Royston Community Team

Rural Watch  

February 2011

 

 

PC 431 Paul Marina PCSO Amy Rainbird PCSO 6522 Brabrook

 

 

Covering Arbury, Ermine, Weston & Sandon Wards.

                   


 


       Man Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Pensioner Of £12,000

A 31 YEAR old man from Peterborough has pleaded guilty to defrauding a 77 year old Royston man out of £12,000 – for work on his property that should have cost under £300. Steve Winters, of Paston Ridings Caravan Site, Norwood Lane, Peterborough, admitted fraud by false representation at Cambridge Crown Court on January 11. He is due to be sentenced on a date to be fixed in February. Winters was charged with defrauding the pensioner at his address in Royston, on several dates between March 31 and April 22.  He has told the victim that his drains needed urgent attention and claimed that extensive work had been carried out when in fact; just two drain covers were replaced. Winters was finally caught when staff at the victim’s local branch of HSBC notified police when he tried to withdraw a large sum of money to make yet another payment to the conman.

 

Internet Fraud

 

I received the following on an e mail to my works e mail account, this is obviously a fraud, and it had an attached form that asked for my bank account pass code. PLEASE BECAREFULL OF SUCH TRICKS

 

Dear Applicant:

We have reviwed your tax return and our calculations of your last years accounts a tax refund of GBP 178.25 is due. Please submit the tax refund request and allow us 3-6 days in order to process it.A refund can be delayed for a variety of reasons. For example submitting invalid records or applying after the deadline.Please download and submit the form attached to this email in order to complete your tax refund.

Best Regards, HM Revenue & Customs

 

 

Speed Checks
 

 


                                                                                                      

Hinxworth

High Street

08/01/11 1655 - 1725

27 veh / Top 34 mph / Av. 25.4 mph

Newham

Ashwell road

24/01/11 1735 - 1805

26 veh / 35 mph / 27.2 mph

Weston

Damask Green Road

24/01/11 1640 - 1710

16 veh / 27 mph / 22.2 mph

Bygrave

Upper Bygrave

19/01/11 1700 - 1730

35 veh / 35 mph / 28.3 mph

Ashwell

Station Road (40 limit)

06/01/11 1710 - 1740

40 veh / 52 mph / 36 mph

Ashwell,

Newnham Way

25/01/11 1700 - 1730

28 veh / 47 mph / 27.7 mph

 

 

Enforceable Speed Checks

 

Date & Times

Location

Cautions

Fixed fines

Prosecutions

08.15 – 08.45  20/01/11

Barley Camb Rd

0

0

0

14.55 – 15.25 25/01/11

Therfield Rooks Nest

0

0

0

15.30 – 16.00 25/01/11

Mill End Rusden

0

0

0

08.50 – 09.20 20/01/11

Barkway Camb Rd

3

0

0

 

Reported Crime
 

 

 

 


G4E; - Ashwell, Hinxworth, Bygrave, Newnham & Caldecote

 

Crime no.

Offence

Location

Time & date

G4/10/76

 Attempt from Motor Vehicle

Ashwell

15-26/01/10

Offender(s) have emptied glove box , but no items were removed

 

G4D; - Barkway, Barley, Reed, Nuthampstead, Newsells, Kelshall & Therfield

 

Crime no.

Offence

Location

Time & date

G4/10/26

Burglary - Outbuilding

Nuthampstead

05-06/01/10

Offender(s) have removed padlocks to gain entry then removed fuel and a tool box from the premises.

 

 

Crime No.

Offence

Location

Time & Date

G4/10/41

Burglary - Outbuilding

Nuthampstead

16/01/10

Offender(s) has forced off padlock, and then removed diesel from location.

 

 

Crime No.

Offence

Location

Time & Date

G4/10/58

Drive with Alcohol levels above the limit

Barley

22/01/10

Arrested for being over the drink drive limit.

 

Crime No.

Offence

Location

Time & Date

G4/10/93

Burglary - Outbuilding

Barkway

29-30/01/10

Offender(s) have gained entry to premises and removed alloy wheels.

 

G3C; - Sandon, Wallington, Rushden, Clothal & Weston

 

Crime No.

Offence

Location

Time & Date

G3/10/25

Burglary - Outbuilding

Sandon

19-20/01/10

Offender(s) have removed a pressure washer, trailer and a selection of tools from the premises

 

 

Illegal Hare coursing
 

 

 


Reported Hare coursing Incidents in our area.

