Archive: 2026
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Man sentenced for approaching girls and sniffing their feet
Alexander Scott-Bowen, of Kingswood, was sentenced at Bristol Crown Court on Friday (11 September) for seven counts of sexual assault.
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Property linked to drugs closed for three months
The three-month closure order was obtained against the property in Bay Gardens, Eastville, from Bristol Magistrates’ Court on September 1.
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CCTV and witness appeal following jewellery theft
An unknown male agreed to meet a woman who was selling a diamond ring before snatching the item in Speedwell, Bristol, at around 4.40pm on Saturday 5 September.
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CCTV appeal following assault at shop
We are releasing images of two people we would like to speak to in relation to an incident at a shop in Middle Street, Yeovil, on Saturday 11 April.
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Appeal to find owners of bikes suspected stolen
We seized two bikes, a red Boardman and a green Carlton, during enquiries into a burglary in Bristol on Monday 31 August.
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Officer dismissed and barred following misconduct hearing
PC Matthew Farmer was dismissed and has been added to a barred list preventing him from working in policing again.
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Five jailed following violent assault outside Bristol Airport
The five defendants, all from Birmingham, were jailed for a combined 16 years and 10 months.
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Former officer barred from policing
A misconduct panel found gross misconduct proven, and the PC would have been dismissed had she not already resigned.
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Man jailed for shop theft
Anton Varga, 39, from Berkeley House, Staple Hill, was sentenced for six counts of shop theft at Bristol Magistrates’ Court on Thursday 3 September.
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Manipulative and violent man jailed for terrifying attacks on women
Tobias King, of no fixed address, has been jailed for more than seven years following a joint Avon and Somerset and Devon and Cornwall Police investigation.