Ceri Williams, 71, of Maerdy, Ferndale, was given a 25-year special custodial sentence at Swansea Crown Court for raping and sexually abusing two children while running an ice cream van. Damian O’Flynn, 38, of Caerau, Maesteg, was jailed for 11 years for sex offences. Kye Smith, 19, of Bridgend, received nine years’ detention for raping two girls he contacted through social media. Here are their cases, with links to the full stories.
Ceri Williams, 71, of Maerdy – 25-year sentence for child rapes
Ceri Williams, 71, of Maerdy, Ferndale, has been given a 25-year special custodial sentence, including 24 years in custody, for raping and sexually abusing two children in the early 2000s while running an ice cream van. He was convicted of 15 counts after a trial. He will be on the sex offenders’ register for life and has an indefinite sexual harm prevention order.
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Damian O’Flynn, 38, of Maesteg – jailed for 11 years for sex offences
Damian O’Flynn, 38, a painter and decorator of Caerau, Maesteg, has been jailed for 11 years at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court. A jury convicted him of 11 counts of sexual assault and engaging in sexual activity with a child. He was placed on the sex offenders register for life and given a 10-year sexual harm prevention order.
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Kye Smith, 19, of Bridgend – nine years for raping two girls
Kye Smith, 19, of Park Street, Bridgend, was sentenced to nine years’ detention in a young offender institution at Cardiff Crown Court. He admitted four counts of rape and one of assault by penetration against two girls he contacted through social media, the second while on police bail. He is subject to sex offender notification requirements indefinitely, a 20-year sexual harm prevention order and an indefinite restraining order.
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Mohammed Abbas, 29 – jailed for six years over Cardiff break-in
Mohammed Abbas, 29, who lived in Cardiff, has been jailed for six years with a three-year extended licence. He broke into a family home in the city at night and exposed himself to young girls in their bedroom. He admitted burglary, trespass with intent to commit a sexual offence and two counts of engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a child.
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Iestyn Raven, 24, of Barry – jailed for six years for drug supply
Iestyn Raven, 24, of Barry, has been jailed for six years at Cardiff Crown Court for being concerned in the supply of crack cocaine and heroin. He ran the “Reggie” drugs line across the Vale of Glamorgan. Detectives arrested him as he left Cardiff prison, where he had served time for similar offences.
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Liam Cogdell, 24, of Newport – jailed for five years for drug dealing
Liam Cogdell, 24, of Duffryn, Newport, has been jailed for five years for dealing cocaine. Police raided a house on Bideford Road in October and found cocaine worth more than £30,000 and cannabis, while he was on bail over earlier cocaine supply. He threatened to bite an officer’s face off and was Tasered. A proceeds of crime hearing will follow.
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Gemma Meredith, 41, of Connah’s Quay – jailed for slashing man’s face
Gemma Meredith, 41, of Bethel Place, Connah’s Quay, has been jailed for four years and 11 months at Mold Crown Court. She slashed a man’s face with a Stanley knife blade outside her flat, leaving an 11cm wound. She admitted wounding with intent, common assault and shoplifting. A restraining order was also made.
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John Damon Gizzi, 55, of St Asaph – jailed for domestic abuse
John Damon Gizzi, 55, of Cwttir Lane, St Asaph, was jailed for four years and 11 months at Mold Crown Court. He admitted controlling and coercive behaviour towards a woman, the non-fatal strangulation of her sister and failing to give police his phone PIN. He was made subject to restraining orders and Domestic Abuse Protection Orders lasting 15 years.
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Robert Jones, 37, of Newport – jailed for cocaine courier role
Robert Jones, 37, of Agincourt Street, Newport, has been jailed for four years and three months for possessing cocaine with intent to supply. He had an epileptic seizure while driving, and police and paramedics found four packages of cocaine that could have fetched up to £600,000. He had agreed to carry the drugs to clear a £3,000 debt.
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Julio Escobar, 36, of Cardiff – jailed for four years
Julio Escobar, 36, of Marlborough Road, Roath, Cardiff, has been jailed for four years for sexually assaulting two girls under 16. He committed the assaults while on bail, after police found almost 500 indecent images of children on his phone. He will be on the sex offenders register indefinitely and is subject to a 10-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order and a 10-year restraining order.
