Locked Up: The criminals justice caught up with in October and what happened to them
October was another busy month for the courts in Wales with 75 criminals sent to jail for some of the most serious crimes. Here is our monthly round-up of the criminals who have been locked up. They include a police officer jailed for life for psychologically manipulating young children into sexually abusing themselves on Snapchat, while a man who stabbed his vulnerable friend 70 times in what was described as a “brutal and frenzied” murder was also jailed for life.
Members of an organised crime gang also received hefty sentences for the kidnap, torture and blackmail of a man for a GBP100,000 ransom. Once again, several men who attacked their partners or former partners also feature. They include Colin Broadbent who subjected his long-term partner to a brutal beating[1] after accusing her of being unfaithful during a family holiday.
And abusive bully[2] Ceri Llewellyn threw a plate and a pint glass at his partner before punching her and slapping her in the face. You can get more story updates straight to your inbox by subscribing to our newsletters here[3].
Here are the criminals and the crimes they committed:
Lewis Edwards
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The serving police officer who psychologically manipulated children into sexually abusing themselves on Snapchat was handed a life sentence. E[6]dwards was in contact with more than 200 children on the social media platform. Cardiff[7] Crown Court heard he manipulated, bullied, threatened and exploited his victims – forcing them to send him indecent videos of themselves naked and abusing themselves as they sobbed and begged him to stop. The 24-year-old, who had 4,500 indecent images of children, later admitted 160 counts of child sexual abuse and blackmail – but still refused to show up for his sentencing hearing.
Paul Jenkins
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He stabbed his vulnerable friend 70 times in a “brutal and frenzied” murder[8]. Jenkins attacked the frail victim in his own home, repeatedly stabbing him to the face and chest with two kitchen knives. He then walked into a nearby pub and told the landlord that he “liked to drink his boyfriend’s blood”.
Swansea Crown Court[9] heard the victim of the murderous attack was 61-year-old David Green, a “kind and gentle” loner who lived in sheltered accommodation in Swansea city centre and who had been befriend by his killer in a local pub. The court heard 39-year-old Jenkins had a history of violent and aggressive behaviour, and his mother had described him as having a “Jekyll and Hyde” character which alternated between being nice and volatile. Kidnap and torture gang
(Top left to right) Fortune Lawson, Arnold Fumumeya, David Assadpour (Middle left to right) Alexis Mutesa, Gideon Lawson, Micaiah Marley (Bottom left to right) Denis Delishaj, Ahmed Omar, Stephen Isaac (Image: South Wales Police)
A Cardiff thug ran a brutal and highly organised crime gang that kidnapped, imprisoned, tortured and blackmailed a man for a GBP100,000 ransom.
In scenes reminiscent of a Quentin Tarantino film, the masked members of the gang used weapons including guns, knives, and an “attack dog” along with techniques such as waterboarding to terrify and torment their victim. Fortune Lawson, and a gang of criminal associates he recruited from London[10], abducted their victim in Cardiff[11]. After torturing him in a flat, they took him to a safehouse in Hertfordshire while negotiations were conducted for cash in return for the man’s life.
It wasn’t the first time Lawson, who goes by the street name Mills or Millz, and a gang of his thugs had abducted and tortured a man. At the time of the Cardiff incident he was being investigated by police in London for kidnapping and torturing another man – including pouring boiling water over him – to get cash. Elliot Lucas
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The drink-driver ignored the pleas and screams of his passengers to stop “showing off”[12] before crashing – causing his car to burst into flames with one of the occupants trapped inside.
Dramatic footage showed police officers and the fire brigade attempting to rescue the young woman as the flames became higher and higher. The 20-year-old was more than twice the legal drink-drive limit when he crashed his Fiat Punto on the A4232 in Cardiff[13] on September 1 last year. There were six people in the car at the time of the collision travelling between Llantwit Major[14] and Cardiff city centre.
Craig McKenzie
The big-spending property developer[15] with a GBP250,000 watch and flash BMW was exposed as a drugs boss. Craig McKenzie supplied a heroin, cocaine and cannabis network stretching from northern England to Wales. The 41-year-old enjoyed a lavish lifestyle which to outward appearances he funded through his property business Teflon Holdings.
