New figures show more than £5.6m was lost to investment fraud by people in South Wales last year. Investment fraud is when criminals approach individuals, often out of the blue, and persuade them to invest in schemes or products that are either worthless or entirely fictitious. Fraudsters may claim to offer opportunities in foreign exchange,…
Weapons and more than £3million pounds worth of drugs and cash have been seized in the last 12 months by a specialist South Wales Police team disrupting those involved in knife crime and serious violence. In addition, ‘Not the One’ is a SWP anti-knife crime campaign with the aim of reducing the number of knife…
South Wales Police is investigating a fatal road traffic collision which happened shortly before 5:00pm on Tuesday April 1, 2025, on the A48 near Bonvilston in the Vale of Glamorgan. The collision involved two vehicles, a blue Ford Puma car and a red and black Scania tipper lorry. As a result of the collision a…
A 31-year-old man has been sentenced at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court today after being convicted of attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child and attempting to arrange / facilitate the commission of child sex offence – rape / assault by penetration of child under 13. Liam Lewis from Ferndale, Rhondda Cynon Taff, has…
A man has pleaded guilty to a series of charges – including the attempted murder of a police officer – at the Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey. Following an incident at Talbot Green Police Station on Friday, January 31, which resulted in three police officers being injured, 28-year-old Alexander Stephen Dighton, from Llantrisant, pleaded guilty to…
Following an investigation by South Wales Police, with vital evidence provided by the Charity Commission for England & Wales, three people have been charged in connection with a multi-million pounds fraud and theft investigation into the former independent Cardiff Sixth Form College which happened between 2012 and 2016. Yasmin Anjum Sarwar, 43, from Cyncoed, Cardiff…
Five people have been charged in connection with the murder of Joanne Penney in Talbot Green. The 40-year-old died on Sunday March 9 after being shot in Llys Illtyd. The five charged, two women and three men, are: Marcus Huntley, 20, from St Mellons, Cardiff, charged with murder. Melissa Quailey-Dashper,39, from Leicester, charged with murder….
The family of 40-year-old Joanne Penney, who died after being shot in Talbot Green, have paid tribute to her. They said: “We are devastated by the tragic loss of our beloved Joanne. She was a daughter, mother, sister, and niece – loved deeply by all who knew her. Her kindness, strength, and love for her family…
Violence against the person offences have seen the largest increase in proportion, increasing from 21% in the year ending March 2013 to 34% of proven offences in the latest year. https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/youth-justice-statistics-2022-to-2023/youth-justice-statistics-2022-to-2023-accessible-version#:~:text=Offence%20volumes%20as%20a%20proportion%20of%20total&text=Whilst%20the%20number%20of%20proven,8%25%20in%20the%20latest%20year. During Spokesperson’s Questions to Labour’s Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Welsh Conservative Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Dr Altaf Hussain MS, expressed serious…
Raymond Weatherley, 49, from Riverside, Cardiff pleaded guilty to eight offences of • Six counts of Burglary other than dwelling • One count of Burglary other than dwelling with intent to steal • One count of Fraud by false representation He had another 32 offences which were also taken into consideration. He was sentenced on…
