Truro Magistrates' Court Sentencing Results

Explore 113 verdicts at Truro Magistrates' Court (Truro). Updated with the latest court outcomes.

Paul Black

Breaching a domestic violence protection order

September 5, 2025

Sentence: £50 fine

Paul Black breached a domestic violence protection order made by Truro magistrates on 31 July 2025 by having contact with a prohibited woman and going to an address in St Austell on 27 August 2025.

Rebecca Phillips

Drug driving

August 22, 2025

Sentence: 12 months driving ban

Drove on Trevorder Drive, St Austell on 24 April with 32 micrograms of cocaine per litre of blood exceeding the limit of ten and 800 micrograms of BZE per litre of blood exceeding the limit of 50, and without a licence or insurance.

Pleaded guilty to driving on Trevorder Drive, St Austell on 24 April with 32 micrograms of cocaine per litre of blood exceeding the limit of ten and 800 micrograms of BZE per litre of blood exceeding the limit of 50, and driving without a licence or insurance. Fined £200, ordered to pay a £80 surcharge, and £85 costs.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Martin Bryant

Assault

August 22, 2025

Sentence: £419 fine

Assaulted a police officer by beating her at Liskeard on 20 October.

Pleaded guilty to assaulting a police officer by beating her at Liskeard on 20 October. Ordered to pay £100 compensation to the officer.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Matthew Dalwood

Drink driving

August 22, 2025

Sentence: 38 months driving ban

Drove on the A390 at St Mewan with 44 micrograms of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath exceeding the limit of 35, and without a licence or insurance.

Pleaded guilty to driving on the A390 at St Mewan with 44 micrograms of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath exceeding the limit of 35, and driving without a licence or insurance. Fined £120, ordered to pay a £48 surcharge, and £80 costs.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Sarah Martin

Assault

August 22, 2025

Sentence: £120 fine

Assaulted a man at Riverside, Launceston on 5 August.

Pleaded guilty to assaulting a man at Riverside, Launceston on 5 August. Made subject to a restraining order not to contact a man or attend an address in Riverside until 12 August 2027.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Tom Rowett

Driving without due care and attention

August 22, 2025

Sentence: 6 points on licence

Drove on Narrowcliff, Hilgrove Road and Edgcumbe Avenue, Newquay without due care and attention on 18 August last year, and failed to stop when required by a police officer.

Pleaded guilty to driving on Narrowcliff, Hilgrove Road and Edgcumbe Avenue, Newquay without due care and attention on 18 August last year, and failing to stop when required by a police officer. Fined £225, ordered to pay a £90 surcharge, and £135 costs.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Victoria Kerr

Drink driving

August 22, 2025

Sentence: 18 months driving ban

Drove on Bodelva Road, Par on 9 July with 64 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath exceeding the limit of 35.

Convicted of driving on Bodelva Road, Par on 9 July with 64 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath exceeding the limit of 35. Fined £669, ordered to pay a £268 surcharge, and £85 costs. The ban will be reduced by 18 weeks if a course is completed.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Syed Ali

Drink driving

August 22, 2025

Sentence: 40 months driving ban

Drove on Higher Bore Street on 9 July with 45 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath exceeding the limit of 35.

Pleaded guilty to driving on Higher Bore Street on 9 July with 45 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath exceeding the limit of 35. Fined £120, ordered to pay a £48 surcharge, and £85 costs. The ban will be reduced by 40 weeks if a course is completed.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Adam Whitton

Drink driving

August 22, 2025

Sentence: 14 months driving ban

Drove at Horningtops on 20 July with 49 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath exceeding the limit of 35, and without insurance.

Pleaded guilty to driving at Horningtops on 20 July with 49 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath exceeding the limit of 35, and driving without insurance. Fined £120, ordered to pay a £45 surcharge, and £85 costs. The ban will be reduced by 14 weeks if a course is completed.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Alexander Standell

Assault

August 22, 2025

Sentence: 43 weeks imprisonment

Assaulted a woman at St Columb on 9 August in an unprovoked attack.

