
Ben Woolvin
Home Affairs Correspondent at BBC Radio Cornwall
Home Affairs Correspondent at BBC Radio Devon
Home Affairs Correspondent at Spotlight
Home Affairs Correspondent at BBC South West. [email protected]
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3 weeks ago |
ca.news.yahoo.com | Ben Woolvin |Alex Green
Mines was found guilty of rape by a jury at Exeter Crown Court on 14 March [BBC]A former Devon and Cornwall Police officer has been jailed for eight years after he raped a woman he met on a dating website. PC Stuart Mines, 49, was off-duty when he raped the woman at his home in south Devon in October 2022. He denied rape and said sexual intercourse had not taken place but he was found guilty by a jury at Exeter Crown Court on 14 March.
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3 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Ben Woolvin |Alex Green
A former Devon and Cornwall Police officer has been jailed for eight years after he raped a woman he met on a dating website. PC Stuart Mines, 49, was off-duty when he raped the woman at his home in south Devon in October 2022. He denied rape and said sexual intercourse had not taken place but he was found guilty by a jury at Exeter Crown Court on 14 March. The victim told the court the attack had "completely destroyed" her faith in men and police.
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3 weeks ago |
bbc.com | Ben Woolvin
Former police officer who raped woman jailedBen WoolvinBBC South West home affairs correspondentAlex GreenBBCMines was found guilty of rape by a jury at Exeter Crown Court on 14 MarchA former Devon and Cornwall Police officer has been jailed for eight years after he raped a woman he met on a dating website. PC Stuart Mines, 49, was off-duty when he raped the woman at his home in south Devon in October 2022.
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1 month ago |
bbc.com | Ben Woolvin
Calls for eye-gouger's prison move to be reviewedBen WoolvinBBC South West home affairs correspondentGeorge ThorpeBBCAndrew George (right) said he would raise the case involving Tina Nash's attacker with the Justice SecretaryAn MP wants a decision to move a prisoner, convicted of gouging his ex-partner's eyes out, to an open prison to be reviewed.
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1 month ago |
sg.news.yahoo.com | Ben Woolvin |George Thorpe
A man has pleaded guilty to the murder of university lecturer Claire Chick. Paul Butler, 53, of Stangray Avenue, Plymouth, also admitted one charge of possession of a bladed article when he appeared at Plymouth Crown Court. Ms Chick, 48, was found seriously injured in West Hoe Road just before 21:00 GMT on 22 January and taken to hospital, but died in the early hours of the next day.
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