A mother has been ordered to pay £766 after being found guilty in her absence at Cardiff Magistrates’ Court of failing to ensure her daughter regularly attended school.
Pensioner jailed for stalking cafe worker and shop employee
Zulfkar Ahmed, 67, of Grangetown, Cardiff, was sentenced to three years after bombarding a waitress with thousands of messages and stalking a second woman.
Merthyr man jailed for 15 years for child sex offences
Phillip Harris, 58, was sentenced at Newport Crown Court for historical sexual offences against a child committed between 1989 and 1991.
Cocaine buyers used “Chinese” as codeword, court hears
Two Ammanford men have been jailed at Swansea Crown Court after police caught them waiting to collect a cocaine delivery, with phone evidence revealing customers used the word “Chinese” as a code when ordering the drug.
Ebbw Vale teenager locked up for raping sleeping girl
Alfie Lee, 19, of Ebbw Vale, was found guilty of raping a 16-year-old girl as she slept after they had smoked cannabis together in 2023. He was sentenced at Cardiff Crown Court to an extended custodial sentence totalling six years.
Flintshire man caught selling fake designer goods in Liverpool
Martin McDonagh, 27, of Queensferry, was fined and given a criminal behaviour order at Liverpool Magistrates’ Court after being found with counterfeit perfumes and imitation Apple products.
Newport man jailed for refusing breath test while disqualified
Marcin Depka, 42, of Duffryn, Newport, was sentenced to 38 weeks in prison after being found guilty in his absence of failing to provide a specimen, driving whilst disqualified, and driving without insurance.
Tenby landlord fined for collecting rent illegally
Anthony Moses was convicted in his absence of four counts of unlawfully collecting rent at properties in the Aberdare area without a licence.
Pembs cocaine dealer made £85k but only £1 could be seized
Christopher Smith, 36, of St Twynnells, was jailed for four years for cocaine dealing. A Proceeds of Crime Act hearing found he had benefitted by £85,860 but had no seizable assets.
St Athan pensioner, 73, sentenced after online child sex sting
Robin Vecchi was caught by paedophile hunting group Dank Dragon after encouraging what he believed was a teenage girl to perform a sexual act. He was handed a community order at Newport Crown Court.
Newport shoplifter jailed for Sainsbury’s alcohol theft
Imtiaz Fazal, 40, was sentenced to eight weeks in prison after stealing £200 worth of alcohol from the Cwmbran store.
Man jailed after 15-hour knifepoint hostage ordeal
Jordan Howe, 31, of Pontypridd, has been sentenced to six years at Cardiff Crown Court after holding his stepfather hostage through the night while armed police surrounded the property.