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Truro Magistrates' Court Sentencing Results

Explore 366 verdicts at Truro Magistrates' Court (Truro). Updated with the latest court outcomes.

Truro Magistrates' Court
March 2025 17 cases
Charlie Hughes
Driving whilst disqualified *
Sentence
6 months driving ban
Charlie Hughes drove whilst disqualified on Dennison Road, Bodmin last September.
Pleaded guilty to driving whilst disqualified. Fined £916 and ordered to pay a £366 victim surcharge and £85 costs.
14 Mar 2025
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Charles Wye
Failing to stop after a road accident *
Sentence
£120 fine
Charles Wye failed to stop after hitting a stone wall at West Pentire Road, Crantock on 27 October and drove without due care and attention.
Pleaded guilty to failing to stop after a road accident and driving without due care and attention. Seven points were added to his licence.
14 Mar 2025
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Billy Young
Driving without due care and attention *
Sentence
Community order with 150 hours unpaid work
Billy Young drove without due care and attention on Tregunnel Hill, Newquay on 19 December, failed to stop for an officer and failed to provide a specimen of blood for analysis.
Must have mental health treatment, banned from driving for 16 months, pay a £114 victim surcharge and £85 costs.
14 Mar 2025
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Ashley Beynon
Drug driving *
Sentence
3 years driving ban
Ashley Beynon drove on the A30 at Victoria last June with 12 micrograms of MDMA and 2.5 micrograms of cannabis per litre of blood, exceeding the limits.
Pleaded guilty to driving over the drug drive limit. Ordered to have mental health treatment, do 150 hours unpaid work, and pay a £114 victim surcharge and £85 costs.
14 Mar 2025
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Debbie Miners
Criminal damage *
Sentence
£51 compensation
Debbie Miners damaged a cell at Camborne custody centre in April 2024.
Pleaded guilty to criminal damage.
14 Mar 2025
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Donald Benney
Being drunk in a public place *
Sentence
£120 fine
Donald Benney was drunk in Dundance Lane, Pool on 16 December.
Pleaded guilty to being drunk in a public place.
14 Mar 2025
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Gary Baker
Driving without due care and attention *
Sentence
£80 fine
Gary Baker drove without due care and attention on Callington Road, Saltash on 17 March.
Pleaded guilty to driving without due care and attention. Six points were added to his licence, and he was spared a ban due to his medical condition.
14 Mar 2025
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Michael Mathieson
Speeding *
Sentence
6 months driving ban
Michael Mathieson, 53, of Lower Kelly, Calstock pleaded guilty to speeding through St Ann’s Chapel in August 2023 and on the A38 at Carkeel in February 2024.
Fined £122 and ordered to pay a £48 victim surcharge and £90 costs. Banned due to repeat offending.
14 Mar 2025
cornish-times.co.uk
Paula Turner
Driving whilst unfit through drink *
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.
14 Mar 2025
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Liam Strout
Drink driving *
Sentence
12 months driving ban
Liam Strout, 25, of Homer Park, Port Isaac pleaded guilty to driving in St Ives on 15 February with 40 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath exceeding the limit of 35 and to driving without insurance.
Ban will be reduced by three months if he completes a course. Fined £120 and ordered to pay a £48 victim surcharge and £85 costs.
14 Mar 2025
cornish-times.co.uk
Lewis Lippiatt
Threatening communication *
Sentence
Community order
Lewis Lippiatt sent a communication threatening death or serious harm at Llandrindod Wells on 20 June, used threatening behaviour towards a man and a woman and damaged a letter box.
Must abstain from consuming alcohol until 1 July, remain at home between 7pm and 7am daily until 3 June, pay £30 compensation, a £114 victim surcharge and £400 costs.
14 Mar 2025
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Terri Haynes
Driving without due care *
Sentence
Fined £120 with 7 points
