Whilst most people have done their best to comply to the lockdown rules during the coronavirus pandemic, the same cannot be said for everyone – including a number of people from further up the country who decided a visit to Cornwall would be appropriate. They included Inka Daisey King, a 19-year-old woman living in Vaughan Close, Henbury, a suburb of Bristol. Her decision to travel to St Austell on April 9, 2020 landed her in trouble with the authorities, with her case heard at Bodmin Magistrates Court this year. Initially convicted in her absence back on January 27, when she was given a hefty £1,760 fine with £85 prosecution costs and a £176 surcharge to fund victim services, she applied to reopen the case in March.
A man has been charged with assaulting an emergency worker following a 999 call. Police were called to an address on Bishops Road, St Ives at around 6.30pm last night (Monday, December 21). It followed a report showing concern over the welfare of a woman. A spokesperson for Devon and Cornwall Police said police officers attended, but a man was alleged to have become aggressive towards officers, spitting and throwing things at them. A 30-year-old man from St Ives has been charged with assaulting an emergency worker and bailed to appear at Truro Magistrates Court on January 25. A 26-year-old woman from St Austell was also arrested, on suspicion of drink driving and a public order offence, and is police custody this morning.