Pleaded guilty to assaulting a woman. The magistrates cited it as an unprovoked attack of a serious nature, with flagrant disregard for court orders, and committed whilst on bail. Made subject to a restraining order not to contact a man and a woman or go to St Columb until 11 August 2028.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Albert Haines

Assault and Harassment

August 22, 2025

Sentence: 8 weeks imprisonment suspended for 12 months

Sent grossly offensive messages on 23 July, assaulted a woman, damaged furniture, and threatened to damage a car at Yummy Cornish Kitchen, Nanpean on 20 June, and harassed another woman in Foxhole between 20 June and 1 July.

Pleaded guilty to sending grossly offensive messages on 23 July, assaulting a woman, damaging furniture and threatening to damage a car at Yummy Cornish Kitchen, Nanpean on 20 June, and harassing another woman in Foxhole between 20 June and 1 July. Ordered to pay £85 costs.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Damien Wright

Drink driving

August 22, 2025

Sentence: 17 months driving ban

Drove on Roydon Road, St Stephens with 64 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath exceeding the limit of 35, and used a handheld phone while driving on the A388.

Pleaded guilty to driving on Roydon Road, St Stephens with 64 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath exceeding the limit of 35, and using a handheld phone while driving on the A388. Fined £415, ordered to pay a £166 surcharge, and £85 costs. The ban will be reduced by 17 weeks if a course is completed.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Dell Tait

Drink driving

August 22, 2025

Sentence: 16 months driving ban

Drove on Halloon roundabout, Trevarren on 8 July with 57 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath exceeding the limit of 35, and without a licence or insurance.

Pleaded guilty to driving on Halloon roundabout, Trevarren on 8 July with 57 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath exceeding the limit of 35, and driving without a licence or insurance. Fined £769 and ordered to pay £85 costs. The ban will be reduced by 16 weeks if a course is completed.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Ellen Coombs

Drug driving

August 22, 2025

Sentence: 12 months driving ban

Drove on Holmbush Road, St Austell in June 2024 with 651 micrograms of BZE per litre of blood exceeding the limit of 50.

Found guilty of driving on Holmbush Road, St Austell in June 2024 with 651 micrograms of BZE per litre of blood exceeding the limit of 50. Fined £120, ordered to pay a £48 surcharge, and £850 costs.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Ethan Campbell

Possession of drugs

August 22, 2025

Sentence: £120 fine

Possessed 2.6 grams of cocaine at Bodmin on 19 January.

James Gibson

Criminal damage

August 22, 2025

Sentence: £333 fine

Damaged a phone worth £1392 belonging to a woman in Newquay on 12 December.

Pleaded guilty to damaging a phone worth £1392 belonging to a woman in Newquay on 12 December. Ordered to pay £329 compensation, a £133 surcharge, and £85 costs.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Josie Slater

Drink driving

August 22, 2025

Sentence: 24 months driving ban

Drove on an unnamed road near Pendarvis Island Walk, St Eval on 20 July with 104 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath exceeding the limit of 35.

Pleaded guilty to driving on an unnamed road near Pendarvis Island Walk, St Eval on 20 July with 104 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath exceeding the limit of 35. Fined £1424, ordered to pay a £570 surcharge, and £85 costs. The ban will be reduced by 24 weeks if a course is completed.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Kate Darcy

Drink driving

August 22, 2025

Sentence: 18 months driving ban

Drove on the A38 at Two Waters Foot on 12 July with 64 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath exceeding the limit of 35.

Pleaded guilty to driving on the A38 at Two Waters Foot on 12 July with 64 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath exceeding the limit of 35. Fined £120, ordered to pay a £48 surcharge, and £85 costs. The ban will be reduced by 18 weeks if a course is completed.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Lawrence Harbour

Assault

August 22, 2025

Sentence: Conditional discharge for 12 months

Assaulted a man in Barn Park on 17 July.

Pleaded guilty to assaulting a man in Barn Park on 17 July. Ordered to pay £85 costs.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Lee Burt

Assault

August 22, 2025

Sentence: £200 fine

Assaulted a police officer at St Austell in June 2024.

