 40s from Plymouth has been arrested on suspicion of robbery, attempted robbery and threatening a…

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