Police are appealing for information and witnesses following an assault in Filton Avenue, Filton, Bristol. At around 7pm on Friday July 9 a van driver pulled his vehicle over to speak to a cyclist. The cyclist then became verbally aggressive and caused damaged to the driver’s van. The victim again tried to approach the cyclist (pictured) for his details and
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Appeal for information following race hate incident (Patchway)
Police are appealing for information and witnesses following a racially aggravated incident in the Patchway area. On two separate occasions, one on Thursday July 8 and another on Monday July 12, graffiti of a racist nature was sprayed onto a garage door in Cavendish Road. Police are treating this as racially aggravated criminal damage Detective Sergeant Mark Goss from Staple
Continue readingAppeal after indecent exposure (Thornbury)
Police are appealing for information after reports of a man exposing himself in Alveston and Thornbury. The man was seen jogging near Down Road Park at about 5.15pm on Monday July 05 2010. He asked two girls aged 12 and 13 if they would help him find something he had lost in the bushes. The girls moved away, but the
Continue readingFour arrested over garage burglary (Thornbury)
Police in Thornbury have arrested a number of youths after a garage was broken into and a car stolen. Officers were called to Hamble Close at about 3am on Tuesday June 29 2010 by a member of the public reporting four people acting suspiciously near a garage. A garage had been broken into and a blue Fiat Cinquecento stolen. Police
Continue readingMan arrested in Melanie Hall murder investigation
Police investigating the disappearance and murder of Bath woman Melanie Hall, whose remains were found in undergrowth beside the M5 near Thornbury in October 2009, have arrested a 38-year-old man. He is being held at a police station in the Avon and Somerset force area and will be interviewed in connection with her murder and the disposal of her body.
Continue readingPolice issue warning over car park scam
Police are warning people to be on their guard against a scam happening in supermarket car parks. A man is approaching people as they sit in their cars and asking for directions. While they are distracted looking at his map, cash and bank cards are stolen from bags left in the car. There were two incidents on Tuesday June 15
Continue readingCrimewatch to show reconstruction of Iron Acton murder
The BBC’s Crimewatch programme will tonight (Tuesday) broadcast a reconstruction of the murder of Barry Rubery, who was found with fatal head injuries at his home in Crossing Cottage, Iron Acton, on the morning of Thursday 29th April. Police believe Mr Rubery may have been the victim of a robbery which went wrong and have issued details of items believed
Continue readingPolice release details of items stolen from murder scene (Iron Acton)
Detectives investigating the murder of Barry George Rubery have released details of property missing from Crossing Cottage a month on from his death. On Wednesday April 28 Mr Rubery returned to his home on the Latteridge Road in Iron Acton, following a night out with friends. The following day he was found with fatal head injuries. Officers investigating this crime
Continue readingPolice investigate suspicious incident involving schoolgirl (Downend)
Police are appealing for help identifying a man who approached a teenage girl near a school. The incident happened at 8.10am on Friday 14 May in Bristol. The victim, a 14-year-old girl, was walking from the Badminton Road playing field along the lane towards the back of Downend School. She was approached by a man who grabbed her arms and
Continue readingAppeal for information after vehicle is damaged (Yate)
Police in South Gloucestershire are appealing for information after a 04-plate green Ford Ranger was damaged in the car park of B&Q in Yate. At around 3.30pm on Wednesday, May 12, the left-side wing mirror and the side panel on the vehicle were damaged. The victim, a man in his 40s, was involved in an earlier altercation on Station Road,
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