Neil Faulkner, 50, of Newport, pleaded guilty at Newport Magistrates’ Court to attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child after being caught in an online sting. His case has been adjourned for a pre-sentence report.
Serial thief jailed and banned from Newport stores after spree
Calum Edwards, 35, was sentenced to 18 weeks in prison and made the subject of a two-year criminal behaviour order after pleading guilty to 16 counts of theft from shops across Newport.
Penarth woman fined after child missed school
A woman from Penarth has been ordered to pay £159 after pleading guilty at Cardiff Magistrates’ Court to failing to ensure her child regularly attended school.
Newport teen jailed after cocaine found at family home
Jayden Berry, 18, was sentenced to 27 months in a young offender institution at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court after admitting possession with intent to supply cocaine.
Newport paedophile admits child sex offences
Joshua Camplin, 32, of Newport, pleaded guilty to child sex offences at Cardiff Crown Court and was remanded in custody.
Woman fined £766 over daughter’s school non-attendance
A mother has been ordered to pay £766 after being found guilty in her absence at Cardiff Magistrates’ Court of failing to ensure her daughter regularly attended school.
Pensioner jailed for stalking cafe worker and shop employee
Zulfkar Ahmed, 67, of Grangetown, Cardiff, was sentenced to three years after bombarding a waitress with thousands of messages and stalking a second woman.
Merthyr man jailed for 15 years for child sex offences
Phillip Harris, 58, was sentenced at Newport Crown Court for historical sexual offences against a child committed between 1989 and 1991.
Cocaine buyers used “Chinese” as codeword, court hears
Two Ammanford men have been jailed at Swansea Crown Court after police caught them waiting to collect a cocaine delivery, with phone evidence revealing customers used the word “Chinese” as a code when ordering the drug.
Ebbw Vale teenager locked up for raping sleeping girl
Alfie Lee, 19, of Ebbw Vale, was found guilty of raping a 16-year-old girl as she slept after they had smoked cannabis together in 2023. He was sentenced at Cardiff Crown Court to an extended custodial sentence totalling six years.
Flintshire man caught selling fake designer goods in Liverpool
Martin McDonagh, 27, of Queensferry, was fined and given a criminal behaviour order at Liverpool Magistrates’ Court after being found with counterfeit perfumes and imitation Apple products.
Newport man jailed for refusing breath test while disqualified
Marcin Depka, 42, of Duffryn, Newport, was sentenced to 38 weeks in prison after being found guilty in his absence of failing to provide a specimen, driving whilst disqualified, and driving without insurance.