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Teen locked up for threats to burn victim’s house

Jordan Jones 11 April 2026Crime & Court, Newport Magistrates Court Leave a Comment

Lewis Harvey, 19, of Cwmcarn, was sent to a young offender institution for 28 weeks after pleading guilty at Newport Magistrates’ Court.

Four jailed after arson attack on pensioner’s Ferndale home

Jordan Jones 11 April 2026Crime & Court Leave a Comment

Four men from Weston-super-Mare have been sentenced to a combined 55 and a half years in prison after launching a petrol-fuelled arson attack on the home of an 82-year-old grandmother in Ferndale, causing around £650,000 in damage.

Prestatyn woman jailed for life for murder of ex-partner

Jordan Jones 11 April 2026Crime & Court Leave a Comment

Aurin Makepeace, 43, has been sentenced to life with a minimum of 27 years for stabbing Steven Rothwell at his flat in Macclesfield.

‘The General’ caught with £16,000 drug stash at Risca home

Jordan Jones 11 April 2026Cardiff Crown Court, Crime & Court Leave a Comment

Joland Giwa, 36, a notorious London gangster relocated to south Wales, has been jailed for 47 months after police found crack cocaine, heroin and cocaine at his home in Risca.

Cwmbran cocaine dealer jailed for 30 months

Jordan Jones 10 April 2026Cardiff Crown Court, Crime & Court Leave a Comment

Corey Richards, 27, admitted being concerned in the supply of cocaine in Cwmbran over a nine-month period and was sentenced at Cardiff Crown Court.

People smugglers ran secret operation from Caerphilly car wash

Jordan Jones 10 April 2026Cardiff Crown Court, Crime & Court Leave a Comment

Dilshad Shamo and Ali Khdir have been jailed for a total of 38 years after using a hand car wash in Caerphilly as a front for a large-scale people smuggling network moving migrants across Europe.

Man jailed for pouring urine over partner in abuse campaign

Jordan Jones 9 April 2026Crime & Court, Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court Leave a Comment

Rhys Chalmers, 46, of Penrhys, was sentenced to 25 months at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court after admitting controlling and coercive behaviour against his former partner.

Abertillery woman jailed again after assaulting police officers

Jordan Jones 9 April 2026Crime & Court, Newport Magistrates Court Leave a Comment

Alison Sanders, 50, was sentenced to 12 weeks at Newport Magistrates’ Court after admitting attacks on two officers and a woman.

Man shared hundreds of child abuse images with paedophile network

Jordan Jones 9 April 2026Crime & Court, Swansea Crown Court Leave a Comment

Jamie McCallum, 46, of Cross Hands, Carmarthenshire, was sentenced to 13 months at Swansea Crown Court after admitting distributing indecent images of children to 29 online contacts.

Two Porth men jailed for drug supply after dental selfie breakthrough

Jordan Jones 9 April 2026Crime & Court, Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court Leave a Comment

Coran Davies, 23, and Dale Howell, 25, were sentenced at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court for supplying cocaine and cannabis. Davies was identified through facial recognition technology used on a photo found on a seized phone.

Former BBC and ITV presenter jailed for breaching sex offender rules

Jordan Jones 9 April 2026Crime & Court, Newport Magistrates Court Leave a Comment

Peter Rowell, 67, formerly of the Abergavenny area, has been sent back to prison for 24 weeks after admitting he twice failed to tell police he had been at an address where a child lived.

Two care workers admit neglecting victim in Newport

Jordan Jones 9 April 2026Crime & Court, Newport Magistrates Court Leave a Comment

Richard Smith, 58, and Nicola Sibley, 44, pleaded guilty at Newport Magistrates’ Court to ill-treating or wilfully neglecting a person in their care in January 2024.

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