FALSE IMPRISONMENT

AARON JACKA, 29, of Trenoweth Estate, North Country has been sent to Truro Crown Court charged with falsely imprisoning a woman at Crantock and causing her to engage in non-penetrative sexual activity at Roadford Lake near Launceston on 21 May. He was remanded in custody and his case was listed for 24 June.

HAYDEN STONE, 32, of Bryanick Vale, Foxhole has been sent to Truro Crown Court charged with falsely imprisoning a woman, assaulting and injuring her at Foxhole on 24 May. He was remanded in custody and his case listed for 24 June.

ASSAULT

JOSHUA FEARON, 30, of Mount Wise, Newquay has been sent to prison for 15 months by a judge at Truro Crown Court after he pleaded guilty to strangling and assaulting a woman occasioning her actual bodily harm in Newquay in March 2024. He pleaded not guilty to possessing a knife in a public place and engaging in coercive behaviour – these counts will remain on file. He was made subject to a restraining order not to contact his victim until May 2030.

JAKE BELL, 38, of Pellymounter Road, St Austell pleaded guilty to assaulting a man in St Austell in November 2023 occasioning him actual bodily harm. He will be sentenced on 18 July.

NICHOLAS YELLAND, 43, of Cromwell Road, St Austell pleaded guilty to assaulting a woman occasioning her actual bodily harm at St Mewan on 22 May. He was remanded in custody because of the nature and seriousness of the offence and his previous record and character and was refused bail because magistrates considered he was likely to cause injury or fear of injury to an associated person. He will be sentenced on 10 June.

KYLE DEL-MONICO, 32, of Pendour Park, Lostwithiel pleaded guilty to assaulting a young woman at St Austell Railway Station on 30 September and damaging her handbag. He will be sentenced on 11 July.

TRAVIS BUTTON, 25, of Carlton Way, Liskeard pleaded guilty to assaulting a PCSO at Woodstock in Oxfordshire in July 2024 and to possessing a tablet of Bromazolam, a controlled Class C drug. He was made subject to a community order, fined £300 and ordered to pay £85 costs.

GEORGINA JOHNSON, 32, of Phoebe Close, St Anns Chapel pleaded not guilty to assaulting a man at Duchy Agricultural College on 21 September. Her case was adjourned until 15 December for a trial.

SEX OFFENCES

SIMON WAGEMAKERS, 43, of Fairfield Close, St Austell pleaded guilty to three charges of making indecent images of children, including the most serious Category A and moving images. He will be sentenced on 25 July and is required to register with the police.

CALLUM PICKERING, 20, of Harmer Close, Bodmin pleaded guilty to six sexual offences including, in 2022, possessing three extreme pornographic images which portrayed a person performing oral sex on a horse and making and possessing indecent images of children including the most serious Category A. He will be sentenced on 4 July.

THOMAS JENNINGS, 27, of Fore Street, Liskeard has been given an eight-year, eight-month custodial sentence by a judge at Truro Crown Court after he pleaded guilty to attempting to incite a 14-year-old girl to engage in penetrative sexual activity in Liskeard and attempted to engage in sexual communication with a child on 12 April. The extended sentence was given because the judge deemed the defendant ‘dangerous’ and that he posed a ‘significant risk to public of serious harm’. On his release he has to register with the police indefinitely.

JOHN MCGOWAN, 64, of Park View, Liskeard was found not guilty of raping a woman in 1988 at Truro Crown Court when the prosecution offered no evidence.

KNIFE CRIME

NICHOLAS BURNAND, 48, of Trethurffe Terrace, Barn Lane, St Columb pleaded guilty at Truro Crown Court to possessing a folding knife with a lockable blade on Hilgrove Road, Newquay in August 2023. He was given a three-month prison sentence suspended for 12 months. He pleaded not guilty to possessing an improvised cosh – this count was discharged.

KAWANIE LEWIS, 38, of Tregonissey Close, St Austell pleaded guilty at Truro Crown Court to possessing a locking knife and 7.1g of cocaine on Gover Road, St Austell in August 2023. She was given a 21-week prison sentence suspended for 12 months. She pleaded not guilty to assaulting a police officer and this count will remain on file.

