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January 5, 2017, 8:31 am

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POLICE in Neath have issued a warning to residents after a spate of four burglaries and attempted burglaries in two days. Officers said there had been a break-in at a house in Crynant, two attempted burglaries in Cadoxton, and a burglary of a garage in Briton Ferry all between January 3 and 4. READ MORE: A year after his body was found in a Briton Ferry lane, mystery still surrounds the death of Kevin Mahoney Police are conducting extra patrols — involving both uniform and plain...

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January 6, 2017, 1:33 am

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KAYLEIGH Haywood received a Facebook message from a man she had never met on October 31, 2015.Just over two weeks later she was raped and murdered.READ MORE: Jordan Miers took ecstasy drug before falling into riverNow, as a warning to parents and their children, police have made a film about what happened to Kayleigh and the terrible consequences for her family.The video re-creates the events leading up to and following the death of Kayleigh, from Measham in Leicestershire.She had been contacted...

Man arrested after armed police called to incident in Waun Wen

January 6, 2017, 2:41 am

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POLICE have arrested a man following an incident in Waun Wen this morning. Armed officers and the South Wales Police helicopter were deployed in the operation, following reports of 'a suspicious incident', which was received at 8.15am.READ MORE: Van engulfed in spectacular fire which also spread to nearby houseOfficers say they are not looking for anyone else in connection with the incident. In a separate operation, officers are also executed a drugs warrant in Pentre-Treharne Hill in...

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January 6, 2017, 7:57 am

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A COUPLE who targeted a student on a train in a "calculated and well planned theft" - stealing her suitcase and £800 of possessions - have been jailed. Within minutes of fleeing with the luggage at Port Talbot station they had pawned one of the victim's necklaces at a shop in the town centre. READ MORE: Aberavon RFC chairman and former Welsh international David Thomas has died, aged 75 Swansea Magistrates Court heard that 27-year-old Kimberly Beardsley - also known as...

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January 6, 2017, 9:09 am

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SWANSEA-BORN Tory peer Lord Michael Heseltine has pleaded guilty to careless driver after he caused serious injury to a cyclist.The former Deputy Prime Minister, who grew up in Uplands Crescent, appeared at Northampton Magistrates Court on Thursday and was fined £5,000.READ MORE: Harry Potter fans can now spend the night in a Hogwarts-themed B&B in WalesPress Association reported that Lord Heseltine was driving a green Jaguar when he pulled out of a lane and into the path of male...

Firm fined £180,000 after worker loses both legs in...

January 6, 2017, 2:03 pm

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A GRANDDAD lost both his legs after a workplace accident.The employer of 65-year-old Emrys Hughes has been fined £180,000 after he had to have both legs amputated above the knees.Mr Hughes was walking in the yard owned by Sundorne Products (Llanidloes) Ltd of Bryn Posteg in North Wales but was in the blind spot of the mechanical shovel driver.The vehicle was being driven quickly on November 16, 2015, to build momentum to load refuse when it struck Mr Hughes hard, Mold Crown Court...

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January 8, 2017, 5:03 am

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A DISQUALIFIED driver with a "penchant" for cars who led police on a 100mph chase through Pyle, Porthcawl and Port Talbot — racing through red lights and taking bends on the wrong side of the road — has been sent to jail. Jay Clement's Clio was eventually stopped by a "stinger" device and boxed in by pursuing police at the roundabout outside Tata steelworks. READ MORE: Dramatic footage shows police chase a speeding driver through residential...

Police appeal for help after damage to McDonald's in Swansea

January 9, 2017, 7:05 am

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POLICE are appealing for help after a door at the Swansea city centre branch of McDonald's was damaged in a late night incident. Officers have released a CCTV picture of a man they want to talk to, and are appealing for anyone who can identify him to come forward. READ MORE: Banned driver's 100mph chase through Pyle, Porthcawl and Port Talbot ended by police 'stinger' The damage to a glass panel at the Castle Square fast-food outlet happened just after 12.20am on January 4. A spokesman...

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January 9, 2017, 7:20 am

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TWO taxi passengers who gave cab driver Andrew Tooze "an overdose of his own medicine" after he attacked them with a baseball bat — leaving him in intensive care for four days with a collapsed lung, broken ribs, and a fractured cheek — have avoided jail in what the judge called an exceptional case. Phillip Mallon and Marc O'Mahoney were getting a cab home from Swansea city centre when one of them felt sick, and the car pulled over in Birchgrove. READ MORE: Wales...

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January 9, 2017, 8:05 am

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THIS is the terrifying 100mph pursuit which police tried to end with a Stinger device. But even when they punctured the front tyres of the vehicle, driver Jay Clement, 24, still continued on just the wheel rims. READ MORE: Swansea football hooligan cabbie is viciously attacked He ended up being stopped by police officers boxing him in and was caught after a brief chase on foot. Above: The moment police use a Stinger device to try to bring the pursuit to a close The video shows the...

