Truro Crown Court Sentencing Results

Explore 583 verdicts at Truro Crown Court (Truro). Updated with the latest court outcomes.

Patrick Godfrey

Importation of controlled drugs

March 12, 2025

Sentence: 25 years imprisonment

Patrick Godfrey, 31, from Swansea, was on board the fishing boat Lily Lola during an attempt to smuggle 1,076kg of cocaine worth £35 million, intercepted off Cornwall on September 13, 2024. He was involved in the details of the smuggling, including communications.

Found guilty after trial. The judge noted his significant and active role in the operation.

Sources: cornwalllive.com

Michael Kelly

Importation of controlled drugs

March 12, 2025

Sentence: 21 years imprisonment

Michael Kelly, 45, from Portway, Manchester, was involved in attempting to smuggle 1,076kg of cocaine worth £35 million on the fishing boat Lily Lola, intercepted off the coast of Cornwall on September 13, 2024. He was on board with others, and the drugs were stashed throughout the vessel.

Pleaded guilty early. The judge described him as having a significant role in the operation.

Sources: cornwalllive.com

Michelle Parkyn

Theft

March 7, 2025

Sentence: 6 months imprisonment

Michelle Parkyn pleaded guilty to six charges of stealing from shops in St Austell and Newquay.

William Long

Rape

March 7, 2025

Sentence: 3 years imprisonment

William Long was found guilty of raping and sexually assaulting a woman in June 2021.

Sheila Honey

Causing annoyance via public electronic communications network

March 7, 2025

Sentence: 12 days imprisonment

Persistently used a public electronic communications network to cause annoyance, inconvenience, or needless anxiety to another between 21 July and 18 August.

Pleaded guilty; made subject to a three-year criminal behaviour order prohibiting calls to 999 or 112 except in cases of immediate danger to life, violence, traffic collisions, serious illness or injury, or fire.

Sources: cornish-times.co.uk

Russell Hitchcock

Causing death by careless driving

February 28, 2025

Sentence: 21 months imprisonment, suspended for 2 years

Russell Hitchcock caused the death of Alisha Osman and serious injury to Imogen Holt by driving a Ford Transit flatbed without due care and attention on the A388 at Treburley on 27 April 2023.

Pleaded guilty to the charges. Ordered to complete 240 hours of unpaid work and banned from driving for 2 years.

Sources: cornish-times.co.uk

Rory Lake

Burglary

February 28, 2025

Sentence: 58 weeks imprisonment

Rory Lake, 37, of St Thomas Road/Moorland Road, Launceston, burgled the Co-operative on Newport Industrial Estate, Launceston on 16 February by stealing alcohol, three cases of beer, and National Lottery scratch cards worth £2,630. He also stole eight cans of cider from the Co-op in High Street, Launceston on 23 January.

Pleaded guilty to burglary. Committed while on a suspended sentence, involved significant planning, carrying a weapon, caused high damage to the organisation, and due to previous offending.

Sources: cornish-times.co.uk

Robert Tamblyn

Harassment

February 28, 2025

Sentence: 12 weeks imprisonment

Robert Tamblyn breached a restraining order imposed by Truro Crown Court in March 2024 by posting a Facebook comment naming a woman, asking a question, and sharing her personal details on 16 December.

Pleaded guilty to breaching a restraining order. The offence had a serious impact on the victim and her family, and was committed while on licence. Ordered to pay £85 costs and a £154 victim surcharge.

Sources: cornish-times.co.uk

Michael James Hutton

Rape and sexual assault

February 28, 2025

Sentence: Imprisonment (specific term not detailed)

Michael James Hutton repeatedly raped and sexually abused a teenage girl in the late 1980s, leading her to turn to alcohol and drugs due to lack of belief from authorities.

Jack Tyler

Sex offences

February 28, 2025

Sentence: 3 years imprisonment

Jack Tyler committed sex offences in Bodmin in 2020 and 2021, including raping a spaniel and a Jack Russell, one of which had to be put down. Over 3,000 indecent images and videos of children being raped and abused, including newborn babies, were found on his phone and computer, along with images of him sexually abusing the dogs.

Pleaded guilty to numerous sex offences. Banned from keeping animals for a minimum of ten years, placed on the sex offenders' register for life, and subject to a ten-year order restricting internet use.

Sources: cornish-times.co.uk

Jack Rowe

Possession with intent to supply drugs

February 28, 2025

Sentence: Two-year prison sentence, suspended for two years

Jack Rowe possessed cocaine with intent to supply in St Austell in February 2024 and possessed ketamine.