Terri Haynes, 34, of Morwenstow pleaded guilty to driving through St Giles on the Heath without due care and attention in August 2023.
Ordered to pay a £48 victim surcharge and £90 costs.
14 Mar 2025
cornish-times.co.uk
Stuart Wheeler
Speeding *
Sentence
£153 fine
Stuart Wheeler sped on the A38 in Plymouth in May 2023.
Pleaded guilty to speeding. Spared a disqualification due to exceptional hardship.
14 Mar 2025
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Steven Baker
Driving without a licence *
Sentence
6 months driving ban
Steven Baker used a vehicle on Old Ferry Road, Saltash in January 2024 without a driving licence, MOT, or insurance.
Pleaded guilty to having no driving licence, MOT, or insurance. Fined £120 and ordered to pay a £48 victim surcharge and £85 costs due to repeat offending.
14 Mar 2025
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Rowan Wenden
Assault *
Sentence
12 months driving ban and community order
Rowan Wenden, 31, of Western Road, Launceston pleaded guilty to assaulting a police officer at Pathfields, Bude last August and failing to provide her with a specimen of breath when suspected of a traffic offence.
Ordered to pay the officer £100 compensation, a £200 fine and a £114 victim surcharge.
14 Mar 2025
cornish-times.co.uk
Simon Martin
Drug driving *
Sentence
12 months driving ban
Simon Martin, 33, of Valentine Row, Callington pleaded guilty to driving on Dunheved Road, Launceston last September with 3.2 micrograms of cannabis per litre of blood exceeding the limit of two.
Fined £375 and ordered to pay £150 surcharge and £80 costs.
14 Mar 2025
cornish-times.co.uk
Benjamin Edward Rowse
Illegal fishing offences *
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.
5 Mar 2025
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February 2025 28 cases
Charles Bisby
Speeding *
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.
28 Feb 2025
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Deborah Mason
Assault *
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.
28 Feb 2025
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Helen Palmer
Driving without insurance *
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.
28 Feb 2025
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Helen Palmer (Moore)
Driving without insurance *
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.
28 Feb 2025
cornish-times.co.uk
Helen Palmer Moore
Driving without insurance *
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.
28 Feb 2025
cornish-times.co.uk
Robert Mckeating
Speeding *
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.
28 Feb 2025
cornish-times.co.uk
Sarah-Jane Pridham
Speeding *
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.
28 Feb 2025
cornish-times.co.uk
Steven Channon
Assault *
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.
Pleaded guilty to the offence. Ordered to pay £135 costs.
28 Feb 2025
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Yasmin Leverton
Using a handheld phone while driving and driving without insurance *
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.
Case proved in court due to repeat offending.
28 Feb 2025
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Steven Woolley
Drink driving *
Sentence
14 months driving ban, fined £162
Steven Woolley, 53, of Timber Close, St Austell drove a Range Rover in West Hill car park, St Austell on 31 March with 53 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath exceeding the limit of 35.
Ban reduced by 14 weeks if course completed, ordered to pay £65 victim surcharge and £135 costs. Changed not guilty plea to guilty.
21 Feb 2025
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Simon Thompson
Stalking *
Sentence
Community order with 12-week curfew from 7pm to 7am
Simon Thompson, 60, of Ranelagh Road, St Austell stalked a woman in St Austell last November and December by frequenting locations where he knew she would be including her home and sending her unwanted messages.
Must have six months treatment for alcohol abuse, subject to a restraining order not to contact victim, pay £114 victim surcharge and £85 costs. Pleaded guilty.
21 Feb 2025
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Robert Ayres
Speeding *
Sentence
Banned from driving for six months
