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Builder turned detective after finding stolen tools on Facebook

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

A Swansea builder who had £3,000 of tools stolen spotted them for sale on Facebook hours later and posed as a buyer, leading police to Craig Dudley who has been jailed for 17 months.

Officer sacked after showing warrant card on night out

Jordan Jones 20 March 2026Crime & Court, Gwent Police Leave a Comment

PC Nicholas Francis has been dismissed without notice after flashing his police identification while socialising off duty with a man who appeared to be taking drugs.

Two Newport dealers jailed for crack cocaine conspiracy

Jordan Jones 20 March 2026Cardiff Crown Court, Crime & Court Leave a Comment

Juan Bejarano-Zamorano and Jayden Morgan were sentenced at Cardiff Crown Court for running a crack cocaine supply operation from a customer’s home in Newport.

Drug dealer jailed after recruiting boy as runner

Jordan Jones 20 March 2026Crime & Court, Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court Leave a Comment

Ryan Greening sold adulterated cocaine to a youth and used him to sell drugs before being jailed for six years alongside two co-conspirators from Barry.

Chepstow paedophile jailed for rape of girl, 14

Jordan Jones 20 March 2026Cardiff Crown Court, Crime & Court Leave a Comment

Andrew Wisbey, 27, was sentenced at Cardiff Crown Court after being found guilty of abducting and raping a 14-year-old girl in 2021.

Man waved machete in flats then caught by facial recognition

Jordan Jones 18 March 2026Crime & Court, Swansea Crown Court Leave a Comment

Scott Parry, 41, of Dyfatty, Swansea, was jailed for 10 months after brandishing a machete in a block of flats and carrying out three shoplifting raids on a Matalan store.

Two men sentenced for Brackla arson attack

Jordan Jones 18 March 2026Cardiff Crown Court, Crime & Court Leave a Comment

Ellis Lloyd and Taran Mills have been sentenced at Cardiff Crown Court after admitting to setting a car on fire in Brackla, Bridgend in December 2025.

Man jailed for petrol bombing restaurant in racist attack

Jordan Jones 18 March 2026Crime & Court, Newport Crown Court Leave a Comment

Leon Morris, 38, hurled a petrol bomb at Pengam Spice while 10 people, including two children, slept upstairs in what a judge described as a racially aggravated attack.

Porthcawl man jailed for six years for rape

Jordan Jones 17 March 2026Cardiff Crown Court, Crime & Court Leave a Comment

Jason Bailey, 48, of Porthcawl, has been sentenced to six years in prison at Cardiff Crown Court after being found guilty of rape and sexual assault on a female at a flat in August 2023.

Man who raped woman and boy gets 21-year sentence

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

Talha Ahmadzai, of Haverfordwest, was sentenced at Swansea Crown Court as an offender of particular concern after admitting a catalogue of serious sexual offences.

Ex-lorry driver jailed for messaging decoy girls online

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

Mike Jones was sentenced to 30 months at Swansea Crown Court after targeting what he believed were underage girls on social media, breaching an existing sexual harm prevention order.

Drug dealer caught after running from car in Newport

Jordan Jones 16 March 2026Crime & Court, Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court Leave a Comment

Alex Jones, 31, was jailed for four years and two months at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court for cocaine and cannabis offences committed while on licence.

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