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Tag: Cardiff Crown Court

Teenagers avoid jail after issuing themselves a £13,600 ‘refund’ at hotel reception

Tuesday, March 3, 2020Tuesday, March 3, 2020

Staff raised the alarm after looking at CCTV footage of the duo.

Stalker jailed for four and a half years

Tuesday, March 3, 2020Tuesday, March 3, 2020

He was also handed a ten year restraining order, with an additional five years in prison if the order is breached.

Man jailed after “terrifying series of events”

Tuesday, February 25, 2020Tuesday, February 25, 2020

Edmunds pleaded guilty to charges of affray, attempted robbery, criminal damage, possession of a blade article and possession of an offensive weapon, as well as dangerous driving.

Learner driver jailed for five years after killing farmer in Supermarket row

Friday, November 8, 2019Monday, November 11, 2019

Higgins killed farmer Christopher Gadd, 48, after a row in the car park of the Sainsbury’s store in Pontllanfraith on March 4.

Cowboy builder jailed after conning widower out of £31k

Friday, November 8, 2019Friday, November 8, 2019

A cowboy builder who conned a 61-year-old widower into handing over £31,000 has been jailed for three years and nine months.

Learner driver guilty of manslaughter used vehicle “as a weapon”

Wednesday, November 6, 2019Friday, November 8, 2019

Timothy Higgins, 22, of The Glade, in Wyllie, denied deliberately swerving to hit Christopher Gadd, 48, in Sainsbury’s car park in Pontllanfraith on 4 March.

Rhymney drug dealer sent to prison on his birthday

Friday, November 1, 2019Sunday, December 1, 2019

David Martin Williams, of Ty Coch, was sentenced at Cardiff Crown Court on his 45th birthday.

23-year-old man jailed for burglary and fraud

Wednesday, October 30, 2019

Justin Heggie pleaded guilty to one count of burglary and two counts of fraud at Cardiff Crown Court

Police recall Blackwood man to prison after breaching license conditions

Thursday, August 8, 2019

Police have appealed for information on the whereabouts of James Daniel Rowlands, who was released from prison on February 1 this year.

Four jailed following undercover police drug raids

Wednesday, July 24, 2019

More than 180 officers took part in the raids, which began at 4am on Tuesday, June 11 and were part of Gwent Police’s Operation Jigsaw, which targets serious and organised crime.

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