ASSAULT
JOWAN FARGHALY, 34, of Grenville Close, Nanpean has been charged with assaulting a woman occasioning her actual bodily harm at an address in Par on 16 February. He has also pleaded not guilty to damaging a door, wall, carpet cleaner, kitchen utensils and a mobile phone at the property. He will stand trial on 24 September and was banned from entering defined areas in St Austell and Par and from contacting his alleged victim and another woman.
ADAM MARTIN, 26, of Penrice Parc, St Austell pleaded guilty to assaulting a man in St Austell occasioning him actual bodily harm in September 2021 and possessing an offensive weapon, a metal bar, on Eliot Road, St Austell. He was made subject to a community order and must abstain from alcohol for 60 days and was put on a curfew to remain at his home daily from 8pm to 7.30am and ordered to pay £500 compensation.
PAUL PEARSON, 51, of Cherry Tree Mews, St Austell pleaded guilty to assaulting a woman in St Austell on 24 August. The case was adjourned until 10 April.
MYLES HARRISON, 37, of Beech Road, St Austell failed to turn up to Truro Crown Court to face charges of assaulting a woman occasioning actual bodily harm and assaulting a man and a police officer on Polgover Way, Par and criminal damage in March 2024 – he had denied the offences. A warrant was issued for his arrest.
FRANCIS OSBORNE, 69, of Polgrean Place, St Blazey has been sent to Truro Crown Court charged with a racially aggravated assault on a man in St Austell on 3 September. His case is listed for 11 April.
LIAM SMITH, 21, of Park View, Liskeard pleaded not guilty at Truro Crown Court to wounding/inflicting grievous bodily harm on a woman in Liskeard and not guilty to engaging in coercive behaviour by using violence towards her, controlling what she wore, banning her from seeing her family, threatening to harm himself to prevent her from leaving and abusing her kitten. His trial is fixed for 11 November and he was released on conditional bail not to enter two roads in Liskeard and given a daily curfew between 3pm and 7am.
SAM COOK, 45, of Eastern Avenue, Pensilva pleaded not guilty at Truro Crown Court to assaulting and strangling a woman causing her actual bodily harm at Pensilva on 28 January. He was remanded in custody and his case adjourned.
WAYNE KIDMAN, 42, of Higher Downgate, Callington pleaded guilty at Truro Crown Court to inflicting grievous bodily harm on a man without intent at Callington on 1 February and not guilty to doing it with intent. His case was adjourned until 11 April and he was released on conditional bail not to contact a man and a woman.
JAKE MCKAY, 33, of St Stephens Road, Saltash pleaded not guilty to assaulting a woman at The Railway Inn, Saltash on 14 October and guilty to stealing cider from the Co-op in Saltash on 13 January. He was fined £80 for the theft and the assault case was adjourned until 29 August.
LEIGH BELL, 39, of Beatrice Avenue, Saltash pleaded guilty to assaulting a woman in Saltash on 16 January and to damaging her mobile phone. He was made subject to a community order to have mental health treatment, ordered to pay his victim £100 compensation, fined £200, ordered to pay £85 costs and made subject to a restraining order not to contact her or go to an address in Saltash until March 2026.
MICHAEL MCNAMARA, 46, of St Mellion has been sent to Truro Crown Court charged with robbing a man and a woman of £120 and assaulting both of them last August. His case is listed for 11 April.
SEX OFFENCES
ROSS LEAKE, 50, of Hawks Close, Crantock Street, Newquay pleaded not guilty at Truro Crown Court to three charges of making indecent photographs of children including the most serious Category A. His trial is fixed for 24 November.
JONATHAN SIMPSON, 30, of Minorca Lane, Bugle pleaded not guilty at Truro Crown Court to engaging in penetrative sexual activity with a girl aged between 13 and 15 in the St Austell area in January 2023. His trial is listed for 29 October and he was released on conditional bail to live and sleep at his caravan on Minorca Lane.
THOMAS EVANS, 37, of Finn VC Estate, Bodmin pleaded not guilty at Truro Crown Court to possessing extreme pornographic images of a person performing sexual acts with a Pitbull dog and to making indecent photographs of children including the most serious category A at Northey Road, Bodmin in December 2023. His trial is listed for 17 November and he was released on conditional bail not to have unsupervised contact with any person under 16 unless in the course of normal day-to-day activities.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
JAKE MARSHALL, 32, of NFA, was made subject to a 28-day domestic violence protection notice on 8 March not to threaten or contact a woman or go to an address in St Austell.
CHRISTOPHER YOUNG, 42, of Pool Street, Bodmin was made subject to a 28-day domestic violence protection notice on 9 March not to contact or threaten a woman.
PETER WALKER, 43, NFA, Bodmin was made subject to a 28-day domestic violence protection notice on 14 March not to contact or threaten a woman or go to Furze Hill, Bodmin.
WILLIAM MARTIN, 41, of Robartes Road, Bodmin was made subject to a 28-day domestic protection notice on 7 March not to threaten or contact a woman or go to an address in Rilla Mill, Liskeard.
JOHN LAVERTY, 50, of NFA, was made subject to a 28-day domestic violence protection notice on 12 March not to threaten or contact a woman or go to an address in Torpoint.
