Cardiff Crown Court News Archives

Dealer caught with £2k worth of drugs in car while banned from driving

Richard Haynes, 34, was appeared at Cardiff Crown Court on Tuesday September 23.

A drug dealer who tried to run from police responding to a school burglar alarm has been jailed for two years.

Daniel Boucher, 28, has been jailed for four years after he caused the death of Paul Chaplin, 66, in Nelson two years ago.

Dale Groves, 30, appeared at Cardiff Crown Court on May 16, where he pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving.

Five members of an organised crime gang, caught with £400,000 worth of cocaine and £25,000 cash, have received a combined jail term of 31 years.

A Bargoed man who ‘”spread misery” by selling heroin and crack cocaine has been jailed.

Eight men have appeared at Cardiff Crown Court charged with violent disorder after two mass brawls in Blackwood and Newbridge last month.

Dean Williams, who was 26 at the time, assaulted his young victim in a park in Caerphilly after he had added her on Snapchat.

Jason Bradford, 34, lost control of the car he was driving in Cefn Hengoed in November 2020, causing the death of 27-year-old Callum West.

Dilshad Shamo, 41, and Ali Khdir, 42, smuggled refugees from the Middle East across Europe using a string of different methods to defy border police.