Swansea man jailed for historical child sex offences
Matthew Bailey, 37, of Bonymaen, has been jailed for two years and six months for sexually abusing two young girls around 20 years ago. Police praised both victims for coming forward.
Matthew Bailey, 37, of Bonymaen, has been jailed for two years and six months for sexually abusing two young girls around 20 years ago. Police praised both victims for coming forward.
A 30-year-old man of no fixed abode spat at officers, urinated in a police vehicle and damaged a custody cell. The offences also triggered a suspended sentence from earlier offending.
A Colwyn Bay man has been jailed for four years and five months for coercive control, strangulation, criminal damage and breaching a protection order. He was sentenced at Caernarfon Crown Court.
Ian Stanton, 58, has been jailed for 38 months after police found cocaine and around £5,500 in cash at his property. Margaret Lewis, 63, who was inside when officers forced entry, received a suspended sentence.
Adam Doughton, 34, of Blackwood, admitted performing sexual acts on another person in a public place in Newport on August 22, 2026. He was also ordered to pay £85 costs and a £26 surcharge.
James McKenna stabbed his ex-partner Joanne Sidaway at least 11 times in a Carmarthen park in January, then spent three nights hiding in woodland. He has now been jailed for attempted murder.
Deri Thomas, 47, stole metal sheets worth almost £61,000 from Flamgard Engineering in Pontypool, with help from an unidentified van driver. He received a suspended sentence at Cardiff Crown Court.
Elisha Mutsunge has been jailed for 11 years and eight months after a parcel containing 1.1kg of cocaine was intercepted at East Midlands Airport. Messages on his phone showed he was dealing class A drugs in wholesale quantities.
A man who secretly filmed a woman performing a sex act on him, planning to show his partner, has been jailed for five months. David Novac admitted voyeurism at Swansea Crown Court.
Christopher Wright, 41, kept guns, Samurai swords and an AK-47 at his Powys home and pointed a revolver at his partner’s head. He has been jailed for seven years at Swansea Crown Court.
Mark Roberts, 48, has been jailed for 32 months after punching his 82-year-old mother at her Abergele home, leaving her with fractured ribs. He also tried to cancel the ambulance he had called for her.
Caeran Evans, from Penlan, was convicted of rape by a jury after previously admitting sexual assault. He has also been given a 15-year restraining order.