Bowen Close News Today

A ROUND-UP of recent cases heard at Newport Magistrates’ Court and Cwmbran Magistrates’ Court.

Luke Walshe Two drug dealers were jailed for a combined total of nearly seven years for trafficking cocaine. Jordan Harding, 23, of Vermeer Crescent, Newport, and Luke Walshe, 22, of Walford Davies Drive, Newport, were locked up at Cardiff Crown Court. Cocaine and cannabis were found after a search of a car when Outside the court, DC Alistair Frame, the officer in the case, said: “More drugs were later discovered on Harding and the examination of both defendant’s mobile phones reve...

He was classed as a dangerous offender and jailed for seven years. Mrs Payne said: “She had collected her son’s medication, newspaper and cigarettes and went to see him at around 10am on June 16, 2020. “He immediately became aggressive and started shouting, ‘I want £200 now.’ “The defendant got up from his chair and was shouting, ‘You’re a racist. You’re a fascist.’ “He then grabbed her by the throat and applied pressure to her windpipe. “She felt that she c...

A SON choked his 75-year-old mother before putting a knife in her mouth and threatening to cut out her tongue.