Herbert Peters

Rape and sexual assault

February 28, 2025

Sentence: 15 years imprisonment

Herbert Peters raped and sexually assaulted young boys in the 1970s and 1980s, causing lifelong trauma and leading victims to suffer in silence for decades.

Glen Bennett

Firearms offence and causing grievous bodily harm with intent

February 28, 2025

Sentence: 3 years and 6 months imprisonment

Glen Bennett caused grievous bodily harm with intent to a man at Market Place, Camelford on New Year's Day 2022, possessed a knife with a three-inch blade in a public place on the same date, and possessed an imitation firearm at Market Place, Camelford in June 2023 with intent to cause three women to believe violence would be used against them.

Alan Dean

Possession with intent to supply drugs

February 28, 2025

Sentence: Two-year prison sentence, suspended for two years

Alan Dean possessed 35.2 grams of diamorphine with intent to supply and 2.88 grams of cocaine in Newquay in November 2021.

Changed pleas to guilty. Had £1120 cash, drugs, phones, and paraphernalia seized.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Andrew Paull

Breach of restraining order, criminal damage, and theft

February 28, 2025

Sentence: 48-week custodial sentence

Andrew Paull breached a restraining order by being in the company of a banned woman at Treffry Way, Par on 16 February, damaged a police car at Newquay Police Station, and stole £400 worth of alcohol from the Co-op in St Blazey on the same day.

Pleaded guilty to breaching a restraining order, damaging a police car, and stealing alcohol. Ordered to pay £307 compensation. Sentenced due to flagrant disregard for court orders and recent release from prison.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Benjamin Rory Griffiths

Possession of Counterfeit Tobacco

February 21, 2025

Sentence: Three-month imprisonment suspended for two years, 26-day programme with the Probation Service, 10 Rehabilitation Activity Requirement days, and £154 victim surcharge

On October 27, 2023, officers from Devon and Cornwall Police executed a warrant at an address in Eastern Green, Penzance, where Benjamin Rory Griffiths was present, seizing 582 pouches (30kg) of counterfeit hand rolling tobacco, including brands Golden Virginia and Cutters Choice, with a retail value of £25,000 if genuine. Further investigations by Cornwall Council’s Trading Standards Team confirmed the tobacco was fake. Griffiths pleaded guilty to charges under Section 92 of the Trade Marks Act 1994 and the Standardised Packaging of Tobacco Products Regulations 2015.

Pleaded guilty to possessing counterfeit tobacco. His Honour Judge Simon Carr noted that this is not a victimless crime, as counterfeit tobacco can cause serious injury due to unknown substances.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Daniel Greenaway

Fraud

February 21, 2025

Sentence: 14-month prison sentence, suspended for two years, and £140 victim surcharge

Between April 2019 and February 2022, Daniel Greenaway committed fraud by obtaining bank accounts, catalogue accounts and bank loans in the name of a woman with the intention of making a gain and exposing her to loss, and by forging her bank statements.

Pleaded guilty to fraud by obtaining bank accounts, catalogue accounts and bank loans in the name of a woman intending to make gain and expose her to loss, and to forging her bank statements.

Sources: cornish-times.co.uk

Kyle Campbell

Assault and strangulation

February 21, 2025

Sentence: 21 months imprisonment

Kyle Campbell terrorized his pregnant partner and her toddler, assaulting her physically, mocking the child, and causing a miscarriage.

Pleaded guilty; alcohol-fueled violence against his pregnant partner and their child.

Sources: cornwalllive.com

Jonathan Rowe

Fraud by abuse of position

February 18, 2025

Sentence: 18 months imprisonment

Jonathan Rowe, as treasurer of a rugby club, defrauded the club of £185,535 over six years by diverting funds to his personal account for gambling and to project a successful image.

Pleaded guilty; motivated by misplaced toxic masculinity and online gambling, with remorse expressed.

Sources: cornwalllive.com

Johnathan Allen

Failing to provide a specimen for analysis

February 14, 2025

Sentence: Community order with a four-month curfew (7pm to 7am every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday), banned from driving for 29 months (reducible by 29 weeks if course completed), £114 victim surcharge, and £85 costs

Johnathan Allen failed to provide a specimen of blood for analysis at Newquay police station last March, leading to his guilty plea and the imposition of a community order and driving ban.

Pleaded guilty to failing to provide a specimen of blood for analysis at Newquay police station last March.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

John Cain

Assault and possession of cocaine

February 14, 2025

Sentence: Fined £200 and ordered to pay £50 compensation and £170 costs

John Cain assaulted two police officers at his home on Castle Dyke, Launceston on New Year’s Day and possessed cocaine in May 2023.

