Couple caught scamming insurance company by swapping car number...
A COUPLE who embarked on a "foolish enterprise" to defraud a car insurance company by switching number plates on their cars were caught after being given a parking ticket - and challenging it. Swansea...
View ArticleMan jailed after his American Bulldog attacked and injured a...
A MAN has been jailed and banned from keeping dogs for life after his pet attacked and injured a guide dog. James Leighton Williams is the first person to be prosecuted by South Wales Police since an...
View ArticleOne arrested after immigration raid on Kaspa's in Swansea
A 23-year-old Nigerian woman has been arrested during operations by Immigration Enforcement officers in Swansea.On Friday evening, officers visited Kaspa's Desserts on Castle Street, Swansea. They...
View ArticleCheese thief jailed for 30 months after burgling pensioner who...
A MAN who stole a block of cheese from a shop sold it minutes later to a pensioner who took pity on him - before burgling her house when she turned her back. Swansea Crown Court heard that Corey David...
View ArticleDaffodil vandal fined £100 after ripping up plants at...
A MAN has been slapped with a £100 fine after ripping out flowers from council flower beds - then giving some of the blooms to staff in a cafe. Anthony Herbert was captured on CCTV at around 8.20am...
View ArticleMorriston Hospital nurse struck off for "deplorable and...
A Morriston Hospital nurse has been struck off for the "inappropriate and unacceptable" treatment of an elderly patient in her care.Michelle Ace, aged 44, bent back the fingers of an elderly man and...
View ArticlePolice appeal after Chick-o-land takeaway assault
POLICE in Swansea are appealing for information following an assault in a city centre takeaway. The incident happened at around 3am on Monday, May 2 - bank holiday Monday - inside the Chick-o-land shop...
View ArticleJail for banned driver who has never held a licence and was...
A BANNED driver caught by police behind the wheel of a car he had just bought has been sent to jail. Sam Baltzer was pulled over by an officer on Trawler Road in Swansea's Maritime Quarter on the...
View ArticleCocky burglar who said police would never prove he was guilty...
POLICE have welcomed the jailing of a cocky burglar who boasted to detectives they would "never prove" he was guilty. Dominic Roberts broke into the home of a pensioner living in Aberavon and stole...
View ArticleCleaner stole jewellery from elderly clients during house visits...
A CLEANER who stole thousands of pounds of jewellery and cash from the homes of clients has avoided jail. Susanne Tetzlaff helped herself to the jewellery from elderly clients she cleaned for, even on...
View ArticleAscen Bradley Walsh hit naked neighbour on head a dozen times...
A SWANSEA man launched an attack on a naked neighbour in his block of flats using a rock in a sock as a weapon, a court has heard. Ascen Bradley Walsh woke a fellow resident in the Griffith John Street...
View ArticleCefn Coed Hospital patient head butted fellow patient after they...
A PATIENT at Swansea's Cefn Coed Hospital who head butted a fellow patient and tried to grab him by the throat has avoided jail in what a district judge described as a "exceptional" case. Swansea...
View Article23-year-old charged with the murder of Private Matthew Boyd in...
A MAN has been charged with the murder of soldier Private Matthew Boyd.Mr Boyd, from the Royal Gibraltar Regiment, was found injured and unconscious in Lion Street, Brecon, at around 1am on Sunday, and...
View ArticleThief stole elf, tinsel and fairy lights from village church
A THIEF has been jailed for stealing a large elf from a church.Sam Smith, 24, from Swansea, pinched the 3ft festive elf along with tinsel and fairy lights after breaking into a village church.READ...
View ArticleAmateur boxer appears in Brecon court accused of murdering...
An amateur boxer was today accused of the murder of a soldier killed after leaving a Brecon pub. Jake Vallely, 23, appeared in court charged with the murder of Private Matthew Boyd, 20, during an...
View ArticleWoman who caused years of 'misery' to people is banned from Neath...
A 55-year-old woman has been banned from hanging around Neath and Swansea train stations following years of abusive and anti-social behaviour towards members of the public. Police say Lesley Anne...
View Article'Driver had five or six puffs on a cannabis cigarette' before...
A CALL centre worker has been given a community order and curfew and is banned from the road after being caught driving while more than three times the cannabis-drive limit. Swansea Magistrates' Court...
View ArticleMan with 210 previous offences fined after abusing Swansea...
A SWANSEA man with convictions for 210 previous offences has been fined after admitting shouting and swearing at council housing staff. Swansea Magistrates' Court heard that police were called to Long...
View ArticleMan charged with manslaughter after tipper truck tragedy
A MAN has been formerly charged with two counts of manslaughter in connection with a tipper truck crash in which two Swansea men died.Peter Wood, of Brooklands, Chippenham, appeared at Bath and...
View ArticleJilted boyfriend threw love rival off balcony after spotting him...
A jilted boyfriend has been jailed for two years for throwing a love rival off a balcony after spotting him with his former girlfriend. Jack Watson, 22, scaled a drainpipe to get into his former...
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