Robert Ayres, 71, of Beech Road, Callington had the case proved he was speeding through St Ann’s Chapel on 1 August and on 5 September 2023 and in Exminster on 10 August.
Fined £160 and ordered to pay a £64 victim surcharge and £270 costs. Due to repeat offending.
21 Feb 2025
cornish-times.co.uk
Robbie Mogford
Drug driving *
Sentence
Banned from driving for 18 months
Robbie Mogford, 27, of Higher Fernhill, St Giles on the Heath pleaded guilty to driving on St Thomas Road, Launceston last September with 5.3 micrograms of cannabis per litre of blood exceeding the limit of two, without a licence and insurance.
Fined £700 and ordered to pay a £280 victim surcharge and £85 costs.
21 Feb 2025
cornish-times.co.uk
Paul Stradling
Speeding *
Sentence
7-day driving ban, fined £530
Paul Stradling, 57, of Mayfield Road, Newquay sped on the A30 at Bodmin last July.
Ordered to pay £212 victim surcharge and £90 costs. Pleaded guilty to speeding.
21 Feb 2025
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Matthew Camp
Failing to provide information *
Sentence
Banned from driving for six months
Matthew Camp, 56, of Quarry Street, St Germans changed a not guilty plea to guilty on a charge of failing to tell police who was driving a Transit van who was alleged to have been guilty of an offence.
Fined £461 and ordered to pay a £184 victim surcharge and £90 costs. Due to repeat offending.
21 Feb 2025
cornish-times.co.uk
Kyle Barbery
Assault *
Sentence
Community order with alcohol abstinence until 3 May
Kyle Barbery, 21, of Seascape Lodge, Tolcarne Road, Newquay assaulted a man and a woman at Asda in Hayle last July.
Pleaded guilty to assaulting a man and a woman.
21 Feb 2025
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Justin Clemow
Drug driving *
Sentence
Community order with drug rehabilitation and 28 months driving ban
Justin Clemow, 48, of Chapel Close, Crantock drove at Chiverton Cross last September with 313 micrograms of BZE per litre of blood exceeding the limit of 50 and 187 micrograms of MDMA per litre of blood exceeding the limit of 10.
Fined £80, ordered to pay £114 victim surcharge and £85 costs. Pleaded guilty to drug driving.
21 Feb 2025
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Jason Prynne
Drink driving *
Sentence
22 months driving ban, fined £800
Jason Prynne, 50, of Gwindra Road, St Stephen drove whilst disqualified and without insurance and with 73 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath exceeding the limit of 35 on Domellick Hill, St Austell on 24 January.
Ban reduced by 22 weeks if course completed, ordered to pay £320 victim surcharge and £85 costs. Pleaded guilty to driving whilst disqualified, without insurance and drink driving.
21 Feb 2025
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James Nugent
Racial harassment *
Sentence
16 weeks imprisonment
James Nugent, 53, of Mount Wise, Newquay harassed a police officer in a racially aggravated way at Newquay on 9 August.
Pleaded guilty to racially aggravated harassment due to most demeaning language in a sustained incident and outrageous abuse of a black police officer which was also homophobic and misogynistic. Ordered to pay £500 compensation and £135 costs.
21 Feb 2025
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Farran Kent
Assault occasioning actual bodily harm *
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.
Pleaded guilty to assault and was ordered to have mental health treatment.
21 Feb 2025
cornish-times.co.uk
Gary Wilcox
No licence or insurance *
Sentence
Fined £346, 1 month driving ban
Gary Wilcox, 26, of Bosworgey Close, St Columb Major had no driving licence or insurance for a Triumph he was using on Mount Wise, Newquay in July 2023.
Ordered to pay £138 victim surcharge and £90 costs. Pleaded guilty to having no driving licence or insurance.
21 Feb 2025
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Daniel Hill
Breach of community order *
Sentence
8-week prison sentence, suspended for 12 months
Daniel Hill, 38, of Exeter Street, Launceston admitted breaching a community order imposed when he was convicted of possessing a crowbar on Exeter Street, Launceston in March 2023.
Ordered to do 80 hours unpaid work. The order was revoked after admitting breaching a community order imposed when he was convicted of possessing a crowbar on Exeter Street, Launceston in March 2023.
