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In court from Newport, Tredegar, Blackwood and Pontypool

In court from Newport, Pontypool, Caerphilly and Abergavenny

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

A driver who was drunk and on his phone when he crashed into a HGV on the motorway has been handed a lengthy driving ban.

A driver who was drunk and on his phone when he crashed into a HGV on the motorway has been handed a lengthy driving ban.

A DRUG dealing couple caught red-handed selling heroin outside a pub and offering “drop offs all day” have walked free from court.

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

He was ordered to pay £498 in a fine, costs and a surcharge. ANDREW BODENHAM, 36, of Rolls Avenue, Monmouth, was ordered to pay £816 in a fine, costs and a surcharge for failing to give information relating to the identification of the driver of a vehicle who was alleged to have been guilty of an offence. His driving record was endorsed with six points. GARETH JONES, 38, of Blenheim Park, Magor, Monmouthshire, was ordered to pay £816 in a fine, costs and a surcharge for failing to give i...

THOMAS BRIAN WESTCOTT, 86, of Elim Way, Pontllanfraith, was conditionally discharged for 12 months after he pleaded guilty to driving without due care and attention. He was ordered to pay £107 in costs and a surcharge and his driving record was endorsed with six points. ANTHONY LAST, 55, of Henllys Way, St Dials, Cwmbran, was sentenced to a 12-month community order after he pleaded guilty to making a call to Bron Afon housing association that was grossly offensive or of an indecent, obscene ...

Liam Dalton A MAN who sprayed bleach in the face of a rival in a butcher’s shop was then stabbed when his victim chased after him. Liam Dalton was left with a “gaping 8cm wound” when Dale Brown Cardiff Crown Court was shown evidence of how the incident unfolded on the afternoon of August 20 after Brown, 33, of Greene Close, Newport, who admitted wounding with intent and having a knife in a public place, was jailed for four years and six months. Dalton, 26, of Hendre Farm Drive...