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A TEENAGER was dramatically dragged out of his car by police after they smashed the vehicle’s windscreen as he was trying to escape their clutches.

A TEENAGER was dramatically dragged out of his car by police after they smashed the vehicle’s windscreen as he was trying to escape their clutches.

THESE six men were recently handed prison sentences for offences like causing death by driving without due care and attention, theft and burglary.

AN ARSONIST using “using drugs like sweets” and drinking a bottle of Jack Daniel’s whiskey almost every day started a fire at a block of flats.

During his sentencing hearing in November 2020, prosecutor Harry Baker said the defendant was caught after police searched his Mercedes CLA car outside his mother’s home. The 26-year-old had adulterated the 70 per cent purity class A drugs with levamisole, medication which is taken to treat hookworm infections. Officers later found 75 per cent purity cocaine at Dower’s then-partner’s home, which had a potential street value of £600, and more than £1,000 in cash. They also came a...

The Swansea shops we loved to go to as kids that arent there anymore From a giant slide to a giant bag of Pic n Mix, there was plenty youd look forward to on a trip to the city centre with mum or dad Corey Thrussell, then aged 15 months, reaches for a Woolworths Pic n Mix box back in 2009 (Image: Adrian White) Want the latest news from Swansea sent straight to your inbox?Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Dont miss anything from your city! Sign up for regular updates Whe...

He had denied his crimes. Andrews first started abusing his victims when he was aged 14 and continued to do so into his early 20s, Cardiff Crown Court heard. Christopher Rees, prosecuting, read out statements made by his victims. One of them revealed: “Giving evidence in court was a traumatic experience. It nearly killed me.” Another complainant told of how: “I felt used as a sexual object.” Julia Cox, mitigating, said her client was in poor health and would be “vulnerable...

Grade-A student was running heroin and crack dealing operation in residential streets Aspiring Oxford University student Jamal Hourrieh took orders from addicts on the drugs gangs mobile phone and dispatched runners to make deliveries 14:49, 28 JAN 2021 Updated Sign up for our Crime and Punishment NewsletterInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. The inside stories on the latest court stories from Wales When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you th...

BBC News Published image captionPolice say Keiron Hassan and Kamal Legall "had a feud" with Taylor Patterson Two cousins have been jailed for attempting a "gangland-style hit" in broad daylight outside a convenience store on a Cardiff high street. Keiron Hassan and Kamal Legall tried to murder Taylor Patterson by shooting him and attacking him with a machete. Surgeons saved Mr Patterson, 22, after he was shot and stabbed in the neck, Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court heard. Hassan, 32, and Legall, 26...