Two jailed after seized phone exposes cocaine network
Jack Haynes and Liam Davies were sentenced at Swansea Crown Court after messages on a seized phone revealed their roles in a cocaine supply operation.
Jack Haynes and Liam Davies were sentenced at Swansea Crown Court after messages on a seized phone revealed their roles in a cocaine supply operation.
Rogue trader Lee Slocombe has been jailed for six years after defrauding vulnerable victims out of nearly £550,000 and leaving homes in a dangerous state across south Wales.
David Rees, 48, of Newport, thought he was chatting with a 12-year-old girl but was caught by an undercover police officer. He was handed a suspended sentence at Cardiff Crown Court.
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.
Oleksandr Baryshnikov, 49, of Bangor, has been jailed for 33 months at Caernarfon Crown Court after police found amphetamine worth £6,570 in his freezer and phone messages linking him to cocaine and amphetamine supply.
Darren Steel, 41, has been sentenced to life with a minimum of 20 years after being found guilty of murdering his brother Martin Steel in Clase, Swansea.
Martin O'Brien leapt into a Good Samaritan's vehicle in Essex before later being caught with a knife in Port Talbot after months on the run.
Lee Evans, 40, was jailed for two years and nine months after a judge at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court branded him "a habitual wife beater."
Darren James, 54, was jailed for 48 weeks after displaying knives, a dart and scissors to the public in Abergavenny town centre.
Adrian Sine, 43, sent explicit messages to three decoy profiles posing as teenage girls while recovering from heart surgery at a hospital ward.
Ian Prosser, 40, from Cwmfelinfach, was sentenced to 13 months in prison at Cardiff Crown Court after headbutting and beating a man in his own home in a premeditated assault.
Thomas Williams, 38, of Penycae, Wrexham, was sentenced to 30 months at Mold Crown Court after leading officers on two high-speed pursuits across Denbighshire and Wrexham.