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Tag: Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court

Healthcare worker who sexually assaulted patients jailed

Thursday, December 18, 2025

A healthcare worker who sexually assaulted two patients during medical examinations has been jailed for nine years.

Paedophile jailed for nine years after string of child sex offences

Tuesday, June 15, 2021Tuesday, June 15, 2021

Lee Pithers, 46, was sentenced at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court after being found guilty of 16 child sex offences.

Couple forced to move out of home after torrent of racial abuse from neighbour

Monday, January 13, 2020Monday, January 13, 2020

Marcus Fortune, 48, taunted Eunis Abebe with abuse telling him to go back to his own country.

Girlfriend of drug dealer who boasted of lavish lifestyle ordered by court to pay back more than £7,000

Tuesday, September 11, 2018Tuesday, September 11, 2018

The girlfriend of a cocaine dealer who was caught after she posted pictures of their lavish lifestyle on social media has been ordered to pay back more than £7,000 or spend a further five months behind bars.

Drug dealer caught out by girlfriend’s social media pictures ordered to pay back £24,000 despite netting £100,000

Tuesday, August 28, 2018Tuesday, September 11, 2018

A cocaine dealer caught after his girlfriend boasted of their lavish lifestyle on social media has been ordered to pay back nearly £24,000 – despite illegally making more than £100,000.

Drug money paid for ‘Kardashian’ lifestyle for drug dealer and his girlfriend

Wednesday, April 11, 2018Monday, August 13, 2018

A cocaine dealer and his girlfriend have been jailed after she bragged on social media of their ‘Kim Kardashian’ lifestyle of designer clothes, Rolex watches, and flash holidays.

Cefn Fforest woman who conned taxpayers out of £87,500 jailed

Friday, October 20, 2017Friday, October 20, 2017

A mum who swindled more than £75,000 in tax credits to splash out on plastic surgery and luxury American holidays to Las Vegas and Florida has been jailed for two years.Tammy Gunter,…

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