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The Crown Prosecution Service has decided it will not bring criminal charges against a South Wales Police officer following the deaths of Harvey Evans, 15, and Kyrees Sullivan, 16, in an electric bicycle crash in Ely, Cardiff, on 22 May 2023.Malcolm McHaffie, Head of the Crown Prosecution Service…
Heddiw, yn Llys y Goron yr Wyddgrug, mae dyn a lofruddiodd ei ffrind wedi cael ei ddedfrydu i garchar am oes.Roedd Matthew Hardy, 37 oed, wedi bod yn byw yn fflat Antony Derwent, a oedd yn 52 oed, am ychydig fisoedd cyn y llofruddiaeth, ar ôl adnabod ei gilydd am sawl blwyddyn.Roedden nhw wedi bod…
A man who murdered his friend has been sentenced to life imprisonment at Mold Crown Court.Matthew Hardy, 37, had been living at 52-year-old Antony Derwent’s flat for a few months before the murder, having known each other for several years.They had been drinking together on 6 April 2024 and were at…
Mae dyn a ymosododd ar swyddog heddlu a hithau’n olau dydd gan achosi niwed corfforol difrifol iddo wedi cael ei garcharu yn Llys y Goron Casnewydd.Siaradodd PC Nathan Attwell â Richard Nodwell, 37 oed, pan roedd ar ddyletswydd ar 20 Rhagfyr 2023. Roedd y swyddog yn ymateb i alwad 999 yn ardal…
A man who attacked a police officer in broad daylight causing him grievous bodily harm has been jailed at Cardiff Crown Court.Richard Nodwell, 37, was spoken to by PC Nathan Attwell who was on duty on 20 December 2023. The officer was responding to a 999 call in the Cwmbrân area.Nodwell became…
UPDATE (24 March 2025): The CPS has authorised another person to be charged with an offence in connection with this case.Sai Raj Manne (DOB: 04/04/2000), of no fixed abode, has been charged with the offence of participating in the activities of an organised crime group.Manne appeared at Cardiff MC…
Mae tri dyn wedi eu dedfrydu yn Llys y Goron Abertawe am herwgipio cynhyrchydd cerddoriaeth o Lundain drwy ei ddenu i fwthyn yng Ngorllewin Cymru.Fe wnaeth Faiz Shah, 23, Mohammad Comrie, 23, a Elijah Ogunnubi-Sime, 20 , gynllunio'r drosedd mewn sgwrs grŵp ar wefan negeseuo Telegram a wedi…
Three men who kidnapped a London music producer by luring him to a cottage in West Wales have been sentenced at Swansea Crown Court.Faiz Shah, 23, Mohammad Comrie, 23, and Elijah Ogunnubi-Sime, 20, targeted the victim due to the fact he was Jewish and planned the crime on a Telegram group chat,…
A former Swansea vicar who once christened his victim has been sentenced for indecent assault.Anthony Pierce, 84, started sexually abusing his teenage victim when he came to the Holy Cross Church, in West Cross, to practice on the piano and organ.The victim was 14 years old when the abuse began…
Mae dyn a laddodd gyn-gydweithiwr ar ôl noson allan gyda’i gilydd wedi cael ei ddedfrydu yn Llys y Goron Abertawe.Roedd y dioddefwr, Liam Morgan-Whittle, 22 oed, wedi bod yn yfed gyda ffrindiau ar 24 Mawrth 2023 pan ymunodd Jason Thomas, 40 oed, â nhw. Roedd y ddau ddyn yn adnabod ei gilydd gan eu…
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