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Tag: Cardiff Crown Court

Bedwas man banned from online dating sites after violently attacking women

Thursday, March 26, 2015Thursday, March 26, 2015

A bullying boyfriend who admitted unlawfully wounding a woman he had met online has been banned from going on all dating websites.Karl Crimmins, 29, of Bedwas, was outlawed from online dating sites…

Graig-Y-Rhacca post office worker bravely saw off two robbers who threatened her with a gun

Friday, March 20, 2015Friday, March 20, 2015

A 71-year-old post office worker bravely saw off two would-be robbers who threatened her with a gun.James Price, 16, and David Andrews, 21, tried to rob Graig-Y-Rhacca post office on February 8…

Teenager Connor Doughton jailed for 15 years for murder of Blackwood man Michael Lee Emmett

Thursday, January 15, 2015Thursday, January 15, 2015

A 16-year-old boy has been jailed for at least 15 years after he murdered a man by stabbing him with a kitchen knife.Connor Doughton, of Apollo Way, Blackwood, stabbed 29-year-old Michael Lee…

Risca men guilty of murdering Stephen Lambert

Friday, December 19, 2014Friday, January 16, 2015

Two men have been convicted of murdering Risca man Stephen Lambert, who was found stabbed in the town in August.

Blackwood boy guilty of murdering Michael Lee Emmett

Wednesday, December 17, 2014Tuesday, January 6, 2015

A teenager has admitted murdering Michael Lee Emmett, who died a month after he and a friend were stabbed in Blackwood.

Jake Sweeney killer, Jason Grovell, will not have his ‘lenient’ sentence increased

Tuesday, November 11, 2014Tuesday, November 11, 2014

The killer of Jake Sweeney, who died after being punched from behind while breaking up a fight, will not serve more than four years in prison, the Attorney General’s Office has confirmed.

Blackwood family accused of scamming £200,000 in “cash for crash”

Thursday, October 30, 2014Thursday, October 30, 2014

Five members of the same family ran a “cash for crash” insurance scam worth hundreds of thousands of pounds, a court has heard.
The Yandell family, who run their own car repair business in Blackwood, claimed they were involved in 15 different road accidents in under two years.

Family outrage over Jake Sweeney killer Jason Grovell’s sentence

Thursday, October 16, 2014Friday, October 17, 2014

The father of a man killed as he was breaking up a fight, has described the attacker’s four year jail term as “a kick in the teeth”.

Jason Grovell jailed for “cowardly” attack that killed Jake Sweeney

Monday, October 13, 2014Monday, October 13, 2014

A young father killed a “peacemaker” with a single punch as he tried to break up a pub fight in Caerphilly.

Jason Grovell was jailed for four years for hitting innocent Jake Sweeney, 26, as he tried to separate a brawl outside the Irish Tymes pub.

Blackwood charity worker jailed after attacking neighbour with scaffolding pole in parking row

Tuesday, October 7, 2014Monday, October 6, 2014

A driver has been jailed for three years after breaking his neighbour’s arm with a scaffolding pole in a row over a parking spot.Charity worker Andrew Chamberlain, 50, of Blackwood, battered Daniel…

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