21 Feb 2025
cornish-times.co.uk
Sharon Elizabeth Wood
Animal cruelty *
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.
11 Feb 2025
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William Tonkin
Possession of cannabis *
Sentence
Fined £80
William Tonkin, 34, of Trevose Avenue, Newquay pleaded guilty to possessing cannabis at Park Gwyn, St Stephen last October.
Ordered to pay a £32 victim surcharge and £85 costs.
7 Feb 2025
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Darren Church
Breach of community protection notice *
Sentence
Fined £40
Darren Church, 50, of Boxwell Park, Bodmin pleaded guilty to failing to comply with a community protection notice by attending an address in Pool Street, Bodmin on 23 January.
Made subject to a two-year criminal behaviour order not to enter addresses in Pool Street, An Gof Gardens, Gilbert Road and Rock Lane, Bodmin.
7 Feb 2025
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Bradley Hosking
Drink driving *
Sentence
Banned from driving for 16 months
Bradley Hosking, 26, of Culverland Park, Liskeard pleaded guilty to driving on Pengover Road, Liskeard on 22 December with 59 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath exceeding the limit of 35.
Fined £600 and ordered to pay a £240 victim surcharge and £85 costs. Ban will be reduced by 16 weeks if he completes a course.
7 Feb 2025
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Josie Trescowthick
Possession of crack cocaine *
Sentence
Fined £120
Josie Trescowthick, 32, of Barras Street, Liskeard pleaded guilty to possessing 1.05 grammes of crack cocaine in Camborne on 27 January.
Ordered to pay £85 costs.
7 Feb 2025
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Matthew Wickett
Assault and criminal damage *
Sentence
Fined £692
Matthew Wickett, 34, of Mythe View, Atherstone pleaded guilty to assaulting a woman and criminal damage to a house in St Austell between 31 March and 11 April and criminal damage to a house in St Austell on 18 and 19 May.
Ordered to pay his victim £500 compensation and made subject to a restraining order not to contact his victim or go to a road in St Austell.
7 Feb 2025
voicenewspapers.co.uk
January 2025 3 cases
Amelia Hatton
Driving Whilst Disqualified *
Sentence
6 months driving ban
Amelia Hatton drove whilst disqualified at Tregonetha last July.
Pleaded guilty. Fined £450 and ordered to pay £135 costs.
17 Jan 2025
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Stoil Manchev
Speeding *
Sentence
6 months driving disqualification
Stoil Manchev sped on the A30 at Roseworthy last March.
Pleaded guilty. Fined £133 and ordered to pay a £53 victim surcharge and £90 costs.
17 Jan 2025
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Johnny Adams
Driving with no insurance, licence or MOT *
Sentence
Fined £120
Johnny Adams, 66, of West Park, St Columb Major, drove a vehicle in St Austell with no insurance, licence or MOT.
Pleaded guilty. Banned from driving for 12 months due to repeat offending. Ordered to pay a £48 victim surcharge.
10 Jan 2025
voicenewspapers.co.uk
October 2024 1 case
Teigan Rout
Assault *
Sentence
Community order with 100 hours unpaid work
Pleaded guilty to assaulting a man in Bristol on 10 February.
Must pay £114 surcharge and £85 costs.
31 Oct 2024
cornish-times.co.uk
September 2024 1 case
Alan Hawkes
Speeding *
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.
Pleaded guilty to speeding.
12 Sep 2024
cornish-times.co.uk

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The Courthouse/Tremorvah Wood La, Truro TR1 1HZ, Truro, TR1 1HZ, United Kingdom
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Monday - Friday: 09:00 - 16:30

About Truro Magistrates' Court

Truro Magistrates' Court, located in Truro, is a Magistrates' Court that deals with summary offences, some either-way offences, and preliminary hearings for more serious cases. With 366 sentencing records in our database, it serves the Truro area and surrounding communities. Magistrates' Courts handle the majority of criminal cases in England and Wales, with cases heard by a bench of magistrates or a district judge.

The court can be found at The Courthouse/Tremorvah Wood La, Truro TR1 1HZ, TR1 1HZ.

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