Despite only having a declared income of around GBP33,000 in 2021, he wore a GBP250,000 Richard Mille watch and drove a new BMW X5 and VW Tiguan R-Line. When National Crime Agency (NCA) officers raided his house they found GBP128,000 worth of designer goods and clothing as well as GBP33,000 in cash.
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Join our WhatsApp community here.[18] Colin Broadbent
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He subjected his long-term partner to a brutal beating[19] after accusing her of being unfaithful during a family holiday, a court has heard. Broadbent set about the woman with his fists and then a vacuum cleaner extension pipe leaving her with a broken wrist and covered in cuts and bruises.
The 54-year-old’s advocate told Swansea Crown Court[20] that he could not really explain how something that started as an argument had ended in the way it had. Sending the defendant to prison a judge told him he had carried out an “appalling and prolonged” assault on his partner of many years. Marcus Bounds
He smashed up a GBP300,000 Rolls-Royce with a shovel[21] while he was drunk and wandering the streets.
Bounds smashed every window on the exclusive SUV causing more than GBP110,000 worth of damage – though he cannot remember anything about the incident due to his level of intoxication. At the time of carrying out what a judge called the “wanton and spiteful” damage, Bounds was on a suspended prison sentence for being part of a gang of car thieves. Sending the father-of-four to prison, the judge said he had no doubt that “envy” had played a part in the defendant’s decision to attack the prestigious and expensive vehicle.
Shawn Martin
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He was found with around GBP50,000 worth of cannabis[22] and running a “production line” from his bedroom in Cardiff[23]. Martin was discovered in his bedroom surrounded by the drug when police entered his home earlier this year. Martin, 27, of Canton in Cardiff, was investigated as part of an intelligence-led operation by Tarian regional organised crime unit (ROCU) made up of South Wales Police[24], Gwent Police[25], and Dyfed-Powys Police police officers and staff with partners in the UK Border Force.
Michell Chapman
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She was under the influence of cocaine when she led police on a chase through Newport[26] city centre. Dashcam footage showed her driving on the wrong side of the road and reaching speeds of 60mph in a 30mph zone.[27] The 52-year-old was first seen by police in Chepstow Road at around 11.45pm on March 10 and they began following her vehicle. An officer turned on his blue lights in an attempt to stop the defendant, but she continued to drive away at speed.
A sentencing hearing at Cardiff Crown Court[28] heard the chase lasted up to eight minutes as Chapman performed dangerous manoeuvres including driving on the wrong side of the road, through a red light and driving over speed bumps at 50mph. Elis Hughes
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The serial shoplifter[29] took more than GBP1,400 worth of items on a three-month spree including fake tan and prosecco. The thefts were fuelled by the defendant’s addiction to drugs.
The 32-year-old, of Cardiff[30], carried out more than 20 thefts between May and July this year. He also took a woman’s bank card after breaking into a car. A sentencing hearing at Newport[31] Crown Court heard the defendant targeted a number of stores across Cardiff including Boots, Home Bargains, Tesco and the Co-op.
The value of the products stolen came to around GBP1,400. Ceri Llewellyn
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The abusive bully[32] threw a plate and a pint glass at his partner before punching her and slapping her in the face. He effectively locked her in the kitchen and she was forced to escape through the kitchen window.
Llewellyn, 31, of Tonypandy[33], was in a relationship with his victim for four years before the assault which took place at their home on July 30. There was an argument after the defendant had asked her to cook him sausages and accused her of having an attitude. Gazmir Baja
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Found living and working in a Welsh cannabis farm, he had returned to the UK having previously been deported.
It is not known how or when Baja re-entered the UK having first been ordered to leave in 2015 following a conviction for burglary. Baja has now been found living in the UK illegally on three occasions but the 27-year-old said he wished to go back home to Albania. A judge said such a return was “inevitable”.
Read his sentencing here.[34] Ellis Shaw
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He had sex with a schoolgirl in a graveyard and filmed the activity on his phone. Shaw then tried to pretend the video footage was not of the child and attempted to “blame” a former partner.
