Two men from Stoke Gifford have been jailed for a combined four years for their involvement in the violent disorder in Bristol last month. Lee Gilpin, 43, and Michael Tarling, 42, were sentenced at Bristol Crown Court on 12th September having been part of groups which used or threatened violence and caused others to fear for their safety during the disorder on Saturday 3rd August.
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A man from Cheswick Village, in Stoke Gifford, has been ordered to pay a total of £1,541 after South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) prosecuted him for fly-tipping waste in a pub car park in Hambrook. CCTV footage showed the driver of a car removing approximately six black bags of household waste which he placed and left in the car park, before driving off.
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A builder from Stoke Gifford has been sentenced at Bristol Magistrates’ Court for offences including aggressive commercial practice, following an investigation by South Gloucestershire Council Trading Standards. One of his victims was a Bradley Stoke resident who paid up front for him to lay a new patio and renew some fencing, but the trader carried out only minimal work and then failed to return.
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A man who set fire to 20 vehicles in north Bristol on a single night, causing hundreds of thousands of pounds of damage, has been jailed. The incidents happened in Stoke Gifford, Little Stoke, Patchway and Bradley Stoke in the early hours of Sunday 3rd April last year. A large number of the vehicles were minibuses which belonged to a community transport provider.
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A 31-year-old man has been jailed for more than two years following a spate of burglaries and thefts at a number of locations across the Stokes. The court heard how between July and September this year, the defendant stole work tools, TVs and other items from vehicles and sheds in the Cheswick Village, Stoke Gifford and Bradley Stoke areas.
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A 31-year-old man will be sentenced next month after admitting a string of offences committed at various locations across the Stokes. The man admitted two non-dwelling burglaries, two theft from motor vehicle offences, an attempted theft from motor vehicle offence and a further theft, when he appeared at Bristol Magistrates’ Court on Thursday 6th October.
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A 33-year-old man from Little Stoke has been cleared of causing criminal damage to a statue of 17th century slave trader Edward Colston. The bronze monument was toppled from its plinth and dumped into Bristol harbour during a Black Lives Matter protest in June 2020.
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A benefit fraudster from Stoke Gifford has been sentenced to five months in prison after being found guilty of fraudulently claiming £35,000 in benefits. Troy Owen, 30, was sentenced at Bristol Crown Court on Tuesday (19th March) following a joint investigation by South Gloucestershire Council and the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). Owen first claimed Housing and Council Tax
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A Stoke Gifford man has been handed a suspended prison sentence after he pleaded guilty to permitting his property to be used in the supply of class A drugs, reports the Bristol Post. Kevin Kendell, 28, of Great Swanmoor Close, had been arrested after cocaine, heroin and drug paraphernalia were found at his home. Police went to the property after
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