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Aldo Tamburrini, 33, of Prestatyn – jailed for crack cocaine
Aldo Tamburrini, 33, of Parc Cemlyn, Prestatyn, has been jailed for three years and nine months after police found almost 50g of crack cocaine at his home. Officers executing a warrant on 27 August also recovered cash, mobile phones and drug paraphernalia. He had pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply Class A drugs.
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Benjamin Sicolo and Chelsea Lyddon – sentenced for Newport burglary
Benjamin Sicolo, 37, of Hazlitt Close, Newport, was jailed for 42 months at Cardiff Crown Court. Chelsea Lyddon, 29, of no fixed abode, received a suspended sentence with mental health treatment and probation requirements. The pair admitted burglary, possessing a bladed article and criminal damage after targeting the homes of Lyddon’s former friend and her mother. Both were given 10-year restraining orders.
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Karen Jones, 43, of no fixed abode – jailed for knifepoint robbery
Karen Jones, 43, of no fixed abode, has been jailed for 38 months at Swansea Crown Court. She threatened a shopkeeper with a large kitchen knife at a Premier store in Cwmdu and took a bottle of wine, two weeks after being released from prison. She admitted robbery, threatening with a bladed article and two counts of assaulting an emergency worker.
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Louise Clarke, 29, of Ely – jailed for three years
Louise Clarke, 29, of Ely, Cardiff, has been jailed for three years after admitting possession with intent to supply class A drugs and possession of an offensive weapon. She was found with cocaine on two separate occasions, and messages on her devices showed involvement in drug dealing.
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Darragh O’Grady, 31, of no fixed abode – jailed for three years
Darragh O’Grady, 31, of no fixed abode and from Ireland, has been jailed for three years and banned from driving for five and a half years. He drove off in a taxi in Holyhead, hit a cyclist causing serious injuries, failed to stop and drove the wrong way along the A55 before police halted him with a stinger near Rhosneigr.
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Muhammed Abdullah, 19, of Newport – three years for drug dealing
Muhammed Abdullah, 19, of Alexandra Road, Newport, has been sentenced to three years in a young offender institution for possessing heroin and crack cocaine with intent to supply. He was arrested in Pill with 22 wraps while on licence after a previous sentence. He had advertised drugs on Snapchat.
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Auryn Gustur and Alfie Wheeler – detained for drug dealing
Auryn Gustur and Alfie Wheeler, both 20, of Weston-super-Mare, were each given 32 months’ detention in a young offender institution at Cardiff Crown Court for being concerned in the supply of cocaine and cannabis. The terms will run concurrently with sentences they are already serving for an arson attack on a grandmother’s home in Ferndale.
Callum Roper, 22, of Barry – jailed for 30 months for drug supply
Callum Roper, 22, of Holton Road, Barry, has been jailed for 30 months at Cardiff Crown Court. He pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of magic mushrooms, a class A drug, and cannabis, a class B drug. The court heard the offences took place between 3 December 2025 and 14 September 2026.
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Paul Peckham, 33, of Sefton – jailed for drugs courier role
Paul Peckham, 33, of Netherton, Sefton, has been jailed for two years and four months for possessing heroin and crack cocaine with intent to supply. Police stopped him on the A483 near Rossett, Wrexham, and found drugs worth around £25,000. He had agreed to deliver them for £300. The drugs were ordered to be forfeited and destroyed.
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Lee Perkins, 37, of Caerphilly – jailed for child sex offences
Lee Perkins, 37, of no fixed abode in Caerphilly, was jailed for 28 months at Cardiff Crown Court for two counts of sexual communication with a child and assaulting a girl under 13 by touching. He was convicted in his absence. He must register as a sex offender for 10 years and was given a seven-year sexual harm prevention order and a restraining order.
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Anthony Morgan, 54, of no fixed abode – jailed for punching driver
Anthony Morgan, 54, of no fixed abode, was jailed for two years and four months for punching an 82-year-old motorist through his car window in Newport while holding his keys. He admitted assault occasioning actual bodily harm, possession of an offensive weapon and two counts of failing to surrender to bail.