Pleaded guilty to assaulting a police officer at St Austell in June 2024. Ordered to pay £50 compensation.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Charmain Waterfall

Assault

August 15, 2025

Sentence: Four weeks imprisonment

Charmain Waterfall, 42, of Castle Street, Liskeard, pleaded guilty to assaulting a police officer at Treliske Hospital on 5 August and being drunk and disorderly on Richmond Hill, Truro. She was also found to possess a knife blade or sharp pointed article in a public place following the offence.

Ordered to pay £200 compensation to the police officer. Noted for flagrant disregard for people and property, and committed whilst on bail.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Claydon Howe

Drug Driving

August 2, 2025

Sentence: 12-month driving ban and £120 fine

Drove on St Austell Road, St Blazey on 19 February with 5.4 micrograms of cannabis per litre of blood, exceeding the limit of two.

Pleaded guilty to driving with excess cannabis. Ordered to pay a £48 surcharge and £85 costs.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Andrew Baldwin

Using Handheld Phone While Driving

August 2, 2025

Sentence: 6-month driving ban and £379 fine

Used a handheld phone while driving on Manadon roundabout, Plymouth on 17 February.

Banned under totting procedure for using a handheld phone while driving. Ordered to pay a £152 surcharge and £90 costs.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Aaron Reardon

Speeding

August 2, 2025

Sentence: 6-month driving ban and £166 fine

Speeding on New Road, Liskeard on 18 October.

Kayleigh Dayment

Speeding

August 2, 2025

Sentence: 6-month driving ban and £84 fine

Speeding on the A30 at Cheriton Bishop in May 2024.

James Molesworth-St Aubyn

Failing to Provide Information

August 2, 2025

Sentence: £666 fine and 18 points on licence

Failed to provide police with information as to who was driving a Ford Fiesta alleged to have been guilty of offences.

Pleaded guilty to three charges of failing to provide information to police. Spared a driving ban due to potential impact on mental health.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Gemma Crocker-White

Drink Driving

August 2, 2025

Sentence: 20-month driving ban and £120 fine

Drove on the B3254 towards South Petherwin on 16 February with 169 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood, exceeding the limit of 80.

Pleaded guilty to driving with excess alcohol. Ban reducible by 20 weeks if a course is completed. Ordered to pay a £48 surcharge and £135 costs.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Tabitha Stafford

Driving Without Due Care and Attention

August 2, 2025

Sentence: £562 fine

Drove on the A390 at Lostwithiel on 4 January 2024 without due care and attention.

Changed not guilty plea to guilty for driving without due care and attention. Ordered to pay a £225 surcharge and £135 costs. Five points added to licence.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Ryan Davies

Causing Injury by Dangerous Driving

August 2, 2025

Sentence: 12-month driving ban and £1296 fine

Caused serious injury to a woman on 11 December 2023 at Centenary Street, Camborne by driving a Ford Transit without due care and attention.

Pleaded guilty to causing serious injury by driving without due care and attention. Ordered to pay a £518 surcharge and £85 costs.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Stephanus Roos

Speeding

August 2, 2025

Sentence: 6-month driving ban and £614 fine

Speeding in a temporary 50 mph zone on the A30 at Plusha on 19 December.

Lewis Mapstone

Theft

August 2, 2025

Sentence: Community order

Stole razors worth £1100 from Tesco in Wadebridge, cosmetics worth £3000 from Tesco in Camborne, razors worth £292 from Morrisons in Liskeard, and razors worth £442 from Tesco in St Austell.

Pleaded guilty to six offences of theft. Must complete 150 hours of unpaid work and pay £1460 compensation.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Stephen Dodd

Engaging in sexual communication with a child

July 12, 2025

Sentence: 12 months suspended sentence for two years with 30 days rehabilitation activity and a 10-year sexual harm prevention order

Stephen Dodd, aged 18 or over, engaged in sexual communication with a decoy named Betsey O'Donnell, whom he did not reasonably believe to be 16 or over, between November 8, 2024, and November 11, 2024, in Hayle, by sending pictures of his exposed erect penis, asking her to masturbate, and inquiring about sex.

