Padstow

Latest cases and results from Swindon Magistrates’ Court

PURTON: Bleue Griffin, of Hoggs Lane, has been sentenced for drink driving.
The 21-year-old pleaded guilty to driving a Ford Fiesta along Hook Street on June 8, 2024, after consuming so much alcohol that the proportion of it in the driver’s breath – na…

Female driver airlifted to Derriford after lorry crash

At 10.31am, emergency services were called to Cleers Hill near Whitemore following the collision.
Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service were also at the scene, with appliances from St Austell, Padstow and Bodmin in attendance.  
According to the police, a f…

Boy, five, died in fall from harbour wall while fishing

A five-year-old boy died after he fell into a popular tourist harbour while fishing and crabbing with his family, an inquest has heard. Benjamin Cullis hit his head on the side of a yacht in the incident at Padstow in June last year and died later in h…

Driver ‘in bits’ as motorhome gets trapped on narrow road

A motorhome driver was “in bits” after becoming stuck down a narrow West Country road. The drama took place at Mill Road in the Cornish fishing town of Padstow late on Monday afternoon and onlookers believe it was due to a “satnav blunder”.
The inciden…