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Account manager jailed for £240k theft from struggling firm

Jordan Jones December 6, 2025Crime & Court, Newport Crown Court Leave a Comment

Sharon Wathan, 55, stole over £240,000 from CMU Management whilst the company made redundancies and struggled following the pandemic.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Cwmbran paedophile jailed for targeting ‘schoolgirls’

Jordan Jones December 5, 2025Crime & Court, Newport Crown Court Leave a Comment

Lee Pomroy, 55, sent explicit videos and arranged meetings with what he believed were underage girls, unaware he was communicating with paedophile hunters.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Newport man sentenced over £101k cannabis stash in Risca

Jordan Jones December 5, 2025Crime & Court, Newport Crown Court Leave a Comment

Matthew Slater caught with 17kg of cannabis worth £101,000 in flat above KB Motors garage in Risca.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Man jailed for smuggling cocaine into Cardiff prison

Jordan Jones December 4, 2025Crime & Court, Newport Crown Court Leave a Comment

Terry Kenton caught on CCTV passing drugs to former cellmate Mitchell Dyke during visit to HMP Cardiff.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Drug dealer made £100k but must pay back just £3,125

Jordan Jones December 3, 2025Crime & Court, Newport Crown Court Leave a Comment

Kimberley Davies, 36, from Rhymney, profited nearly £100,000 from supplying cocaine but has only £3,125 in seizable assets following a proceeds of crime hearing at Newport Crown Court.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Pontypool man sentenced for child sex offences in Newport

Jordan Jones December 3, 2025Crime & Court, Newport Crown Court Leave a Comment

Jason Howells, 53, caught sending sexualised messages to decoy posing as 15-year-old girl in paedophile hunter sting operation.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Townhill drug dealers jailed after boasting about drugs

Jordan Jones December 3, 2025Crime & Court, Newport Crown Court Leave a Comment

Two young Swansea dealers caught with phones full of evidence showing them trafficking cannabis, cocaine and crack cocaine have been jailed.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Risca thug jailed for assaulting pregnant girlfriend

Jordan Jones December 2, 2025Crime & Court, Newport Crown Court Leave a Comment

Thomas Powles, 37, from Risca, punched his pregnant girlfriend before threatening her with a Stanley knife, telling her “tonight is the night you are going to die”.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Drug dealer caught by police plane during Newport operation

Jordan Jones December 2, 2025Crime & Court, Newport Crown Court Leave a Comment

Cwmbran man jailed for two and a half years after police plane spotted him dealing drugs during off-road bike crackdown in Newport.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Ebbw Vale thug jailed after causing gas leak siege

Jordan Jones December 2, 2025Crime & Court, Newport Crown Court Leave a Comment

Jonathan Weaver, 35, broke into ex-girlfriend’s Tredegar home, caused gas leak, threatened explosion and threw roof tiles at police.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Drug dealer hit 103mph fleeing police with £30k cocaine

Jordan Jones November 30, 2025Crime & Court, Newport Crown Court Leave a Comment

Luke Jones reached speeds of 103mph during police pursuit in Cwmbran before colliding with council lorry and parked car. He and Louis Hall were found with crack cocaine worth more than £30,000.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Teen burglar with axe jailed after breaking into wrong house

Jordan Jones November 25, 2025Crime & Court, Newport Crown Court Leave a Comment

Ryan Lee Polverino confronted mother and baby with axe before realising his mistake and threatening victim not to call police.

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