Drug gang ordered to repay thousands after cocaine plot
Three men who ran a cocaine supply network across Newport, Cwmbran and Pontypool have been ordered to pay back more than £11,000 following a proceeds of crime hearing at Cardiff Crown Court.
Three men who ran a cocaine supply network across Newport, Cwmbran and Pontypool have been ordered to pay back more than £11,000 following a proceeds of crime hearing at Cardiff Crown Court.
Kane Evans, 29, was jailed for 40 months at Cardiff Crown Court after admitting being concerned in the supply of crack cocaine. He was arrested at Bristol Airport by officers waiting on the runway as he returned from a holiday in Cyprus.
Jodie Clark, 38, has been sentenced to 24 weeks in prison after pleading guilty to stalking involving serious harm or distress. Clark posted threatening videos on YouTube targeting his victim over a week-long period.
Thomas Doyle, 23, of Pontlottyn, was sentenced to 42 months at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court after officers found cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin, and weapons during a pursuit through the valleys.
Maximin Carter, 51, has been sentenced to five and a half years after police discovered an air rifle, ammunition, four telescopic truncheons, a ninja sword, and a knuckleduster at a property in Abergwynfi.
Serial sex offender Gordon Walbridge, 56, has been jailed for 32 months at Cardiff Crown Court after breaching a sexual harm prevention order, engaging in online conversations about abusing children, and possessing indecent images.
Leon Jones, 24, was sentenced to two years and six months at Cardiff Crown Court after admitting involvement in cocaine supply and possession with intent to supply crack cocaine.
John Hitchman Small was ordered to pay almost £1,000 at Cardiff Magistrates' Court after inspectors found serious safety failings at a property on Cowbridge Road East.
Three Newport drug dealers who made more than £250,000 from supplying cocaine and cannabis will hand back less than £1,000 after a proceeds of crime hearing at Cardiff Crown Court found their assets had been almost entirely spent or hidden.
Emmett Morrison, 40, took his own life at HMP Long Lartin less than two years into a life sentence for the murder of neighbour Timothy Dundon. A prisons ombudsman report has revealed the disturbing details of his final weeks in custody.
Andrew Wyatt, 36, of no fixed abode, was sentenced at Newport Magistrates' Court after admitting six thefts from businesses across the Caerphilly county borough totalling more than £1,500.
Philip Drake, 38, was handed a suspended sentence at Newport Magistrates' Court after pleading guilty to exposure and breaching a non-molestation order.