The Latest Breaking News from Paul Thomas QC

Man who celebrated Mayhill riot verdict in court is sent to the cells

The judge warned people in the public gallery to hear the verdict - whatever it was - in silence. One man ignored those instructions, and ended up in the cells

Wales Online · Sep 1, 2022

Man cleared of rioting after Swansea disorder following teenager’s death

Kye Dennis, 25, of Fforestfach, was found not guilty following a trial at Swansea Crown Court.

The Independent UK · Sep 1, 2022

Mother of teenager strangled by ‘pure evil’ killer ‘will be haunted for rest of her life’

Lewis Haines murdered Lily Sullivan following a night out in Wales last year

The Independent UK · Aug 26, 2022

Man murdered teenage girl after she rebuffed his sexual advances, judge rules

Lewis Haines, 31, killed 18-year-old Lily Sullivan after the pair met at a nightclub in Pembroke, west Wales, in December last year.

The Independent UK · Aug 23, 2022

Judge finds man murdered teenager in sexual 'frustration'

Lewis Haines bowed his head as the judge gave a damning assessment of his claims

Wales Online · Aug 23, 2022

Man jailed for biting boy in chest then 'pathetically' lying to avoid responsibility

Thomas Cockings was jailed for 15 months after pleading guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm having initially claimed he bit a young boy because he was having a seizure

Daily Mirror · Aug 18, 2022

Pair in court over death of two-year-old girl

Kyle Bevan denies the murder of Lola James, while the toddler’s mother, Sinead James, has pleaded not guilty to causing or allowing her death.

The Independent UK · Jun 29, 2022

Wannabe rapper tries to firebomb rival but ends up setting fire to wrong house

Michael Athernought, 25, who raps under the name Ath, went out with a petrol bomb to target his victim Official Chronic following a feud between the pair

Daily Mirror · Jun 13, 2022

Jail for rapper who petrol-bombed house thinking it belonged to his rap rival

Michael Jordan Athernought called ‘pathetic’ and ‘childish’ and a ‘pseudo-gangster’ by judge who sentenced him.

The Independent UK · Jun 13, 2022

Jail for drug dealer who hid mobile phone smuggled from Strangeways 'up his backside'

Using a hand-held metal detector prison officers found Harri Pullen had something within his 'lower-back or rectal area'

Manchester Evening News · May 23, 2022