Bonymaen rogue trader jailed for six months for ripping off...
A SWANSEA businessman, who took money from customers throughout South and West Wales without carrying out the work he was paid to do, has begun a 26 week prison sentence. David John Hanford, pictured,...
View ArticlePaedophile Aled Owen Matthews jailed for 'appalling' online child...
A Llandeilo man is today serving an extended prison sentence of 16 years, with 10 years of that to be served in custody, following convictions in relation to online child sex offences. Aled Owen...
View ArticleFormer soldier with post traumatic stress disorder slashed...
A FORMER soldier suffering from post traumatic stress disorder slashed a stranger across the face in an unprovoked attack, a court has heard. Alan Michael Stout attacked the man on a Llanelli street —...
View ArticleJail for 'dangerous offender' who stabbed former girlfriend in...
A MAN who knifed his ex-girlfriend in the neck while out of prison on licence for three previous assaults on her has been branded a danger to women by a judge who said the defendant seemed to find the...
View ArticleCan you help? Police appeal for wanted man Darren Machon
Police are appealing for information to locate wanted person Darren Machon.The 39 year-old man has been recalled to prison after breaching his license.He was living in the Swansea area but is...
View ArticleMother and son attack woman outside Swansea pub
A MOTHER and son beat up a woman outside a Swansea pub leaving her needing 15 stitches to a gash on her cheek which went "through-and-through" to her mouth, a court has heard Kyle Astil was aged just...
View ArticleArmed police called after hoax call from man who had drunk two...
ARMED police swooped on a quiet street after a resident made a drunken hoax call to police claiming there was a gunman in the area. Jason Colin John had drunk two bottles of vodka before making the...
View ArticleWoman robbed in her home after buying washing machine off Gumtree
A WOMAN was assaulted and robbed in her own home after buying a washing machine off Gumtree.South Wales Police are investigating after the incident at 2.15pm on Saturday in Spinney Close, Ely,...
View ArticleMan who called himself 'The Phantom' took five knives into GP...
A MAN who called police and told them he was "The Phantom" and was going to kill his mother's ex-partner before walking into a busy doctors' surgery with five knives has avoided jail.Robert Arundel...
View ArticleWeapons and crack cocaine seized in police raid on Swansea house
POLICE have recovered knuckle dusters, cash and what they believe to be crack cocaine in a swoop on a house in Swansea today. Officers executed a search warrant at a house on Long Ridge in Mayhill this...
View ArticleDyfed-Powys Police chief steps down after three years saying 'it...
THE chief constable of Dyfed-Powys Police will be retiring from the service this summer, it has been announced. Simon Prince has led the constabulary for three years after joining from Gwent Police,...
View ArticleJail for burglars who made masks from shirts and wore socks on...
TWO men who raided a petrol station shop wearing make-shift masks made from shirts with eye-hole cut in the back and socks on their hands as "gloves" have been jailed. Spencer Pitman and Christopher...
View ArticleBurglar broke into three houses days after being caught trying to...
A MAN who was caught red-handed trying to smash his way into a Swansea doctor's surgery went on to commit three burglaries just days later after being released on bail, a court has heard. Aled Evans...
View ArticleMan 'raped student in Cardiff as she walked home,' court told
A university student was raped in freshers' week by a sex predator who targeted single drunk women, a court heard.Remus Hamza, aged 40, is alleged to have attacked the 20-year-old close to Cardiff...
View ArticleCouncil official stole £35,000 from children's fund to give...
A Cardiff council official is facing jail after stealing £35,000 from a children's fund and giving it to her mother. Caroline Wootton-Thomas, 49, stole the cash from a children's services account after...
View ArticleSpeeding driver who tried to shake off police with James...
A speeding driver who deployed a James Bond-style smokescreen device in a bid to shake off police has been spared jail. Simon Chaplin, 62, rigged a bucket of diesel, a pump and pipes, behind the...
View ArticleMan arrested on suspicion of two burglaries in Brynmill
A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of the burglary of two homes in Brynmill, Swansea, this morning. A spokesman for South Wales Police said: "Police were called to the Brynmill area of Swansea at...
View ArticleWoman caught breaking into Greggs in Ammanford at 3am is arrested...
A WOMAN has been arrested in relation to a night-time break-in at a Greggs bakers in Ammanford. Officers from Dyfed-Powys Police were called in the early hours of yesterday morning, following a report...
View ArticlePub bouncer butted bouncer in face out of 'festering jealousy'
A PUB bouncer who butted another bouncer in the face in a late night confrontation driven by jealousy over an ex-partner has avoided jail. Antonio Ojeda from Sandfields in Port Talbot followed his...
View ArticleFreshers week rapist Remus Hamza who dragged student into bushes...
A KITCHEN worker has been jailed for 12 years after raping a young woman during a university fresher's week.Remus Hamza, 40, was found guilty of raping the 20-year-old who was making her way home from...
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