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Maeson Hughes, 25, of Rhyl – jailed for domestic abuse
Maeson Hughes, 25, of Maes Isaf, Rhyl, was jailed for two years and one month at Mold Crown Court after admitting domestic-related offences against his former partner. Between February 2024 and August 2025 he assaulted her several times, threatened to kill her and verbally abused her. A seven-year Domestic Abuse Protection Order bans him from contacting her.
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Dyfed Jones, 35, of Llanon – jailed for 16 months
Dyfed Jones, 35, of Llanon, Ceredigion, has been jailed for 16 months for possessing more than 750 indecent images of children, extreme pornography and prohibited images, and for sharing an intimate photograph without consent. He acted as DJ at a children’s disco while on bail. He received a 10-year sexual harm prevention order and will be on the sex offenders’ register for 10 years.
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Darren Davis and Catherine Evans – sentenced over spice dealing
Darren Davis, 39, of no fixed abode, has been jailed for 16 months for dealing spice on the streets of Adamsdown, Cardiff. Police found spice worth £10,000 in a storage unit he had been visiting. His partner, Catherine Evans, 36, of Aberystwyth Street, Splott, received six months suspended for 18 months, with a rehabilitation course and a mental health treatment requirement.
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Steven Warburton, 41, of Rhuallt – jailed for 44 weeks
Steven Warburton, 41, of Hiraddug Road, Rhuallt, has been jailed for 44 weeks by Llandudno magistrates. He pleaded guilty to two breaches of a Domestic Abuse Protection Order banning contact with a former partner. He was found with her in Denbigh on 16 October and in St Asaph on 7 November.
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Rhys Harrison, 36, of Barry – jailed for 30 weeks over TikTok like
Rhys Harrison, 36, of Romilly Park Road, Barry, has been jailed for 30 weeks by Cardiff magistrates. He admitted breaching a restraining order by liking a woman’s TikTok post. The order banned him from contacting her for three years. He committed the offence while already subject to a suspended sentence.
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Christopher Holland, 38, of Dolgellau – jailed for CPN breaches
Christopher Holland, 38, of Upperfield Street, Dolgellau, was jailed for 26 weeks at Caernarfon Magistrates’ Court for twice failing to comply with a community protection notice. He followed a man on Dolgellau High Street making punching gestures and blocked his car. Days later he became aggressive and threatened violence at an appointment.
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Philip Evans, 43, of Caerphilly – jailed for 16 weeks
Philip Evans, 43, a registered sex offender from Caerphilly, has been jailed for 16 weeks for breaching his notification requirements. He failed to tell police each week that he was of no fixed abode. The term will run concurrently with a recall sentence he is already serving. He must also pay £85 in prosecution costs.
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Guy Seabourne, 40, of Chepstow – jailed for shop thefts
Guy Seabourne, 40, of Mounton Road, Chepstow, has been jailed for two months (eight weeks) after admitting six thefts from four shops in Abergavenny over three days. He took items including alcohol, food, a bobble hat and washing pods. Gwent Police described him as a prolific offender who was on licence at the time.
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Tegan Bevan, 22, of no fixed abode – jailed for six weeks
Tegan Bevan, 22, of no fixed abode, has been jailed for six weeks at Newport Magistrates’ Court. She pleaded guilty to two assaults and stealing alcohol from a Marks & Spencer store in Chepstow on 20 and 21 October 2026. She was already a serving prisoner who had been recalled to custody.
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Simon Fuge, 46, of Llanelli – suspended sentence for order breach
Simon Fuge, 46, of Ty Stafford, Llanelli, was given six months in prison, suspended for 18 months, at Swansea Crown Court. Fuge, who was jailed in 2018 for a sexual offence against a child, admitted breaching and attempting to breach a sexual harm prevention order by sending sexual messages on Vinted. He must complete an accredited programme and is subject to a probation requirement.
Read More: Llanelli sex offender spared jail over Vinted messages
Andrew Bradnum, 31, of Blaenymaes – suspended sentence for dealing
Andrew Bradnum, 31, of Lark Place, Blaenymaes, Swansea, received 18 months in prison suspended for 18 months at Swansea Crown Court after offering cannabis for sale on Snapchat. He admitted being concerned in the supply of cannabis, possessing cannabis and possessing criminal property. He must complete drug rehabilitation, probation and 90-day alcohol abstinence monitoring requirements and 150 hours of unpaid work.
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