Three men jailed over trafficking and brothel ring
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.
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.
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.
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.
Jamie Evans threw a wheelie bin through the window of the Taff Street shop, then rang police from outside the station saying he was struggling and wanted to go back to jail. He has been sentenced to one month in prison.
A Barry teenager has been jailed for 32 months after stealing an Audi from a Sully home while a family slept upstairs. He was on licence from a young offender institution at the time.
Timothy Purcell, 44, was found guilty by a jury of seven child sex offences involving a girl aged between 13 and 15. He was jailed for eight years at Cardiff Crown Court.
Faduno Hajiali, 43, was given an immediate two-year sentence at Cardiff Crown Court after starting a fire in her Godfrey Road flat while drunk.
Daniel Merry, 36, has been jailed for four years and four months at Cardiff Crown Court. Police stopped a van linked to him over a missing MOT, and a later search found cash, a crossbow and messages connecting him to drug supply.
A woman who profited by £867,689 from a £3.5m class A drugs conspiracy across south Wales and the south-west of England has been given a nominal £1 confiscation order after a court heard she has no available assets.
Ryan Watts, 28, has been jailed after forcing his way into a house in Abertillery and hitting a locked bedroom door where the man inside had shut himself away.
Daniel Hickey, 78, has been sentenced at Cardiff Crown Court after admitting a series of sexual offences against a girl two decades ago.
Deri Thomas, 47, stole metal sheets worth almost £61,000 from Flamgard Engineering in Pontypool, with help from an unidentified van driver. He received a suspended sentence at Cardiff Crown Court.