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By Advertiser Reporter AN ALLEGED purse dipper will stand trial in May.  Simon Ambler, 43, denies stealing a purse from a partially-sighted woman in Iceland, Havelock Square, on February 20, 2021.  Prosecutor Keith Ballinger told the justices it was alleged Ambler had taken the purse containing bank cards and cash worth £40 from the woman as she shopped in Swindon town centre with her nephew. Appearing before Swindon Magistrates’ Court, Ambler, of Sheppard Street, pleaded not guilty to theft from the person.  He was grant...

By Advertiser Reporter File image of a steak and, inset, Swindon Magistrates' Court Pictures: PEXELS/ADVER A man is accused of threatening to stab his housemate after accusing him of eating his steak. Shaun Cunneen, 40, is also said to have used racist language and brandished a blade as he threatened the man with whom he lived in a shared house in Pinehurst on Thursday, April 8. Appearing before Swindon Magistrates’ Court on Saturday, Cunneen, of Whitworth Road, pleaded not guilty to racially aggravated common assault, racially a...

Trishton Whyte and, inset, a file image of a garden hoe Pictures: ADVER/WILTSHIRE POLICE A MAN who battered a door with a hoe then got caught while on court bail with a machete down his trousers has been jailed for a year. Trishton Whyte, 20, was sent down by Swindon magistrates last week after he admitted possession of a weapon, possession of a blade, cannabis possession and affray. Welcoming the sentence, PC Craig Head said: "Both incidences are very serious; the threatening behaviour towards a Swindon resident, using a garden implement as a weapon, and the separate incident of Whyte ...

MAGISTRATES threw out allegations a woman had breached her bail by going to Waitrose.

By Advertiser Reporter Police cordoned off a path off Drakes Way; Inset: Lauren Skinner Pictures: ADVER A WOMAN who lied about being raped by a stranger after arguing with her boyfriend has been given unpaid work. Swindon Magistrates’ Court heard that Wiltshire Police spent more than £2,000 investigating the complaint made by Lauren Skinner, including cordoning off a path near Greenbridge and trawling through CCTV footage. The 18-year-old was spoken to twice by officers – including two detective constables – and underwent a f...