• Police appealing for help after Hampton attack

  By TanyaSmith at 13:54 on 12/01/12

  

  Police are appealing for witnesses after a 20-year-old woman was spat at and racially abused while she was walking along a path in Hampton. The incident took place on Fearnley Crescent on December 1, 2011 where a group of five men were seen at the time of the attack before one of them spat at her before she ran away. The men were all white between the ages of 18 to 25. The man who spat at the victim is described as having three...

• Shoplifting spree after casino loss

  By Hampton People at 07:00 on 31/07/10

  

  A WAREHOUSE worker from the Czech Republic went on a shoplifting spree after gambling all his money away at a casino, a court heard. Miroslav Ferko, 29, stole duvets from Primark in Broadmead after losing all his money and leaving himself nothing to live on. Bristol Magistrates' Court heard he raided the shop twice with another man on July 7, taking bedding worth £110. Laura Opie, prosecuting, said Ferko was chased by security...

• Man carried blade for protection

  By Hampton People at 07:00 on 31/07/10

  

  A FATHER-of-two armed himself with a 10cm knife to protect himself as he walked through Bristol in the middle of the night, a court heard. Owen Williams, 22, was caught by police with the blade as he walked home to Lawrence Hill from Brislington in the early hours of July 8. Bristol Magistrates' Court heard that he told officers he had carried the lock knife in his pocket in case he was attacked. He was ordered to carry out 100...

• Teenager hit man in back of the head

  By Hampton People at 07:00 on 21/07/10

  

  A TEENAGER punched a man in the back of the head and attacked another during a city centre brawl. Jonathan Hill was involved in a fight outside the Hippodrome on St Augustine's Parade on May 16. CCTV footage showed Hill, 18, getting into a fight with Sean Gillard at about 2.30am. During the ruckus Hill was seen to punch Mr Gillard in the back of the head, and then attack another man. Hill's friend, Joshua Cox, who is also 18 and...

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