HARASSMENT
CHRISTOPHER MAYBANK, 38, of Cosgarne, Truro Road, St Austell has been sent to prison for ten months after he twice breached a restraining order made by Truro magistrates on 28 January by calling a woman and attempting to add her on Facebook between 28 and 31 January.
STEVEN HENDRY, 39, of Heathlands Road, Liskeard pleaded guilty at Truro Crown Court to making threatening telephone calls to two women and two men in Liskeard in 2022. He pleaded not guilty to threatening to cause a man physical harm when he entered his home and snatched his mobile from his hand and not guilty to entering an address in Rapson Road, Liskeard in September 2022 as a trespasser with intent to steal. He will stand trial on 27 October and was realised on conditional bail not to contact his victims.
SAMUEL ROWE, 30, of Bromfield Street, London pleaded guilty at Truro Crown Court to breaching a restraining order by approaching a woman at Boots in Liskeard last September and shouting her name which he was prohibited from doing by a restraining order imposed by Plymouth Crown Court in 2022. He was given a six-month prison sentence. He pleaded not guilty to breaching the order in August 2024 at Charter Way, Liskeard when he was alleged to have shouted from a moving vehicle that he would run over his victim and not guilty to intimidating a witness in September 2024 at Liskeard by threatening to petrol bomb her house and kill her mother and children. These cases were discharged.
STALKING
THOMAS MOORE, 38, of Lanchard Green, Liskeard pleaded guilty at Truro Crown Court to, between 3 and 30 October, stalking a woman in Liskeard by attending her home, making threats, messaging her on social media and voicemails and approaching her in Aldi. He will be sentenced on 10 April and was released on conditional bail with a 7pm to 7am curfew and not to contact his victim.
TOMOS WEEKES, 34, of Newman Road, Saltash has been made subject to an interim stalking protection order not to contact a woman, go to any place he suspects she may be present, name her on social media or go to an address in Saltash. The order will last ten weeks or until the application has been concluded.
BURGLARY
LIAM SMITH, 21, of Park View, Liskeard pleaded not guilty at Truro Crown Court to entering a house in Coldstyle Road, Liskeard in May 2021 and stealing a key to a Skoda Octavia and not guilty to being carried in the car without the owner’s consent. He will stand trial on 19 August.
BENEFIT FRAUD
KIMBERLEY BECKETT, 42, of Little Meadow, Bodmin pleaded guilty to dishonestly failing to promptly notify the Department for Work and Pensions that her three children no longer lived with her affecting her entitlement to Universal Credit in September 2022. She will be sentenced on 11 April.
BREACH OF ORDER
GARY COOPER, 36, of Hendra Heights, Newquay admitted breaching the community requirements of a suspended sentence given on conviction of two charges of driving whilst disqualified by failing to do unpaid work. He was given a new sentence of 18 weeks in prison, suspended for 24 months, must continue the unpaid work requirement and pay £100 fine.
DANGEROUS DRIVING
NATHAN DRUGAN, 35, of Pentre Close, Roche changed a not guilty plea to guilty when he appeared at Truro Crown Court charged with dangerous driving on St Benets Close, Lanivet on 12 December 2022. He will be sentenced on 11 April.
DRIVE WITHOUT CARE
CHRISTOPHER ROGERS, 61, of Bolventor pleaded guilty to driving a Ford Transit without due care and attention on Higher Treween Road, near Altarnun on 12 January, to driving whilst disqualified and with no insurance. He was sent to prison for 18 weeks because he deliberately drove whilst disqualified and caused two children significant trauma and magistrates said that he is not truly remorseful. He was banned from driving for 22 months and seven days and ordered to pay £85 costs.
DRINK DRIVE
MELLISSA GRATAN, 35, of Leader Road, Newquay pleaded guilty to driving on Treloggan Lane, Newquay on 19 January with 106 micrograms of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath exceeding the limit of 35. She was banned from driving for 44 months, to be reduced by 44 weeks if she completes a course and ordered to have three months alcohol treatment and do 80 hours unpaid work.
FREDERICK HALL, 38, of Cross Lane, St Austell pleaded not guilty to driving on Lostwood Road, St Austell in May 2024 with 66 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath exceeding the limit of 35. The case was adjourned until 23 May.
JONATHAN RUNDLE, 30, of Biscovey Road, Par pleaded guilty to driving in Liskeard last October with 711 micrograms of BZE per litre of blood exceeding the limit of 50. He was banned from driving for 12 months, fined £80 and ordered to pay a £32 victim surcharge and £85 costs.
NO INSURANCE
TEAGUE LOBB, 27, of Headland Road, Newquay pleaded guilty to having no insurance for a vehicle he was using on Mount Wise, Newquay in January 2024. He was fined £650 and ordered to pay a £260 victim surcharge and £135 costs. He was banned from driving for six months due to repeat offending.
SPEEDING
STEVEN BATES, 61, of Barton Road, Treviscoe, St Austell had his conviction and sentence for failing to give information as to who was driving a vehicle who was alleged to have committed a traffic offence set aside and the case reopened. He pleaded guilty to speeding on Tregolls Road, Truro and on Bodmin Road, Ruddlemoor in October 2023 and was fined £120 and ordered to pay a £48 victim surcharge and £90 costs. He was spared a totting disqualification because of the impact it would have on his daughters who rely on him for transport and on himself as he needs to attend medical appointments.