A 31-year-old man has been jailed for more than two years following a spate of burglaries and thefts at a number of locations across the Stokes. The court heard how between July and September this year, the defendant stole work tools, TVs and other items from vehicles and sheds in the Cheswick Village, Stoke Gifford and Bradley Stoke areas.
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A 31-year-old man will be sentenced next month after admitting a string of offences committed at various locations across the Stokes. The man admitted two non-dwelling burglaries, two theft from motor vehicle offences, an attempted theft from motor vehicle offence and a further theft, when he appeared at Bristol Magistrates’ Court on Thursday 6th October.
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Police are investigating a burglary in which three ferrets were stolen from a rescue sanctuary run out of private premises in Stoke Gifford. The ferrets, two males and one female, were taken from an outbuilding at the back of a property in Balmoral Close.
Continue readingPolice are asking residents of the Stokes to be mindful of their home security following a number of recent burglaries in the area. A total of five burglaries have been reported to have occurred at properties on Hambrook Lane in Stoke Gifford, Dorcas Avenue in Stoke Gifford, Bibury Avenue in Stoke Lodge and Bush Avenue in Little Stoke, all between
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Police are appealing for information, following an attempted burglary in Little Stoke. The incident happened at about 10.30pm on Saturday 21st September in Tetbury Close. Two men tried unsuccessfully to force entry into the front of the property. They then entered the property via a rear door and threatened the occupants and demanded cash and jewellery but left empty-handed. The
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Police are appealing for witnesses after three men used hammers to smash their way into a Stoke Gifford pensioner’s home and steal a large amount of cash. The incident, in the Elizabeth Crescent area, happened on Wednesday 20th February at about 6.50pm. The victim, a man in his seventies, had been saving up the cash as a charity donation. During
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Police are urging people to be alert and check on vulnerable elderly relatives and friends after a spate of distraction burglaries at senior citizens’ homes in the past week, including one in Little Stoke. On Tuesday 18th December, between 7pm and 7.15pm, a man claiming to be a police officer called on a 92-year-old man in Kingsway, Little Stoke. He kept
Continue readingPolice are appealing for information following a high value burglary at a house in Beaufort Crescent, Stoke Gifford, between 10am and 5.30pm on Friday 6th April. Thieves smashed a patio window with a rock to gain access to the property and stole a significant amount of high value gold jewellery, watches, cash in Sterling, Euros and Iranian currency and personal
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Police are appealing for information after a distraction burglary in Little Stoke last night (Wednesday 14th January). At approximately 8pm, a 73-year-old woman discovered a man in the kitchen of her property. The man claimed to be a security guard who wanted to check the woman was OK and that her money and jewellery was safe after a burglary down the road. The
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Avon and Somerset Police are asking people to look out for their neighbours after a spate of recent evening burglaries, including one believed to have taken place in the Sandringham Road area of Stoke Gifford. On Monday and Tuesday 11th/12th February there were seven reported burglaries across South Gloucestershire and another in Bath. DC Nadine Partridge said: “These break-ins have
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