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Tag: Cardiff Crown Court

Car wash people smugglers plead guilty in court

Friday, November 22, 2024Monday, November 25, 2024

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.

People smuggling operation run from Caerphilly car wash, court hears

Tuesday, November 12, 2024Thursday, November 14, 2024

Two people smugglers trafficked hundreds of illegal migrants across Europe by hiding them in boats, lorries and cars in an operation ran from a Caerphilly car wash, a court has heard.

‘Dangerous man’ jailed after series of sexual offences against children

Friday, August 9, 2024Friday, August 9, 2024

Christopher Murray, 63, has been jailed after admitting to a series of sexual offences against four children during the 1990s.

Police searching for Caerphilly man who has been recalled to prison

Thursday, August 1, 2024Tuesday, August 6, 2024

Police are appealing for information to find Jake James, 30, who is from the Caerphilly area.

Drug dealer jailed for three years and nine months

Monday, March 4, 2024Monday, March 4, 2024

An ‘organised criminal’ from Pontlottyn has been jailed for three years and nine months for his role in the supply of Class A drugs.

Blackwood man, 30, given suspended sentence for holding indecent images of children

Wednesday, January 24, 2024Wednesday, January 24, 2024

Ashley Carol, 30, of Morrison Street, Blackwood was sentenced at Cardiff Crown Court on January 19 after pleading guilty in December.

Driver who killed 67-year-old woman in Markham jailed

Tuesday, January 9, 2024Tuesday, January 9, 2024

Charlotte Symons, 40, of Markham Terrace, Markham, has been jailed after causing the death of 67-year-old Sandra Chamberlain.

Dealer who played “leading role” in cannabis and ketamine supply jailed

Thursday, December 14, 2023Thursday, December 14, 2023

Connor Sainsbury, 21, or Brynhyfryd, Pontlottyn, has been jailed for three years and eight months.

Rhymney drug duo sentenced for cannabis and cocaine dealing

Wednesday, October 11, 2023Wednesday, October 11, 2023

Jack Theobald, 23, of Hill Street, Rhymney, and Aimee O’Connor, 29, of Church Street, Rhymney, were stopped and searched on February 9 2022.

‘Strong warning’: Rhymney drug driver sees “lenient” sentence increased on appeal 

Friday, September 8, 2023Friday, September 8, 2023

The sentence of a drug driver from Rhymney has been referred to the Court of Appeal for its apparent leniency.

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