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1/1 AN “OVERWHELMED” second hand car seller committed a £160,000 fraud at a post office in an effort to keep the business afloat. Anthony Chediak was spared an immediate prison term by a judge at Bournemouth Crown Court this week, one-and-a-half years after the postmaster was jailed for fraud by abuse of position. Chediak presented four cheques totalling £160,000 to Newtown Post Office in Sea View Road in September 2017. These were to be paid into the accounts of two businesses – Coastline Cars Limited and Coastline Vehicle Supply Limited, both registered to of...

“This incident stole my independence from me, which is something very dear to me.” The prosecution argued that Dyer’s neighbour was “vulnerable” and was “being targeted” by him, suggesting to the judge that the 34-year-old should serve a custodial sentence. But defence counsel Nick Cotter said Dyer felt “remorse for his actions”. He added: “It is not a defence that he suffers from paranoid schizophrenia, but it is a fact. “His mental health issues go some way to explaining his behaviour on this day. “It doesn’t make anything right and it doesn’t wind th...

BICESTER has criticised solutions for the town's London Road level crossing problem put forward by East West Rail Company. A consultation has started, asking locals what they think about plans for East West Rail (EWR) - a rail link between Oxford and Cambridge. EWR plans to increase train services in Bicester, meaning the frequency of trains passing through the level crossing at London Road would rise and the crossing could be closed for up to 50 minutes in every hour. Six options have therefore been put forward to keep traffic flowing, including building an underpass, an overbridge o...

BICESTER residents welcome proposals to convert empty shops in the town centre into accommodation, saying it will 'bring more life' into the town. Plans to knock down the former Dorothy Perkins and Clintons stores in Sheep Street and build two four storey blocks of 28 flats have been submitted to Cherwell District Council. Applicant and freeholder of the site WE Black Ltd says the 28 dwellings will comprise of four studio flats, 21 one-bedroom flats and three two-bedroom flats. One block would face Sheep Street while the other would face Backway Road, with a courtyard garden linking the...