Truro Crown Court Sentencing Results

Ben Adams from Camborne engaged in coercive, controlling, and violent behaviour towards his former partner from July 2020 to October 2022. This included repeatedly strangling and beating her, hitting her with a wooden stick or knife handle, dragging her down stairs, hitting her head against kitchen cupboards, and kicking her in the head. He manipulated her into believing the abuse was her fault, leading to severe emotional, mental, and physical harm, such as nightmares, anxiety, and loss of confidence.

Belda Bega organised the smuggling of 21 migrants, including 20 men and one woman, on a luxury yacht from France to Cornwall. The vessel was intercepted near Falmouth after the co-owner tracked its route and alerted authorities. Bega was caught by Border Force on April 13, 2025, as part of a people-smuggling operation that put lives at risk.

On Christmas Day, Hayden Norton assaulted his partner in a holiday cottage in St Mabyn, near Wadebridge, after becoming frustrated when she spoke to her daughter on the phone. He grabbed her, slapped her twice, punched and kicked her multiple times, causing injuries including a perforated eardrum and bruising. The victim locked herself in a bedroom to escape and kept a window open for potential getaway. This incident was part of a pattern of abuse, leaving the victim feeling broken and impacting her wellbeing significantly.

On January 28, 2024, Tyler Slade approached a group drinking near a memorial in Pengegon Playing Field, Camborne, after becoming emotional and upset. He rode home on his mountain bike, retrieved an imitation BB gun, returned, and fired it at a man in the group, hitting him in the lower face, neck, and right hand. The victim was left in pain, and the incident was reported to Devon and Cornwall Police, leading to Slade's arrest. The gun was recovered, and Slade admitted to the act, citing distress over the memorial to his friend who had died.

Sarah Hall subjected her former partner of 16 years to a 15-month campaign of harassment, sending over 100 threatening and abusive messages via text, voice notes, and fake TikTok accounts. She also threw a brick through her ex-partner's car windscreen on April 15, 2025. The incidents occurred between January 2024 and April 2025, forcing the victim to live like a recluse out of fear for her safety and well-being.

Georgina Izzard became involved in the family business that laundered drug money and sold stolen printer and toner cartridges from their home in Callington, contributing to a full-time criminal operation that included threatening recruited individuals.

Anthony Gilchrist, 63, began messaging an undercover police officer on social media, believing the profile to be a single mother with two young children. He expressed desires to abuse a child and fantasised about harm. He was tracked via his IP address to an address in Madron, arrested in September, and his laptop revealed over 400 extreme pornographic images involving sex with live animals, including dogs, a snake, and a goat.

Joshua Lane drove a BMW dangerously on Meadowside, Launceston on 21 December, endangering other road users through reckless behaviour.

Nicholas Izzard participated in the family criminal enterprise, processing unexplained funds and being involved in selling stolen printer and toner cartridges, while the operation included threats to prevent people from leaving.

Kerry Williams attacked a victim with a metal baton at Skinner's Brewery tap yard on September 9, 2024, following weeks of antagonistic text exchanges. He struck the victim at least seven times, inflicting deep and serious wounds that left the victim with profound and ongoing injuries, including scars and lacerations that required medical treatment.

Joseph Tucker breached a restraining order that prohibited him from contacting or entering his mother's address in Newquay, following a previous conviction. He lived with her for two weeks and assaulted her during an argument, grabbing her by the face and pushing her through the dining room into the kitchen. She was found by police hiding in the bathroom, sobbing and distraught. He has a significant criminal history.

Mary Ann Molloy, 36, from Plymstock Road in Welling, South East London, encouraged a 15-year-old boy to kiss and touch her sexually and perform a sexual act on her at his home in Cornwall. She plied him with alcohol and tobacco. This occurred on a single date when she was 33. The boy's mother became suspicious after finding Molloy undressed in a room from which the boy had fled.

On November 2, 2024, Connor Broad was driving a white BMW on Salt Mill Road in Saltash with only a provisional licence and no insurance. He deliberately manoeuvred his vehicle into a cyclist after the cyclist tapped the car window, causing the cyclist to be knocked off the bike and sustain minor injuries, including scratches to the hand and shin. The incident was captured on CCTV and was described as a knee-jerk reaction due to fear for his heavily pregnant partner in the car.

