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Showing 11 - 18 of 18 results for crime type "Sexual offences" & area "Cymru/Wales"

Dyn yn cael ei ddedfrydu am geisio treisio dwy fenyw yng nghanol dinas Abertawe
Mae dyn 20 oed a ymosododd ar ddwy fenyw yng nghanol dinas Abertawe wedi cael ei ddedfrydu i ddros 11 mlynedd o garchar yn Llys y Goron Abertawe.Ymosododd Leo Payne ar y fenyw gyntaf yn ardal y Strand yn ystod oriau mân 23 Mehefin 2024. Llwyddodd y dioddefwr i wthio Payne i ffwrdd cyn iddo redeg i…
Press Release Sexual offences Violent crime Cymru/Wales
Man sentenced for attempting to rape two women in Swansea city centre
A 20-year-old man who attacked two women in Swansea city centre has been sentenced to over 11 years’ imprisonment at Swansea Crown Court.Leo Payne assaulted the first woman on the Strand in the early hours of 23 June 2024. The victim managed to fight him off before Payne was chased away with his…
Press Release Sexual offences Violent crime Cymru/Wales
Gweithiwr mewn gŵyl wedi’i ddedfrydu am fod â delweddau anweddus a chynnig cyffuriau i swyddog diogelwch
Mae unigolyn a oedd yn gweithio ar stondin fwyd yng ngŵyl Init Together wedi cael ei ddedfrydu yn Llys y Goron Abertawe ar ôl iddo geisio gwerthu cyffuriau i swyddog diogelwch.Roedd Adam Bell, 19, yn yr ŵyl ym Mharc Margam ar 24 Mai 2024 pan aeth at y swyddog diogelwch (a oedd mewn dillad cyffredin…
Press Release Sexual offences Drug offences Cymru/Wales
Festival worker sentenced for indecent photographs and offering drugs to a security officer
A food stall worker at the Init Together festival has been sentenced at Swansea Crown Court after he tried to sell drugs to a security officer.Adam Bell, 19, was at the festival in Margam Park on 24 May 2024 when he approached the plain clothed security officer and offered to sell him “ket”. Police…
Press Release Sexual offences Drug offences Cymru/Wales
Stranger rapist jailed
A man who violently attacked and raped a stranger has today been jailed.Liam David Stimpson, 24, has today been sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment after he was found guilty of rape, following an eight-day trial at Cardiff Crown Court. Stimpson was also put on the sex offenders register.The…
Press Release Sexual offences Cymru/Wales
Pennaeth yn euog o droseddau rhywiol
Daeth troseddau Foden i’r amlwg ym mis Medi 2023 ar ôl i ddioddefwr wneud cwyn yn ei erbyn. Daeth pedwar dioddefwr arall ymlaen wrth i’r ymchwiliad fynd rhagddo.Roedd adroddiadau’r dioddefwyr yn rhan o’r dystiolaeth a gyflwynwyd. Cafodd yr adroddiadau hyn eu hategu gan y dystiolaeth a gasglwyd gan…
Press Release Sexual offences Cymru/Wales
UPDATED WITH SENTENCE: Headteacher convicted of sexual offences
A headteacher has been sentenced to 17 years' imprisonment for sexual offences against four victims.Neil Frederick Foden, 66, a headteacher from Old Colwyn was sentenced today (Monday, 1 July 2024) after he was previously found guilty of 19 sexual offences against his victims following a 16-day…
Press Release Sexual offences Cymru/Wales
Prowler sentenced for rape
A man who targeted a vulnerable woman by offering to help get her home safely has today been jailed for rape.CCTV showed the defendant Gareth Druce’s behaviour in the hours leading up to the incident, when he had been observing and following lone women.The victim, who had been drinking, became ill…
Press Release Sexual offences Cymru/Wales

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