Cardiff Crown Court heard the 22-year-old met his victim on the messaging app Snapchat and had “groomed” her by playing the part of a “big brother”. Sending the defendant to prison a judge said sentencing guidelines existed to protect children from themselves and from people who “use them for sex”. Read the sentencing here.[35][36]
Christopher Sullivan
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The dealer began selling heroin and crack cocaine[37] after he lost his job in Lidl and had to repay a debt after his wages were overpaid. Officers found the illegal substances at his home and more than GBP3,000 in cash. A drugs warrant was executed at the home of Sullivan, 34, in Newport[38] on August 24 when police forced entry into the property.
They found the defendant and another inside and Sullivan confirmed he was the sole occupant. Aaran Sargeant
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The drug dealer agreed to store more than a kilo of cocaine worth up to GBP44,000 at the home he shared with his elderly mother[39]. He was also found in possession of up to GBP4,000 worth of cannabis.
Sargeant, 29, was raided by police at his Blackwood[40] home on June 23 when only his mother was present. During the search, officers recovered a clear bag containing an unknown white substance. David Rodgers
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The drug dealer sold cocaine to a 17-year-old boy[41] on two occasions and was raided by police who found amphetamine and cannabis.
He continued to deal drugs after being placed on bail by police. Rodgers, 51, was first raided by police at his Maesteg[42] home on December 1, 2020, at around 8.40am where a number of items were recovered including illegal substances, mobile phones, large quantities of cash, and drug paraphernalia. A sentencing hearing at Newport Crown Court[43] heard 340g of amphetamine, worth between GBP1,880 and GBP3,760, was discovered along with cannabis and GBP2,575 in cash.
Sion Thomas
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The “monster” who sexually abused two young girls caused one of his victims to attempt to take her own life. His second victim was told she had “dreamt” about the abuse and it did not happen. Thomas, 43, of Bangor, initially denied the incidents, which involved him exposing his penis, simulating sex, and penetrating his second victim with his fingers.
Both of the girls said they came forward to protect children from the defendant whom they described as a “monster” and a “predator”. Read his sentencing here.[44][45] Malcolm Hitchings and William Hayward
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Stolen cars worth GBP75,000 were taken to a “chop shop” where the vehicles were stripped of their parts to be sold on.
The parts were discovered at a unit on an industrial estate. Hitchings, 37, and Hayward, 36, were found in possession of the car parts in Pontypridd on June 22 after police intelligence linked stolen cars to a unit at the Old Coach Works in Berw Road. There is no suggestion the defendants stole the vehicles, which were delivered to what was dubbed a “chop shop”.
Read their sentencing here.[46][47] Carl Dudley
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The burglar stole an electronic bike worth GBP900[48] after its owner had left it in the warehouse where he worked. The thief was later identified on CCTV by police.
Dudley, 41, stole a bike belonging to Carl Jones on August 2 at the Pant Industrial Estate in Merthyr Tydfil[49]. Mr Jones arrived for work at Building Product Design having ridden in on his electric bike which he leant against a panel in the rear of the warehouse. Louis Summers
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The child rapist lied about his age to a 16-year-old girl he was in a relationship with and went so far as to stage a bogus 18th birthday celebration.
He breached a court order when he stayed at her home where her two younger brothers were living with the girl’s family having no knowledge of his sexual offences. Summers, 30, of Chepstow[50], was convicted of raping a 14-year-old girl in 2014, and having penetrative sexual activity with a girl under 16, for which he was sentenced to six and a half years imprisonment. He was also convicted of causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity.
Martin Thomas
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A man has lost the use of a hand after suffering a horror glassing injury in an assault in a busy pub. The victim suffered severed tendons in his wrist in the incident and had to undergo a six-hour operation to repair them. He has been left unable to work.
