Truro Crown Court Sentencing Results

Mark Benney, 53, of Blowing House Close, St Austell, stalked a woman involving fear of violence on at least two occasions via email between March 2024 and June 2025. He made threats to harm her and to track her down via the electoral register and sent her emails calling her an evil woman and disgusting and demonstrated obsessive behaviour towards her including saying ‘never have I felt like killing more than this (her name).’

Simon Hand, 41, of West Downs Court, Downs Road, Looe, published an obscene article in a WhatsApp conversation between April 2022 and May 2024 at Looe.

Francis Bello, 58, of Woodland Way, Gunnislake, engaged in controlling behaviour between 2021 and 2025.

Matthew Ranger produced cannabis at Castle Lodge, Carnkie in October 2024 and possessed lysergic acid diethylamide.

Anthony Cox breached a sexual harm prevention order at Launceston on 30 September by failing to disclose a laptop to the police.

Gareth Fox harassed a woman at St Columb between October 2024 and May 2025 and breached a restraining order by contacting a prohibited woman.

Danielle Allen breached a restraining order imposed in April 2022 by contacting a prohibited woman on 25 April at Old Roselyon Road, St Blazey.

Caused the death of the victim by dangerous driving on the B327 at St Austell on 13 October 2023.

On 7 March on Penarwyn Road, St Blazey, possessed a knife in a public place.

On 15 July at Penryn, Matthew Cummingham wounded a woman with intent to do her grievous bodily harm using a metal pole as an offensive weapon in a public place at Lower Market Street, and assaulted a man and a woman occasioning them actual bodily harm.

In September 2023 at Saltash, Ben Freeston damaged a gate, flower pot and key safe at a property.

On July 22, 2023, Jake Wills assisted Lucas Underwood in breaking into the home of Underwood's ex-girlfriend in Bodmin to seek revenge on her and her new partner. The plan involved violence and stealing, with Wills instructed to bring a bat, act as lookout, and arrange a driver. Wills wore a balaclava and was present when Underwood entered the property. Underwood was fatally stabbed by the victim's new partner in self-defence during the incident. Wills helped carry Underwood to a vehicle and took him to Bodmin Hospital.

On July 22, 2023, Simon Slater acted as the driver for Lucas Underwood and Jake Wills during a planned break-in at the home of Underwood's ex-girlfriend in Bodmin, intended for revenge involving violence and stealing. Slater arrived in his car after the incident, where Underwood had been fatally stabbed in self-defence by the victim's new partner. Slater helped transport Underwood to Bodmin Hospital and lied to police about the circumstances. He also failed to disclose his phone PIN despite recent use.

On March 31, 2023, at around 2am, Jack Clark, 33, of St Mary’s Road, Par, stabbed a male victim in the chest with a knife outside a property in Roche, Cornwall, where people were socialising. The incident followed two women barging into the property shouting abuse; one punched the victim, leading to Clark confronting and stabbing him with a four-inch wound to the breastbone. The victim was treated at Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro and then Derriford Hospital in Plymouth.

Engaging in non-penetrative sexual activity with a 15-year-old girl at Liskeard in 2022.

Possessing extreme pornographic images namely two still images and two moving images portraying a person performing an act of intercourse with a dog, making 633 category A images, 524 category B and 2027 category C indecent images of a child.

On February 16, 2024, in Victoria Square, Truro, Alex Martin, aged 28 from Langton Road, Falmouth, approached an unprovoking victim after an exchange of words following a night out and landed a single punch to the victim's head. The victim collapsed, hitting his head on the road surface, resulting in multiple skull fractures and a brain bleed. The victim was hospitalized for a week, wore a head brace for several weeks, suffered seizures leading to job loss as an HGV driver, ongoing pain, and psychological trauma including fear of going out. Both parties were inebriated, with alcohol aggravating the offense.

Leon Paull, 55, from Dudnance Lane in Pool, outraged public decency by standing in the middle of Camborne at about 12.30pm on October 2, 2025, with his penis in his hand, waving it at passing traffic while shouting lewd obscenities like 'nonce' and 'rapist' at cars and passers-by. He was with two other intoxicated men. Public concern led to police involvement and his arrest.

At Furzedown Terrace, Downs Road, Looe, between 23 January and 14 February 2024, making 64 category A and 105 category B indecent images of a child and between July 2020 and February 2024 making 119 category C indecent images of a child.

On 24 October by using an application which deletes internet history and allows access to the dark web namely Proton VPN, Red Onion Tor browser and DuckDuckGo.

On September 26, 2024, Martin Blaney, 51, from Penarwyn Road in St Blazey near St Austell, was walking his English bulldog Sansa without a lead when the dog attacked a postman delivering mail, biting him on the leg and knee and causing ligament injuries requiring knee surgery.

Norman Simpson, 71, from White Cross near Indian Queens, befriended a couple with a young daughter while in prison and continued the friendship after release. Despite a sexual harm prevention order in place since October 2008 banning contact with children under 18 due to sexual offences from 1981 and 2000, he showered the girl with presents, gave money to parents, took her on walks, and was alone with her in his car from her birth. Contact persisted after the family moved from Newquay to St Columb Major. The mother grew wary and reported him to police, leading to arrest and charge for breach.

Engaged in coercive behaviour between 2023 and 2025 at Holmbush Road, St Austell and at Redmoor, Bodmin by multiple instances of threatening and actual violence including putting a bin bag over his victim’s head; stalked her at Redmoor, Bodmin between February and April 2025 when he sent her a multitude of messages, voicemails and phone calls.

Possessed a machete in a public place in Middle Gillies on 17 June and threatened violence on 14 and 17 June; possessed a BB gun in a public place.