Here are three of the crown court stories that have featured in the SNJ, Gazette Series or Wilts Glos Standard over the past few days.
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Online conman fuelled by gambling and cocaine targeted Yate resident
Benefits cheat from Stroud to face jail unless he pays back almost £60,000
Stroud man Luke Connor jailed for role in Terminator style gun plot
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