Three men have been jailed for more than 13 years in total for trafficking 16 women to work in brothels in Newport, Birmingham and Scotland. A fourth defendant got a suspended sentence.
Jack Conn-Peers, 27, of Connah’s Quay, was jailed for 39 months at Mold Crown Court after admitting strangling his former partner and later headbutting her while she was pregnant.
Christopher Williams, 73, has been jailed for 11 years and nine months after admitting 15 sexual offences committed against more than one victim over three decades.
Robbie Williams, 30, was one of three men who pulled Mark Cook from his car in Cwmbran and punched and kicked him. He has been jailed for 27 months.
Matthew Richards, 47, kicked his way into a Caerphilly home and chased a 15-year-old boy with a knife. He has been jailed and ruled a dangerous offender.
A Cardiff drug dealer who benefited by £166,184 from his crimes has been ordered to pay back just over £1,700. Louis Moates was jailed for 187 weeks after two police raids on his home.
Daniel Bedernyak, 42, was jailed for four months at Cardiff Magistrates’ Court after admitting eight counts of theft from a shop and three breaches of a criminal behaviour order.
Liam Chichester, 30, has been jailed after knocking his friend of 10 years unconscious outside the Master Mariner in Barry and punching him as he lay in the road.
Warren Davies, 30, broke 11 of Jason Leeder’s ribs, burned his arm and threatened to torture him with pliers after locking him in his room in Wrexham. He has been jailed for three years and nine months.
Samuel Hyde, 35, sexually assaulted the girl after travelling from Lancashire to meet her. He was already banned by a court order from talking to children under 16 without supervision.
A 24-year-old man who faked bank transfers to take valuables from people selling items online, including two victims in Wrexham, has been jailed for two years at Caernarfon Crown Court.
Craig Assirati, known to loved ones as ‘Boney’, died after a collision on the A472 on Saturday 24 October. His family have paid tribute to a much-loved husband, dad and son they called their very own Peter Pan.