Swansea night prowlers robbed barman in 'merciless and brutal...

January 9, 2017, 10:02 am

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TWO young men who were prowling around the centre of Swansea in the early hours of the morning looking for people to rob attacked a barman as he walked home from work, a court has heard. The pair repeatedly kicked their victim as he lay on the ground and stole his rucksack, wallet and mobile phone — forcing him to give them the password to the iPhone and threatening to "slash" him if he called the police. READ MORE: Banned driver's 100mph chase through Pyle, Porthcawl and...

Trial date set for man accused of pharmacy stabbing

January 9, 2017, 8:43 am

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A DATE has been set for the trial of a Carmarthenshire man accused of wounding a pharmacist with a knife. Peter Bellett, of Wern Road, Garnant, is alleged to have caused grievous bodily harm to Michael Irons in an incident at Garnant Pharmacy on December 5 last year. No charge was put to the 68-year-old during a brief videolink hearing at Swansea Crown Court today, and no plea was entered. A trial date was set for March 28. READ MORE: Swans 'football hooligan' turned cab driver Andrew Tooze...

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January 10, 2017, 7:06 am

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A SWANSEA Valley dog owner whose pet bit a young girl has been given a list of conditions for keeping the animal under control or face having it put down. Swansea Magistrates Court heard that Eve Alexandra Jackson was walking her Staffordshire bull terrier — Patchy — in Clydach when the animal jumped at a girl on a bicycle as she passed them on the pavement. Sharon Anderson, prosecuting, said the dog scratched the schoolgirl's hip, and sank its teeth into her thigh. The...

Police appeal for help after Swansea charity shop burglaries

January 12, 2017, 1:19 am

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POLICE investigating burglaries at two charity shops in Swansea are appealing for information on the whereabouts of a 31-year-old man they want to talk to. Officers are appealing for anyone who knows where Florin Stanciu is to come forward. READ MORE: UK Government set to back £1.3bn Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon project today Police want to speak to the Romanian national about break-ins at the Salvation Army shop on St Helen's Road on December 2, and the British Heart Foundation shop on...

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January 12, 2017, 4:56 am

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POLICE are appealing for help after a burglary at Briton Ferry Steel Cricket Club saw vital ground maintenance equipment stolen. Thieves broke into a shed at the Ynysmaerdy Road club between 11am on Saturday, January 7, and 4pm on Monday, January 9th, and stole three rotary grass mowers, a petrol strimmer, and a quantity of tools. READ MORE: Police appeal for help after charity shop burglaries Officers are urging anyone with information about the break-in — or anyone offered similar...

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January 12, 2017, 6:52 am

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A SCHOOLBOY has been given a night-time curfew for his part in a burglary at a cat sanctuary which led to the death and disappearance of seven animals. Three cats were found mauled to death following the break-in at the Ty Nant Cat Sanctuary in Cymmer last July, while another four have never been found. READ MORE: Live updates as Swansea Bay Tidal Loagoon gets UK Government go-ahead Today a 15-year-old boy — who cannot be named for legal reasons — appeared at Swansea Youth...

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January 12, 2017, 8:24 am

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POLICE investigating a distraction burglary in a Gower village have released a CCTV image of a woman they want to talk to. Officers in Swansea are appealing for anyone who can identify the woman, or knows of her whereabouts, to come forward. READ MORE: Schoolboy sentenced for burglary at Afan Valley cat sanctuary which led to cats being mauled to death The appeal follows a distraction burglary at a house in Bishopston. It it thought the woman may also have links to...

Police appeal after Port Talbot pub assault left victim with...

January 13, 2017, 6:16 am

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POLICE are appealing for witnesses to an assault at a Port Talbot pub which the victim with a serious ear injury. Officers are asking anyone who was in the Bell Inn in Taibach at the time of the incident on the night of December 22 to come forward. READ MORE: Police appeal after burglars target Briton Ferry Steel Cricket Club Police say a customer suffered "significant injury" to one of his ears in the assault, which happened in the pub's outdoor area. A man has been...

Jail for rapist who plied vulnerable girl with vodka and whisky

January 13, 2017, 6:38 am

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POLICE have welcomed the jailing of a Swansea man who plied a vulnerable young girl with vodka and whisky before raping her. Kawa Abduall Aziz was sent down for seven-and-a-half years after being found guilty at Swansea Crown Court. READ MORE: Can you help police identify this woman wanted in connection with a Gower distraction burglary? Officers from Morriston CID's specialist sexual offences unit praised the courage of the victim in coming forward, and in going through the difficult...

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January 13, 2017, 9:41 am

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A "DODGY" builder who breached a court order designed to stop him conning customers has avoided jail after going back to his "old tricks". In 2015 Darren Broad was jailed and made the subject of Criminal Behaviour Order — known as a Crasbo — for previous offences. The terms of the Crasbo mean he has to provide full documentation and receipts to all customers for any work he undertakes, and is banned from asking for money up-front for jobs. READ MORE: Jail for...