RICKY SUTTON, 35, of Doubletrees, St Blazey had a warrant issued for his arrest when he failed to turn up to Truro Crown Court to face charges of possessing a knife at Penarwyn Road, St Blazey on 7 March and damaging a phone at Camborne Police Station.

DRUG DEALER

MATTHEW GARSIDE, 32, of Queens Road, St Austell pleaded guilty to supplying 4.51kg of cannabis on 3 December and possessing 5.97g of cannabis on 15 January at Queens Road. He was made subject to a community order to do 60 hours unpaid work and has to pay a £114 victim surcharge and £85 costs.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

ALEX OWEN, 35, of Emlyn Field, St Austell was made subject to a 28-day domestic violence protection notice on 26 May not to threaten or contact a man or go to an address in Truro.

CAR CRIME

ANDREW BURDETT, 42, of Gotch Gardens, East Taphouse pleaded guilty to taking a BMW from Polperro without the owner’s consent on 22 November and to driving without insurance. He will be sentenced on 25 July.

THEFT

JASMINE DOUGHTY, 26, of Cliff Road, Newquay pleaded not guilty to stealing and receiving two coats worth £238.98 on 9 April which belonged to Mountain Warehouse in Newquay. Her case was adjourned until 10 June.

CRIMINAL DAMAGE

MICHAEL BARBER, 38, of Hillside Park, Bodmin pleaded guilty to damaging a parasol and plant pot at Hillside Park on 10 May. He was fined £60 and ordered to pay £85 costs.

PUT POLICE HELICOPTER AT RISK

KIM UPTON, 54, of Hillside Park, Bodmin pleaded guilty to shining a laser beam towards a police helicopter which was likely to distract the pilot at Bodmin on 31 August. She was given a 12-month conditional discharge and has to pay a £26 victim surcharge and £85 costs.

DRINK/DRUG DRIVE

DYLAN SQUIRES, 20, of Biscovey Road, Par pleaded guilty to driving on Trinity Street, St Austell on 21 January with 5.2 micrograms of cannabis per litre of blood exceeding the limit of two. He was banned from driving for a year, fined £120 and ordered to pay a £48 surcharge and £85 costs.

RICHARD WILLIAMS, 51, of Bartholomews Meadow, Lostwithiel pleaded guilty to driving on Carclaze Road, St Austell on 30 March with 87 micrograms of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath exceeding the limit of 35. He was banned from driving for 36 months, which will be reduced by 36 weeks if he completes a course and was ordered to have treatment for his alcohol use and his mental health. He was fined £120 and must pay a £114 victim surcharge and £85 costs.

ADRIAN BURTON, 39, of Hilbre, East Taphouse pleaded guilty to driving on Turfdown Road, Bodmin with 5.5 micrograms of cannabis per litre of blood exceeding the limit of two on 8 January. He was banned from driving for 12 months, fined £423 and ordered to pay a £169 victim surcharge and £85 costs.

SPEEDING

IMOGEN ALMOND, 25, of Bank Street, St Columb was given a six-month totting ban after she pleaded guilty to speeding in a van on the A30 at Roseworthy Dip on 31 August and 8 September. She was fined £120 and ordered to pay £90 costs.

ELIZABETH RIDOUT, 52, of St Keyne has been spared a totting disqualification after she pleaded guilty to driving at over 50mph in a van on the A30 at Camborne in February 2024. Magistrates accepted her mitigating circumstances that she had elderly parents in Dorset who needed her support, there were childcare issues with her grandchildren and her husband’s heart condition meant he has limited capacity. She was fined £146 and ordered to pay a £58 victim surcharge and £90 costs.

NO INSURANCE

THOMAS SIMMS-BROWN, 28, of Eastcliffe Road, Par has been spared a totting disqualification for having no insurance for a BMW because he needs to care for his grandmother who has a heart condition. He told magistrates his non-attendance when she has a mini heart attack ‘may be the difference between life or death’. He also told the court has to take his son to school on occasions. He was fined £450 and ordered to pay a £180 victim surcharge and £90 costs.

HYGIENE ORDER

MOHAMMAD FARUK of Indian Heights Kitchen at 3B Brunel Heights, Saltash has been served with a hygiene emergency prohibition order which forbids him from using the premises for the purpose of any food business. G6 PVT LIMITED has also been served with a prohibition order for the same address relating to a business known as Asian Bowls.