Jason Squires

Drug driving and vehicle offences

February 14, 2025

Sentence: 12-week prison sentence suspended for 12 months, 180 hours unpaid work, and banned from driving for 30 months

Drove on Rosevear Road, Bugle with 39 micrograms of cocaine and 240 micrograms of BZE per litre of blood exceeding the limits, and used a Range Rover with a faulty tyre.

Pleaded guilty to driving with excess drugs and using a vehicle with a faulty tyre.

Sources: cornish-times.co.uk

Eliot Smyth

Breaching a domestic violence protection order

February 14, 2025

Sentence: Fined £100

Eliot Smyth breached a domestic violence protection order on 1 February by going to an address in Tywardreath and threatening violence against a woman, leading to his admission of the offence.

Admitted breaching a domestic violence protection order by going to an address in Tywardreath and threatening violence against a woman.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Ian Bray

Breaching a non-molestation order

February 14, 2025

Sentence: Fined £393, £157 victim surcharge, and £85 costs

Ian Bray breached a non-molestation order on 31 January at Penwithick by attending the home of a woman and sending her prohibited social media messages.

Pleaded guilty to breaching a non-molestation order by attending the home of a woman and sending her social media messages on 31 January.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Darren Mckie

Drug driving

February 14, 2025

Sentence: Banned from driving for 40 months, fined £120, £48 victim surcharge, and £85 costs

Darren Mckie drove at Lockengate on 27 July with 2.1 micrograms of cannabis per litre of blood, above the legal limit of two, leading to his guilty plea and driving ban.

Pleaded guilty to driving at Lockengate on 27 July with 2.1 micrograms of cannabis per litre of blood, exceeding the limit of two.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Darren Tregidga

Criminal damage and using threatening behaviour

February 14, 2025

Sentence: Fined £320 and £300 compensation

Darren Tregidga damaged a VW Golf and used threatening behaviour on Codling Close on 30 December, resulting in his guilty plea and the imposition of fines and a restraining order.

Pleaded guilty to damaging a VW Golf and using threatening behaviour on Codling Close on 30 December; made subject to a restraining order not to contact a woman or go to an address in Codling Close until 6 February 2027.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Christopher German

Breaching a criminal behaviour order

February 14, 2025

Sentence: 12 weeks imprisonment

Christopher German breached a criminal behaviour order by entering TK Maxx, demonstrating wilful non-compliance with previous court directives.

Admitted breaching a criminal behaviour order by entering TK Maxx, due to his flagrant disregard for court orders.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Clive Harrison

Speeding

February 14, 2025

Sentence: Banned from driving for six months, fined £92, £37 victim surcharge, and £90 costs

Clive Harrison drove through St Ann’s Chapel at 39 mph on 15 April, exceeding the speed limit, which led to his guilty plea and driving ban for repeat offences.

Pleaded guilty to driving through St Ann’s Chapel at 39 mph on 15 April, due to repeat offending.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Carl Packham

Driving without insurance

February 14, 2025

Sentence: Fined £120, £48 victim surcharge, £90 costs, and banned from driving for six months

Carl Packham drove a car on Greenbank Road, Liskeard in September 2023 without insurance, leading to his guilty plea and driving ban for repeat offences.

Pleaded guilty to having no insurance for a car he was using on Greenbank Road, Liskeard in September 2023, due to repeat offending.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Ashley Clayton

Drink driving

February 14, 2025

Sentence: Banned from driving for 16 months (reducible by 16 weeks if course completed), fined £120, £48 victim surcharge, and £85 costs

Ashley Clayton drove on Tregonissey Road, St Austell on New Year’s Eve with 59 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, above the legal limit of 35, resulting in her guilty plea and sentencing.

Pleaded guilty to driving on Tregonissey Road, St Austell on New Year’s Eve with 59 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, exceeding the limit of 35.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Adam Ingleby-Oddy

Speeding and no MOT

February 14, 2025

Sentence: Banned from driving for six months, fined £666, £266 victim surcharge, and £90 costs

Adam Ingleby-Oddy sped on a motorbike on Tregolls Road, Truro on multiple dates in October 2023 and on the A390 in St Austell, and operated the vehicle without a valid MOT.

