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IN THE DOCK: The biggest court cases in the Cirencester area
A thief was sentenced for stealing a diamond ring worth nearly £40,000, a man was jailed for attempted strangulation and a drug dealer walked free.
Diamond ring thief
A man who stole a ring worth nearly £40,000 from a jeweller in Cirencester in 2018 but was not caught until five years later was finally jailed.
Alin Mijloc, aged 42, of no fixed address in the UK, was sentenced to two years imprisonment by a judge at Gloucester Crown Court.
Prosecutor Neil Treharne said that Mijloc entered Walter Bull & Son Ltd jewellers, in Dyer Street, Cirencester, on Tuesday, March 27 in 2018, at 3.50pm and asked to some of the top of the range items on display.
A warrant for Mijloc’s arrest was issued but Mijloc was not picked up until February 5 this year when he was found in Northern Ireland and arrested.
Read full story: Thief sentenced after £40k ring stolen from Cirencester jeweller
Repeat offender
A man from Cirencester has been jailed for more than two years for attempting to strangle a woman.
Adam Savoury, aged 31, of Weavers Road, Cirencester, was subjected to a non-molestation order by Swindon County Court on December 9 last year which prohibited him from going to the home address of a woman in Cirencester.
Despite this order prosecutor Ehsanul Oarith said in the trial at Gloucester Crown Court yesterday (June 6) that the woman called the police and informed them that Savoury and two others were at her address on Saturday, January 21.
The court was told that on Saturday, February 4 the police received a silent emergency call from the woman.
Read full story: Cirencester brute jailed for attempting to strangle woman
Drug dealer
A 30-year-old drug dealer who used to live near Cirencester has avoided an immediate jail term.
Bonita Cainey, formerly of Burcombe, Woodmancote, near Cirencester, but now of no fixed address, admitted having ketamine with intent to supply, being concerned in the supply of cocaine and possessing mephedrone.
The prosecution said the scale of her offending called for a jail term of between three and a half and seven years at Gloucester Crown Court today, Thursday, June 15.
However, after hearing about her troubled past and current health problems Judge Martin Picton said reduced the sentence to two years – the maximum term which can be suspended.
Read more Drug dealer from the Cirencester area avoids immediate jail term
Lied in court
A 20-year-old man who lied about being the driver of a car which ‘mowed down’ a pedestrian causing serious injury has admitted perverting the course of justice.
Harry Fudge, of Field Barn, Kemble, allowed a friend with no licence to drive his Ford Fiesta and was a passenger in the vehicle when the accident happened.
Gloucester Crown Court heard how the Fiesta hit a 21-year-old man at a pedestrian crossing near Cirencester Retail Park at 7.20pm on October 12 last year.
The Fiesta overtook a car which had stopped at the crossing and hit the pedestrian, who broke his leg and may never fully recover, the court heard.
Read more Man, 20, lied after pedestrian hit by car in Cirencester
Fraudster
A woman who regularly made up false stories about sick family members in order to obtain money from residents has been convicted of fraud.
Gemma Yates, 30, of Fairfield, Royal Wootton Bassett, pleaded guilty to three counts of fraud by false representation in a hearing at Swindon Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, May 25.
Yates has been given a community order with conditions to comply with a six-month drug rehabilitation requirement and a 25-day rehabilitation activity requirement.
She is also required to pay compensation of £80.
Read more Fraudster told residents mum was ill for money
