2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (98+ words) A man has been acquitted of harassing a woman. Thomas Daddow appeared in the dock at Reading Magistrates’ Court on Monday, August 24. The 47-year-old, of Barley Close, Thatcham, had been accused of harassing a female with intent to cause her…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (430+ words) Over the bank holiday weekend, Reading Festival returned, welcoming around 105,000 people to Richfield Avenue, per day. Thames Valley Police officers and staff worked closely with the festival organisers and their teams, other emergency services and Reading Borough Council to deliver…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (478+ words) A man who twice outraged public decency in front of children in a supermarket has been sentenced. It proved a delicate judicial balancing act, for the defendant – 34-year-old George Robins from Thatcham – suffers from autism and is described as vulnerable....

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (327+ words) A judge took pity on a former drug dealer – after it took around seven years for him to be brought to court for sentencing. The justice system’s delay in finally dealing with Nicholas Hutchins meant the former crook was now…...

6+ day, 20+ hour ago   (570+ words) A business owner has been placed on the Sex Offenders Register after sending explicit messages to what he believed was a child. Toby Bartlett even sent a video of himself committing a sex act while seated at his own desk....

6+ day, 20+ hour ago   (256+ words) A cocaine dealer was busted selling drugs a second time…after being bailed for the first offence. Daniel Wilder is now behind bars as a result. The 31-year-old, of Montacute Drive, Thatcham, was first arrested on July 28 last year A…...

1+ week, 13+ hour ago   (413+ words) A man who supplied friends with cannabis got busted when he tried to import the drug from Thailand. Police subsequently found thousands of pounds worth of the Class B controlled drug at his home, Reading Crown Court heard. In the…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (384+ words) Police are seeking people who have protected domestic abuse survivors for an award honouring the ‘pioneering’ work of a solicitor who supported the family of a mother and son killed by her estranged husband. Thames Valley Police is inviting nominations…...

1+ week, 22+ hour ago   (111+ words) A man is waiting to be sentenced for causing criminal damage. Jonathon Pearson appeared in the dock at Reading Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, August 6. The 35-year-old, of Peers Place, Thatcham, admitted damaging a Ford Focus belonging to Harry Stonham-Howard in…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (671+ words) For the Newbury Weekly News can reveal Gunner Mark Jones, who was stationed at Denison Barracks, Hermitage, had an an easily researchable, sordid past. Meanwhile the 39-year-old was booted out of the army following a court martial in January, jurors…...