Caernarfon Magistrates' Court Sentencing Results

Steven Roberts harassed his ex-partner, the victim, by making repeated phone calls and sending text messages, breaching a previous five-year restraining order imposed in March 2024. Between July 2024 and January 2025, he contacted her regularly, asking to reunite, and between January 9 and 14, 2025, she received 400-500 calls from a withheld number, which she identified as from him. He appeared on her driveway, shouting and throwing stones at her window, and continued contact even after arrest. Police found a small bag of cannabis in his possession during a search, and he sent cards to her from prison.

William Palmer broke into his former partner's home in Gaerwen, Anglesey, on April 1. He assaulted the victim by punching her in the face and assaulted the other victim by biting his ear, drawing blood, and repeatedly punching, kicking, and stamping on him as he lay on the floor. Palmer also threw a stool at the victim, damaged the other victim's car windscreens causing over £700 in damage, and assaulted an emergency worker by pushing an officer, requiring the use of incapacitant spray.

On June 7, 2024, James Sandhu, who was drunk, confronted his ex-girlfriend's current partner, the victim, and instructed him to go to Barmouth Beach. Once there, Sandhu waved a knife at the victim and threatened him by saying, 'I’m going to shaft you.' The victim fled and contacted emergency services. Sandhu was located and arrested less than a mile away shortly after 6.51pm. He has a history of similar offences and struggles with alcohol and emotional issues.

Michael Jones, 31, of Glan Cadnant, Caernarfon, attacked his then-partner the victim in her home early on December 15, 2024, during an argument. He broke the bathroom door handle, slapped and punched her to the face and head, causing her to have a seizure, lose consciousness, and require staples to the back of her head, along with bruising to her chin and knee. Jones called emergency services afterward and later surrendered to authorities.

Mathew Thomas engaged in stalking his ex-partner the victim after their relationship ended in December 2023. Between January and November 2024, he made repeated unwanted calls on withheld numbers, sent constant emails and WhatsApp messages, transferred unsolicited money and then requested it back, and delivered flowers with a card expressing love. Despite being told to stop and breaching bail conditions by contacting her via a fitness application and more messages, his actions caused her significant fear, affecting her mental and physical health, leaving her constantly on edge and paranoid.

William Coxen used his car-buying business to launder £11,695 from the drug enterprise, transferring money to Alex Coxon's bank account and buying cars with drug proceeds. He stepped up his role after Coxon's arrest and was involved in sophisticated offending with multiple bank accounts.

Craig Holt stole a Peugeot motorhome valued at £36,995 from Riverside Garage in Glan Conwy on February 4. He drove it at speeds up to 85mph on the A55, then on the wrong side of the A494, causing it to stop due to oncoming traffic. He jumped out and fled, leading to the motorhome crashing into two vehicles with no injuries reported. He was found hiding in bushes in a garden in Hawarden, and the vehicle had false number plates.

On November 30, 2023, in Holyhead, David Williams engaged in a confrontation with the victim after an initial scuffle. Williams armed himself with a pen knife, returned, and stabbed the victim twice, causing a 2cm wound over his breast bone, a 2x1cm wound below his right armpit with visible ribs, bruising, and significant blood loss. The victim required hospital treatment, including stitches, a breathing tube, and a ventilator.

On January 26, Callum Elson led police on a high-speed pursuit from Flintshire into Denbighshire after his erratic driving in a Porsche caught the attention of an officer in an unmarked car. The chase through Meliden at 5.39pm reached speeds of up to 90mph, including 70mph in a 20mph zone and driving the wrong way down a one-way street. Another driver took evasive action to avoid a crash. His car was later located at an address in Prestatyn.

Richard Davies, 54, of Parciau Close, Colwyn Bay, breached a criminal behaviour order for the eighth time on September 9, 2023, by drunkenly threatening probation staff in Colwyn Bay. The order, made in November 2022, prohibited him from using threatening language or behaviour in public or to anyone in England and Wales. At 10am, he attended the probation offices, appeared drunk, was vocal and animated, and during a meeting with two staff members, threatened twice to 'bomb your car', leading to the meeting being terminated.

Jacqueline Mwila, 52, of Mount Pleasant, Swansea, originally from Zambia, was driving at 69mph on a 60mph road on the A487 in Pwllheli, Gwynedd, on April 3, 2023. She crossed double white lines and hatched markings, failing to observe them despite ample opportunity, and only braked one second before the crash. This caused the death of 28-year-old the victim and serious injuries to two others.

On June 5, Phillip Powell went to the victim's home in Flintshire and attempted to break through the victim's front door using a machete, smashing the victim's porch window and shouting threats including 'Phone the police and you're dead.' This occurred around 11.40pm, leaving the victim extremely shaken and anxious. Police found him shortly after in Connah's Quay, where he was foaming at the mouth and behaving in a deranged manner. The incident was linked to a dispute involving a cannabis debt.

Mohammed Anwar was part of an organised crime group that stole fuel from various sites across the UK, including logistics companies and HGV depots, between October 2020 and April 2022. The gang used trucks, cloned number plates, and siphoned thousands of litres of fuel at night, causing financial losses and environmental damage, such as at the Iceland depot in Deeside where 13,181 litres were stolen, and other sites in Wrexham, Portsmouth, and Anglesey.

Khalid Mohammed was part of an organised crime group based in the Midlands that stole fuel from various UK sites, including logistics depots and HGV sites, between October 2020 and April 2022. The gang used multiple vehicles and cloned plates to steal thousands of litres of fuel, such as 36,000 litres from a site in Runcorn, and caused significant financial and environmental harm, including at the Iceland depot in Deeside.

Alimar Bibi was involved in an organised crime group that stole fuel from sites across the UK, including Anglesey, Flintshire, and Wrexham, between October 2020 and April 2022. The gang targeted locations storing large quantities of fuel, using vehicles to siphon thousands of litres, such as 55,551 litres from Certas Energy in Wrexham, and caused environmental damage, including spills at an Arriva bus depot.

Dylan Roberts engaged in online conversations with an undercover police officer, leading to his arrest on January 19, 2023, at his home in Glan Morfa Caravan Park, Llandudno Junction. A forensic examination of his mobile phone revealed 514 indecent images of children, including 127 category A images (the most serious), 193 category B images and one video, and 223 category C images, depicting male and female children aged between one and 16 years old.

Callum Jones threatened to slit the throat of his retired neighbour, the victim, while carrying a knife during a conversation about a bicycle repair in Holyhead. He later returned and threatened to bring friends to kill him. Additionally, Jones possessed an imitation firearm (a BB gun resembling a Glock 17 pistol) and threatened to use it against the partner of a woman he met online, with whom he had consensual sex in a public toilet's baby changing room. These events occurred in November, while he was on bail for the earlier threat.

Anthony Gordon Park was sentenced for operating a regulated facility otherwise than in accordance with an environmental permit. More than 1,600 tonnes of mixed waste, compacted into cube-shaped bales and wrapped in plastic sheeting, had been illegally deposited at a unit on the Llay Industrial Estate, Wrexham, threatening the local environment and resulting in over £900,000 worth of damage. The unit was over three-quarters full of waste bales containing plastic, wood, carpet, glass, fibre and foam. The heat produced posed a real risk of self-combustion and fire. Initial inspection in May 2017.

Reuben Hall, of no fixed abode, used threatening or abusive behaviour with intent to cause fear of violence in Pwllheli on 28 April 2026 and used threatening or abusive behaviour in Bangor on 13 November 2025. He appeared before Caernarfon Magistrates Court on 18 May 2026.