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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.

Rogue Cardiff builder jailed after conning victims

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

Patrick Teehan, 57, took more than £82,000 from 15 victims and used fake suicide attempts and lies about his wife having cancer as excuses for not completing work.

Dealer threw drugs from car window after police spotted deal

Jordan Jones 19 February 2026Crime & Court, Newport Crown Court Leave a Comment

Jason Bartlett, 47, was jailed for 32 months after officers caught him mid-deal in Cwmbran and found heroin and crack cocaine.

Cocaine dealer hit 100mph fleeing police in Newport

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

Rizwan Mohammed, 19, drove the wrong way around a roundabout and reversed into police cars during a high-speed chase before officers found crack cocaine worth more than £2,000.

Woman jailed for smashing gran’s face into caravan

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

Shawna Miller, 28, knocked out a grandmother’s front teeth after being asked to keep the noise down at a Porthcawl caravan park while a child slept.

Newport drug dealer made £106k from cocaine operation

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

Jordan Martin, 33, was caught with more than 1kg of cocaine during a raid at his Newport home and has now faced a proceeds of crime hearing.

Two Bristol men jailed after Cardiff letterbox shooting

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

A teenager was shot through a letterbox in Cardiff, leaving him with multiple wounds. Two men from Bristol have been sentenced to a combined 19 years.

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