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Serial sex offender’s sentence reaches 24 years after rape conviction

Jordan Jones 29 March 2026Crime & Court, Swansea Crown Court Leave a Comment

A serial sex offender already serving a prison sentence for sexually abusing a young girl has had a further 16 years added to his term after being convicted of raping and sexually assaulting a young boy in the Neath Port Talbot area.

Aberdare man jailed for sexual messages to child

Jordan Jones 29 March 2026Cardiff Crown Court, Crime & Court Leave a Comment

Thomas Serpell, 28, was sentenced to 12 months in prison at Cardiff Crown Court after pleading guilty to engaging in sexual communication with a nine-year-old boy.

Shoplifter banned from every store jailed for 40 weeks

Jordan Jones 29 March 2026Crime & Court, Wrexham Magistrates Court Leave a Comment

A 46-year-old man has been jailed for 40 weeks after admitting seven counts of shoplifting and breaching a restraining order that banned him from every store in England and Wales.

Cwmbran man guilty of threats to blow up house and stab woman

Jordan Jones 29 March 2026Crime & Court, Newport Magistrates Court Leave a Comment

Morgan Smith, 21, was found guilty at Newport Magistrates’ Court of harassment and threatening to destroy property after making violent threats towards a woman in Cwmbran.

Roath man jailed after officers witness drug deals in Cardiff

Jordan Jones 29 March 2026Cardiff Crown Court, Crime & Court Leave a Comment

Lee Whitfield, 49, has been sentenced to three years and three months in prison after plain clothes officers spotted him carrying out suspected drug deals across Cardiff.

Drug gang ringleaders given longer sentences after appeal

Jordan Jones 28 March 2026Crime & Court Leave a Comment

Three members of a Denbighshire drug network have had their prison terms increased by the Court of Appeal after North Wales Police challenged the original sentences as unduly lenient.

Man jailed after breaking Wales footballer’s jaw

Jordan Jones 28 March 2026Crime & Court, Newport Crown Court Leave a Comment

David Williams, 41, punched Laura Banks outside her Tredegar home, fracturing her jaw in two places and ending her football career. He was sentenced to 21 months at Newport Crown Court.

Caerphilly man guilty of strangling ex-girlfriend

Jordan Jones 28 March 2026Cardiff Crown Court, Crime & Court Leave a Comment

Aiden Jones, 28, was convicted by a jury at Cardiff Crown Court of strangling and controlling his former partner. He will be sentenced on April 17.

Bangor man jailed after £250k cocaine found in car boot

Jordan Jones 28 March 2026Caernarfon Crown Court, Crime & Court Leave a Comment

Craig Lloyd, 38, of Maesgeirchen, has been sentenced to seven years and one month after officers discovered more than £250,000 worth of cocaine following his arrest on an illegal electric motorcycle.

Swansea man jailed days after CCTV caught car break-in

Jordan Jones 28 March 2026Crime & Court Leave a Comment

Darren Williams, 54, from Uplands, was sentenced to 12 weeks in prison after being caught on camera smashing into a vehicle on a lane off Walter Road and returning an hour later to try again.

Woman who killed dog with saucepan jailed for breaching order

Jordan Jones 28 March 2026Crime & Court, Swansea Crown Court Leave a Comment

Jordanna Wheeler, 28, of Swansea, has been jailed after repeatedly breaching the suspended sentence she was given for beating her Mastiff to death with a saucepan.

Woman who burgled same house twice in a day jailed

Jordan Jones 28 March 2026Cardiff Crown Court, Crime & Court Leave a Comment

Shanice Roderick, 21, of Ely, was sentenced to 14 months at Cardiff Crown Court after admitting burglary, shoplifting and fraud offences committed to fund her drug addiction.

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