Today at Exeter Crown Court, Junior Bradshaw aged 32 years and Kevin Liverpool, aged 35 years, both from Manchester, were found guilty of conspiracy to rob and murder Joss Stone.
Kevin Liverpool has been sentenced to life imprisonment and will serve a minimum of 10 years and 8 months.
The sentencing of Junior Bradshaw has been adjourned until a later date.
Police are appealing for information to trace a man who has absconded from prison and may be in the Devon and Cornwall area.
John Loveridge, 28, was sentenced to five years in prison in 2011 for offences including burglary and theft. He absconded from HMP North Sea Camp in Lincolnshire on Monday 11 February. It is believed that Loveridge may be in Somerset or Devon and Cornwall and...
I am writing this on my 100th day in office. If I’m honest it feels more like a hundred minutes because we’ve packed so much in to these first 3 months, and at times there’s hardly been time to catch my breath.
I am really pleased with what I’ve managed to achieve so far. The appointment of a new Chief Constable, publication of police and crime plan and setting the budget quite...
Devon & Cornwall Police have located and released an image of a missing woman who vanished more than three decades ago.
On December 28 1979 June Ellena Brockway, then aged 43, discharged herself from hospital. Now, 33 years later, the case represents the city's longest standing missing person enquiry.
The investigating officer has received calls and information from the...
An organisation funded by all 14 Primary Care Trusts in the South West to reduce smoking rates in the region has revealed that 1 in 20 (5.2%) of smokers in Devon now smoke illegal tobacco, a trade with a retail value equivalent of £211m in the South West alone.
Smokefree South West has launched a multi-partnership initiative alongside HMRC, Trading Standards, the Police, Crimestoppers...
The Devon and Cornwall Police and Crime Panel has today confirmed the appointment of Shaun Sawyer as Chief Constable. He has been the temporary Chief Constable since the departure of Stephen Otter early in 2012.
Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Hogg said:
"I am absolutely delighted that the Police and Crime panel has confirmed Shaun Sawyer as Chief...
Police and Plymouth City Council are joining forces to clamp down on so called ‘blue badge fraud’ – motorists who misuse disabled parking badges or hold them illegally.
There are 2.56 million blue badges issued in Britain and one in 200 is stolen every year.
The council issues around 5,000 blue badges each year. People who receive certain benefits can be automatically...
At around 9.20am on Saturday 12th January a dog walker found a female’s body on the beach at Westward Ho!, near to Golf Links Road.
Police were called and the body was initially taken to the lifeboat station.
Formal identification has not yet taken place though it is thought to be that of a 31-year-old woman who had been living in the area, although is not local to North...
