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Showing 1 - 10 of 50 results for crime type "Violent crime" & area "Cymru/Wales"
A man who threatened a taxi driver with a pair of scissors, forcing the driver out of the vehicle, has been sentenced at Swansea Crown Court. Nicholas Daniel, 34, was collected by the taxi driver on 29 July 2024, in the Waunarlwydd area of Swansea, and taken to a shop on Old Swansea Road…
Mae dyn sydd wedi ei gael yn euog o fygwth gyrrwr tacsi gyda siswrn gan ei orfodi i adael ei gerbyd, wedi ei ddedfrydu yn Llys y Goron Abertawe.Camodd Nicholas Daniel, 34, i mewn i dacsi yn ardal Waunarlwydd, Abertawe ar 29 Gorffennaf 2024. Aeth y tacsi ag ef i siop ar Hen Heol Abertawe. Ar…
Mae dau ddyn a roddodd dŷ teras ar dân yn Nhrethomas wedi cael eu dedfrydu yn Llys y Goron Caerdydd.Roedd Dean Reddington, 40 oed, yn deithiwr yn y cerbyd Vauxhall a oedd yn cael ei yrru gan Dean Eastwood, 34 oed. Roeddent wedi gyrru i'r stryd yn Nhrethomas yn hwyr y nos ar 25 Mehefin 2025.Roedd…
Two men who set a terraced house alight in Trethomas have been sentenced at Cardiff Crown Court.Dean Reddington, 40, was the passenger of a Vauxhall vehicle being driven by Dean Eastwood, 34. They drove to the street in Trethomas late at night on 25 June 2025.The occupant of the house had just…
Mae dyn a dorrodd i mewn i eiddo yn y Rhyl a lladd menyw 69 oed wedi cael ei ddedfrydu i garchar am oes yn Llys y Goron Caernarfon.Torrodd Dean Mears, 34 oed, i mewn i’r tŷ ar Ffordd Cefndy yn y Rhyl yn hwyr y nos ar 24 Hydref 2024.Ar ôl ymgais aflwyddiannus i fynd i mewn drwy’r drws, torrodd Mears…
A man who broke into a property in Rhyl and killed a 69-year-old woman has been sentenced to life imprisonment at Caernarfon Crown Court.Dean Mears, 34, broke into the house on Cefndy Road in Rhyl late at night on 24 October 2024.After unsuccessfully trying to get in through the door, Mears smashed…
A teenager who fatally stabbed another man in the thigh has been sentenced to life imprisonment at Cardiff Crown Court. Corey Gauci, 19, was with James O’Driscoll, 27, in the Ely area of Cardiff on 7 April 2024 looking to confront Christian Morgan over an ongoing dispute. Colin Richards, who…
Mae geneth 14 mlwydd oed a drywanodd ddwy athrawes a disgybl yn Ysgol Dyffryn Aman wedi ei dedfrydu yn Llys y Goron Abertawe heddiw.Roedd y ferch, yn ei harddegau, nad oes modd ei henwi oherwydd ei hoedran, eisoes wedi cyfaddef i drywanu tri o bobl ar 24 Ebrill 2024 ond wedi gwadu ymgeisio i'w…
A 14-year-old girl who stabbed two teachers and a pupil at Ysgol Dyffryn Aman has been sentenced for attempted murder at Swansea Crown Court today.The teenager, who cannot be named due to her age, had previously admitted the triple stabbing which took place on 24 April 2024, but had denied…
Mae prifathro a oedd wedi defnyddio tyndro i ymosod ar aelod o’i staff addysgu wedi ei garcharu yn Llys y Goron Abertawe.Roedd Anthony John Felton, 54, yn ei waith yn Ysgol Gatholig a Chanolfan Chweched Dosbarth Sant Joseff ar 5 Mawrth 2025, pan arfogodd ei hun â thyndro a mynd i chwilio am ei…
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