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• Police warn of scam in the area

  By  trucks2010 at 16:17 on 19/08/10

  

  Salesmen are calling homes in the county selling advertising space in a pamphlet said to be endorsed by Gloucestershire Police, the constabulary has warned. This week two residents have been phoned at home and offered the chance to sponsor what is said to be a police backed publication. On Monday a man in Walton Hill, Deerhurst was called. The seller said that a crime prevention booklet was being created, advertising a new scheme...

• Teenager denies swearing at officer

  By  Quedgeley-People at 07:00 on 05/08/10

  

  POLICE ordered a troublesome teenager to move on, but when he tried to go they arrested him, a court heard. Kody Danter, of Lakenheath Kingsway, Quedgeley, pleaded not guilty to using threatening words and behaviour, when he appeared before District Judge Martin Brown at Gloucester Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday. Prosecuting solicitor Louise Pinder said: “The Crown’s case is that a group of youths, including the...

• Clubber punched kebab shop man

  By  Quedgeley-People at 07:00 on 04/08/10

  

  A DRUNKEN clubber punched another man in the face in a vicious assault after a night out. Benjamin Hailwood, of Church Drive, Quedgeley, attacked another man outside a kebab shop in Stroud at 3am. The victim was barged into, said “excuse me”, but was then assaulted. Hailwood, 20, appeared before Gloucester magistrates to plead guilty to the attack, which occurred on May 15. Prosecuting solicitor Louise Pinder said:...

• Youth owns up to causing fire damage

  By  Quedgeley-People at 07:00 on 30/07/10

  

  A 14-YEAR-OLD Quedgeley boy kicked a flaming football into an old people’s home, starting a fire in the garden. But when the young teenager saw the damage he had caused the following day he contacted the police and owned up. He pleaded guilty to arson, when he appeared before District Judge Joti Bopa-Rai at Gloucester Youth Court yesterday. Prosecuting, Peter Ashby said: “The defendant found a foam football and started...

• Ex-addict’s wheelie bin games raid

  By  Quedgeley-People at 07:00 on 29/07/10

  

  A REFORMED heroin addict was tempted back into crime when he lost his job and stole around £10,000 of computer games and DVDs. The 28-year-old father, along with two others, broke into Blockbusters in Quedgeley using a sledgehammer and crowbar and used a wheelie-bin to cart off some 350 console games. Kieran McCabe of Courtfield Road, Quedgeley, pleaded guilty to burglary on November 23, 2009, when he appeared before District...

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