Charles Yates

Driving while disqualified and related offences

July 12, 2025

Sentence: 18 weeks suspended sentence for 12 months with 6 months alcohol treatment, 12 months mental health treatment, and 2 years 2 months 24 days driving disqualification

Charles Yates drove a motor vehicle while disqualified from holding or obtaining a driving licence, used a motor vehicle on a public road without third party insurance, and failed to stop when required by a constable on May 17 at Snowdrop Crescent, Kensey Park, Launceston.

Offences include driving while disqualified, without insurance, and failing to stop when required by a constable.

Sources: cornwalllive.com

Aiden Parsons

Possession of cannabis

July 11, 2025

Sentence: £200 fine

Aiden Parsons, 18, of South Park, St Columb, possessed cannabis or cannabis resin while also charged with dangerous driving on the A392 at St Columb on 30 December, driving with excess cannabis in his blood, and driving without a licence.

Adam Martin

Driving under the influence

July 11, 2025

Sentence: community order with a curfew

Adam Martin, 26, of Penrice Parc, St Austell, drove a BMW on Fore Street, St Austell on 8 February while exceeding the legal limits for BZE (254 micrograms per litre of blood) and alcohol (91 milligrams per 100 millilitres of blood), and without a valid driving licence or insurance.

Pleaded guilty to driving a BMW on Fore Street, St Austell on 8 February with excess levels of BZE and alcohol, and without a licence or insurance. The curfew requires him to remain at home between 7pm and 4am Monday to Friday for four months, and he was banned from driving for 30 months. Ordered to pay £85 costs.

Sources: cornish-times.co.uk

Harry Waterman

Assault

July 11, 2025

Sentence: 16-week prison sentence

Harry Waterman assaulted a woman at New North Road, Exeter on 13 October by kicking her in the stomach while under the influence of alcohol, and later removed his alcohol monitoring tag on 3 June and refused refitting on 8 June.

Committed to prison for assaulting a woman at New North Road, Exeter on 13 October by kicking her in the stomach, described as a degrading and frightening act; also for removing his alcohol monitoring tag and refusing to have it refitted.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Hayley Rogers

Speeding

July 11, 2025

Sentence: six-month driving ban

Hayley Rogers, 40, of Attwood Lane, Pensilva, exceeded the speed limit while driving through St Anns Chapel in June 2024.

Pleaded guilty to speeding through St Anns Chapel in June 2024. Fined £40 and ordered to pay a £16 victim surcharge and £90 costs.

Sources: cornish-times.co.uk

Michael Mcgreen

Theft

July 11, 2025

Sentence: two-year conditional discharge and ordered to pay £24 compensation to the Coop and £48.96 to Spar

Michael McGreen committed six thefts from shops in Liskeard, damaged a toilet at Charles Cross Police Station, and failed to surrender to court as required.

Pleaded guilty to six charges of theft from shops in Liskeard, criminal damage to a toilet at Charles Cross Police Station, and failing to surrender to magistrates’ court.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Nathan Carby

Assault

July 11, 2025

Sentence: 18-month conditional discharge

Nathan Carby, 27, of Margaret Crescent, Bodmin, assaulted a woman and damaged a mobile phone and curtain rails at Royffe Way, Bodmin on 4 March.

Pleaded guilty to assaulting a woman at Royffe Way, Bodmin on 4 March and damaging a mobile phone and curtain rails. Ordered to pay £750 compensation and made subject to a restraining order not to contact his victim or enter Royffe Way, Bodmin until 30 June 2028.

Sources: cornish-times.co.uk

Darren Rousen

Assault

July 5, 2025

Sentence: Community order with alcohol abstinence and monitoring, and rehabilitation activity requirement of up to 10 days

On January 6, 2025, at Truro, Darren Rousen assaulted a woman. He was also arrested for breaching bail conditions on June 5, 2025, by contacting a victim and entering Truro.

