Crime & Court
Prestatyn woman jailed for life for murder of ex-partner
Aurin Makepeace, 43, has been sentenced to life with a minimum of 27 years for stabbing Steven Rothwell at his flat in Macclesfield.
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Cardiff Crown Court
‘The General’ caught with £16,000 drug stash at Risca home
Joland Giwa, 36, a notorious London gangster relocated to south Wales, has been jailed for 47 months after police found crack cocaine, heroin and cocaine at his home in Risca.
Cardiff Crown Court
Cwmbran cocaine dealer jailed for 30 months
Corey Richards, 27, admitted being concerned in the supply of cocaine in Cwmbran over a nine-month period and was sentenced at Cardiff Crown Court.
Cardiff Crown Court
People smugglers ran secret operation from Caerphilly car wash
Dilshad Shamo and Ali Khdir have been jailed for a total of 38 years after using a hand car wash in Caerphilly as a front for a large-scale people smuggling network moving migrants across Europe.
Tribute
Nun dies after Newport collision – tribute paid
Sister Genevieve, 87, a sister of St. Joseph of Annecy for 67 years, has died following a collision on Stow Park Avenue in Newport. Her fellow sisters remembered her "great kindness to everyone that she met".
Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court
Man jailed for pouring urine over partner in abuse campaign
Rhys Chalmers, 46, of Penrhys, was sentenced to 25 months at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court after admitting controlling and coercive behaviour against his former partner.
Newport Magistrates Court
Abertillery woman jailed again after assaulting police officers
Alison Sanders, 50, was sentenced to 12 weeks at Newport Magistrates' Court after admitting attacks on two officers and a woman.
North Wales
Two Flintshire councillors defect to Reform UK
Independent councillors Ian Hodge and Helen Brown have joined Reform UK as the party builds momentum in Wales ahead of the Senedd election.
Merthyr Tydfil
Starving dog chained in yard of empty Merthyr Tydfil home
The RSPCA is appealing for information after a lurcher cross was found emaciated and chained to a filthy shed at an empty property in Ash Crescent, Merthyr Tydfil. The dog, now named Reggie, has since made a full recovery and found a new home.
Swansea Crown Court
Man shared hundreds of child abuse images with paedophile network
Jamie McCallum, 46, of Cross Hands, Carmarthenshire, was sentenced to 13 months at Swansea Crown Court after admitting distributing indecent images of children to 29 online contacts.
Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court
Two Porth men jailed for drug supply after dental selfie breakthrough
Coran Davies, 23, and Dale Howell, 25, were sentenced at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court for supplying cocaine and cannabis. Davies was identified through facial recognition technology used on a photo found on a seized phone.
Newport Magistrates Court
Former BBC and ITV presenter jailed for breaching sex offender rules
Peter Rowell, 67, formerly of the Abergavenny area, has been sent back to prison for 24 weeks after admitting he twice failed to tell police he had been at an address where a child lived.