News review of 2009: March (From Chard & Ilminster News)

News review of 2009: March

5:40pm Thursday 31st December 2009 in News

CRUEL-HEARTED burglars stole from those most in need when they broke into a Chard charity shop.

The thieves smashed their way into the Help the Aged shop in Fore Street, taking the float from the till and damaging the front door.

A CAR in Chard proved to be 'udderly' brilliant at moo-ving into people's hearts.

Owner Adam Gummer and his daughter Rebekah changed the car from a Nissan Micra to a 'Moocra', adding bovine features such as black cow prints, a pink rubber glove beneath for udders, eyelashes above the front lights and a 'moo-er' that makes farm animal sounds.

FEARFUL residents tried to barricade themselves in when a group of unruly yobs smashed their way into their property in Chard town centre.

The unrest was triggered at an address in Boden Street when a group of ten young adults - men and women - forced their way into the multiple occupancy property.

A GRATEFUL Chard woman praised three young heroes for coming to her rescue after her car was almost set ablaze in an arson attack.

Norma Ceesay, of High Street, managed to move her car away from a vehicle in Helliers Road that had been deliberately set alight after a trio of young men raised the alarm.

A FATHER of four from Ilminster escaped jail after pleading guilty to downloading over 300 pornographic images of children.

Paul Smith, 45 of Ladymeade, was given a four-month suspended sentence at Taunton Crown Court.

plants worth £2,000-£5,000 in a raid on a house in the Glynswood area of Chard.

A woman was arrested on charges of cultivating drugs with intent to supply after police acted on an anonymous tip-off.

A CHARD man described as a “ticking bomb” was given a two-year jail sentence after stabbing a police officer.

James Hine, 32, formerly of Park Road, was sentenced at Taunton Crown Court for wounding PC Mike Tarling after a dispute in which he also assaulted his then pregnant girlfriend and a Police Community Support Officer.

SPECULATION that a large black cat could be prowling around the Chard and Ilminster area resurfaced.

PC Andy Stuart, of Chard Police, told the News that a resident reported seeing a large cat in fields around the Bishopswood area of Chard.

The sighting came just over a year after a spate of claims from people that they had seen or come across evidence to suggest a large wild cat was living locally.