A 75-year-old swimming coach has been jailed for 25 years for sexually abusing pupils he taught
Robert Rixon was found guilty at Cardiff Crown Court of 28 charges of sexual assault, including one of rape. Rixon, from Porthcawl, in Bridgend county, abused three girls aged 11-13 in Porthcawl Comprehensive School before offending again at another school years later. The first victim came forward in 2018, and four others identified themselves. After […]
A Canton man has been convicted of possessing over 25,000 Nitrous Oxide cannisters
Robert Arthur James Russ, 42, was arrested on Saturday, July 2, following the execution of a warrant at his home address.Officers discovered 700 cannisters in his home and car, but Russ also had access to a storage unit on Newport Road, where officers discovered 42 boxes containing 25,200 cannisters.Russ acknowledged ownership and told officers he […]
Logan Mwangi, a five-year-old boy whose body was discovered in the River Ogmore in July 2021, was murdered by three people
Following their April convictions for murder and perverting the course of justice, Angharad Williamson, 31, John Cole, 40, and a 14-year-old boy who cannot be named for legal reasons were sentenced this afternoon at Cardiff Crown Court.Logan’s mother, Williamson, will serve at least 28 years; her partner, Cole, will serve 29 years; and the teenager […]
Steven White has been sentenced to life in prison and will serve at least 26 years
White stabbed Jordan in a tent in Hansen Street, Butetown, Cardiff, around 9 a.m. on Tuesday, November 23, 2021. Despite the best efforts of emergency personnel and Huggard Centre staff, the 31-year-old died as a result of his injuries. White, 44, fled on a bike and went shopping at Cardiff Bay Retail Park, where he […]
Steven White has been sentenced to life in prison and will serve at least 26 years
White stabbed Jordan in a tent in Hansen Street, Butetown, Cardiff, around 9 a.m. on Tuesday, November 23, 2021. Despite the best efforts of emergency personnel and Huggard Centre staff, the 31-year-old died as a result of his injuries. White, 44, fled on a bike and went shopping at Cardiff Bay Retail Park, where he […]
Steven White has been sentenced to life in prison and will serve at least 26 years – (ID 528007)
White stabbed Jordan in a tent in Hansen Street, Butetown, Cardiff, around 9 a.m. on Tuesday, November 23, 2021. Despite the best efforts of emergency personnel and Huggard Centre staff, the 31-year-old died as a result of his injuries. White, 44, fled on a bike and went shopping at Cardiff Bay Retail Park, where he […]
Steven White has been sentenced to life in prison and will serve at least 26 years
White stabbed Jordan in a tent in Hansen Street, Butetown, Cardiff, around 9 a.m. on Tuesday, November 23, 2021. Despite the best efforts of emergency personnel and Huggard Centre staff, the 31-year-old died as a result of his injuries.
A man and a woman were sentenced to prison after admitting to being in charge of a dog that killed a 10-year-old boy
On November 8, 2021, Jack Lis was attacked by the animal – an American bully or XL bully dog named ‘Beast’ in Pentwyn, Penyrheol.According to the court, Jack died as a result of “catastrophic and unsurvivable injuries.Amy Salter, 28, and Brandon Hayden, 19, pleaded guilty last month to being in charge of a dog that […]
A man who killed two young children in a car crash on the M4 has been jailed for nine years and four months
Martin Newman, 41, drank red wine while driving and had cocaine in his system when his Ford Transit van crashed into a family’s Ford Fiesta. The family were returning from a birthday party when their car was hit by Newman on 5 February. Newman had previously pleaded guilty to two counts of causing death […]
A murder-accused mother didn’t call for help when her son was attacked because she felt “vulnerable”, a jury heard
Angharad Williamson, stepfather John Cole and a 14-year-old boy deny murdering five-year-old Logan Mwangi. Ms Williamson told the jury that Cole and the teenager hit and pushed Logan two days before he was found dead in the River Ogmore, Bridgend, on 31 July. Cardiff Crown Court also heard that Cole had threatened to kill […]
A man accused of murdering a five-year old boy has denied lying about putting the child’s body in a sports bag before dumping it in a river
John Cole, 40, his partner Angharad Williamson, 31, and a youth, 14, deny murdering Logan Mwangi. His body was found in the River Ogmore in Sarn, Bridgend county, on 31 July. The trial at Cardiff Crown Court heard Cole did not mention the bag in previous police interviews or statements. He was asked why […]
A man accused of murdering a five-year-old boy has told a court he and the boy’s mother panicked and put his body into a sports bag after…
John Cole, 40, is on trial for the murder of Logan Mwangi alongside partner Angharad Williamson, 31, and a 14-year-old boy. They deny the charge. Cole said Logan, who had been isolating with Covid, had been “kicking off” the day before his body was found. He said he was woken at 02:00 by Ms […]
A man accused of murdering a five-year-old boy has told a court he and the boy’s mother panicked and put his body into a sports bag after he died in bed
John Cole, 40, is on trial for the murder of Logan Mwangi alongside partner Angharad Williamson, 31, and a 14-year-old boy. They deny the charge. Cole said Logan, who had been isolating with Covid, had been “kicking off” the day before his body was found. He said he was woken at 02:00 by Ms […]
A teenager was moving rubbish to dump into a river, hours before a child’s body was found, a court has heard
CCTV captured the 14-year-old and co-accused John Cole moving bags in the early hours of 31 July, 2021. Cardiff Crown Court heard they were thrown into the River Ogmore, Bridgend, to avoid a fine. Five-year-old Logan Mwangi’s body was found in the same river later that day. The youth, Mr Cole and Logan’s mum […]
Three people have been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Gary Jenkins who died after being assaulted in Bute Park, Cardiff
Dr Gary Jenkins, 54, was attacked during the early hours of Tuesday, July 20, 2021, and died at the University Hospital of Wales on Thursday August 5.Jason Edwards, 25, Lee William Strickland, 36, and Dionne Timms-Williams, 17, have all received life sentences at Cardiff Crown Court.Edwards and Strickland must each serve a minimum of 33 […]
The stepfather of a five-year-old boy told police he carried his dead body to the banks of a river, but does not know how he died, a court has heard
Logan Mwangi’s body was found in the River Ogmore, in Sarn, Bridgend, last July, with 56 internal injuries. John Cole, 40, told police after his arrest he had been woken by Angharad Williamson, 31, screaming that Logan was dead, Cardiff Crown Court heard. Mr Cole, Ms Williamson and a 14-year-old each deny Logan’s murder. […]
The stepfather of a five-year-old boy told police he carried his dead body to the banks of a river, but does not know how he died, a cour…
Logan Mwangi’s body was found in the River Ogmore, in Sarn, Bridgend, last July, with 56 internal injuries. John Cole, 40, told police after his arrest he had been woken by Angharad Williamson, 31, screaming that Logan was dead, Cardiff Crown Court heard. Mr Cole, Ms Williamson and a 14-year-old each deny Logan’s murder. […]
A woman accused of murdering her five-year-old son told police she did not recognise him in hospital because of his injuries, a court has heard
Logan Mwangi’s body was found in the River Ogmore, in Sarn, Bridgend county, last July, with 56 internal injuries. Logan’s step-father John Cole, 40, told police he had been woken by Angharad Williamson, 31, screaming that Logan was dead, Cardiff Crown Court heard. Mr Cole, Ms Williamson and a 14-year-old all deny Logan’s murder. […]
