• Clifton, Bristol, man photographed by stolen laptop in his sleep

  By rycginge at 16:38 on 11/01/12

  

  A Clifton man was photographed in his sleep by a stolen laptop, which then directed police to his house. Rastin Khalaji was caught on camera by tracking software downloaded by the victim, a female student, on the laptop. Yesterday at Bristol Magistrates Court, he was convicted of two counts of handling stolen goods. Khalaji, 19, was given a 12-month community order. He must abide by a curfew for eight weeks between 7pm and 7am and...

• Jurors in Joanna Yeates case warned not to allow sympathy to cloud judgment

  By AbigailEdge at 13:50 on 26/10/11

  

  Jurors trying Vincent Tabak for the murder of Bristol landscape architect Joanna Yeates have been warned not to "allow emotion or sympathy" to cloud their judgment. Judge Justice Field told the jury of six men and six women they should decide whether the 33-year-old Dutch engineer was guilty of Miss Yeates's murder on the evidence alone. "It is your responsibility and your responsibility alone to judge the evidence and...

• Bike stolen in Clifton, Bristol

  By MartiniBooth at 17:22 on 24/10/11

  

  Have you seen this beautiful bike? It was stolen in Clifton on Sunday, October 23, between 10am and 2.45pm. Contact Gavin on 07814 485 405.

• Joanna Yeates's neighbour did not hear screams on night she was killed

  By AbigailEdge at 15:53 on 24/10/11

  

  The neighbour of murdered Bristol architect Joanna Yeates has said he did not hear any screams on the night she died. Bristol Crown Court heard that Geoffrey Hardyman, who lives in the top floor flat of 44 Canynge Road, Clifton, was ill with a cold and had gone to bed at 11pm on the night of December 17 last year. He stated that he had heard nothing from Miss Yeates's ground floor flat on the evening that she was strangled by another...

• Vincent Tabak denies he killed Joanna Yeates for kicks

  By Bristol Evening Post at 07:01 on 22/10/11

  

  KILLER Vincent Tabak was accused in court of strangling Joanna Yeates for sexual kicks. But Dutchman Tabak, who has admitted the manslaughter of the 25-year-old landscape architect, denied the accusation, saying he had wanted to kiss and not kill her after he walked by her kitchen window and she invited him in. Court One of Bristol Crown Court sat in silence yesterday as prosecutor Nigel Lickley QC counted 20 seconds – the...

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