In July 2023, Mark Jeffery, 42, of Penryn, initiated contact on the messaging app Kik with an undercover police officer posing as a 13-year-old girl. He sent sexual messages, including compliments on her appearance, asked about her sexual experience, and shared images of himself. He also distributed indecent images of children aged between 2 and 16 to others and possessed prohibited and extreme pornographic images, including one involving a dog and a child.

Jamie Coon, 32, of High Cross, St Austell, harassed a woman by breaching a restraining order and approaching her despite being prohibited from contact.

Jason Silver, 59, of NFA, contacted a woman he was prohibited from contacting between February and April, and entered the town of Torpoint in breach of bail conditions.

Callum Perry Brown attacked his partner on multiple occasions during their nine-month relationship. In February 2024, after she cooked him a meal, he screamed at her, strangled her for up to five minutes, and headbutted her, causing bruising to her cheek and eye, before storming out. In July 2024, he threw a two-litre bottle of fruit cocktail at her when she was upset, kicked in the bathroom door, and attempted to punch her, leaving a hole in the wall. These incidents resulted in lasting physical and emotional damage to the victim and her daughter, forcing them to leave their home and enter emergency accommodation.

Annie Hoskin harassed her mother for over six months by banging on windows, kicking doors, demanding money, and threatening to cut her throat to 'let the possession out'. She believed her mother was possessed and that she needed protection. This behaviour left her mother terrified, feeling unsafe in her own home, and resulted in Hoskin being banned from entering Launceston for ten years.

Florjand Lika, 30, of no fixed abode, was arrested after a yacht carrying 21 illegal immigrants was intercepted in Cornwall on April 13, 2025. He had a history of illegal entry, having been deported on July 13, 2023, after serving a sentence for previous offences, and made three further attempts to enter the UK between August and November 2023, each time being removed. Lika paid £3,000 to secure a place on the yacht as a passenger, driven by his eagerness to see his child born in the UK, though he was not involved in trafficking.

Marina Gale Wildish, 44, from St Austell, set fire to a flat in a multiple-occupancy building in College Green, St Austell, on November 29, 2024, while squatting. The fire, which she claimed was accidental from a lit cigarette, endangered 40 residents who had to evacuate, some staying away for days.

Romeo Zani, 32, of no fixed abode, was arrested on a yacht intercepted in Cornwall on April 13, 2025, while attempting to illegally enter the UK with 21 other immigrants. He had been deported in March 2019 after serving a sentence for previous offences and breached his deportation order again in January 2024. Zani was merely a passenger on the yacht, not involved in trafficking, and was motivated by personal difficulties and circumstances that left him trapped in debt.

Benjamin Fisher, aged 21 at sentencing, had sexual intercourse with a girl under 16 when he was under 18. He was acquitted of rape but pleaded guilty to three offences of engaging in penetrative sexual activity with a girl under 16. The incident occurred prior to his 18th birthday, and the judge considered his age at the time of the offences during sentencing.

Wayne Kidman inflicted grievous bodily harm without intent on a man at Callington on 1 February.

Between January 17 and 26, 2023, David Collins initiated contact with an undercover police officer posing as a 13-year-old girl on the website Adult Friend Finder. He sent sexual messages, asked about her sexual experiences, requested that she watch him masturbate on camera, and proceeded to do so during a video call, despite her mentioning she had homework. Police later seized his devices and found a small number of indecent images of children.

Scott Ford, 22, from Green Lane in Redruth, used Snapchat to contact who he believed was a 12-year-old girl named Hannah in February 2025. He initiated sexual conversations immediately after adding her via the 'quick add' function, asking for nude photos, inquiring if she was a virgin, and encouraging her to engage in sexual activity such as penetrating herself. He was aware of her stated age throughout. In reality, Hannah was an undercover police officer, and Ford was arrested at his home shortly after. He provided no comment during his interview.

Kawanie Lewis possessed a locking knife and 7.1g of cocaine on Gover Road, St Austell in August 2023.

Thomas Jennings attempted 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.