Truro Magistrates' Court Sentencing Results

Explore 50 verdicts at Truro Magistrates' Court (Truro). Updated with the latest court outcomes.

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

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.

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.

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 Orchard

Assault by beating

June 7, 2025

Sentence: Fine of £200 and compensation of £100

On April 4, in Malabar Road, Truro, assaulted an emergency worker, namely a police officer, acting in the exercise of her functions as such a worker, by beating her.

Salih Bozdag

Driving without licence and insurance

June 7, 2025

Sentence: Fine of £120 and 6 months driving disqualification

On October 18, 2024 at Falmouth, drove a car on Killigrew Street without a driving licence, without due care and attention, while not wearing a seat belt, and without third party insurance.

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.

James Taylor

Assault

June 7, 2025

Sentence: Community order with 12 months mental health treatment and 20 days rehabilitation activity, plus fine of £40

On May 7, in Whitley Close, Truro, assaulted a police sergeant, an emergency worker acting in the exercise of his functions as such a worker.

Jennifer Von Savageri

Driving with excess controlled drug

June 7, 2025

Sentence: Community order with 6 months drug rehabilitation and review, plus 36 months driving disqualification and fine of £40

On December 13, 2024 at Redruth, drove a motor vehicle on Barncoose Terrace with ketamine in her blood exceeding the specified limit, and was in possession of a controlled drug, Class B - ketamine.

Benjamin Cantellow

Driving without a proper licence

June 7, 2025

Sentence: Fine of £220 and 3 penalty points

On November 29, 2024 at Truro, drove a motor vehicle on the A390 Treyew Road otherwise than in accordance with a licence authorising driving of that class.

David Rillie

Animal neglect

June 6, 2025

Sentence: 10 years ban from keeping cattle, ordered to pay £6,688.67 in costs and £26 surcharge

David Rillie kept cattle in unacceptable conditions at Eastcott, Morwenstow, near Kilkhampton, including access to hazardous items like rubbish and sharp projections, insufficient food leading to poor body condition, and failure to provide prompt veterinary treatment for infected eyes and lameness. This followed previous warnings and a caution in 2024, with incidents reported in January 2025 and cattle escaping onto the A39.

Pleaded guilty to charges and cooperated with the investigation; credit given for early guilty plea.

Sources: cornwalllive.com

Sophie Jasper

Assaulting an emergency worker

May 30, 2025

Sentence: 15-week prison sentence, suspended for 12 months

Sophie Jasper assaulted a police officer and possessed cannabis on East Hill, St Austell on 2 March.

Pleaded guilty to assaulting a police officer and possessing cannabis. Ordered to undergo alcohol treatment for 15 weeks and pay £100 compensation to the officer.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Oliver Axtell

Assault

May 30, 2025

Sentence: Community order including a four-month curfew from 7am to 7pm daily and treatment for drug use

Oliver Axtell assaulted two police officers at the Telephone Exchange on Par Lane, Par on 8 March.

Pleaded guilty to assaulting two police officers at the Telephone Exchange on Par Lane, Par on 8 March. Must pay £150 compensation to each officer.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Martin Ward

Theft

May 30, 2025

Sentence: 20 weeks imprisonment

Martin Ward committed five thefts from shops in Newquay and breached a criminal behaviour order on 19 April by entering a prohibited area.

Pleaded guilty to five charges of theft from shops in Newquay and breaching a criminal behaviour order by entering The Whim at Alma Place, Newquay when prohibited.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Martin Davis

Theft

May 30, 2025

Sentence: 8-week prison sentence, suspended for 12 months

Martin Davis stole £179 worth of items from Boots in Bodmin on 10 December and £282 worth on 16 November, and possessed 0.415 grams of cannabis at Higher Bore Street, Bodmin on 25 January.

Pleaded guilty to stealing items from Boots in Bodmin and possessing cannabis. Magistrates justified the sentence due to his flagrant disregard for people and property, indicating professional criminal behaviour. Must pay £461 compensation and £85 costs.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Jools Eastwood

Drunk and disorderly

May 30, 2025

Sentence: £180 fine

Jools Eastwood was drunk and disorderly on Narrowcliff Road, Newquay on 22 January.

Case proved in absence for being drunk and disorderly. Must pay £650 costs and a £72 victim surcharge.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Samantha Stevens

Drunk and disorderly

May 30, 2025

Sentence: Conditional discharge for six months

Samantha Stevens was drunk and disorderly on Trevella Caravan Park, Crantock on 5 May.

Pleaded guilty to being drunk and disorderly. Must pay a £26 victim surcharge and £85 costs.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Jane Gretton

Drink driving

May 30, 2025

Sentence: 20-month driving ban, reducible by 20 weeks if course completed, £276 fine

Jane Gretton drove on the A39 near Camelford on 3 May with 81 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, exceeding the limit of 35.

