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‘JB line’ drug dealers jailed after Bridgend car stop

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

Jayden Williams and Marcus Gonzales were sentenced at Newport Crown Court after messages on their phones showed they were supplying wholesale quantities of heroin, crack cocaine and cocaine to other dealers.

Newport drug dealer must repay £475,000 crime profits

Jordan Jones 26 July 2026Crime & Court, Newport Crown Court Leave a Comment

Graham Price, 36, was caught with 1.5kg of cocaine, £81,000 in cash and a £40,000 Rolex at his Newport home. A judge has now ordered him to hand over the full £475,000 he made from crime or serve four more years.

Pontypool ex-teacher jailed over fake confession plot

Jordan Jones 25 July 2026Crime & Court, Newport Crown Court Leave a Comment

Matthew Harris, 45, invented a burglar called “Hank Smith” who confessed to accessing more than 1,000 child abuse images on his tablet. Newport Crown Court jailed him for 43 months.

Cwmbran man given extended sentence for assault on partner

Jordan Jones 29 June 2026Crime & Court, Newport Crown Court Leave a Comment

Gareth Moreton-Jenkins, 42, was handed an extended sentence of 10 years and six months at Newport Crown Court after being convicted of wounding with intent following an attack on his then partner.

Man jailed after smashing £1,000 of gin at supermarket

Jordan Jones 29 June 2026Crime & Court, Newport Crown Court Leave a Comment

Conor Webley, 32, of Hengoed, was sentenced to 14 months at Newport Crown Court after pleading guilty to 11 offences including assault, criminal damage and possession of an offensive weapon.

Burglar jailed after off-duty officer chase in Newport

Jordan Jones 21 June 2026Crime & Court, Newport Crown Court Leave a Comment

A burglar has been jailed for 14 months after an off-duty Gwent Police officer spotted him in Newport and chased him through several streets before detaining him. Arron Young, 35, admitted multiple burglary and theft offences at Newport Crown Court.

Man jailed for killing pedestrian after hiding eye disease

Jordan Jones 20 June 2026Crime & Court, Newport Crown Court Leave a Comment

A Caerphilly man has been sentenced to six years and 10 months in prison and banned from driving for life after killing 84-year-old Gaynor James at a pedestrian crossing in Pengam. Andrew Perry, 56, had concealed a degenerative eye condition from the DVLA for more than two decades.

Cardiff man spared jail for suffocating girlfriend

Jordan Jones 6 June 2026Crime & Court, Newport Crown Court Leave a Comment

Former boxer Ethan Knight, 24, admitted to suffocating his partner and attacking her on two further occasions during their relationship. He was given a suspended sentence at Newport Crown Court.

Man jailed for reversing into woman on Cardiff driveway

Jordan Jones 31 May 2026Crime & Court, Newport Crown Court Leave a Comment

Morgan Davison, 27, from Pontardawe, was sentenced to 30 months in prison after deliberately reversing his car into a woman on her Cardiff driveway, leaving her trapped beneath the vehicle with fractured ribs.

Newport man jailed for repeatedly driving while banned

Jordan Jones 31 May 2026Crime & Court, Newport Crown Court Leave a Comment

David Cousins, 29, of Nash Drive, Newport, was sentenced to 40 weeks in prison by Judge Eugene Egan after being caught driving while disqualified on three separate occasions this year.

Man jailed after driving from police while handcuffed

Jordan Jones 31 May 2026Crime & Court, Newport Crown Court Leave a Comment

John Robinson, 48, from London, was sentenced to 12 months at Newport Crown Court after driving away from officers at a Cwmbran petrol station while in handcuffs. He also had a dysfunctional imitation firearm.

Pontypool man jailed for child sex offence

Jordan Jones 30 May 2026Crime & Court, Newport Crown Court Leave a Comment

Martin Pugh, 58, of Chester Close, New Inn, has been sentenced to six years and six months after being found guilty of gross indecency with a girl under 14.

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