A Blackwood man jailed for dealing cocaine and cannabis has been ordered to hand over almost £42,000 in criminal profits following a proceeds of crime hearing at Cardiff Crown Court. Ashley Forbes has three months to pay or face further time behind bars.
Philip Blakemore, 30, of Y Ffor, has been jailed for 14 weeks after threatening siblings and breaching a domestic abuse protection order. Armed officers were deployed during a six-hour standoff at his ex-partner’s address.
A retired vicar from Brecon has been jailed for 12 months and 12 weeks after police found prohibited images of children on his laptop during a spot check. Andrew Robinson pleaded guilty to possessing a prohibited image of a child and breaching a sexual harm prevention order.
A 50-year-old Newport man has been given a community order after sending sexual images and video to someone he believed was a schoolgirl. Neil Faulkner must also register as a sex offender for five years.
Julian Harris, 59, of Caldicot, has been sentenced to 12 months in prison after being convicted of indecent exposure. Newport Magistrates’ Court heard he is a “danger to young people” with previous convictions for similar offences.
Colin Campbell, 24, was jailed for seven and a half years at Mold Crown Court after a series of unprovoked assaults on five strangers over four months. Recorder Neil Owen-Casey branded him a “vicious animal” and said it was “lucky” nobody was killed.
Lewis Thompson-Gill, 35, has been jailed for two years and four months at Swansea Crown Court after being found guilty of inflicting grievous bodily harm. The attack took place in Tenby on December 28.
Paul Rogers, 47, of Blackwood, was sentenced to 20 weeks in prison at Cardiff Crown Court after admitting two breaches of his sexual harm prevention order. He created a TikTok profile under a false name and deleted WhatsApp messages.
David Skillern, 60, asked undercover officers posing as 12-year-old schoolgirls to perform solo sex acts online. The former special needs teacher was given a suspended sentence at Cardiff Crown Court.
A drug trafficker caught with cocaine and cannabis worth up to £185,000 during a routine traffic stop in Pembroke has been ordered to hand over more than £33,000 under the Proceeds of Crime Act. Dean Evans, 44, of Freystrop, was previously jailed for eight years for the offences.
Mason Tarling, 18, from Newport, received an 18-month community order at Cardiff Crown Court after admitting to distributing and possessing child sexual abuse material. His offending took place between 2023 and 2025.
A 33-year-old man from Newport was charged after officers seized a knuckle duster and pit bike in Ely during operations targeting illegal e-bike use across Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan.