A Swansea man has been jailed for 18 months after arming himself with a knife and threatening a stranger during what a court heard was a “grotesque mid-life crisis.” David Dallimore, 37, admitted possession of an offensive weapon, making threats with a bladed article, harassment, and battery.
David Smith, 43, of Blaengwynfi, has been sentenced to four years and four months at Swansea Crown Court after admitting stalking, dangerous driving, arson, and knife offences against his former partner.
Tony Pike, 23, of Port Talbot, was sentenced to 33 months at Swansea Crown Court for involvement in supplying cocaine and heroin. A bag of white powder at his home, which initially tested positive for cocaine, was later confirmed to be bicarbonate of soda.
Timothy Ayres, 39, was sentenced to 16 months at Swansea Crown Court after breaching a sexual harm prevention order by failing to register bank cards and a tablet device with police.
Stewart Alderton, 44, from Knighton, was sentenced to 22 months at Swansea Crown Court after admitting 11 breaches of a sexual harm prevention order imposed following a 2021 conviction.
A 51-year-old Swansea man who used his teenage daughter to deliver drugs has been jailed for three years after absconding to France, where he was also imprisoned for drug supply before eventually returning to the UK.
Michael Cullen, 44, of Sketty Park, Swansea, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after threatening a teenager with an axe over money owed for a damaged car and later turning up at the victim’s home armed with a hammer.
Maximin Carter, 51, has been sentenced to five and a half years after police discovered an air rifle, ammunition, four telescopic truncheons, a ninja sword, and a knuckleduster at a property in Abergwynfi.
Emmett Morrison, 40, took his own life at HMP Long Lartin less than two years into a life sentence for the murder of neighbour Timothy Dundon. A prisons ombudsman report has revealed the disturbing details of his final weeks in custody.
The leader of a cocaine dealing network in Swansea has been jailed for four years after police traced the operation back to him through the phone of another dealer. Two associates were also sentenced at Swansea Crown Court.
Robert Smith, 35, attacked a woman who had invited him to stay the night at her Aberystwyth home. He has been sentenced to 15 months in prison at Swansea Crown Court.
Michael Matthews, 70, was sentenced to 20 months at Swansea Crown Court after admitting five breaches of a restraining order. A judge also imposed a 10-year restraining order.