Pleaded guilty to speeding on a motorbike on Tregolls Road, Truro on 13, 14, and 15 October 2023 and on the A390 in St Austell on 17 October 2023, and to having no MOT for the Yamaha.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Louise Matthews

Drink driving

February 14, 2025

Sentence: Banned from driving for 14 months (reducible by 14 weeks if course completed), fined £120, £48 victim surcharge, and £85 costs

Louise Matthews drove on Westbridge Road, Trewoon on 27 December with 44 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, above the legal limit of 35, resulting in her guilty plea and sentencing.

Pleaded guilty to driving on Westbridge Road, Trewoon on 27 December with 44 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, exceeding the limit of 35.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Patrick Henesy

Breaching supervision requirements and a community order

February 14, 2025

Sentence: 32 weeks imprisonment

Patrick Henesy failed to comply with supervision requirements and a community order related to previous convictions for stealing from Asda and TK Maxx in St Austell, leading to his imprisonment for non-engagement with probation.

Admitted breaching supervision requirements imposed following his release from prison and failing to comply with a community order made after convictions for stealing from Asda and TK Maxx in St Austell, due to his wilful and persistent non-compliance.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Steven Hendry

Breaching a community order

February 14, 2025

Sentence: 16-week prison sentence suspended for 18 months, 80 hours unpaid work, and rehabilitation activities

Steven Hendry breached a community order that was originally imposed for using threatening behaviour at Liskeard railway station on 21 November, involving harassment and burglary charges from 2022.

Admitted breaching a community order made for using threatening behaviour at Liskeard railway station on 21 November, due to his wilful and consistent breach of the order.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Steven Bates

Failing to provide driver information

February 14, 2025

Sentence: Fined £1100, £440 victim surcharge, £90 costs, and banned from driving for six months

Steven Bates failed to provide information to police about the driver of a Suzuki involved in speeding incidents on Tregolls Road, Truro on 1 October 2023 and Bodmin Road, Ruddlemoor on 27 October 2023.

Case proved for failing to tell police who was driving a Suzuki alleged to have been speeding on Tregolls Road, Truro on 1 October 2023 and on Bodmin Road, Ruddlemoor on 27 October 2023, due to repeat offending.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Thomas Williamson

Using violence to enter a property

February 14, 2025

Sentence: 12-month conditional discharge, £200 compensation, £26 victim surcharge, and £200 costs

Thomas Williamson used violence to enter a property in Commercial Street, Camborne last July, knowing someone was present who opposed his entry, which led to his guilty plea and sentencing.

Pleaded guilty to using violence to enter a property and pleaded not guilty to assaulting a man; made subject to a restraining order not to contact his victim or go to Commercial Street, Camborne until 2 August.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Glenn Bennett

Grievous bodily harm and possession of an imitation firearm

February 12, 2025

Sentence: 3 years and 6 months imprisonment

Glenn Bennett was ejected from a pub for threatening behavior, returned with a knife, and stabbed the man who removed him, later brandishing an imitation firearm in public.

Pleaded guilty; incident involved alcohol and provocation, with Bennett showing remorse and maintaining sobriety since.

Sources: cornwalllive.com

Elisha Hart

Assault and breaching a criminal behaviour order

February 7, 2025

Sentence: 12 weeks imprisonment

Elisha Hart assaulted a man at Camborne on 28 January 2025 and breached a criminal behaviour order by being drunk in a public place, engaging in behaviour that caused fear for safety, and refusing to leave a commercial premises.

Pleaded guilty to assaulting a man and breaching a criminal behaviour order. Sentenced due to the unprovoked nature of the attack and disregard for court orders. Ordered to pay £60 compensation to the victim.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Hugo Santa

Possessing an offensive weapon and drug driving

February 7, 2025

Sentence: Six months imprisonment, suspended for two years, ordered to complete 200 hours of unpaid work, and banned from driving for two years

Hugo Santa possessed a kitchen knife at Newquay police station and failed to provide a specimen of breath in October, while also driving on Castle Street, Bodmin in June with excess cannabis in his system, and without a licence, insurance, or MOT.

Pleaded guilty to possessing a kitchen knife at Newquay police station, failing to provide a specimen of breath, driving over the cannabis limit, and driving without a licence, insurance, or MOT.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Adam Walker

Strangling and assault

February 7, 2025

Sentence: Two years imprisonment, suspended for two years

Adam Walker, 29, of NFA, St Austell, strangled a woman in Redruth in September 2023 and assaulted her in Newquay in October 2023.

