A teenager has been given a community order for their part in a fire at St Joseph’s Catholic School in Malmesbury last year. Jordan Tadd, 18, of Tanners Walk...
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Five men were sentenced over two days on Thursday, 29 July and Friday, 30 July at Kingston Crown Court as follows: Jemy Capitao, 28 of Llanelli, Wales...
Ewelina Wisniowska, who is 35 and originally from Poland, has now been missing from her home in Rodbourne for over a week and concerns are growing for her...
Ewelina Wisniowska, 35, has been missing from her home in the Rodbourne area of Swindon since Monday
Police appealing for information regarding the whereabouts of a woman who is missing in Swindon. Ewelina Wisniowska, 35, has been missing from her home in the...
Police received the report at around 11pm on Monday (19/07) about a patient requiring treatment for an injury to his face. This injury is believed to have been...
A drug driver has been jailed for four months and banned from the roads for more than four years. In September last year officers were alerted to a red Mazda...
We are appealing for witnesses after a man was attacked by two people during a night out in Swindon’s Old Town. Just after midnight in the early hours of...
On Thursday 1 April, Trishton Whyte, aged 20, from Ruskin Avenue, was sentenced at Swindon Youth Court to 12-months in jail after admitting to threatening...
The first week of the latest stage of the Government’s roadmap out of lockdown passed by without any significant issues. Although we know that people will have...
Lee Turner, aged 32, from Sheppard Street, Swindon pleaded guilty, at Swindon Magistrates Court yesterday (05/04), to possessing a lock knife, taking a...
At approximately 10pm yesterday (04/04), an unknown male dressed in black entered the shop and threatened a member of staff with what’s believed to have...
Eight cannabis factories – each at separate residential addresses across the town which had been rented out – were discovered by officers...
The court heard how Ezakyle Davis, 23, from Ilford used the pseudonym Logan to sell drugs – building up a well-established class A drug supply line in...
At around 9.40pm on Wednesday 3 March, a white van has mounted the pavement and is believed to have deliberately driven at two teenagers on Dorcan Way.It...
A member of the public kindly rushed the distressed birds to RSPCA North Wiltshire Oak and Furrows Wildlife Rescue Centre on Wednesday 17 March after they...
Police are appealing for witnesses following a disorder in the Woodsman Road area of Abbey Meads, Swindon yesterday evening (09/03). Officers were called to a...
An 18-year-old woman has pleaded guilty to wasting police time after she made an allegation in July last year that she had been raped.Lauren Skinner made the...
In a continued effort to address public concerns of the standard of driving during lockdown across the county, a proactive approach to enforcement saw 136...
Just after midnight yesterday, a 19-year-old man suffered multiple injuries following a serious assault which took place in Wolsely Avenue, Park South. The...
A Swindon man has been disqualifed for three years and fined after being stopped for drug driving. Craig Deyager, 35, of Affleck Close, Toothill, Swindon...
Kyle Rigley, aged 28, originally from Swindon, pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to supply Class A drugs at a hearing at Swindon Crown Court in May 2019. He was...
This morning (07/02) at approximately 10.20am we were called to assist Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service. The fire started in a first floor flat;...
On 16 June 2020, firearms officers were deployed to an incident in Ridge Green following a report that a lorry had been stolen at gunpoint. They intercepted...
James Cherry, aged 28, from no fixed address in Swindon was found guilty of causing Grievous Bodily Harm at Swindon Crown Court in October 2020 and was...
On Friday (29/01) night at about 9pm, two men threatened a food delivery driver, threatening him with a knife and stealing his black and blue Yamaha 125...
Ashley Hunt, aged 31, and Nicholas Bullock, also aged 31, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply Class A drugs and possession of criminal property at a...
Josef Gordon, aged 29, from Portland Avenue, Old Town, was stopped driving his Vauxhall Astra on Cricklade Road on 6th August 2019. He was given a drug wipe...
Shortly after 5.30pm we responded to a report of an attempted robbery of a teenage boy close to Redhouse Park, North Swindon. Officers stopped four boys on...
This action was as a direct result of concerns raised by the local community of anti-social behaviour and suspected drug dealing at the address. A...
Following a hearing on Wednesday, December 2, Gareth Fanning, 35, of Frobisher Drive, Walcot, has been issued with a criminal behaviour order which also...
The Crown Inn, Broad Hinton, was targeted twice in two days on the 19th and 20th November – where a large quantity of unused cooking oil was stolen from...
Mitchell Rhodes, 27, of no fixed abode, from Essex, was found guilty of robbery following a trial at Swindon Crown Court on 16 October 2020. Jordan...
The bicycle, that was built by the teenage owner with his father at the cost of about £1,200, is thought to have been taken when the owner left it locked up...
Sometime between 5pm and 6.30pm on Sunday 29 November, unknown offenders burgled the property on Tees Close stealing a number of high value jewellery items...
Charlie Gunning, 27, of Shakespeare Road, Royal Wootton Bassett, pleaded guilty to driving whilst disqualified and driving without insurance at Swindon...
Officers from the Stratton, Central North and West Swindon Community Policing Team executed a warrant at an address in Grove Street at approximately 11am. A...
The national lockdown restrictions will be finishing tomorrow (02/12), with this area then moving into the “high alert” tier. Those living in Tier 2 areas must...
Phillip Lewis, aged 41, of The Cullerns, Highworth, Swindon, was found guilty by unanimous jury verdict of one count of rape of a child, three counts of...
Martin Morgan, aged 35, from Whitworth Road, Swindon pleaded guilty at Swindon Magistrates Court on Thursday (19/11) to three counts of theft from three...
Swindon Crown Court sentenced Thomas Grey, from Wroughton, to 26 months custody with a 49 month disqualification and an extended retest during a sentence...
Kenneth Cox, aged 45, from Urchfont Way, Swindon was convicted of three counts of supplying crack cocaine by a jury at Swindon Crown Court yesterday (17/11). ...
At around 10.45am on Tuesday 17 November 2020 a collision between a black Toyota Aygo and a marked patrol car took place in New Road, at the junction with...
At approximately 2.30pm on Sunday 15 November, the parents and their children were walking along Queens Drive when a male on a bicycle rode past and verbally...
Officers in Swindon have been targeting individuals suspected of carrying knives as part of Operation Sceptre – a national week of action and education...
The business, which had previously been handed a prohibition notice by Swindon Borough Council and two warnings from Wiltshire Police, had continuously...
A trio of County Lines drug dealers were jailed for a total of more than 10 years after supplying heroin, crack cocaine and cannabis in Swindon. Shaun...
A Swindon man has been charged with attempted robbery and possession of an imitation firearm with the intent to cause fear of violence following an incident at...
Melvin Chuaga, 25, of Northbourne Road, Swindon, appeared at Swindon Crown Court yesterday (11/11) for sentencing. He had previously pleaded guilty to...