Ex-Lord Mayor launches drive to help injured photographer facing...
A FORMER Lord Mayor of Swansea is trying to mobilise support for a photographer whose immediate livelihood is under threat after being attacked in the street. Dimitris Legakis, aged 40, was in...
View ArticleThieves target two Neath churches at Chirstmas and steal flag...
POLICE are appealing for help after thieves struck at two Neath churches — stealing paving stones from outside the buildings. Officers saof they are "keeping an open mind" as to whether the incidents...
View ArticleManufacturing firm moving on after theft from employee
THE boss of a manufacturing firm says it is moving on after one of its staff was sentenced by a court for stealing from it. Victoria Elizabeth Slade, of Clasemont Road, Morriston, Swansea, was given a...
View ArticleOfficers search Bristol property in hunt for murderer of Swansea...
A PROPERTY in Bristol is being searched by police officers as they hunt the murderer of Swansea man Mohammed Abdurezek.The body of the 31-year-old was found by a dog walker in undergrowth in the South...
View ArticleMotorcyclist refused to give permission to test blood after crash
A MOTORCYCLIST found unconscious after a crash has been banned from the road after refusing to allow police to test his blood — six weeks later. Swansea Magistrates Court heard that Adam Colin...
View ArticlePolice in Swansea issue appeal for missing Daniel Olumide who was...
POLICE in Swansea are appealing for information concerning the whereabouts of Daniel Olumide, who has been reported missing.Daniel was last seen at around 6.30pm on New Year's Eve in the Morriston area...
View ArticleMotorbike thief attacked owner during test ride - but his...
A MAN who arranged a test-ride of a motorbike then beat up the owner at stole the machine has been jailed — but his accomplice remains at large. Swansea Magistrates Court heard that Larry Alan Black...
View ArticleMan bought 'legal highs' on internet - but tried to hide it from...
A SWANSEA man bought so-called "legal high" drugs on the internet and had them delivered to a mailbox so his mother would not find out, a court has heard. Christopher Thomas bought the psychoactive...
View ArticleThree men arrested in Swansea asylum seeker murder probe
THREE men have been arrested on suspicion of the murder of Swansea asylum seeker Mohammed Abdurezek.The 31-year-old's body was found in the South Gloucestershire village of Siston on Christmas Eve and...
View ArticlePolice appeal for help to find wanted man Kyler Brophy
POLICE are appealing for help to trace a 21-year-old Swansea man wanted in connection with an assault. Officers urging anyone with information on the whereabouts of Kyler Brophy to come forward. READ...
View ArticleMuslim woman in Swansea racially abused and told to remove her...
AN IRISH man who racially abused a Polish Muslim woman on a Swansea street — telling her to take her face veil off and go back to her own country — was "fearful" because he couldn't see the woman's...
View ArticlePolice appeal for help finding wanted man John Richbell from...
POLICE in Swansea are appealing for information about a man wanted in connection with a racially aggravated assault. Officers are urging anyone with information on the whereabouts of John Richbell from...
View ArticleAlleged child rapist 'may have fled to Europe'
POLICE hunting a man suspected of raping a child have extended their search to Europe.David Daniel Hayes has been missing since he failed to appear in court in December 2015.The 37-year-old, formerly,...
View ArticleAppeal for Port Talbot man wanted for prison recall
POLICE are appealing for information to trace a man wanted on recall to prison. James Henry Martin Burns is from Port Talbot and wanted on warrant for failing to appear at court. His release on licence...
View ArticleMystery surrounds suspected murder victim's death a year on
MYSTERY surrounds the death of a man a year after his partially clothed body was discovered in Briton Ferry.Three men were arrested following the discovery of Kevin Barry Mahoney's body in a lane off...
View ArticleMan charged with murder of Swansea asylum seeker Mohammed...
A MAN has been charged with the murder of Swansea asylum seeker Mohammed Abdurezek.Karl Cullen, of no fixed abode, is due to appear in Bristol Magistrates Court tomorrow.The 42-year-old was arrested on...
View ArticleFormer soldier from Pembrey sentenced on terrorism charge
A PEMBREY man who tried to join the fight against so-called Islamic State in Syria wanted to "assist victims of war", his defence solicitor said.Former solider Robert Clarke was detained at Heathrow...
View ArticleSecond man charged with murder of Swansea asylum seeker Mohammed...
A SECOND man has been charged with the murder of Swansea asylum seeker Mohammed Abdurezek.Abdiwahab Abdulahi, aged 22, will join Karl Cullen, aged 42, at Bristol Magistrates Court tomorrow.A third man,...
View ArticleMan killed 47-year-old in Carmarthen house
A CARMARTHEN man has admitted killing a 47-year-old man in a house in the town.Errol Richards pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Timothy John at a property in Morgan Street when he appeared at...
View ArticleTwo men appear in court charged with murder of Swansea asylum...
TWO men have appeared in court charged with the murder of Swansea asylum seeker Mohammed Abdurezek.Karl Cullen and Abdiwahab Abdulahi made a brief appearance at Bristol Magistrates Court charged with...
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