A judge has ordered North Wales Police to explain why a man who threatened in custody to kill and dismember a woman accusing him of rape was released on bail. Martin Edwards, 41, was later disarmed in Llandudno by a former soldier and has been jailed for three years and eight months.
A 39-year-old man from Llanrwst has been jailed for two years and seven months after police found four types of drugs during a warrant. Darren Brain pleaded guilty to three drug offences at Caernarfon Crown Court.
Arthur Hughes, of Rachub near Bangor, was sentenced to three years and two months at Caernarfon Crown Court after police found 48 wraps of heroin and over £15,000 in cash at his home.
John Starkey, 74, of Upper Colwyn Bay, was sentenced to four years and five months at Caernarfon Crown Court after admitting sexual assault by penetration and two counts of sexual assault.
Jack Wellings, 28, was sentenced to 30 weeks in prison at Caernarfon Crown Court for six shoplifting offences and a common assault committed in Abersoch and Pwllheli.
Daniel Spencer, 36, had two months of a suspended sentence activated after missing a probation appointment. The judge told him accommodation would be arranged ahead of his release in a few weeks.
Paul Vaughan, 76, was handed 15 years at Caernarfon Crown Court after admitting 15 charges of historic sexual abuse against two boys during his time as a youth leader in Rhyl in the 1980s.
Adam Evans, 31, of Colwyn Bay, was sentenced at Caernarfon Crown Court after admitting dangerous driving, failing to stop, and driving while disqualified following a police pursuit on March 26.
A Nationwide cashier has been jailed for 16 months after stealing more than £8,600 from elderly and vulnerable customers at a Caernarfon branch to fund a lavish lifestyle of luxury holidays.
Nathan Ellis, 39, of Tywyn, was given an 18-month suspended sentence at Caernarfon Crown Court after admitting to seven offences including making indecent images of children and possessing extreme pornography.
Simon Lilley, 44, has been sentenced to two and a half years in custody at Caernarfon Crown Court after being convicted of several offences including residential burglary in the Bangor area.
Gift Oladele, 24, has been jailed for 17 years with an extended licence period of eight years after raping a 19-year-old woman as she walked home from a night out in Wrexham.