The man who inflicted the injury, steelworker Thomas, was located by police a short distance away from the Swansea[51] city centre bar still wearing blood-stained clothes. He claimed he had been acting in self-defence. Sending the defendant to prison[52] a judge said he had been “out of control” and “spoiling for trouble” when he attacked a group of men following a confrontation earlier in the evening. Nicola Hexter
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The mother caught trying to smuggle drugs into prison[53] said she had been forced to act as a mule after threats were made against her inmate son,.
A sniffer dog detected the contraband being carried by Hexter under her clothing along with five sim cards for mobile phones. The defendant’s barrister said Hexter’s actions in trying to get the drugs into prison were not a determined attempt to disrupt life behind bars but were “a desperate and scared mother seeking to protect her child at all costs”. Martin Whitworth
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He torched a pile of his partner’s clothes[54] after he became jealous and accused her of flirting with a pub bouncer.
Whitworth collected hundreds of pounds’ worth of the woman’s clothing from the house and set fire to them in the garden after a row on a night out which had been arranged to try to rekindle their romance. Luke Davies
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He bought a stash of jewellery which had been stolen in a raid on an elderly woman’s house just hours earlier and then pawned it and doubled his money.[55] Thousands of pounds worth of jewellery were taken in the burglary with many of the items given to the victim by her late husband. Craig Roach
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The driver smashed through a police roadblock[56] as officers were dealing with a fatal car crash on a busy dual carriageway.
Intoxicated Roach had to be dragged from his vehicle at the point of a Taser to be arrested, and then pretended to have a seizure before shouting threats at the officers. Roach had a distressed passenger in his car at the time – a former girlfriend who he is banned from contacting due to a restraining order. Daryl Rees
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He threw a vulnerable pensioner with dementia to the ground[57] then lied to the police that his victim had been trying to break into his car.
The 79-year-old victim had apparently mistaken Rees’s car for his niece’s car and was looking through the window when the defendant grabbed him by the neck and tossed him to the floor. Dominic Hook
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The abusive man threatened to “put a bullet between the eyes” of a woman[58] he was speaking to on social media after she blocked him. He also called her a number of derogatory names such as “scum c***” and “dirty f****** cheating b****** c***”.
Hook, 41, of Llantrisant[59], first got in touch with the woman after contacting her Yorkshire-based cleaning business on Facebook[60]. He claimed he had been in a relationship with the woman for two-and-a-half years but this was initially denied by the victim. Morgan Dickerson
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The “cowardly bully” strangled his partner and threatened to kill her[61] during a terrifying assault at her cousin’s house.
He went on to bite her on the cheek and punched her so hard it cut her lip. Dickerson, 22, was told by his partner’s father, “don’t be rough with her” at a family event, before he carried out a horrific attack upon her. He went on to assault her in Swansea[62] city centre after a night out, during which he shoved her into a wall and kicked her in the ribs when she fell to the floor.
Geoffrey Hallett
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The “jealous” man punched and bit his girlfriend during a night away at a hotel. Hallett, from Talbot Green, had been out drinking with his partner but attacked her when they returned to their room in a Gwynedd[63] hotel after accusing her of showing an interest in other men. The attack left the woman with a bloody nose, a cut cheek and a gash when she hit her forehead on a sink.
Read the sentencing here.[64] Organised crime group
Top row (L-R): Vincent Aquilina, Joshua Matthews, Kaid Mohamed Bottom row (L-R): Jacob Bates, Jamie Higgins, Jacob Howells-Santos (Image: Tarian)
Members of an organised crime group (OCG) who dealt wholesale amounts of cocaine throughout south Wales were jailed for a combined total of 47 years[65]. Cocaine worth a total street value of GBP400,000 was recovered by a police operation.
Joshua Matthews, 27, headed up the OCG having bought drugs from several upstream suppliers. He was seen by police receiving a bag containing 4kg of cocaine from associate Vincent Aquilina, 25, at an address in Cardiff[66] on July 21. A Cardiff Crown Court[67] sentencing hearing heard Matthews placed the bag in a Range Rover, but was arrested a short time later on the A4119 in Miskin following a police chase which caused damage to 20 cars and injuries to people on the road.
