A rapist who stalked an 18-year-old through the streets of Exeter before attacking her in an alleyway has been jailed for ten years. Gheorghe Bertlef, aged…
An Italian farm worker who strangled an animal-loving 53-year-old veterinary assistant in East Devon has been sent to a high-security psychiatric hospital indefinitely. Luigi Palmas, aged…
An Exeter loan shark who charged excessive interest rates has been given a suspended jail sentence. Robert Ferguson, aged 69, of Exe Street, Exeter, who admitted…
A backpacking volunteer has admitted killing 53-year-old animal-lover Katherine Bevan at an East Devon stud farm in Gittisham at the start of this year. Luigi Palmas,…
An Exeter loan shark is waiting to be sentenced after admitting running an illegal money lending business over a period of nearly six years. Robert Ferguson,…
A judge has jailed a murderer for at least 22 years for killing a Newton Poppleford loner who he claimed sexually abused him since childhood. Lewis…
A 22-year-old man has denied murdering Exeter woman Lorraine Cox and preventing the lawful burial of her body. Christopher Mayer, also known as Azum Rasul Mohammed…
A jury has heard how a murder-accused man who killed a Newton Poppleford loner was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder from being sexually abused. Lewis Finch…
A murder-accused man, who battered and strangled a loner in his Newton Poppleford caravan, drank methadone belonging to the victim’s dead dog in the hours before…
A loner who was beaten and strangled to death in his Newton Poppleford caravan survived for at least half an hour after the attack, a court…