Ordered to pay costs of £85 to the Crown Prosecution Service and a surcharge of £114.

Sources: cornwalllive.com

Abigail Benson

Drink driving, driving without MOT, and driving without insurance

July 4, 2025

Sentence: 23-month driving ban (reducible by 23 weeks if a course is completed), £200 fine, and £85 costs

Abigail Benson drove on the A387 at Looe on 25 May with 92 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, exceeding the limit of 35, and was also driving without a MOT or insurance.

Anya Sneddon

Drink driving

July 4, 2025

Sentence: 25-month driving ban (reducible by 25 weeks if a course is completed), £480 fine, £192 surcharge, and £85 costs

Anya Sneddon drove on Trelavour Square in St Dennis on 1 June with 101 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, exceeding the limit of 35.

Kyle Anthony Rhodes

Breach of community order

June 28, 2025

Sentence: £261 fine and a new community order

Kyle Anthony Rhodes, aged 26 from Rose Row, Redruth, failed to attend unpaid work and building better relationships appointments as required by a community order issued by Truro Magistrates Court on July 4, 2024.

Failed to comply with a previous community order by missing appointments on January 25, 2025, and May 15, 2025; required to complete a rehabilitation activity requirement up to 25 days by June 23, 2026.

Sources: cornwalllive.com

Liam Reynolds

Animal welfare offences

June 19, 2025

Sentence: 26 weeks imprisonment and a 30-year animal ban

Liam Reynolds kept animals, including two dogs and five cats, in squalid conditions at his home in Flamborough Way, Plymouth. The property was cluttered with rubbish, faeces, and unsanitary enclosures, causing unnecessary suffering. This incident followed previous breaches, including handling ferrets and quails despite a ban imposed in 2019 after dogs were found starved and decomposed in his caravan in St Just.

Pleaded guilty to animal welfare offences. Had prior convictions and breaches of disqualification orders; judge stated he is cruel and not safe with animals, leading to custodial sentence.

Sources: cornwalllive.com

Magenta Reynolds

Attempted theft from shop and assault occasioning actual bodily harm

June 14, 2025

Sentence: 18 weeks suspended sentence for 12 months, 100 days alcohol abstinence and monitoring, 25 days rehabilitation activity, £500 compensation

On June 16, 2024, at Truro, attempted to steal a bottle of wine valued at £9.25 from Spar in Pydar Stores and assaulted a person, thereby occasioning actual bodily harm.

Michael Owen

Racially aggravated common assault

June 14, 2025

Sentence: Community order with 20 days rehabilitation activity, £120 fine

On April 7, 2024, at Newquay, assaulted a person by beating in a racially aggravated manner.

Offence was racially aggravated under section 28 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998.

Sources: cornwalllive.com

Nathanael Dallas Newton

Speeding

June 14, 2025

Sentence: £92 fine, 3 points disqualification

On November 11, 2024, drove a mechanically propelled vehicle on the A30 at the junction with Trewint and Five Lanes, and on the A30 between Chiverton Cross and Carland Cross, at speeds exceeding 60 miles per hour.

Paul Harris

Causing serious injury by careless driving

June 14, 2025

Sentence: £480 fine, 12 months obligatory disqualification

On August 25, 2023, caused serious injury to David Gotham by driving a Bateman crop sprayer on the A30 at Chybucca without due care and attention.

Henry Nott

Theft from a shop and possession of an offensive weapon

June 14, 2025

Sentence: 4 months suspended sentence for 12 months, £85 costs

On February 20, at Tesco in Penzance, stole four bottles of Circo Vodka valued at £152 and possessed a spiked knuckle duster as an offensive weapon in a public place.

George Chandler

Assault and driving while unfit

June 7, 2025

Sentence: Community order with 20 days rehabilitation activity and 120 hours unpaid work, plus 36 months driving disqualification and compensation of £200

On January 16, at Falmouth Road in Truro, assaulted three police officers acting in the exercise of their functions and drove while unfit through drink; also resisted a police constable on February 14 in Truro.

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