Simon Howard
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The sexual predator was jailed after grooming what he thought was a 12-year-old child online.[68] Howard sent explicit messages to the person he had met on social media and talked about meeting her in real life. Swansea Crown Court[69] heard the 33-year-old was actually communicating with an undercover police operative working as part of Tarian, the organised crime unit covering southern Wales. Get the latest crime and court stories sent straight to your email inbox with our free newsletter[70]. Maximus Goldsworthy
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The chef was jailed for dealing cocaine, cannabis and ecstasy[71] over a 14-month period.
Goldsworthy was arrested three times in a year, and twice went straight back to dealing after being released under police investigation. Abdul Mohsin and Shakaiya Siyum
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A London drug dealer was caught in a house in Swansea[72] with tens of thousands of pounds worth of heroin and crack cocaine after one of his teenage street dealers or “runners” was arrested, a court has heard. Police tracked Mohsin down to a house in Morriston and had to force entry after he barricaded himself into a bedroom.
Meanwhile another of his teen runners had made off across the roof tops.
Stuart Tudor
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The paedophile sent sexualised messages to someone he thought was a 14-year-old girl in which he told her he wanted to “spank her” and encouraged her to take cocaine. He was confronted by six members of a paedophile hunting group who attended his home. Tudor, 42, formerly of Connah’s Quay, Flintshire[74], made contact with an account on the social media platform Scout in July last year, who told the defendant her name was OIivia, she was 14 years old and was from Flint.
He initially questioned her why she was on the platform if she was under 18, but continued to speak to her on WhatsApp. Christopher Brophy
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The nightclub bouncer dragged a customer out of sight of CCTV cameras and delivered a “brutal beating” which broke his jaw, a court has heard.[75] Brophy than laughed at his victim and “mocked” him as he lay injured on the ground. Swansea Crown Court[76] heard the victim – Jamie Hosken – suffered multiple fractures to the jaw which required surgery to fit metal plates to his face, and was in hospital for four days. Jamal Salah
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The knife-wielding attacker slashed a man five times across his face and neck[77] after accusing him of being a “grass”.
The victim managed to escape but collapsed outside as a result of his injuries. Salah, 30, used a kitchen knife to stab his victim on February 9 at a flat in Newport[78] city centre after he went back with a woman. He sustained five wounds during the attack, to his forehead, cheek, back of the head and neck.
Patrick Maughan
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The intoxicated man racially abused a cafe customer[79] by saying: “Go back to your own country” before spitting at him and exposing his penis and buttocks. He was later found by police with an empty bottle of vodka. Maughan, 45, approached his victim in Swansea[80] on September 5 as he was drinking a cup of coffee at Crumbs Kitchen in Uplands.
The defendant asked the victim for a cigarette but upon being told by the man he did not smoke Maughan said: “Go back home” and called him a “black N-word”. Jack Theobald
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He was found in possession of cannabis when police searched his vehicle and discovered phones which indicated he was also dealing. The man was found to be also dealing cocaine and wholesale amounts of cannabis.
The 23-year-old was in a blue Volkswagen Golf when they were stopped by police in Rhymney on February 9 last year. Read the sentencing here.[81][82] David Morgan
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He gave a schoolgirl lager before having sex with her, a court heard[83].
Morgan denied having a sexual interest in children but sending him to prison a judge told him there was a word for people like him and that word was “paedophile”. After abusing the child the 35-year-old defendant went on engage in a controlling relationship with a woman in which he cut her off from her friends, repeatedly accused her of infidelity, and forced her to abandon the business she had set up. Adrian Gravell
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He raped a vulnerable woman after pushing his way into her house at night.
A judge said she believed Gravell was aware of his victim’s vulnerabilities and had subjected her to “uncontrolled sexual violence” once through the front door. Making the defendant subject to an extended sentence as a dangerous offender a judge said he had carried out a “swift and brutal” attack on the woman. Gary Morgan
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The predatory paedophile sexually abused young girls for his “own depraved sexual urges”.
He left his victims scared of potential violence and thinking they would not be believed if they were to report the assaults. The 59-year-old, of Newport, targeted his two victims during the 1980s and 1990s. The abuse involved him touching one victim’s genitalia as well as her chest and her bottom.
