Truro Crown Court Sentencing Results

Michael Bagley used or threatened violence towards another at Bude on 17 August.

Daniel Byrom assaulted his partner on Christmas Day 2024 in Truro after she removed a bottle of whisky from his hand while he was intoxicated. He became angry, verbally abusive, and physically violent, hitting her in the face with her mobile phone and backhanding her, causing severe injuries including a swollen cheek, heavy bruising around her left eye, and blurred vision. He had a history of domestic abuse, with police called multiple times between June and December 2024, and the victim reported suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and flashbacks.

Rachel Giffen, while drunk on vodka during a holiday at a campsite near St Eval, Wadebridge on July 20, 2023, engaged in a heated argument with her friend over accusations of taking advantage of generosity. The argument escalated, and Giffen threw freshly boiled water from a kettle at her friend's 15-year-old daughter, who had tried to intervene. Giffen's friend was scalded on her back and thigh while protecting her daughter, sustaining second-degree burns that caused significant pain, prevented showering for six weeks, and led to early abandonment of the holiday. The victim reported ongoing emotional distress, including flashbacks and avoidance of certain places.

In charge of an XL Bully dog that was dangerously out of control in St Blazey in November 2022, resulting in injury to a woman in her home.

Made the most serious category A images of a child between July 2023 and February 2025 at his home in Roche and breached a sexual harm prevention order by accessing the internet in a restricted manner.

Michelle Wyeth inflicted grievous bodily harm on a man in Perranporth in July 2023.

Drove a BMW dangerously on St Benets Close, Lanivet in December 2022, leading to a restraining order not to contact a man or go to Curtice Close, St Austell until April 2030.

In 2021, in Launceston, incited a 13-year-old girl to engage in sexual activity involving penetration and made indecent images of children, including category A images. He was also made subject to a ten-year sexual harm prevention order.

Connor McConnell, 32, from Royffe Way in Bodmin, put the mother of his child in a headlock during a verbal argument on the street in November, causing visible neck injuries, following a difficult school run.

Jack Felton, 22, from no fixed abode in the Bude area, allowed his unmuzzled pit bull terrier to attack another dog and its owner in Bude in April 2023; he also engaged in two separate affray incidents, including pulling a man from a mobility scooter and kicking him.

Roy Laithwaite, 76, of Harvenna Close, Fraddon, was charged with nine sexual offences against a girl aged under 13, though five cases were discharged. The offences occurred prior to the court appearance, and he was made subject to the restraining order as part of the sentencing.

Thomas Moore stalked a woman between 3 and 30 October of the previous year, involving persistent harassment that caused fear and distress.

Between June and September 2024, Brandon Pellow, 22, from Grenville Gardens in Troon near Camborne, contacted a fake 13-year-old girl on Facebook and WhatsApp operated by the Child Online Safety Team. He pretended to be 14, sent pictures of his penis, videos of himself masturbating, asked for pictures of the girl's breasts and bum, and masturbated live during a Messenger video call. He was arrested after paedophile hunters reported to Devon and Cornwall Police; phone seized.

Ben James, 30, from Enys Road in North Roskear, Camborne, along with accomplices, went to the wrong property in Redruth in February, banging on the door, presenting what appeared to be a firearm in a binbag, and leaving a live shotgun cartridge, terrifying a family and causing them to move house; he was also found with cannabis worth £3,400.

Adam Thouless, 33, from Treberran Gardens in Tolvaddon, along with accomplices, went to the wrong property in Redruth in February, banging on the door, presenting what appeared to be a firearm in a binbag, and leaving a live shotgun cartridge, terrifying a family and causing them to move house.

Jordan Craige, 29, from Allendale Road in Plymouth, engaged in a drink-induced brawl at a Premier Inn in Bude in September 2023, where he stamped on his defenceless victim's head three times while the victim was restrained and handcuffed by police.

Joshua Lindell, 35, from Eastern Lane in Camborne, along with accomplices, went to the wrong property in Redruth in February, banging on the door, presenting what appeared to be a firearm in a binbag, and leaving a live shotgun cartridge, terrifying a family and causing them to move house.

Ryan Edwards, 36, from Eastpool Park in Pool, assaulted his girlfriend during an argument over tobacco on March 8, punching her repeatedly in the face while sitting on her, causing fractures to her eye socket and jaw, after they had been drinking and using drugs.

Matthew Bryant set fire to a house on New Road, Stratton on 28 December with intent to destroy or damage property and to endanger the life of a man.

Steven Hawker, a 49-year-old man from Parcandowr in Grampound Road, tormented a stranger for over a decade starting in 2013 by staring at her, approaching her at her workplace, standing at her bus stop for hours, laughing menacingly, and staring through her car window. Despite a stalking protection order imposed in January 2021, he continued his campaign of intimidation between May and September of the previous year, causing fear for her safety and that of her partner and children.

Tommy Bottrill sent a message conveying a threat of death at Torpoint on 14 December.

Nelson Crocker committed 27 sex offences against children in mid and south-east Cornwall, though specific details of the incidents were not provided in the text.

Daniel Catlin, 32, from Bodmin (now Penzance), contacted decoy profiles of 13-15-year-old girls on Facebook in January 2024, grooming them for sexual activities, asking for masturbation pictures. Prior conviction in 2013 for indecent images; lied to probation.

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.

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.

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