A quadbike has been recovered from Bryn Rhodfa in Treorchy during a week of police action on illegal vehicles. Officers in the Rhondda also handed out car crime advice to residents.
Legal manager jailed for £884k fraud on Cardiff law firm
A Fleur-de-Lys woman used friends, family and Facebook contacts to move almost £900,000 from her employers into her own account over nearly six years. She has been jailed for four years and four months.
Childcare worker jailed over sexual activity with girl, 16
Alexander Webber, 29, of Bridgend, gave a 16-year-old girl cocaine before having sex with her. He admitted three counts of sexual activity with a girl by an adult in a position of trust.
Defence solicitor among three men jailed over drug supply
A criminal defence solicitor was secretly involved in supplying cocaine and steroids. He has been jailed alongside two associates after a South Wales Police investigation that began when he represented one of them.
Man jailed over cocaine after Caernarfon e-scooter stop
Jamie Williams, 24, was stopped by police while riding an e-scooter in Caernarfon. He was sentenced via video link from HMP Berwyn, where he is serving time for attacking his brother with a gun.
Mother jailed over son’s spice plot at HMP Cardiff
Amanda Cotter took payments for spice that her son Cameron Williams was selling from his cell at HMP Cardiff. Four people have now been sentenced over the scheme.
Pembroke Dock man jailed for rape after nightclub meeting
Gary Longfield, 43, was found guilty of rape and assault by penetration after taking a drunk young woman back to his house from a Pembrokeshire nightclub. He continues to deny the offences.
Cardiff teenager jailed for abusing children online
Gift Ayoola, 19, directed children as young as two to perform sexual acts on video calls, then sold the footage to paedophiles – one paid him £5,000. He was jailed for four years at Cardiff Crown Court.
Sex offender jailed for breaching court order eight times
Mark Jones, 63, was found by police doing up his jeans and belt minutes after making a forbidden search – one of eight breaches of an order imposed after his 2020 conviction for possessing indecent images of children.
Rhyl man spared jail over fixation on police officer
David Challinor, 57, was handed a suspended sentence at Llandudno after admitting he breached a restraining order protecting a Cheshire Police officer, breached a Sexual Harm Prevention Order and sent offensive messages to North Wales Police.
Banned driver jailed after Abercwmboi police pursuit
Jacob Roberts, 25, from Mountain Ash, reversed into a police car twice and hit parked cars and a building while fleeing officers in May. He was jailed for 14 months at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court.
Holyhead man jailed for controlling and assaulting woman
Joshua Wren, 33, was sentenced to three years and three months at Mold Crown Court after being found guilty of controlling and coercive behaviour. A seven-year restraining order was also made.