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Barry man jailed after grooming and abusing schoolgirl

Jordan Jones 14 April 2026Crime & Court, Newport Crown Court Leave a Comment

Owen Evans, 39, of Barry, was sentenced to seven years in custody with a three-year extended licence at Newport Crown Court after admitting child sex offences against a 13-year-old girl.

Tredegar man had 900 child abuse images on phone

Jordan Jones 12 April 2026Crime & Court, Newport Crown Court Leave a Comment

George Evans, 21, was given a suspended sentence at Newport Crown Court after pleading guilty to three counts of making indecent images of children, with 565 of the most serious category found on his mobile phone.

Bedwas man strangled partner and slapped woman

Jordan Jones 7 April 2026Crime & Court, Newport Crown Court Leave a Comment

Benjamin Bannan, 20, was given a suspended sentence at Newport Crown Court after admitting intentional strangulation and suffocation and being found guilty of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

Sully man jailed after breaching sexual harm order

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Luke Stanley, 35, was sentenced to 47 months at Newport Crown Court after admitting eight breaches of a sexual harm prevention order.

Man convicted of sexual assault on girl, 14, awaits sentence

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Ryan Thomas, 33, of Abercarn, Caerphilly, was found guilty at Newport Crown Court of sexually touching a 14-year-old girl and sending indecent images. He will be sentenced on April 15.

Man messaged ‘child’ about underwear in decoy sting

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Iestyn Compton, 22, from Aberkenfig, was given a 12-month suspended sentence at Newport Crown Court after posing as a teenage girl to send sexual messages to who he believed was a 12-year-old boy – but was in fact a decoy police officer.

Newport teen drug dealer sentenced to 18 months in custody

Jordan Jones 29 March 2026Crime & 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.

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