Pleaded guilty to driving with excess alcohol. Must pay £110 victim surcharge and £85 costs.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Frederick Hall

Drink driving

May 30, 2025

Sentence: 18-month driving ban, reducible by 18 weeks if course completed, £180 fine

Frederick Hall drove on Lostwood Road, St Austell on 12 May with 66 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, exceeding the limit of 35.

Found guilty of driving with excess alcohol. Must pay £650 costs and a £92 victim surcharge.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Shaun Delight

Drug driving

May 30, 2025

Sentence: 3-year driving ban, reducible by 24 weeks if course completed, £833 fine, community order including mental health treatment and 140 hours unpaid work

Shaun Delight rode a Kawasaki on Cypress Avenue, St Austell on 17 January with 6.5 micrograms of cannabis per litre of blood, exceeding the limit of two, and without a licence or insurance.

Pleaded guilty to drug driving, driving without a licence or insurance. Must pay £85 costs and a £333 victim surcharge.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Julie Clinton

Drink driving

May 30, 2025

Sentence: 17-month driving ban, reducible by 17 weeks if course completed, £100 fine

Julie Clinton drove on Holmbush Road, St Austell on 3 May with 63 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, exceeding the limit of 35.

Pleaded guilty to driving with excess alcohol. Must pay a £48 victim surcharge and £85 costs.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Jacob Pellow

Drug driving

May 30, 2025

Sentence: Community order including a three-month curfew from 7pm to 7am, 3-year driving ban

Jacob Pellow drove on Lesnewth, Biscovey on 29 November with 32 micrograms of cocaine per litre of blood, exceeding the limit of ten.

Pleaded guilty to drug driving. Must pay a £114 victim surcharge and £85 costs.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Alexander Bryant

Failing to provide a specimen

May 30, 2025

Sentence: Community order including mental health treatment and 140 hours unpaid work, 24-month driving ban, reducible by 24 weeks if course completed

Alexander Bryant failed to provide a specimen for analysis at Treliske Hospital on 22 February when suspected of committing a traffic offence.

Pleaded guilty to failing to provide a specimen for analysis. Must pay £114 victim surcharge and £85 costs.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Gemma Curtis

Speeding

May 30, 2025

Sentence: 6-month driving ban, £80 fine

Gemma Curtis sped through Longdowns Village in November 2023.

Pleaded guilty to speeding due to repeat offending. Must pay a £32 victim surcharge and £90 costs.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Robert Adams

Speeding

May 30, 2025

Sentence: Driving ban due to repeat offending, £120 fine

Robert Adams sped in Totnes in December 2023 and in Ebsworthy Town in March 2024.

Pleaded guilty to speeding in Totnes in December 2023 and Ebsworthy Town in March 2024. Must pay a £48 victim surcharge and £620 costs.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Leonard Parsons

Speeding

May 30, 2025

Sentence: 6-month driving ban due to repeat offending, £40 fine

Leonard Parsons sped on Tregolls Road, Truro in March 2024.

Pleaded guilty to speeding on Tregolls Road, Truro in March 2024. Must pay a £16 victim surcharge and £90 costs.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Kimberly Beckett

Drug Possession

April 18, 2025

Sentence: Community order and ordered to pay £85 costs

Possessing 0.23g of cocaine at Little Meadow, Bodmin on 8 August, 0.1g of cocaine and 0.3g of diamorphine at Hillside Park, Bodmin on 28 July, and 0.08g of cocaine at Wallace Road, Bodmin on 18 August.

Francois Garbade

Drink/Drug Drive

April 18, 2025

Sentence: Banned from driving for 12 months, fined £90, £36 victim surcharge, and £85 costs

Driving in Coads Green in July with 32 micrograms of cocaine per litre of blood exceeding the limit of ten and 335 micrograms of BZE per litre of blood exceeding the limit of 50.

Samantha Mason

Speeding

April 18, 2025

Sentence: Banned from driving for six months, fined £240, £96 victim surcharge, and £90 costs

Speeding in Plymouth in September 2023, through St Ann’s Chapel twice on 12 October 2023, and in Plymouth on 13 January 2024.

Shay Iles

Breach of restraining order

April 18, 2025

Sentence: Fined £80

Shay Iles breached a restraining order by going to an address in Hillside Park, Bodmin on 16 April 2025.

Joshua Marsh

Drug driving and driving without a licence

April 18, 2025

Sentence: Banned from driving for 36 months, fined £120, victim surcharge of £48, and costs of £85

Joshua Marsh rode a motorbike on the A391 at Carclaze in November 2024 with 6.2 micrograms of cannabis per litre of blood, exceeding the legal limit of two, and did so without a licence.

Christopher Newby

Producing cannabis

April 11, 2025

Sentence: Three-year conditional discharge and ordered to pay £26 victim surcharge

Christopher Newby produced cannabis at Trelaske Lane, Lewannick last July, leading to his guilty plea and sentencing.

