• Wanted man's luck runs out

  By Hannah2009 at 15:51 on 11/08/11

  

  The long arm of the law has caught up with a man wanted in connection with burglaries carried out in Frome – after police stopped his housemate in Bristol yesterday in relation to the riots there. Police had been seeking the 32-year-old man for months in connection with a string of burglaries from businesses and schools in Frome, Bath and Bristol. When officers stopped another man in the street in the Stokes Croft area of Bristol...

• Councillors express fury at decision to close court

  By Frome People at 11:00 on 27/01/11

  

  Political leaders in Mendip have expressed their anger after learning that the last remaining court in the district will be lost. Mendip District Council received formal notification of the move this week. Politicians from all parties at Mendip were united in opposing the closure of Frome Magistrates' Court and have joined together to express their concern and anger at the final decision and the impact that it will have on the...

• Driver twice the drink limit banned

  By Frome People at 11:00 on 20/01/11

  

  A 42-year-old Chilcompton man has been banned from driving for 20 months after being caught more than twice the legal drink-drive limit. Andrew Church, of Stockhill Road, pleaded guilty to drink-driving when he appeared at Frome Magistrates' Court. Jeremy Oliver, prosecuting, said Church was stopped after police followed him on Stockhill Road and when they spoke to him could smell alcohol on his breath. A breath test gave a reading...

• Bailed over lottery thefts

  By Frome People at 11:00 on 13/01/11

  

  A teenager accused of stealing up to £3,000 worth of lottery scratch cards and tickets from his employer will appear before magistrates in Frome tomorrow. The case against Shaun Beasley, 19, from Moonshill Close, Stoke St Michael, was adjourned at Frome Magistrates' Court on Friday, December 17, because snow meant no one from the crown prosecution service could make it to the court. Beasley was given unconditional bail.

• Probe into motorist’s medication

  By Frome People at 11:00 on 23/12/10

  

  A Chilcompton man who was caught drink-driving will return before magistrates in Frome on January 14 after investigations are carried out to see if his medication affected the amount of alcohol in his body. The court heard how Andrew Church, 42, from The White House, Stockhill Road, broke his back 15 years ago and since then has been on heavy medication. Tests will be carried out to see if this medication will have had an impact the...

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