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Oct 22, 2024 | 
firstlinks.com.au | John Abernethy |Alan Kohler |Oliver Hextall |John Hawkins
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Jan 24, 2024 | 
bristolpost.co.uk | John Hawkins
A West Country man led police on a dangerous 141-mile car pursuit across England, ending up in Kent. He said it was because his partner was in labour and he wanted to get there in time, a court heard.
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Jan 11, 2024 | 
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Jan 11, 2024 | 
gloucestershirelive.co.uk | John Hawkins
An engineer who made upsetting racist remarks to a woman at a pub - then returned to the scene with a gun and a knife after her friends sent him packing - has been jailed for 31 months. Jonathan Neep, 46, of Speculation Road, Cinderford, was told by a judge at Gloucester Crown Court that his 'moment of madness' had left his mixed-race victim Khady Gueye with long-lasting distress.
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Jan 8, 2024 | 
southwalesargus.co.uk | John Hawkins
A 51 year old man who subjected his wife to a 'campaign of domestic violence' has been spared an immediate jail term. Delaney Smart caused damage to wife Rebecca's home and made threats to cut her throat, kill her, and set fire to her house while she was inside, Gloucester Crown Court heard last Friday.
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Dec 21, 2023 | 
gloucestershirelive.co.uk | John Hawkins
Stonehouse councillor Nicholas Housden, 33, has been cleared today (Thursday, December 21) of assaulting a former business partner who was about to evict him from his constituency office in the town's High Street. Mr Housden, a Stroud district and Gloucestershire County councillor, was accused of pushing Mr Gerry McGinty's head back into a wall causing a 3.8cm cut which needed hospital treatment.
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Dec 20, 2023 | 
gloucestershirelive.co.uk | John Hawkins
A Stonehouse councillor accused of assaulting a business associate during a row in his constituency office last year told a jury today (Wednesday, December 20) that he was only acting in self-defence after he had been hit first. Nicholas Housden, 33, a Gloucestershire County and Stroud District Council councillor, has pleaded not guilty to assaulting Gerry McGinty causing him actual bodily harm in his office in High Street, Stonehouse, on November 2 2022.
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Dec 18, 2023 | 
gloucestershirelive.co.uk | John Hawkins
A Conservative councillor angrily assaulted his former business partner when he discovered he was being locked out of his constituency office in Stonehouse, a jury heard today (Monday, December 18). Councillor Nicholas Housden pushed Gerard McGinty's head back into a wall in the High Street office, causing a 3.8cm wound which needed hospital treatment, alleged the prosecution at Gloucester Crown Court.
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Oct 13, 2023 | 
gloucestershirelive.co.uk | John Hawkins |Ed Stilliard
A man knocked out cold during a drunken skirmish in Cheltenham had to be put into an induced coma and spend two months in hospital, a court heard. Darren Sharpe, 52, was so badly injured in the confrontation with 39-year-old Paul Smith that he could have died, Gloucester Crown Court was told. Smith, of Margrett Road, Cheltenham, woke up behind bars this morning after he admitted at court earlier this week (Tuesday October 10) of causing grievous bodily harm to Mr Sharpe on June 16 this year.
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Sep 15, 2023 | 
gloucestershirelive.co.uk | John Hawkins |Ed Stilliard
A man dissatisfied with a Gloucester mechanic's work on his Audi A3 burst into his workshop 'mob-handed' and punched him in the face, fracturing his cheekbone, a court heard. Callum Cornock, of Manu Marble Way, Tuffley, admitted inflicting grievous bodily harm on mechanic Jon Goodfield. Prosecutor Charlotte Evans told Gloucester Crown Court that Mr Goodfield, who worked at a car workshop in Bonnie's Lane, St Oswald's, had agreed to replace the engine of the 23-year-old’s car.
