Truro Magistrates' Court Sentencing Results

Explore 279 verdicts at Truro Magistrates' Court (Truro). Updated with the latest court outcomes.

Paula Turner

Driving whilst unfit through drink

March 14, 2025

Sentence: 1 year driving ban

Paula Turner drove at St Mewan on 16 February whilst unfit through drink.

Pleaded guilty to driving whilst unfit through drink. The ban will be reduced by three months if she completes a course. Fined £120 and ordered to pay a £48 victim surcharge and £85 costs.

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

Charles Bisby

Speeding

February 28, 2025

Sentence: £677 fine, three-month driving ban

Charles Bisby sped through St Ann’s Chapel and on Tregolls Road, Truro in October 2023.

Convicted due to repeat offending; sentence reduced as he had already served two and a half months due to court error.

Sources: cornish-times.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

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

Helen Palmer (Moore)

Driving without insurance

February 28, 2025

Sentence: Fined £180

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

Convicted in court. Also ordered to pay a £72 victim surcharge and £90 costs. Spared a driving disqualification due to exceptional hardship.

Sources: cornish-times.co.uk

Helen Palmer Moore

Driving without insurance

February 28, 2025

Sentence: £180 fine

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

Convicted in court and spared a totting 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

Robert Mckeating

Speeding

February 28, 2025

Sentence: £80 fine, five points on licence

Robert McKeating sped through St Ann’s Chapel in June.

Pleaded guilty; spared a driving disqualification as it would lead to job and home loss.

Sources: cornish-times.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.

Sarah-Jane Pridham

Speeding

February 28, 2025

Sentence: £166 fine, four points on licence

Sarah-Jane Pridham sped through Drakewalls in July 2023.

Pleaded guilty; spared a driving disqualification due to adverse effects on the person she cares for.

Sources: cornish-times.co.uk

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.

Farran Kent

Assault occasioning actual bodily harm

February 21, 2025

Sentence: 24-week suspended prison sentence, 150 hours unpaid work, £1000 compensation, £154 victim surcharge, and £85 costs

Farran Kent assaulted a man at Tregear Gardens, Truro in June, occasioning actual bodily harm.

Sharon Elizabeth Wood

Animal cruelty

February 11, 2025

Sentence: 17 weeks imprisonment

Sharon Elizabeth Wood, 53, from Polmeere Road, Penzance, failed to seek vet care for cat with severe hind leg paresis from February 7 to March 20, 2024, causing prolonged suffering. Previously convicted for abusing dog Dexter in 2018.

Caused unnecessary suffering to 17-year-old cat Tigger; breached lifetime animal ban and suspended sentence from 2018 dog abuse case. Lifetime animal ban, £600 costs, £154 surcharge.

Sources: cornwalllive.com

Teigan Rout

Assault

October 31, 2024

Sentence: Community order with 100 hours unpaid work

Pleaded guilty to assaulting a man in Bristol on 10 February.

Darren Tomkiss

Theft

September 12, 2024

Sentence: 24-week custodial sentence with 18 weeks in prison, compensation to shops

Darren Tomkiss stole £405 worth of items from Boots in Bodmin on 12 February, cider from Rock Lane Stores on 15 February, items from Boots on 24 April and 22 August, Special Brew from Bodmin Convenience Store and Jack Daniels worth £40 from Sainsbury’s in Bodmin on 18 July.

Given due to prolific offending and using threats against shop staff; subject to three-year criminal behaviour order.

Sources: cornish-times.co.uk

Alan Hawkes

Speeding

September 12, 2024

Sentence: 28-day driving ban, £193 fine, £77 surcharge, £90 costs

Alan Hawkes drove at excessive speed in a Porsche Boxster on the A30 at Tregullon on 12 November.

Ian Clarke

Assault on police officers

August 15, 2024

Sentence: Community order

Pleaded guilty to assaulting two police officers and obstructing police at Bugle on 29 March.

