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Laugharne paedophile caught in online sting operation

Jordan Jones 22 January 2026Crime & Court, Swansea Crown Court Leave a Comment

William John sent explicit messages to what he thought was a 13-year-old girl but was actually talking to a paedophile hunter decoy account.

Serial burglar jailed for Baglan door-testing spree

Jordan Jones 22 January 2026Crime & Court, Swansea Crown Court Leave a Comment

Lewis Wood tried more than a dozen doors before stealing a VW Golf and driving it home to Newport. The 35-year-old was jailed for five years and three months.

Ammanford teen jailed for raping 12-year-old girl

Jordan Jones 21 January 2026Crime & Court, Swansea Crown Court Leave a Comment

Jake Richards, 19, sentenced to three and a half years after pleading guilty to rape at Swansea Crown Court.

Newport dealer jailed again weeks after prison release

Jordan Jones 21 January 2026Crime & Court, Swansea Crown Court Leave a Comment

Jonathan Tovey caught with £4,000 of cocaine while on licence for similar offences.

Saundersfoot man jailed for hiding cocaine in underwear

Jordan Jones 20 January 2026Crime & Court, Swansea Crown Court Leave a Comment

Thomas Groves, 37, was caught with 75% pure cocaine worth £11,400 stuffed in his pants after being stopped by police in Carmarthen.

Phone shop owner must repay £197k Covid loan fraud

Jordan Jones 19 January 2026Crime & Court, Swansea Crown Court Leave a Comment

Pembrokeshire businessman Zahid Afzal given three months to repay fraudulently obtained Bounce Back loans or face two years in prison.

Couple jailed for keeping 50 animals in squalid conditions

Jordan Jones 19 January 2026Crime & Court, Swansea Crown Court Leave a Comment

Lee Lock and Zoe Graham from Milford Haven sentenced after RSPCA found dozens of starving animals in faeces-filled home.

Burton man jailed for life for baby sexual abuse

Jordan Jones 16 January 2026Crime & Court, Swansea Crown Court Leave a Comment

Christopher Phillips, 34, received life sentence after being convicted of sexually assaulting and seriously injuring a two-month-old baby in January 2021.

Fake car hire cards masked Cardiff drug dealing operation

Jordan Jones 16 January 2026Crime & Court, Swansea Crown Court Leave a Comment

Two men jailed after police found business cards for drug line they claimed was a car hire firm during raid on Cardiff flat.

Drug gang hit with confiscation orders after cocaine probe

Jordan Jones 16 January 2026Crime & Court, Swansea Crown Court Leave a Comment

Members of cocaine trafficking gang ordered to pay back tens of thousands following Operation Manfern investigation, but subsidence delays one dealer’s asset seizure.

Amazon thief who stole designer watches jailed after 8 years

Jordan Jones 16 January 2026Crime & Court, Swansea Crown Court Leave a Comment

Former Amazon warehouse worker Edvin Groza sentenced to 12 months in prison after skipping bail for eight years following theft of designer sports watches worth thousands.

Man jailed for drugs after killing football fan with punch

Jordan Jones 14 January 2026Crime & Court, Swansea Crown Court Leave a Comment

Steven Vonk, 51, received an additional sentence after police found cocaine worth £9,680 in his Swansea flat during his arrest for manslaughter.

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