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Brothers jailed after Ebbw Vale cocaine raids

Jordan Jones 11 May 2026Cardiff Crown Court, Crime & Court Leave a Comment

Adam Challenger, 44, and Luke Challenger, 33, were sentenced at Cardiff Crown Court after counter terrorism officers raided their homes in Rassau, finding cocaine, more than £72,000 in cash and an array of weapons.

Newport man jailed for breaching sex offender rules

Jordan Jones 11 May 2026Cardiff Crown Court, Crime & Court Leave a Comment

Ross Clarke, 37, was sentenced to 40 weeks at Cardiff Crown Court after a jury found him guilty of failing to comply with sex offenders’ register requirements.

Tonypandy drug dealer jailed over £20k cocaine haul

Jordan Jones 8 May 2026Cardiff Crown Court, Crime & Court Leave a Comment

Daryl Bees, 33, was found with 180g of cocaine when he was arrested in Tonypandy. He was sentenced to 40 months at Cardiff Crown Court.

Burglar’s DNA on steering wheel leads to 40-month sentence

Jordan Jones 8 May 2026Cardiff Crown Court, Crime & Court Leave a Comment

A 36-year-old man who broke into a family home in Rogerstone and tried to steal their van has been jailed for 40 months after his DNA was found on the steering wheel.

Drug dealer freed after judge changes mind on prison sentence

Jordan Jones 8 May 2026Cardiff Crown Court, Crime & Court Leave a Comment

A 23-year-old Blackwood man jailed for supplying cocaine has been freed after the judge who sentenced him last month decided to suspend the term instead, calling it a “wholly exceptional” course.

Porth man jailed for eight years for dating app rape

Jordan Jones 6 May 2026Cardiff Crown Court, Crime & Court Leave a Comment

Dexter Walkey, 30, was sentenced at Cardiff Crown Court after being found guilty of raping a woman he met through a dating app. He was also made subject to indefinite sex offender notification requirements.

Drug dealer answered phone to police thinking they were a customer

Jordan Jones 3 May 2026Cardiff Crown Court, Crime & Court Leave a Comment

Samuel Harvard, 33, from Aberdare, was sentenced at Cardiff Crown Court after pleading guilty to being concerned in the supply of cocaine.

Burglar’s DNA found on chicken bone at Cardiff break-in

Jordan Jones 2 May 2026Cardiff Crown Court, Crime & Court Leave a Comment

Shane Sweeney, 28, has been jailed for two years after forensic analysis of a chicken bone left at a student’s home in Cathays linked him to a burglary in which a television, laptops, jewellery and a gold bar were stolen.

Drug dealer jailed after firing gun on Merthyr estate

Jordan Jones 29 April 2026Cardiff Crown Court, Crime & Court Leave a Comment

Rhys Mew has been sentenced to eight years and three months after firing a 9mm handgun during a drugs feud on the Gurnos estate. The weapon has never been found.

Man fractured wife’s spine and mocked her on floor

Jordan Jones 29 April 2026Cardiff Crown Court, Crime & Court Leave a Comment

Neil Owen, 47, of Pontypridd, was sentenced to 18 months at Cardiff Crown Court after admitting GBH and two assaults against his wife during the breakdown of their 15-year relationship.

Serial arsonist jailed after Cardiff building fire

Jordan Jones 29 April 2026Cardiff Crown Court, Crime & Court Leave a Comment

David James, 64, of Abergavenny, was sentenced to seven months for setting a window alight at Market Chambers on St Mary Street in Cardiff.

Ebbw Vale cocaine dealer jailed for six years

Jordan Jones 27 April 2026Cardiff Crown Court, Crime & Court Leave a Comment

Joel Crump, 35, has been jailed for six years at Cardiff Crown Court after pleading guilty to being concerned in the supply of cocaine in the Ebbw Vale area over a seven-month period.

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