By John Hawkins
Kimberley Hawkins A 38 year old Stroud woman who twice burgled a man s home - once when he was attending his mother s funeral - has received a suspended six month prison sentence. Kimberley Hawkins of Jack Russell Close, Stroud, was told by a judge at Gloucester Crown Court that her offences in May and July last year were mean spirited. But the judge, Recorder Richard Shepherd, said she had recently started tackling the drug addiction which motivated the burglaries and he saw prospects of her rehabilitating herself with the aid of supervision. Prosecutor Alun Williams told the court that the man went away for a few days last spring and she took advantage by forcing a ground floor window to get in on May 26.
A 59 year-old man has plead not guilty to supplying Class A drugs. David Clark, of Church Street, King s Stanley, pleaded not guilty to supplying heroin and crack cocaine to others between September 5 and October 6 at Gloucester Crown Court on Tuesday. Clark was released on bail until his trial date of June 1. James Newton, 27, of Lansdown Crescent, Cheltenham, was also before the court as a co-defendant. Newton admitted his part in drugs supply. Newton pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of heroin to others between September 5 and October 6. He had already pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing before Cheltenham Magistrates Court to a similar charge involving crack cocaine and to being in possession of criminal property, a quantity of cash.
08:44 EDT, 17 December 2020
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John Millard, 52, was sentenced to a prison term of 12 months suspended for 18 months for fraudulently obtaining funds
The treasurer of a Unite trade union branch used hardship funds he had stolen from a dead man and his family to buy himself a Jaguar, a court heard.
John Millard, 52, abused his position as secretary and treasurer for Unite s Cheltenham branch, pocketing a total of £4,431.85 between January 2015 and June 2017 from the Union, Gloucester Crown Court heard yesterday.
Millard allegedly bought himself a Jaguar with £1,400 of a hardship fund that had been raised to help the family of Cheltenham bus driver Dan Harper, 24, pay for his funeral and enjoy a Christmas together.