Read his sentencing here.[84][85] Daniel Jenkins
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The “bullying” owner of a skip company stamped on a frail customer with his steel toe-capped boots in a row over money. Jenkins then “taunted” the injured man as he lay on the ground by dumping a load of soil on his drive.
The attack is said to have had a devastating impact on the victim, forcing him to give up his business of restoring and selling classic Minis. The 58-year-old has been left feeling he has “no future” to live for. Read the sentencing here.[86]
Michael Crofts
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The homeless man racially abused a security guard outside McDonald’s[87] and swung a rope with an iron buckle at him. The attack, which was caught on CCTV, left the victim wanting to change his job. Crofts, 31, threatened to stab Saheed Bello and told him “go back to your own country, your visa will expire”.
During the course of two incidents, the defendant threw punches at Mr Bello, spat at him and threw drinks over him before attacking him with a ratchet strap he took from a lorry. Norman Mohammed
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The drug dealer was found with GBP3,200 worth of designer clothes when police raided his home. Messages were also found on his phone which showed he had been dealing cocaine.
A drugs warrant was executed by police at the home of Norman Mohammed, 33, in Cardiff[88] on the morning of April 26. He was found in the living room and was searched. Peter Davies
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The driver reached speeds of 107mph[89] during a police chase before ditching his car while his girlfriend was still inside and changed his clothes before returning to the scene.
He claimed he had nothing to do with the incident but he was clearly seen on police dashcam footage. Davies, 29, was followed by police on mobile patrol in Rhyl[90] at around 12.40am on March 14 after his BMW was seen being driven along the A525 at 50mph in a 30mph zone while straddling lanes in the carriageway. He initially came to a stop in the middle of the road when police signalled for him to pull over, before turning his car around and driving in the opposite direction.
Sophie Robinson
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She carried out an horrific assault on her partner[91] by punching her in the head and biting her on the forearm when she tried to protect herself. After she was taken into custody she admitted a knife had been hidden in her bra. Robinson, 28, of Wrexham[92], unleashed violence against her then-girlfriend and had to be restrained by neighbours who heard the victim screaming for help.
During the assault she dragged her by the hair while continuing to punch her. Mahdi Ahmed Mohammed
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He was using his Home Office-provided accommodation in Swansea to peddle cocaine and cannabis[93] Mohammed was caught red-handed with ready-to-sell wraps of the drugs when police raided the house of multiple accommodation. Swansea Crown Court[94] head the 31-year-old had previously served a substantial prison sentence for producing cannabis after being caught in a cannabis farm in Ammanford and upon release was taken to the airport to be deported but never boarded the plane.
Sending the Kurd back to prison a judge said some people “may be bewildered by the history” of the matter. Jac Verallo
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The drug dealer was found in possession of rocks of crack cocaine after a police officer followed him into McDonald’s[95] and confronted him. He was also found in possession of cocaine and a phone containing messages related to drug dealing.
Jac Verallo, 24, was seen riding a push bike in Cardiff[96] on August 27 and was speaking to someone on a mobile phone when he was first seen by a police officer. Suspecting the defendant was involved in drug dealing the officer walked to the McDonald’s car park near the Cardiff City Stadium and went into the restaurant after Verallo. Thomas Rees
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He strangled his former partner and smashed belongings[97] in her home after he looked through messages on her phone without permission.
He pushed her up against a wall during the attack and left the victim struggling to breathe. Rees, 22, of Maesteg[98], had been in a relationship with the victim though they had split up in June last year but remained on amicable terms as their families knew each other. The defendant attended the victim’s home on October 31 for Halloween and had drinks before staying the night.
Ryan Harrison
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Drug dealers were found in possession of cannabis after they were seen at a drug dealing hotspot. One of the dealers was also found to be dealing cocaine and ketamine after messages were found in his phone. Harrison, 29, and Richard Jones, 35, were stopped by police on June 17 after they were spotted driving to an area known for drug use and drug supply in Caldicot.