Pleaded guilty to strangling and assaulting a woman. Ordered to abstain from alcohol until 23 May and to undergo mental health treatment. Other charges of falsely imprisoning and assaulting the woman will remain on file.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

David Smith

Possessing and making indecent images of children

February 7, 2025

Sentence: 16 months imprisonment, suspended for two years

David Smith possessed and made over 250 indecent images of children, including stills and moving images in the most serious category, between an unspecified period leading up to his court appearance.

Pleaded guilty to possessing and making over 250 indecent images of children, including category A, and was made subject to a sexual harm prevention order for ten years limiting his use of the internet.

Sources: cornish-times.co.uk

Paul Rowe

Threatening violence

February 7, 2025

Sentence: 18 months imprisonment, suspended for two years

Paul Rowe, 27, of Tregonissey Road, St Austell, threatened violence towards another in St Austell in July 2022, along with Luke Coley.

Pleaded guilty to threatening violence towards another. Ordered to pay £1,000 compensation. The assault charges will remain on file.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Petar Barakov

Possessing cocaine with intent to supply

February 7, 2025

Sentence: Two years imprisonment

Petar Barakov, 24, of NFA, Newquay, possessed cocaine with intent to supply at Cliff Road, Newquay on 17 October 2024.

Pleaded guilty to possessing cocaine with intent to supply. A charge of intending to pervert the course of justice will remain on file.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Robert Jones

Assault occasioning actual bodily harm

February 7, 2025

Sentence: 12 months imprisonment

Robert Jones assaulted a man at Lynstone Road, Bude on 9 June, occasioning actual bodily harm, and assaulted a woman at Bude on 12 June, occasioning actual bodily harm.

Pleaded guilty to assaulting a man and a woman, and was made subject to a restraining order not to enter Lynstone Road until 21 January 2028.

Sources: cornish-times.co.uk

Luke Coley

Threatening violence

February 7, 2025

Sentence: Two years imprisonment, suspended for two years

Luke Coley, 36, of Tremayne Road, St Austell, threatened violence towards another in St Austell in July 2022, along with Paul Rowe.

Pleaded guilty to threatening violence towards another. Ordered to pay £2,000 compensation and to complete 180 hours of unpaid work. The assault charges will remain on file.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Kirstie Price

Arson

February 7, 2025

Sentence: Two years imprisonment, suspended for two years

Kirstie Price committed arson with recklessness as to whether life was endangered at Woodlands View on 14 September, endangering lives through her actions.

Pleaded guilty to arson and was ordered to have mental health treatment and made subject to a restraining order not to contact her victim or go to Woodlands View until 24 January 2035.

Sources: cornish-times.co.uk

William Counter

Supplying cannabis and cocaine

January 24, 2025

Sentence: Sent to prison for two years, £2900 cash forfeited and £187 victim surcharge

William Counter, 27, of Rock Lane, Bodmin, pleaded guilty to supplying cannabis in Bodmin between January and October 2024 and cocaine between July and October 2024, as well as possessing 41.2 grams of crack cocaine on 8 October 2024, 2.44 grams of cannabis on 4 September 2024 at an address in Wallace Road, and 11.7 grams of cannabis in October 2024. He was immediately sentenced following his plea.

Caleb Empett

Assault

January 24, 2025

Sentence: Imprisonment (specific term not detailed)

Caleb Empett battered his partner during a brutal hour-long attack, punching her, grabbing her throat, and stamping on her with steel toe cap boots after becoming angry and trashing their shared flat.

Harry Hallett

Controlling or coercive behaviour and possession of a prohibited weapon

January 24, 2025

Sentence: 13 months imprisonment

Harry Hallett engaged in controlling and coercive behavior towards his partner, restricting her contacts, checking her phone, and threatening her with a kitchen knife during an argument. The couple had a young child together, and the abuse escalated over time.

Pleaded guilty; became coercive and controlling, including verbal and physical abuse, and possession of a zombie knife.

Sources: cornwalllive.com

Jake Ormerod

Failing to comply with Sex Offenders’ Register

January 24, 2025

Sentence: Fined £120 and ordered to pay £85 costs

Jake Ormerod, 33, of The Cardinal’s Hatt, Saltash, pleaded guilty to failing to comply with the notification requirements of the Sex Offenders’ Register. He is also charged with breaching a sexual offences prevention order made by Exeter Crown Court in 2011 by communicating with a child under 16 years without the supervising parent being aware of his sexual offending history, though this part was adjourned until 16 June.

Pleaded guilty to failing to comply with notification requirements of the Sex Offenders’ Register. Also charged with breaching a sexual offences prevention order, but that case was adjourned.

Sources: cornish-times.co.uk

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