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The Latest Breaking News from Wiltshire Police

Builder fights off three thieves in back garden wearing just his underwear

Simon Downs had been enjoying a day off work, when he heard some rummaging around the side of his house in Quidhampton, near Salisbury. He raced round to block them and punched one

Daily Mirror

Concerns raised over Damien Bendall’s association with girl year before murders

Wiltshire Police contacted probation about Bendall’s involvement with the vulnerable teenager in March 2020.

The Independent UK

Four-year-old boy dies at Center Parcs

Wiltshire Police said officers attended the leisure complex at Longleat in support of the South West Ambulance Service on Christmas Eve morning.

The Independent UK

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London county lines dealers who supplied heroin in Swindon sentenced to 17 years

Police have appealed for information (PA)

Evening Standard

Mum desperate for answers after daughter's naked body found dumped in field

'I feel like her case files are just gathering dust on a shelf'

Liverpool Echo

Three police officers suspended after 'racist, misogynistic and homophobic' messages found on dead sergeant's phone

The IOPC has announced it is launching an investigation after messages were published in a national newspaper

Wales Online

Man disqualified from driving after performing doughnuts on roundabout

Wiltshire Police released footage of the incident involving Daniel Bassett.

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Gwent Police investigated over ‘offensive messages found on phone’

Racist images, pornographic videos and sensitive information about corruption investigations were reported among the material exchanged.

The Independent UK

Novichok police force chief to retire

Kier Pritchard will leave Wiltshire Police in June 2023 having spent his entire career with the force after joining as a 19-year-old.

The Independent UK

Two Bristol men jailed over plans to burgle warehouse

They were tracked by a PCSO using a drone

Bristol Post

IOPC ‘sugar-coated’ probe into police handling of murder case, mother says

The police watchdog criticised Wiltshire Police for its handling of the investigation into the killing of Becky Godden.

The Independent UK

Timeline of case against double murderer Christopher Halliwell

The taxi driver killed Becky Godden in 2003 but was not prosecuted for her murder until 2016.

The Independent UK

Wiltshire Police apologises to Becky Godden-Edwards' family for failures

A damning report found a 'fog of confusion' over who was in charge after first case collapsed

Bristol Post

The evidence missed in the Becky Godden murder case

Wiltshire Police failed to follow up leads in the case against Swindon taxi driver Christopher Halliwell for many years, the police watchdog found.

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Police apologise to family of woman murdered by cab driver over ‘significant’ missed opportunities

Wilthshire Police allowed “fog of confusion” to develop around who was leading murder investigation, IOPC says

The Independent UK

Wiltshire Police apologise for failings in Becky Godden murder investigation

Taxi driver Christopher Halliwell was not prosecuted for the 20-year-old’s murder until 2016, despite leading police to her body in 2011.

Daily Mirror

Evil Christopher Halliwell linked to MORE murders as mum's fight exposes police blunders

Chief Constable Kier Pritchard faces disciplinary action over his role in the botched Wiltshire Police probe into the murder of Becky Godden-Edwards, 20 - she was killed in 2003 and buried in a field

Bristol Post

BMW stolen in Wiltshire found six days later in Bristol lock-up

"It's now being forensically examined"

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The Independent UK

Police force in special measures ‘leaving victims at risk’, watchdog finds

Report on Wiltshire Police released as Scotland Yard awaits full findings from HM Inspectorate of Constabulary

Daily Mirror

Fleeing driver grabbed police officer's arm and dragged her down road as she screamed

PC Joanna Halewood screamed in "absolute terror" as dangerous driver Marlon Joao dragged her down a dual carriageway after racing off in his car, leaving the officer with a broken ankle

The Independent UK

Soldier killed after being hit by armoured vehicle during training exercises

The member of 5th Battalion The Rifles was pronounced dead at the scene on Salisbury Plain on Tuesday.

Evening Standard

Soldier dies following collision with armoured vehicle on Salisbury Plain

A soldier has died following a collision involving an armoured vehicle on Salisbury Plain.

Daily Mirror

Soldier, 26, killed after crashing into tank during UK field training exercise

The man sustained significant head injuries and died at the scene after being involved in a collision with a Warrior armoured fighting vehicle yesterday, said police

Daily Mirror

Delivery driver who killed girl, 3, by reversing over her will not face charges

Milliee-Ann Rae Mckellar was reversed into by a delivery driver's Mercedes Sprinter van on March 3 last year in Calne, Wiltshire but the driver will not face charges

Manchester Evening News

Police officer who touched colleague's penis then shouted 'it’s a small one' is sacked

PC Adam Reed claimed the incident was 'banter'

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