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Wales Online
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Jason Evans

Faces of the men who fought 'running battles' in cemetery armed with bats, knives, hammers, and shovels

These are the faces of the men involved in a shameful violent disturbance in a cemetery which saw running battles involving weapons and vehicles played out in front of grieving mourners. Armed police had to be sent to Swansea's Moriston Cemetery last August as rival factions of an extended family fought with each other and ran amok among the gravestones.

At one point people attending a funeral had to seek shelter in their cars as the brawlers – from teenagers to men in their 50s – fought with hammers, knives, bats, and shovels and chased each other. During the disturbance a number of gravestones were damaged and grassy areas were churned up by vehicles being driven dangerously.

Swansea Crown Court heard the disturbance was part of an ongoing feud between members of a large extended family which has seen confrontations at various locations around south Wales including Newport, Bridgend, Gorseinon, and Cardiff. Nine of those involved in the violent disturbance at the cemetery were sentenced on Monday - you can recap the sentencing in full here.

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