Local news round-up
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Nets damaged
Vandals have caused £800-worth of damage to nets at Torpoint Cricket Club. Club captain Chris Davies discovered, last Friday, that the front bays of the nets, located at Horson Field, had been ripped out. Two days later, he returned to find that they had again been vandalised.
Pc John Alford says that there may be a link with damage caused to nets at Torpoint Tennis Club and is appealing for the public to contact him on 0990 777444 if they have any information.
Runaway lorry
An 18-tonne Appleby Westward lorry parked in Falmouth's Albany Road by its Saltash driver Mark Saunders, rolled away and collided with four stationary cars before crashing into a moving vehicle in Killigrew Street.
No-one was injured in the incident, which happened at midday on Friday. Police are carrying out investigations.
Bodmin beast back
Last week, there were several sightings of a large wild cat near the village of Minions. On the Wednesday Charles Crossthwaite, the proprietor of Bay Tree Trading in Liskeard, saw the labrador-sized, cat-like creature some 500 yards from the village and watched it run along an old railway line. He returned later to photograph its footprints.
Tamar Bridge death
A man from the Tavistock area who died after falling from the Tamar Bridge on to Old Ferry Road, Saltash, at 9.10am last Thursday, is believed to have committed suicide.
He has been named as Peter Lawrence Hill, aged 42, of Tavistock. The inquest was opened on July 2 by Deputy Coroner Michael Douglas Hartley and adjourned until a later date, pending further enquiries.
Bogus police
A warning has been issued to householders after an elderly couple in East Taphouse were duped into handing over £1,000 to two men posing as policemen.
The men, smartly dressed, one in his late 30s, the other in his late 20s, called at the house at 5.15pm on Tuesday, to say they were checking on counterfeit notes. The public are advised to check on the identity of callers and to phone 0990 777444 for verification, or Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.