Charlotte Crane

Assault

March 28, 2025

Sentence: 12-week prison sentence suspended for 12 months, alcohol treatment for six months, £100 compensation to each victim, £254 victim surcharge, and £85 costs

Assaulted two police officers at Newquay police station on 27 December, was drunk on Tavistock Road, Launceston on the same day, assaulted a police officer at Charles Cross police station, and assaulted a man and two women on Gendalls Way, Launceston on 2 February.

Jake Marshall

Breach of domestic violence protection order

March 28, 2025

Sentence: 20 days imprisonment

Jake Marshall breached a domestic violence protection order on 18 March 2025 by being found in the company of a woman he was banned from contacting at her home in St Austell.

Admitted breaching a domestic violence protection order due to utter disregard for the court order.

Sources: cornish-times.co.uk

Peter Walker

Breach of domestic violence protection order

March 28, 2025

Sentence: £50 fine

Peter Walker breached a domestic violence protection order on 17 March 2025 by being found in the company of a woman he was banned from contacting at Furze Hill, Bodmin.

Michael Barber

Possession of prohibited weapons

March 28, 2025

Sentence: Three-year conditional discharge

Michael Barber possessed a noxious liquid, namely IM Power self-defence spray, and a police-style extendable baton at his home in Bodmin on 21 December 2024.

Pleaded guilty to possessing prohibited items; ordered to pay a £26 victim surcharge and £85 costs.

Sources: cornish-times.co.uk

Claudio Aquilino

Theft and driving whilst over the alcohol limit

March 28, 2025

Sentence: 36-month driving ban (reducible by 36 weeks if course completed), community order

Claudio Aquilino stole an AC Hero 125 motorcycle from St Ives on 2 February 2025 and drove it without a licence or insurance while exceeding the alcohol limit with 41 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath.

Wayne Eells

Outraging public decency

March 28, 2025

Sentence: £846 fine

Wayne Eells outraged public decency in Bodmin in July 2024 by masturbating in public.

Pleaded guilty to outraging public decency; ordered to pay a £338 victim surcharge and £85 costs.

Sources: cornish-times.co.uk

Cameron Smith

Drunk and disorderly behaviour

March 28, 2025

Sentence: 12-month conditional discharge

Cameron Smith was drunk and disorderly outside the White Horse Inn in Launceston on 22 December 2024.

Pleaded guilty to being drunk and disorderly; ordered to pay a £26 victim surcharge and £85 costs.

Sources: cornish-times.co.uk

Christopher Francis

Production of cannabis

March 28, 2025

Sentence: £123 fine

Christopher Francis produced 14 cannabis plants and 1,301g of cannabis at St Cleer in October 2024.

Pleaded guilty to producing cannabis; ordered to pay a £49 victim surcharge and £85 costs.

Sources: cornish-times.co.uk

Christopher Maybank

Breaching restraining order

March 21, 2025

Sentence: 10 months imprisonment

Christopher Maybank, 38, of Cosgarne, Truro Road, St Austell, breached a restraining order made by Truro magistrates on 28 January by calling a woman and attempting to add her on Facebook between 28 and 31 January, leading to his sentencing.

Breached a restraining order by calling a woman and attempting to add her on Facebook.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Benjamin Edward Rowse

Illegal fishing offences

March 5, 2025

Sentence: £1,053 fine, £1,000 costs, and £421 surcharge

Benjamin Edward Rowse, as relief master of the vessel Emma Louise, was involved in multiple fishing offences, including the removal of undersized edible crabs and spider crabs from the Cornwall IFCA district, fishing for berried lobsters with eggs attached, mutilating lobsters by forcible egg removal, and failing to accurately record quantities of species in the logbook and landing declaration. Investigations took place in Newlyn harbour in April 2024 and January 2025, with evidence showing short-sighted actions that risked sustainable shellfish stocks.

Entered guilty pleas to all charges. Previously prosecuted in 2023 for similar offences.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Deborah Mason

Assault

February 28, 2025

Sentence: £200 fine

Deborah Mason assaulted a police officer in Newquay in August 2023.

Pleaded guilty to the offence. Ordered to pay £100 compensation, an £80 victim surcharge, and £85 costs.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Steven Channon

Assault

February 28, 2025

Sentence: Community order with 80 hours of unpaid work and alcohol abstinence until 17 June

Steven Channon assaulted a man in St Austell on 26 January.

Yasmin Leverton

Using a handheld phone while driving and driving without insurance

February 28, 2025

Sentence: £660 fine, six-month driving ban

Yasmin Leverton was using a handheld phone while driving a VW without insurance on the A30 at Launceston in September 2023.

Helen Palmer

Driving without insurance

February 28, 2025

Sentence: £180 fine

Helen Palmer drove a car without insurance in Bude in February 2023.

Convicted in court; spared a driving disqualification due to exceptional hardship, including impacts on her mental health, addiction recovery, medical appointments, volunteer work, and family contact.

Sources: cornish-times.co.uk