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Showing 41 - 50 of 50 results for crime type "Violent crime" & area "Cymru/Wales"
A man and woman have been sentenced to life imprisonment at Mold Crown Court for the murder of Mark Wilcox of Colwyn Bay.Police were called to an address in Colwyn Bay on 20 November 2023 where they found Mark Wilcox with serious injuries, including two stab wounds. Enquiries revealed his partner,…
A man who stabbed a pregnant woman has today been sentenced.The Crown Prosecution Service authorised charges against Daniel Mihai POPESCU, 29, after a vicious attacked occurred in Aberfan on 5 December 2023.Popescu had become obsessed with the victim, his ex-partner, who was 37 weeks pregnant at…
Michael Cray, Senior Crown Prosecutor of CPS Cymru-Wales, said: “The Crown Prosecution Service has authorised Dyfed Powys Police to charge a girl in connection with the stabbing of three people at Ysgol Dyffryn Amman yesterday.“Prosecutors from CPS Cymru-Wales authorised the charges following a…
Father and son Ian Loftus, 59, and Thomas Matthew Skillen, 29, have been sentenced for offences of being in charge of a dog which caused injury while dangerously out of control in a public place. Skillen was also sentenced for affray and assault occasioning actual bodily harm. Skillen was…
Mae’r tad a’r mab, Ian Loftus, 59 a Thomas Matthew Skillen, 29 wedi cael eu dedfrydu am droseddau o fod yn gyfrifol am gi a achosodd anaf tra roedd allan o reolaeth ac yn beryglus mewn man cyhoeddus. Cafodd Skillen ei ddedfrydu hefyd am affráe ac ymosod gan achosi gwir niwed corfforol.Cafodd…
A man who murdered his wife has today been sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 21 years and 8 months at Swansea Crown Court.David Clarke, 80, pleaded guilty to the murder of Helen Clarke, 77, on 22 September 2023, accepting that he attacked her repeatedly with a hammer before…
Mae dyn lofruddiodd ei wraig wedi cael ei ddedfrydu heddiw i garchar am oes yn Llys y Goron Abertawe.Plediodd David Clarke yn euog i lofruddiaeth Helen Clarke ar 22 Medi 2023 gan dderbyn iddo ymosod arni dro ar ôl tro gyda morthwyl cyn ei throchi â phetrol a rhoi’r cerbyd ar dân.Ar fore 22 Medi…
Mae dyn a lofruddiodd ei bartner yn ardal Tregatwg wedi'i ddedfrydu i garchar am oes.Cafwyd Mathew Pickering, 49, yn euog o lofruddio'i bartner, Georgina Dowes Mayers, ar ôl treial 11-diwrnod a glywyd yn Llys y Goron Abertawe. Dedfrydwyd Pickering heddiw i carchar am oes a rhaid iddo wasanaethu am…
A man who murdered his partner in the Cadoxton area has been sentenced to life imprisonment.Mathew Pickering, 49, was found guilty of the murder of his partner Georgina Dowey Mayers after an 11-day trial heard at Swansea Crown Court. Pickering has today been sentenced to life imprisonment and must…
Members of an armed gang which kidnapped and brutally tortured a man for 27 hours have been imprisoned for between 25 and six years.
At a flat in Cardiff the victim was waterboarded, beaten and forced to ask friends to provide a £50,000 ransom, while being threatened with guns and knives.
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