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Newport teen drug dealer sentenced to 18 months in custody

Jordan Jones 17 hours agoCrime & Court, Newport Crown Court Leave a Comment

A teenager who dealt cocaine and heroin on the streets of Newport while funding a £100-a-day cannabis addiction has been sent to a young offender institution for 18 months.

Man jailed after breaking Wales footballer’s jaw

Jordan Jones 28 March 2026Crime & Court, Newport Crown Court Leave a Comment

David Williams, 41, punched Laura Banks outside her Tredegar home, fracturing her jaw in two places and ending her football career. He was sentenced to 21 months at Newport Crown Court.

Man jailed for petrol bombing restaurant in racist attack

Jordan Jones 18 March 2026Crime & Court, Newport Crown Court Leave a Comment

Leon Morris, 38, hurled a petrol bomb at Pengam Spice while 10 people, including two children, slept upstairs in what a judge described as a racially aggravated attack.

Man caught in sting after chats with fake ‘schoolgirls’

Jordan Jones 16 March 2026Crime & Court, Newport Crown Court Leave a Comment

Matthew Lewis, from Pontypool, believed he was chatting with underage girls but was caught by paedophile hunters and sentenced at Newport Crown Court.

Cathays man jailed for 18 years for child rape

Jordan Jones 16 March 2026Crime & Court, Newport Crown Court Leave a Comment

Julian Hobbs, 36, was sentenced at Merthyr Crown Court after being convicted of multiple sexual offences against a girl under 13.

Paedophile jailed again after hoarding child abuse images

Jordan Jones 16 March 2026Crime & Court, Newport Crown Court Leave a Comment

David Cwiklinski, 52, from Magor, was sentenced to three years and two months at Newport Crown Court after nearly 1,000 indecent images were found at his home.

Drug dealer’s Banksy art seized as he’s told to pay £233k

Jordan Jones 15 March 2026Crime & Court, Newport Crown Court Leave a Comment

Christopher Scrivens, who was jailed for importing cannabis from California, has been ordered to pay back £233,737 at Newport Crown Court or face a further three years behind bars.

Romance fraudster who posed as spy jailed for five years

Jordan Jones 13 March 2026Crime & Court, Newport Crown Court Leave a Comment

Rodney Roberts, 40, from Cardiff, used the alias Paul Smith to con three women out of nearly £50,000 through online dating platforms between 2021 and 2024.

Man jailed after leaving pub customer with brain bleed

Jordan Jones 10 March 2026Crime & Court, Newport Crown Court Leave a Comment

Jordan Coles, 29, repeatedly punched and kicked stroke victim William Murphy in the head after drinking in an Abergavenny pub, leaving him with a bleed on the brain.

Man jailed after biting partner and throwing knife

Jordan Jones 9 March 2026Crime & Court, Newport Crown Court Leave a Comment

Marley Burgess, 26, from Cardiff, was sentenced to 17 months at Newport Crown Court after admitting to a string of violent assaults against his partner.

Newport thug jailed for 40 months over domestic abuse

Jordan Jones 9 March 2026Crime & Court, Newport Crown Court Leave a Comment

Benjamin Bird, 36, from Newport was sentenced at Newport Crown Court after admitting a string of domestic violence offences against his former partner, including strangulation and suffocation.

Woman, 80, jailed for abuse of boy more than 40 years ago

Jordan Jones 4 March 2026Crime & Court, Newport Crown Court Leave a Comment

Hazel Templeton was found guilty of four counts of indecent assault on a male under 14 following a trial at Newport Crown Court.

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