
Jess Chaffey
Features Writer at Newsquest
Features Writer at Bridgwater Mercury News
Print ACE at County Gazette | Editor of Somerset Living Magazine [email protected]
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5 days ago |
somersetcountygazette.co.uk | Jess Chaffey
Darren Ashton, formerly of Heron Close, Minehead, was sentenced at Taunton Crown Court yesterday (May 9). The court heard that after an investigation by the National Crime Agency in the Philippines in 2022, they identified a British citizen, namely the defendant, who had been in contact with someone in the Philippines asking for images of young naked boys.
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5 days ago |
somersetcountygazette.co.uk | Jess Chaffey
Stuart Hand, of Raymore Rise in Long Ashton, appeared at Bristol Crown Court today (May 9). The 38-year-old was found guilty of one count of rape of a child aged between 13 and 15; three counts of engaging in sexual activity with a child aged between 13 and 15; one count of causing a child aged between 13 and 15 to engage in sexual activity and one count of abduction of a child aged between 13 and 15 at a trial earlier this year.
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5 days ago |
somersetcountygazette.co.uk | Jess Chaffey
Stuart Hand, of Raymore Rise in Long Ashton, appeared at Bristol Crown Court today (May 9). The 38-year-old was found guilty of one count of rape of a child aged between 13 and 15; three counts of engaging in sexual activity with a child aged between 13 and 15; one count of causing a child aged between 13 and 15 to engage in sexual activity and one count of abduction of a child aged between 13 and 15 at a trial earlier this year.
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5 days ago |
somersetcountygazette.co.uk | Jess Chaffey
North Somerset courthouse, where Taunton Crown Court is currently sitting. (Image: Newsquest) A MAN from Taunton with a ‘considerable criminal record’ has been sent to prison for 20 months for being concerned in the supply of cocaine. Ryan Horrill, of Haywood Road, appeared at Taunton Crown Court today (May 9). The 31-year-old pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply a Class B drug.
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1 week ago |
southwestfarmer.co.uk | Jess Chaffey
Home Farm open day. (Image: Home Farm) A FARM in South Somerset is hosting an open day next month. Home Farm, near Chard, is taking part in Open Farm Sunday on June 8. A Linking Environment And Farming (LEAF) initiative, Open Farm Sunday gives people the chance to visit working farms.
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