Hate Crime Outside Boots High Street Exeter Friday 19Th Oct 17:20

There was an incident at 5:20pm on Friday 19/10/2018 outside the front of Boots on Exeter High Street. A female was approached by another female and sustained verbal abuse based purely on her appearance. The victim has stated that three people came to her aid. We are very keen to locate and talk to these people as they may be able to provide information to support a prosecution. We encourage anyone who witnessed this encounter at the location above to call 101 and quote CR/097195/18

Message Sent By Martin Pascoe (Police, PCSO, Exeter City Centre)

Message sent by

Natasha Radford (Police, Community Messaging Officer, Devon and Cornwall)

Viable lines of enquiry thanks to public

Devon and Cornwall Police are pursuing a number of viable lines of enquiry into the 1997 murder of Exwick schoolgirl Kate Bushell thanks to the public.

On Monday the Force launched a major public appeal for information on the 20th anniversary of Kate’s murder as part of an investigative review into her death.

Almost 100 calls and messages have been received by the investigation team via the incident room and online police portal.

There has been huge interest on social media from the public with more than 60,000 views for the public appeal films.

The Exwick neighbourhood policing team are conducting patrols in the Exwick area all week and the response from the local community has been extremely supportive, with people keen to assist with the investigation.

Senior Investigating Officer Paul Burgan said:

“The response and the interest from the public has been fantastic so far and we are thankful for that. As a result a number of viable lines of enquiry are being progressed by members of the Major Crime Team.

“However we are still appealing to anybody with information to come forward as one single piece of evidence could lead to the identity of the killer.

“If you have information which could lead to the identification of Kate’s killer, please come forward and contact us. That one piece of critical information may be just what we need.”

Phone the incident room on 0800 096 1233 or report online via: www.dc.police.uk/katebushell

A £10,000 reward has been offered by independent charity Crimestoppers for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Kate’s killer.

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Thefts from Exeter car parks

·         This is a message sent via Devon and Cornwall Alert. This information has been sent on behalf of Devon and Cornwall Police ·         Message sent by ·         Natasha Radford (Police, Community Messaging Officer, Devon and Cornwall) ·          There has recently been a series of thefts from car parks across central Exeter. ·          Police have received reports that a man has been targeting lone women and pretending that he needs change for the ticket machine. He gets close to the victims, touching their purses and change before stealing banknotes. There have been seven incidents within the last four weeks and, to date, around £1000 has been stolen. ·          The suspect is described as middle aged and is always dressed smartly either in a suit or a smart blazer type jacket. He may have greying hair on his temples and has a strong accent, possibly Eastern European. ·          Police are reminding members of the public to ensure that their personal possessions are secure at all times. ·          Anyone with information is asked to contact police via 101@dc.police.uk or by calling 101 quoting the relevant crime number(s) below. ·          Information can also be passed anonymously to independent charity Crimestoppers by calling 0800 555 111 or reporting online at www.crimestoppers-uk.org. ·          CR/065557/17 - 05/08/17 at Alphington Rd Sainsbury's ·          CR/062750/17 – 28/07/17 at Alphington Rd Sainsbury's ·          CR/059236/17 – 18/07/17 At Waitrose Exeter ·          CR/065138/17 – 04/08/17 at Waitrose Exeter ·          CR/060951/17 – 23/07/17 at Waitrose Exeter ·          CR/064191/17 – 01/08/17 at Southernay east car park near church ·          CR/060936/17 – 23/07/17 at The old Range car park Water Lane

Message from Devon and Cornwall Police 28.07.17

Police are warning the public to be aware of online scams and false online links.

This follows an incident recently whereby a 14 year old had an alert pop up on their mobile phone informing them that the phone had been hacked and they needed to phone the “Apple Support” number. The number provided was 0800 680 0156 - this is NOT APPLE SUPPORT so please do not contact this number.

Following this, a number of links to pornographic websites were sent out, which is obviously distressing for such a young individual. Therefore, please do not click on any links that you have not requested or are sure are safe and do not call any numbers as directed. Instead phone Apple support directly on their official number which can be found on their website.

If you have fallen foul of this, then ensure that you clear your browser history, log out of any active sessions on any social media sites and change all passwords for sites and email addresses.

Further help and advice can be found online on the Devon and Cornwall Police website and the Action Fraud website.