Man admits crack cocaine supply, remanded in custody
Matthew Ahern, 47, of Moorland Park in Newport, admitted possessing crack cocaine with intent to supply at Cwmbran Magistrates' Court. He was refused bail and will be sentenced on August 24.
Matthew Ahern, 47, of Moorland Park in Newport, admitted possessing crack cocaine with intent to supply at Cwmbran Magistrates' Court. He was refused bail and will be sentenced on August 24.
Lee Scarfe, 38, of Aberdare, was found to have benefited by £545,935.89 from his role in a Rhondda Cynon Taf cocaine line. A Proceeds of Crime Act hearing at Cardiff Crown Court ordered him to repay £4,860 - all he has left.
Christopher Ponting, 37, filmed the jury and judge from the public gallery at Swansea Crown Court, causing a murder trial to collapse and restart. He has been jailed for eight months.
Callum Chadwick, 26, of Barn Street, Haverfordwest, was sentenced at Swansea Crown Court after using mass advertising texts to sell cocaine over a period of nearly two years. A judge said he had been "less than honest" about the scale of his dealing.
Craig Thompson, 42, of Albert Street, has been handed four weeks in custody at Newport Magistrates' Court after admitting assault by beating, failing to surrender to bail and breaching a community protection notice. The bench found the assault too serious for anything other than a prison term.
Graham Price, 36, was caught with 1.5kg of cocaine, £81,000 in cash and a £40,000 Rolex at his Newport home. A judge has now ordered him to hand over the full £475,000 he made from crime or serve four more years.
Brian Hammond, 71, of Vere Place, Gilfach, has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl last summer. He was granted conditional bail and will be sentenced at the crown court on 21 August.
Kieron Davies, 39, of no fixed abode, has pleaded guilty to three counts of burglary at Newport Magistrates' Court after champagne, spirits, vapes and cash were stolen from two pubs and a hardware shop. He will be sentenced on August 13.
Darren Lewis, 52, pushed his wife to the floor and stamped repeatedly on her chest and torso after a row that began at a pub in Knighton. Neighbours who heard her screams called police fearing for her life.
Tinos Short, 20, stole cars across the Brecon area, broke into homes and flipped a stolen Volkswagen onto its roof before asking a witness to help him turn it back over. He was jailed for four years at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court.
Louise Harris drank a bottle of vodka from her client's fridge before screaming abuse at the 81-year-old dementia sufferer she had been hired to care for. A judge at Swansea Crown Court told her the treatment had been "heartless and cruel".
The family of 30-year-old Matthew Sims from Lampeter have paid tribute to him after he died in hospital following a single-vehicle collision on the A487 at Blaenplwyf. He was riding to work on the morning of Saturday 11 July when the crash happened.