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Man charged following fires in flats

A man has been charged following a fire at flats in Plymouth.

In the early hours of Thursday the 16th June, Devon and Somerset Fire Rescue Service were called to Valletort Flats in Stonehouse, Plymouth following reports of a fire within the area. Six properties in the area were evacuated but no one was injured.

Gary Buckland, aged 49 from Valletort Flats, Plymouth has been...

Plymouth man charged with 18 sexual offences

Police investigating historic sexual abuse allegations have charged a man.

Hinton Sheryn, age 67, from Plymouth, has been charged with 18 sexual offences.

The offences relate to sexual assaults between 1970 and 1980 and involved 5 victims aged between 7 and 14.

The offences occurred in the South Hams area. Sheryn is due to appear at Torquay Magistrates Court on...

Two further men charged in connection with Mutley Plain stabbing

Two Plymouth men, Daryl Baxter, age 38 of Blandford Road and Thomas Tatam, age 24 of Amherst Road, have been charged with intentionally encouraging or assisting the commission of an indictable offence.

The charges relate to the stabbing of a 23-year-old man in the Mutley Plain area of the city on the night of 13 April 2013.

They are due to appear at Plymouth Magistrates’...

Police charge man found on roof of house

A man arrested by police after he had climbed onto the roof of a house in the Chaddlewood area of Plympton, has been charged.

Benjamin Horseman, 21, from Plympton has been charged with affray and criminal damage. He appeared before South and West Devon Magistrates' Court and has been bailed until 22 May.

Police were called out in the early hours of Saturday (4 May) morning...

Third man charged with attempted murder on Mutley Plain

Following the charging of two men on Tuesday (16 April) with attempted murder, a third man was today charged with the same offence at Plymouth Magistrates' Court this morning (Wednesday 17 April).

John Randolph, aged 40 and from the Whitleigh area of Plymouth was jointly charged with attempted murder of Matthew Bird in the Mutley Plain area on Saturday.

David Woolley of...

Two men charged with Mutley Plain murder attempt

Update 17.00

Police have charged the two suspects they were holding in relation to an attack on Saturday evening with attempted murder.

The 23-year-old victim was stabbed and seriously injured while he was getting into a taxi in the Mutley Plain area at approximately 11pm on Saturday evening (13 April).

The two males, Nigel Saunders, 45, of Peter's Close, Elburton, and...