 

 

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

April

Total

03-04

3

13

28

3

8

13

9

3

80

04-05

4

13

4

0

4

0

1

0

26

05-06

0

3

0

0

1

1

1

0

6

06-07

0

4

4

6

1

0

2

0

17

07-08

3

10

4

6

9

2

4

3

43

08-09

7

5

2

4

4

4

2

1

29

09-10

3

3

10

3

1

1

2

1

24

10-11

0

2

2

4

1

 

 

 

 


 

Number of Sunday Hare Coursing and Nuisance Vehicle Patrols Carried Out to Reduce coursing Nusience Motor cycling and Nusience 4 X 4 use, patrols per months, early start preferred, 7am or 8am.

 

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

July

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

07

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

3

3

0

3

08

4

4

4

4

4

2

2

2

2

3

1

4

09

1

1

3

2

1

3

2

1

1

2

3

2

10

1

1

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

11

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Parish Councils
 

 

 Last time we attended

RUSHDEN

28/09/10

SANDON

01/12/10

THERFIELD

06/09/10

REED

04/03/09

BARKWAY

23/06/10

BARLEY

04/10/10

KELSHALL

20/04/09

NUTHAMP

09/06/09

ASHWELL

02/06/10

BYGRAVE

14/01/09

CALDECOTE

05/05/08

WESTON

12/08/10

RADWELL

10/05/10

WALLINGTON

28/09/10

HINXWORT

09/09/10

CLOTHALL

02/07/08

Neighbour Hood Watch Meetings

 

 

Area

Last Meeting

Next Meeting

Location and Time

G4E

Monday 26th July

 

 

G4D

Weds 1st Sept

 

 

G3C

Weds 25th August

 

 

 

G4E; - Ashwell, Hinxworth, Bygrave, Newnham & Caldecote

G4D; - Barkway, Barley, Reed, Nuthampstead, Newsells, Kelshall & Therfield

G3C; - Sandon, Wallington, Rushden, Clothal & Weston

 

 

 

Safer Neighbourhoods
 

 

 

Locality

Members

Martin Dingemans, Howard Marshall, Simon Holtom, Robert Law, Teddy Faure-Walker, Steve Jarvis, Andrew Young, Tony Hunter, Keith Bone , Charlie Snowdon

Meeting

on

20/01/10

 

Tasks set

1.      Tackling incidents of hare coursing and nuisance vehicle use within the rural community on Saturday & Sundays between the hours 06.00 – 19.00 (G4D, G4E, G3C).

2.      To improve/increase intelligence gathering in relation to suspicious vehicles/persons and attend incidents when reported. (G4D, G4E, G3C)

3.   To tackle speeding - locations West end / Newnham Way Ashwell, Station Rd, Ashwell. Upper Bygrave Rd, Bygrave, London Road, Barley, Cambridge Rd Barkway,  The Causeway, Therfield, Ashwell Road, Newham, Damask Green Road, Weston, Outside the Moon and Stars public house, Rushden and High Street, Hinxworth. 10 Speed checks a Month. From June 09 to Sep 09 to have a temporary trial on monthly enforceable checks in Barley, Therfield & Rusden. 

 

 

Surgeries

 

Surgeries all times 10.30 – 12.00

Barkway – Reading Room. Barley – Church. Weston – Post Office.

Ashwell URC Hall. Sandon Cecil Sales

Wed 16th Feb - Sandon

Thurs 17th Feb - Barkway

Fri 4th Feb - Ashwell

Wed 9th March - Weston

Wed 16th March - Barley

Fri 4th Feb - Ashwell

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Meet The Criminals 


Please click on the below link to meet some of the people we wish to becomes friends with.

 

http://www.herts.police.uk/CCTV/gallery.htm

 

Other links

http://www.herts.police.uk/profiles/hw.php  Herts HorseWhatch

http://www.hertscrimeprevention.com/NHCPP/Welcome.html

http://www.bedfordhomewatch.co.uk           www.doglost.co.uk

http://www.hertscrimestoppers.org.uk/              http://trailerwatch.com/

http://www.nfu.org.uk/                                      www.saddleguard.co.uk

http://www.britishhorse.co.uk/                           http://www.stolenhorseregister.com/

http://www.horsetackexchange.co.uk

 

 

Phone numbers 0845 33 00 222 (if you have suffered a crime or need Police within a couple of hours) 999 (for immediate response if you have just suffered a crime and for Coursing) PC 431 Paul Marina. North Herts Rural.

 

 

paul.marina@herts.pnn.police.uk                 01438 757924

chris.brabrook@herts.pnn.police.uk                     01438 757935

amy.rainbird@herts.pnn.police.uk                     01438 757935