Caernarfon Magistrates' Court Sentencing Results

Arron Dean was seen heading towards Menai Bridge high street while carrying a knife after leaving a nearby property. Before leaving, he had been at the address with other residents and had become aggressive, making threats to harm those present. Taser-trained officers located him, he threw the knife to the ground, and he was arrested.

Maldwyn Hughes, 44, of 111 Adra, Abererch Road, Pwllheli, was found in possession of a quantity of amphetamine in Pwllheli on 11 May 2026. He pleaded guilty at Caernarfon Magistrates Court on 1 June 2026.

Bryan Anthony Evans, of 17 Maes y Mor, Craig Madog, Tremadog, failed without reasonable excuse to comply with the requirements of a community order made by Caernarfon Magistrates' Court on 23 September 2025 by failing to attend a planned appointment on 29 January 2026.

Rowland Humphreys, aged 47, of 1 Ty Cefn, Lombard Street, Dolgellau, was found in possession of a quantity of amphetamine in Barmouth on 14 June 2025.

Eric Owens, 51, of Refail, Bryncroes, was stopped while driving a Seat Leon at Sarn Mellteyrn on 26 March. A breath test showed 66 microgrammes of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath, exceeding the legal limit of 35. He was also charged with driving without insurance.

Dyfed Griffith breached a Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) by possessing alcohol in the Y Maes area of Pwllheli on 17 February 2026. The PSPO was introduced by Cyngor Gwynedd in August 2024 to regulate public spaces in the town.

On the night of February 17, 2026, Kyle Jones and another man were spotted in the Abergele Road area of Colwyn Bay passing a large machete between them. Jones approached a group of youths, spoke aggressively to a girl he did not know, and followed the group to Station Road. The youths ran into a nearby shop for safety, but the girl was left outside where Jones pulled out the machete, waved it around, and threatened her, causing her to fear for her life and beg not to be killed. Jones and his accomplice later reappeared at the Prince Madoc Pub, with Jones again waving the knife. Police were alerted via CCTV, and Jones was detained after a struggle, continuing to shout threats.

Deividas Plioplys punched and kicked a white and male ginger cat called Bully in Pwllheli on 27 August 2025. He also failed to provide parasitic control or adequate nutrition to the cat.

Gareth Williams repeatedly threatened to kill a woman in Porthmadog between 3 and 10 January 2026 as part of harassment. He stole groceries worth £55.15 from Tesco in Porthmadog on 18 August 2025, and alcohol, confectionary and food worth £22 from Lidl in Pwllheli on 29 December 2025. He racially aggravatedly harassed a victim and used threatening or abusive behaviour towards another victim at Tesco in Porthmadog on 5 September 2025. He also assaulted a police officer and obstructed another at Bryn Tyddyn in Pentrefelin on 6 January 2026.

Donna Bowdler was found guilty of possessing a lock knife at Bethania on 31 March 2025. She appeared for sentencing on 3 March 2026.

Ben Hughes used threatening or abusive behaviour in Abererch on 3 January 2026.

Corey Robert Buckley breached a community order imposed on 13 January 2026 for assaulting a man in a car park in Barmouth on 15 November 2024, by failing to attend an unpaid work appointment on 1 December 2025. The 28-year-old, of 15 Plas Gwyn, Jubilee Road, Barmouth, appeared in court on 23 February 2026.

Morgan Lewis-Williams, from Weston Road, Rhyl, manipulated a 14-year-old girl online into sharing sexualised images and performing sex acts. The victim was 12 or 13 when her mother first noticed a man encouraging sexual messages and meetings, including in Manchester, and reported it to police. Around 18 months later, the mother found the girl on a video call with Lewis-Williams at night and contacted police. Messages exchanged in May 2024 included playing a 'risky game' on 13 May, where he goaded her into 'dirty talk', leading her to send clothed photos, a video in underwear, an intimate photo, and two videos of a sex act, while he knew she was 14 and he was 18. On 19 May, he expressed fear of getting 'done for noncing'. The victim read a statement in court about the lasting impact, and her mother described her as a 'shell of her old self'.

Jason Masefield, of 2 Dol Sadler, used abusive or threatening behaviour at the Lidl store on Ffordd Penamser in Porthmadog on 6 December 2025.

Christine Dinneen drove without due care and attention in the car park of Tesco in Porthmadog on 14 April 2025, causing damage to a Toyota car.

Richard McDonagh, aged 39, of 38 Pensyflog, Porthmadog, was stopped while driving a Ford Focus on the A497 at Pentrefelin on 17 October 2025. Roadside and police station breath tests showed he had 88 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, more than twice the legal limit of 35 microgrammes.

Richard Jones, aged 52, of 3 Maes Teg, Penrhyndeudraeth, breached a community order imposed by Llandudno Magistrates’ Court on 30 April 2025 for driving whilst disqualified by failing to attend an unpaid work appointment on 17 November 2025.

Zameer Hussain damaged a window at his home address, 16 Maes y Plas, Blaenau Ffestiniog, owned by ADRA housing association, on 26 September 2025.

Gary Williams, a 58-year-old man from Flat 6, Bryntirion, Dolgellau, damaged the walls of a police cell at the custody unit in Caernarfon on 10 November 2025.

On October 16, 2025, at 8.10pm, William Hughes, 53, of Ger y Winllan, Llangefni, deliberately breached a restraining order by approaching the victim in Lower Park Street, Holyhead. The restraining order, lasting until 2033, prohibited contact following Hughes' conviction for assault, causing criminal damage, and other offences, for which he was jailed for 27 months in May 2023. Hughes, who had learned two hours earlier of his partner's death, confronted the victim near his house and car, saying 'I bet you're happy now' (referring to the partner's death), threatened to 'burn it all down' pointing to the house and car, and to 'smash the victim's head in'. The victim warned him of the restraining order and called the police. Hughes initially denied being in the street. The victim reported feeling terrified for himself and his family.

Brian Shortall, a 40-year-old lorry driver from White Church View, Rathfarnam, Dublin, Ireland, drove a Scania Topline HGV from Dublin to Holyhead, arriving at 1.15pm on October 8, 2025. He picked up an Albanian man, Emiljano Cervanaku, in the East Wall area of Dublin, believing him to be a new driver to train. Cervanaku, who had no documents or leave to enter the UK and was in breach of an order preventing entry, was concealed in the cab on the bed during the journey. Shortall did not check the booking, which was for one adult only, assuming his employer would handle it. The HGV was inspected by Border Force at Holyhead, where Cervanaku was discovered.