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A man who caused life changing injuries to another by throwing a corrosive liquid over his face and head has been jailed at Swansea Crown Court.Jivan Dean, 24, attacked Raven Riley who was visiting a friend at a house in an area of Carmarthenshire known as Tipi Valley, on 14 August 2024.The 20-year…
Tra bod y cwpwl cartref ar 25 Ionawr 2020, cododd ffrae a arweiniodd at Huw Orphan, 32 oed, yn gadael y tŷ.Pan geisiodd y dioddefwr gau’r drws, gwthiodd Orphan ei ffordd yn ôl i mewn; taclodd ei wraig i’r llawr, lle trawodd ei phen. Fodd bynnag, llwyddodd hi i redeg i’r ystafell wely a chau’r…
Mae dyn a achosodd anafiadau sy’n newid bywyd i rywun arall drwy daflu hylif cyrydol dros ei wyneb a’i ben wedi cael ei garcharu yn Llys y Goron Abertawe.Ymosododd Jivan Dean, 24 oed, ar Raven Riley a oedd yn ymweld â ffrind mewn tŷ mewn ardal yn Sir Gaerfyrddin o’r enw ‘Tipi Valley’, ar 14 Awst…
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…
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…
Yn Llys y Goron yr Wyddgrug cafodd dyn a menyw eu dedfrydu i garchar am oes am lofruddio Mark Wilcox o Fae Colwyn.Cafodd yr heddlu eu galw i gyfeiriad ym Mae Colwyn ar 20 Tachwedd 2023 lle daethant o hyd i Mark Wilcox gydag anafiadau difrifol, gan gynnwys dau anaf trywanu. Roedd ymholiadau wedi…
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…
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