Michael Barrie Kennedy targeted struggling co-workers at a Chester restaurant, charging interest rates of up to 100% and trapping victims in debt cycles over an eight-year period.

Paul Ince, 31, from Wrexham, has been found guilty of the manslaughter of John Ithell, 59, following an unprovoked attack outside flats in Pont Wen in June 2023.

Bradley Underwood, 28, sentenced to 14 months for assaulting his former partner three times, including hitting her with a screwdriver handle.

John Atherton, 39, sentenced to 30 months after violent attacks on former partner including threats with pickaxe and knives.

Shaun Lloyd, 39, with 149 previous offences, has been jailed for two years after stealing a quad bike from a 74-year-old woman’s farm in Rhuddlan, leaving her feeling scared and on edge in her own home.

Damien Kelly told his partner to go to a hotel and turn her phone off if she received a court summons, Mold Crown Court heard.

Aiden Williams sent pedestrian Emma Jones flying through the air after hitting her at three times the speed limit in Johnstown, Wrexham.

Dumitru-Robert Lactus, 27, of Garden City, was found guilty of multiple serious offences including rape, assault and threats to kill at Mold Crown Court.

A 19-year-old Shotton man has been imprisoned for two years and eight months after admitting to multiple violent assaults against a woman over an eight-month period.

Andrew Morris, 47, sentenced to two years after police found nearly 94,000 category C images and hundreds more in serious categories.

Karl Taylor convicted of five offences after ‘frightening victim into silence’ at Mold Crown Court.

Stephen Harris caught in undercover operation after making vile comments about children and arranging to meet man with access to babies.