Taunton Staplegrove

Tuesday 12th July 2006
Thugs beat man
A young man was viciously attacked and robbed in French Wier Park

Saturday 10th June 2006
Pub Brawl
Violence spilled on to a Taunton street after a pub landlord and his barmaids were set upon by a group of teenagers. The incident happened at the Cottage Inn on Kingston road.

Saturday 10th February 2007
Rock thrown at school bus window
A school bus driving along Staplegrove road had a rock hurrled at one of its side windows. Luckily the children were not onboard.

Monday 19th Nov 2007
Woman assaulted
POLICE launched a witness appeal after a woman was assaulted while she waited with friends for a taxi in Taunton.

The 27-year-old woman and two female friends were waiting in the car park next to the Kings Arms pub in Staplegrove Road.

Police say another car drove into the car park and a dispute began between its occupants and the woman over the way it was being driven.

One of the car's occupants then seriously assaulted the woman, leaving her with a fractured cheekbone which later required hospital treatment.

Man Assaulted As He Walked Home
29th May

A 54-year-old man has been assaulted in Taunton town centre.

It happened just after midnight on Wednesday when the man was walking along Kingston Road.

The man was approached and assaulted by a teenage boy and girl.

He was treated at Musgrove Park hospital for minor injuries.

Fight in Local Pizza Shop
31st May

A fight broke out between two drunken men in a local pizza shop on station road.

Police attended the scene which took place about 11.30