Must pay each officer £75 compensation, £120 fine, £114 surcharge and £85 costs.

Sources: cornish-times.co.uk

Kieron Jones

Possession of a bladed article

August 15, 2024

Sentence: Community order with mental health treatment

Pleaded guilty to possessing a 15cm chef knife at Pool Street, Bodmin on 10 June.

Steven Gillett

Drug driving

August 15, 2024

Sentence: 12 months driving ban

Pleaded guilty to driving on Orchard Street, Ipswich on 9 December with 243 micrograms of BZE per litre of blood exceeding the limit of 50.

Ricky Sutton

Criminal damage

August 15, 2024

Sentence: £40 fine

Pleaded guilty to damaging a phone at Camborne Police Station on 7 March.

Rebecca Martin

Drink driving

August 15, 2024

Sentence: 12 months driving ban

Pleaded guilty to driving on the A390 in St Austell with 9.8 micrograms of alcohol per litre of blood exceeding the limit of two on 3 April.

Nedas Murauskas

Drug driving

August 15, 2024

Sentence: 12 months driving ban

Pleaded guilty to riding a motorcycle on Penwithick Road, St Austell on 9 April with six micrograms of cannabis per litre of blood exceeding the limit of two.

Michael Burton

Possession of an offensive weapon

August 15, 2024

Sentence: £200 fine

Convicted of possessing a knuckle duster on Wilton Way, Exeter in August 2023. Charged with four offences of theft from the Co-op in Launceston and one from Spar in Dutson Road, Launceston.

Made subject to a three-year Criminal Behaviour Order prohibiting remaining in any commercial premises after being asked to leave by staff and entering the Co-op in Broad Street and Spar in Dutson Road, Launceston. Ordered to pay £80 surcharge.

Sources: cornish-times.co.uk

Matthew Clark

Breach of restraining order

August 15, 2024

Sentence: 6 months imprisonment

Pleaded guilty to breaching a restraining order by, between 2 and 16 July, at Killigarth Holiday Park, Polperro attending an address and contacting a woman prohibited by an order made last October.

On release, subject to new restraining order until 14 October 2027 prohibiting contact with a woman or attending Looe, Polperro or Killigarth Manor Caravan Park. Sentenced due to flagrant disregard for court orders, prior convictions for identical offences and no remorse.

Sources: cornish-times.co.uk

Matthew Penfound

Criminal damage

August 15, 2024

Sentence: £80 fine

Pleaded guilty to damaging the rear window of a vehicle belonging to a woman at Bude on 15 January.

Liam Carhart

Drug driving

August 15, 2024

Sentence: 17 months driving ban

Pleaded guilty to driving on Elliot Road, St Austell in March 2023 with 3.6 micrograms of cannabis per litre of blood exceeding the limit of two.

Lorraine Reddiclife

Drink driving

August 15, 2024

Sentence: 20 months driving ban

Pleaded guilty to driving on Stucley Road, Bude on 25 June with 76 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath exceeding the limit of 35.

Ban reduced by 20 weeks if course completed. Fined £120, ordered to pay £48 surcharge and £85 costs.

Sources: cornish-times.co.uk

Louis Rogers

Drink driving

August 15, 2024

Sentence: 22 months driving ban

Pleaded guilty to driving in Albaston on 31 May with 87 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath exceeding the limit of 35 and to driving without a licence or insurance.

Ban reduced by 22 weeks if course completed. Fined £177, ordered to pay £71 surcharge and £85 costs.

Sources: cornish-times.co.uk

Tom Martin

Breach of community order

August 8, 2024

Sentence: 18 weeks imprisonment

Breached community order imposed for prior convictions including assault on police officer and drug-related offences.

Admitted breaching community order by failing to attend unpaid work and probation appointments. Failed to express willingness to comply with court's proposals. Original order for assaulting police officer at St Mabyn in November 2023, possessing knuckle duster, drug driving and possession of drugs on St Mary's Drive, Bodmin in August 2023.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

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