Wales

A FURIOUS judge has demanded a written explanation over why it took three years to bring a child sex abuse case to court. Judge Jeremy Jenkins wants answers over the “disgraceful” handling of the case of Scott Edwards. The 39-year-old defendant, of Cefn Fforest, near Blackwood, was caught with more than 1,000 child abuse images, Cardiff Crown Court […] […]

A police officer has been dismissed for gross misconduct after the force challenged the finding of a panel which would have allowed his return to work. Dyfed-Powys Pc Simon England first appeared before an independent panel in April 2019 following reports of inappropriate sexual behaviour and comments towards colleagues and indirectly to members of the […] […]

A Welsh police force has referred itself to the police watchdog after footage emerged online of an officer in an altercation with a man during an arrest. The footage was shared on social media by a Black Lives Matter group in south Wales, who claim “excessive force” was used. Gwent Police said it takes such […] […]

No information has been provided by two potential new witnesses that undermines the conviction of a man for the notorius murder of a family more than 20 years ago, police said. Mandy Power, 34, her bed-ridden mother Doris Dawson, 80, and her daughters Katie, 10, and Emily, eight, were found dead by firefighters at their […] […]

The police watchdog has launched an investigation following the death of a 30-year-old man in Cardiff. Emergency services were called to Glyn Collen in Pentwyn at around 1am on Saturday. South Wales Police said that the death “appears to be a medical episode with no suspicious circumstances”. However, the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC), […] […]

A controlling husband who planted a GPS device in his wife’s car objected to being tracked himself as punishment. Mark Howell-Walmsley, 58, of Capel Curig, Conwy, admitted controlling or coercive behaviour between November 2019 and March 2020. The probation service requested he wear a leg tag to monitor his movements. Judge David Hale said that […] […]

Why would you join a force of people you are taught to inherently mistrust? Leena Farhat says she’s been stopped by officers in Wales three […]

Policewoman Jemma Dicks claimed she was “brainwashed” into the sex acts at “various locations and dates” with married sergeant Adam Reed during their 10-month fling. […]