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Cashier jailed for stealing from vulnerable customers

Jordan Jones 12 May 2026Caernarfon Crown Court, Crime & Court Leave a Comment

A Nationwide cashier has been jailed for 16 months after stealing more than £8,600 from elderly and vulnerable customers at a Caernarfon branch to fund a lavish lifestyle of luxury holidays.

Newport man jailed after offensive 101 call

Jordan Jones 12 May 2026Crime & Court, Newport Magistrates Court Leave a Comment

Richard McLoughlin, 51, of Caerleon Road, Newport, was sentenced to 28 weeks in prison after pleading guilty to making a grossly offensive call to the police 101 number, breaching a suspended sentence for an identical offence.

Man jailed for selling fake cigarettes and vapes

Jordan Jones 12 May 2026Crime & Court, Swansea Crown Court Leave a Comment

Many Kirimi, 23, of Newport, has been jailed for two years after counterfeit tobacco and illegal vapes worth more than £40,000 were found at a shop in Pontarddulais.

Teen detained for 10 years for online abuse of 20 girls

Jordan Jones 12 May 2026Cardiff Crown Court, Crime & Court Leave a Comment

Kyle Fisher, 19, of Tonyrefail, was sentenced at Cardiff Crown Court after admitting coercing 20 girls aged 10 to 15 into performing sexual acts on camera through threats and blackmail.

Drug dealer jailed after crack cocaine raid in Llanelli

Jordan Jones 12 May 2026Crime & Court, Swansea Crown Court Leave a Comment

Jake Ware, 26, of Pwll, has been sentenced to three years in prison after Dyfed-Powys Police seized approximately £4,000 worth of crack cocaine during a search warrant at a Llanelli property.

Newport man admits sexual communication child offence

Jordan Jones 12 May 2026Crime & Court, Newport Magistrates Court Leave a Comment

Shane Thomas, 41, of Mountbatten Close, Newport, has pleaded guilty to attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child under 16. He will be sentenced at crown court on June 2.

Morrisons fined £737k over filthy Cwmbran bakery

Jordan Jones 11 May 2026Crime & Court, Newport Magistrates Court Leave a Comment

A Morrisons supermarket in Cwmbran has been fined £737,000 after hygiene inspectors found its bakery in a dirty and disorganised state, with grime a quarter of an inch thick on the floor.

Shoplifter jailed after £4,000 theft spree across Wales

Jordan Jones 11 May 2026Crime & Court Leave a Comment

Ashley Daley, 39, was sentenced to four months after admitting 26 offences including theft and possession of a knife, with businesses in Cardiff, Merthyr Tydfil and other towns left counting losses exceeding £4,000.

Brothers jailed after Ebbw Vale cocaine raids

Jordan Jones 11 May 2026Cardiff Crown Court, Crime & Court Leave a Comment

Adam Challenger, 44, and Luke Challenger, 33, were sentenced at Cardiff Crown Court after counter terrorism officers raided their homes in Rassau, finding cocaine, more than £72,000 in cash and an array of weapons.

Police appeal after ex-bishop convicted of child sex offences

Jordan Jones 11 May 2026Crime & Court Leave a Comment

South Wales Police is urging victim-survivors to come forward after Anthony Pierce, 85, the former Bishop of Swansea and Brecon, was jailed for indecent assault on a child. Three further reports have been received since his sentencing.

Man jailed for strangling partner outside Llanelli pub

Jordan Jones 11 May 2026Crime & Court, Swansea Crown Court Leave a Comment

Martin Guard, 46, who has more than 140 previous offences on his record, was sentenced to 16 months at Swansea Crown Court after admitting to assaulting and strangling his partner outside a Wetherspoon pub in Llanelli.

Newport man jailed for breaching sex offender rules

Jordan Jones 11 May 2026Cardiff Crown Court, Crime & Court Leave a Comment

Ross Clarke, 37, was sentenced to 40 weeks at Cardiff Crown Court after a jury found him guilty of failing to comply with sex offenders’ register requirements.

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