• Army officer and pervert from Nailsea escapes jail

  By Carol_Deacon at 12:27 on 21/05/13

  

  An Army officer from Nailsea who secretly filmed children as young as five in swimming pools and at supermarkets been spared a jail sentence. Lt Col Mark Radway, aged 42, also took 'up-skirt' films and photographs of children near his barracks in Tidworth, Wiltshire. He was suspended by the Army after pleading guilty to making, taking and distributing indecent images. Radway was given a three-year community order and three-year...

• Do you know this woman?

  By Carol_Deacon at 08:44 on 19/04/13

  

  Police are asking for  help to identify a woman they wish to speak with in connection with an offence of theft?  In this case items were stolen from a high street store in Nailsea.  The person they wish to speak with is described as a white woman, approximately 5ft 7in  tall, of medium build with long dark hair in a pony-tail and wearing a black coat, black trousers and a large shoulder bag.  Anyone with...

• Heating oil thefts near Nailsea

  By Carol_Deacon at 15:56 on 12/04/13

  

  POLICE have increased night-time patrols in North Somerset following an increase in fuel thefts. Officers have been working later into the night to crack down on thieves targeting oil tanks and vehicles across the area. The cold weather and increasing cost of heating oil and diesel has seen a surge in the number of fuel thefts over the past few weeks. Thieves have targeted oil tanks in Flax Bourton, Backwell and at other locations along...

• Man in court on indecent assault charge

  By Carol_Deacon at 16:57 on 06/03/13

  

  Clevedon man Garry Cox has been arrested and charged with indecent assault by touching. The 27-year-old, of Hillview Avenue, was remanded into custody.  It follows an indecent in which a young girl was assaulted in Pill. Cox has also been arrested and bailed for similar offences committed in Clevedon and Nailsea. He Is due to appear at Bristol Crown Court on Tuesday, March 19.

• Cannabis growing on farm near Nailsea

  By Carol_Deacon at 13:10 on 16/02/13

  

  Police have found a large cannabis factory on a rural farm a few miles from Backwell. A police community support officer who was carrying out house to house enquiries in Redhill are uncovered the massive cannabis factory on Wednesday. PCSO Yvette Mayo who covers the Congresbury and Wrington beats smelt what she thought was cannabis coming from the outbuildings of a large farm in the area.   A full search of the buildings uncovered...

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