Pleas dismissed

Appeals by three men against conviction and sentence for using illegally-sized nets within a prohibited area were dismissed at Truro Crown Court last week.

William Stevenson, 78, and Anthony Stevenson, 70, both of The Strand, Newlyn, were each ordered by Judge Jeffrey Rucker to pay £2,000 costs. At the magistrates court they had each been fined £4,231 plus £3,114 costs.

William Hooper, 66, of Treglyn Close, Faugan Parc, Newlyn, who had been fined £400 by the magistrates, was not ordered to pay any appeal costs.

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