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Mae dyn a aeth i eiddo yn ne Cymru i orfodi dyled gyffuriau wedi cael ei ddedfrydu yn Llys y Goron Caerdydd.Gyrrodd Michael Dumbuya, 27 oed, o Lundain i orfodi dyled gyffuriau, ond aeth i gartref dyn oedd heb ddim i'w wneud â'r mater.Cafodd y dioddefwr ei lusgo o’i wely yn oriau mân y bore ar 20…
A man who went to a south Wales property to enforce a drug debt has been sentenced at Cardiff Crown Court.Michael Dumbuya, 27, drove from London, but went to the address of a man who had nothing to do with the matter. The man was dragged from his bed in the early hours of 20 May 2025, and was…
A twenty-year-old man who stabbed another man outside a pub in Gorseinon has been jailed at Swansea Crown Court. The attack took place outside The New Lodge in Gorseinon, Swansea in the early hours of 22 June 2025.Kane Evans had an earlier altercation with some people in a car outside the pub…
A woman and her lover have been jailed for conspiring to murder her husband.Ethel Michelle Mills, 46, known as Michelle, had been having an extra-marital relationship with 46-year-old Geraint Berry. Together they plotted to murder her husband. On 20 September 2024, when Mrs Mills and her…
Mae dyn ugain oed a drywanodd ddyn arall y tu allan i dafarn yng Ngorseinon wedi cael ei ddedfrydu i garchar yn Llys y Goron Abertawe.Digwyddodd yr ymosodiad y tu allan i'r New Lodge yng Ngorseinon, Abertawe yn oriau mân 22 Mehefin 2025.Roedd Kane Evans eisoes wedi cweryla gyda phobl mewn car y tu…
Mae menyw a'i chariad wedi cael eu carcharu am gynllwynio i lofruddio ei gŵr.Roedd Ethel Michelle Mills, 46 oed, a elwir yn Michelle, wedi bod yn cael perthynas y tu allan i’w phriodas, gyda Geraint Berry sy'n 46 oed. Gyda'i gilydd, fe wnaethon nhw gynllwynio i lofruddio ei gŵr.Ar 20 Medi 2024, pan…
Mae gweithiwr gofal iechyd a ymosododd yn rhywiol ar ddau glaf yn ystod archwiliadau meddygol wedi cael ei ddedfrydu i garchar yn Llys y Goron Merthyr Tudful.Ymosododd Ieuan Crump, 27 oed, ar y menywod ar achlysuron gwahanol pan oedd yn gweithio yn Ysbyty'r Faenor yng Nghwmbrân. Digwyddodd yr…
A health care worker who sexually assaulted two patients during medical examinations has been jailed at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court. Ieuan Crump, 27, assaulted the women on separate occasions while he was working at the Grange Hospital in Cwmbrân. The assaults happened while Crump was…
Mae dyn a ymosododd ar ei bartner a rheoli ei chyswllt â’i theulu a’i chymuned wedi cael ei garcharu yn Llys y Goron Casnewydd.Roedd Antonio Villafane, 67, sydd hefyd yn cael ei alw’n Anthony Manson, yn byw gyda’i bartner mewn carafán ger Tyndyrn yn Sir Fynwy.Dros gyfnod o bron i chwe blynedd, bu’n…
A man who assaulted his then partner and controlled her contact with family and the community has been jailed at Newport Crown Court.Antonio Villafane, 67, who is also known as Anthony Manson, lived with his partner in a caravan on land near Tintern in Monmouthshire.Over a period of nearly six…
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