15 people jailed in Bristol in April 2021
Their crimes included terrifying violence and dangerous driving
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Every week, Bristol Live reports from the city s courts.
This reporting forms an important part of the UK s open justice system, that justice can be seen to be done.
Some of the key benefits of open justice include ensuring public confidence and respect in democracy and the administration of justice, as well as deterring people from committing crimes and thereby the details of those crimes becoming public knowledge.
Here are the criminals we reported on who were jailed at Bristol Crown Court in April.
You can read more about why we publish defendants names and addresses here.
Cocaine in car not mine, says man, but jury finds him guilty
Denneshae Martin convicted of possessing Class A drugs with intent to supply
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A man who said someone must have left Class A drugs in his car has been jailed.
Denneshae Martin denied all knowledge of the crack cocaine and heroin found in his vehicle in December 2018.
Police who arrested him and released him under investigation found him with more drugs shortly after.
Custom infill home developer puts five more vacant lots on the market in Shaker Heights Thomas Jewell, cleveland.com
SHAKER HEIGHTS, Ohio Custom home builder Keystate will pursue marketing and development of five vacant lots around the city as infill housing prospects.
The request approved by council last month came on the heels of the Pepper Pike-based developer’s first and successful foray into the city, in which a vacant lot on Fairmount Boulevard was marketed and sold.
While working on the option to purchase that lot, Keystate officials identified other potential buyers, prompting their latest request for one-year options to purchase those properties for $1 apiece should more interest arise.
The major crimes that have happened in Bristol in 2020
Some of them shook the city
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A series of stabbings, two murders and an ATM explosion are some examples of the major crimes which have happened in the area this year.
While 2020 will be remembered as the year of coronavirus and the lockdowns that followed, there have also been some major crimes in the city this year.