10+ hour, 47+ min ago   (485+ words) A Powys farmer who drank a bottle of vodka before overturning his pick-up truck near Welshpool has been banned from driving for four years after another drink-driving conviction. Gwyn Jones, 59, of Maes Eglwys, Berriew, admitted driving while over the legal…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (618+ words) A drunk man who subjected a police officer to racist abuse while in custody has been given a conditional discharge and ordered to pay compensation. Jesse Strange, 47, of High Street, Llanfyllin, admitted a racially aggravated public order offence when he…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (561+ words) A Newtown man has avoided having a suspended prison sentence activated for a second time in just over two months after being convicted of resisting police officers during an arrest. Leigh Peter Dobson, 36, of Commercial Street, Newtown, was found guilty…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (351+ words) The Conservative Party’s former director of campaigning and his Parliamentary candidate wife have admitted cheating at gambling on the date of the 2024 general election. Anthony Lee, 49, admitted two charges of cheating as he appeared at Southwark Crown Court on Thursday....

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (418+ words) A LANDSCAPE gardener who was self-medicating with cannabis following recent surgery has been banned from the roads, after he was found to be more than five times the legal drug drive limit. Louie Bonada-Chant, 27, was seen by police officers driving…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (435+ words) A man who breached a court order by drinking alcohol on his wedding day has avoided having a suspended sentence activated after magistrates decided it would be unjust to send him to prison. Shaun Lewis, 32, of Lon Derw, Trehafren, Newtown,…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (724+ words) A "dangerous" Powys man has been handed an extended prison sentence after he was found guilty of masturbating in front of an 11-year-old on a social media video call. Thomas Spalding was found guilty by a jury following a six-day…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (142+ words) A LLANDRINDOD Wells man charged with four counts of rape dating back to the last decade will appear at the crown court next month. Ethan Mackintosh, 26, appeared via videolink at Llandrindod Wells Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, September 8. The charges were…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago   (186+ words) A convicted rapist has been told to bring a bag to court after a judge warned him that he faces a prison sentence. Kyle Lewis, 24, was convicted in July of raping a woman in Newtown in January 2024. Caernarfon Crown Court…...

1+ week, 10+ hour ago   (271+ words) A Powys woman has admitted stealing more than £2,100 worth of goods from a series of shops in Herefordshire over a four-week period. Danielle McGee, 35, of Garth Meadow, Knighton, pleaded guilty to five shop theft offences when she appeared before Hereford…...