Fear for safety of missing Bristol man

Terrence Heiron

STORY UPDATE: (Saturday morning)  Mr Heiron has been found and is said to be safe and well.


Avon and Somerset Police are concerned for the safety of Terrance Heiron, 64 , who is missing from his home at Highridge, Bristol.
Mr Heiron has health problems and may be in urgent need of medication.

He is thought to be driving a dark red Ford KA reg: WV07CMU.
He is 6 ft tall, has short grey hair with a grey goatee beard and moustache. He has a large gap to the side of his upper front teeth where two teeth are missing. He was last seen wearing a blue jacket, black trousers, a grey jumper and a maroon shirt.
If you see Mr Heiron or his car please contact Avon and Somerset Police immediately on 0845 4567000.

Policeman saves man from dock on Bristol's Black Friday

A dramatic night-time rescue in Bristol Harbour was one of the hundreds of incidents recorded on 'Twitter' on Friday night on what Police call Bristol's Black Friday.  

St Augustine's Reach in Bristol Harbour: Picture by Bob Naylor

Police were called to St Augustine's Reach in Bristol City Centre where a man was threatening to jump into the dock. When the emergency services arrived the man was already in the water and a policeman, who has not been named, jumped into the water to rescue him. 

They were both taken to hospital and the policeman later went back on duty.

Avon and Somerset Police describe it as their busiest evening of the year because of the large number of pre-Christmas parties. This year they decided to use 'Twitter' to keep the public informed of the evening's events.


Below is how this event unfolded live on Friday night.

ASPolice 
#xmasudeserve Live tweets from the control room about to start
7:59 PM Dec 17th via web

ASPolice  

#xmasudeserve Reports of male threatening to jump into the river in Bristol. Ambulance and fire called. Man in water swimming.

8:23 PM Dec 17th via web

ASPolice  

#xmasudeserve re: Man in river in Bristol incident: Officer being taken to hospital due to effects of jumping into cold river.

8:42 PM Dec 17th via web

ASPolice  

#xmasudeserve Update on officer from river rescue: body temp dropped to 29 / put in heated tent / now ok - been discharged - on duty later

about 22 hours ago via web

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Boat-rage attack at Bristol Harbour Festival

A drunken yachtman who was said to have repeatedly tried to ram a man in an inflatable dinghy at this year's Bristol Harbour Festival pleaded guilty to using threatening words and behaviour to cause harassment, alarm or distress when he appeared at Bristol Magistrates Court.

During this year's Bristol Harbour Festival on the 1st of August Bevis Musk was travelling in the harbour in his inflateable dinghy. He saw a white yacht heading straight for him and he thought the man at the helm was not paying attention. He took immediate action to avoid a collision and as the vessel passed him the helmsman, Paul Johnson, 47, shouted and swore at Mr Bevis saying, "Come here and I'll sort you out."

Bevis said that Johnson then tried to ram him again and threw a can at him. He took to shelter among some mooring buoys to avoid being hit as Johnson continued to shout and wave his fist — at which point the Harbourmaster intervened.

Johnson's Defence Council, Gayna Ibe, told the court that Johnson had been drunk at the time and although he admitted the offence he did not think that he had aimed his boat at Mr Musk.

Sentencing Johnson to a 12-week prison sentence, suspended for 18 months plus 100 hours of unpaid work and 10 days of education, employment or training, District Judge, Martin Brown, said, "This is a very serious public order case because you were in control of a large boat which could well have caused a great deal of harm." 

Johnson, who the Judge said appeared to be a Jekyll and Hyde character and very polite when not drunk, was also ordered to pay £100 in compensation and £85 costs.