After following the defendants to Jones’ home in Byron Place, police arrested them. Harrison was jailed and you can
Martin Tavener
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The convicted sex offender breached a court order after a 16-year-old boy was discovered in his house when police were investigating an assault. He admitted the boy had visited his home a number of times as they liked listening to music together.
Tavener, 32, of Maesteg, was made subject to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) in 2020 after he was found in possession of indecent images of a child under 18. In 2008, he was sentenced to three years and 164 days imprisonment after he was convicted of attempted rape, for which he was made subject to sex offender notification requirements indefinitely. A condition of the SHPO prevented him from having contact with children under 18-years-old.
Read his sentencing here.[101][102] Jin Chen
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The businessman was found in possession of more than 500 stun guns[103] at his storage facility. He was tracked down after a delivery of the weapons was intercepted by police.
Chen, 39, ran Cardiff[104] Parcel, a business which stored goods for companies and helped to distribute them across the UK. Despite being aware it was illegal to possess such items, he agreed to store and mail stun guns and police-style batons to customers on behalf of external companies. Sean Golder
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The decorated Army veteran took bottles of “poppers” to meet a 14-year-old boy he had groomed online.
When a “horny” Golder arrived at the rendezvous point in a supermarket car park he was met not by the child he was expecting but by police officers.[105] Edmond Kallmi
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The driver wound down his window and pointed an imitation firearm[106] at a woman after she confronted him about his driving. She drove off in fright believing she had been threatened with a real gun.
Kallmi, 48, was driving through Ferndale, Rhondda[107], on October 21 last year when he pulled out from a side street in front of the victim, whose mother was in the passenger seat. Because of the nature of the defendant’s driving the victim remonstrated with him as their cars were alongside each other in Duffryn Street. Richard Mountstephens
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The 34-year-old who forced a young girl into prostitution was found with cannabis at home.
Mountstephens was found hiding the drug in cupcakes, cookies, and brownies when police searched his home. A sentencing hearing at Cardiff Crown Court heard police had been alerted to concerns that Mountstephens, 34, had been intending to supply cannabis after a young girl came forward saying he had been using her for child prostitution. Read how long he got for this offence here.[108][109]
Corey and Dominic Jones
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A mother and three of her sons attacked a family who were enjoying a night out in Neath town centre. As members of the public looked on Kelly Jones and her boys Corey, Dominic and Ben set upon the group, who were on a “Christmas[110] jumper night”, with their fists and feet. The attack resulted in one of the victims being knocked unconscious, losing five of this teeth, and facing a GBP17,000 dental bill.
Read the sentencing here.[111] Anton Jones
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The armed robber entered his local bookmakers and threatened the cashier with an eight-inch blade in Merthyr Tydfil town centre. Footage shows the moment the 46-year-old entered the Betfred shop on March 23, concealing his face with a balaclava and had a bread knife hidden in his jacket sleeve.
Jones deliberately didn’t speak when he demanded money from a staff member in the shop, knowing that his voice would be recognised as a regular customer,[112] South Wales Police said in a statement. According to the force, Jones stole around GBP600. Peter Swales
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He repeatedly stabbed his friend in the head, neck and chest[113] with a knife leaving the tip of the weapon embedded in his skull.
Swales could not explain why he attacked his victim but he accepted he had not been taking his medication for paranoid schizophrenia at the time. Cardiff Crown Court[114] heard the victim was left covered in blood and with a collapsed lung and knife wounds to his head, face, neck, shoulder, arms, chest, abdomen, legs and hands as a result of the attack in his own home. Ahmed Moshen
(Image: Gwent Police)
The previously convicted drug dealer waited outside an amusement arcade before approaching a man as he walked out and stabbing him multiple times with a kitchen knife.
The victim later walked to hospital and underwent two blood transfusions while receiving treatment for his stab wounds. The 25-year-old stabbed his victim Jhaid Uddin outside the Starburst Amusement Arcade in Newport city centre on April 23 in a “revenge attack” after a feud between the pair. The shocking assault was captured on CCTV with Mr Uddin ambushed by the defendant who had arrived at the scene on his bike armed with a knife.
Read his sentencing here.[115][116]
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