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Man charged following sexual assaults in Bradley Stoke in summer 2022

A 37-year-old man has been charged following an investigation into sexual assaults committed in the Bradley Stoke area in the summer of 2022. From a total of four charges, two relate to incidents in the Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve while the other two relate to incidents at Primrose Bridge. The man has been released on conditional bail to appear at court on Tuesday 19th March.

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Bradley Stoke man among four charged with petrol station robbery

A Bradley Stoke man is among a group of people charged with robbery and carrying a bladed article following an incident at a local petrol filling station. Police were called to the BP filling station on the A38 Gloucester Road in Woodhouse Down, near Almondsbury, at 3am on Friday after staff reported that someone armed with a large knife or sword had forced their way into the forecourt shop.

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Over £2,800 spent on repairs and security enhancements following Baileys Court vandalism

A spate of vandalism at Baileys Court Activity Centre has resulted in the town council spending over £2,800 on repairs and additional security measures. An attempt was made to enter the building via a roof hatch and a large number of roof tiles have been damaged, along with a CCTV camera. Police have issued images of three “teens” they believe may be able to help with enquiries.

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Anti-social behaviour back to “normal” levels after ring leaders cautioned

Police say anti-social behaviour (ASB) by youths at the Willow Brook Centre and elsewhere in the Stokes has returned to “normal” levels after two ring leaders were issued with behaviour contracts. Responding to concerns about youths “wearing ski masks and balaclavas”, a local PCSO explained that police are no longer able to stop and search them, but must instead “wait for them to commit a crime”.

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Youth arrested following “firearm” incident at McDonald’s in Bradley Stoke

Police have made an arrest following an incident at the McDonald’s restaurant in Bradley Stoke in which a youth was seen with an object that “looked like a handgun”. Police attended and after examining CCTV footage a 16-year-old was arrested two days later. He has since been released on conditional bail. Enquiries are ongoing and anyone with information is asked to call 101.

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Police called as 500 revellers attend “unlicensed music event” near Hambrook

Police were called to the scene of an “unlicensed music event” near Bradley Stoke in the early hours of Sunday morning (30th October). A member of the public called police shortly after midnight to report seeing cars arriving at the site of a disused warehouse just off Old Gloucester Road (on the section between Winterbourne Road and Bristol Road, Hambrook).

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Police issue correction to news release on Bradley Stoke sexual assault

Avon and Somerset Police have issued a correction to a news release they put out regarding the charging of a man with a sexual assault that occurred in Bradley Stoke on Friday 15th July. They now say the incident happened “outside an address in Bradley Stoke … *not* in the immediate vicinity of the [Three Brooks] nature reserve”, rather than “at the nature reserve” as they had originally reported.

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