Mold Crown Court Sentencing Results

In July 2025 in Prestatyn, North Wales, Behailu Naedw was seen on a video doorbell looking through a window, trying a front door, and ringing the bell. A woman returned, saw him enter another garden and do the same, and challenged him. Naedw grabbed her wrists and moved toward her as if trying to kiss her, saying 'You know you want it, you know you like me, you want to kiss me.' A passing motorist intervened. He later told police the woman would have slept with him if she had been alone. Naedw admitted sexual assault and was jailed for four months.

Bharoz Suleman attempted to snatch a woman's handbag at Wrexham General Station on February 28. Three women were returning home from a day out in Chester when he made a determined attempt to take the handbag using more than minimal force. Although he had screwdrivers, he did not produce them. The victim said the offence ruined their day and affected her mental well-being, leaving her feeling violated and anxious in public places.

Thomas Keenan took part in a raid on a BT telephone exchange in Porthmadog, Gwynedd, on Sunday, May 21, 2023. Three men in a white Transit van entered the site and cut their way into a lock-up, stealing six wooden drums holding 750 metres of copper cabling valued at £4,000. Keenan was traced because the van used in the burglary had its registration captured on CCTV, ANPR cameras tracked its journey back to Walsall, and his mobile phone was found to have hit masts along the same route.

Robert Shane Hughes assaulted a man in July 2026, kicking and stamping on his head while the victim tried to protect himself. The assault was captured on mobile phone footage and the victim later reported it to his probation officer, but did not make a victim statement. The following month, Hughes climbed from an upstairs window onto a flat roof in north Wales and became involved in a rooftop stand-off with police, threatening to throw a brick and kicking gravel at officers before eventually coming down and being arrested. He later told a probation officer he was impressed that his rooftop behaviour had been shared on TikTok.

Callum Jaxon met a 15-year-old girl online and collected her from school on occasions. Between March and April 2025 in Holyhead, he engaged in sexual communication with the child, sent a message to arrange sexual activity with her, met her following grooming, and sexually assaulted her. He regularly used sexualised language despite knowing her age and vulnerability. On one occasion he kissed her chest without consent and continued after she attempted to push him away, leaving a bruise. He then engaged in sexual activity with her without her consent. Days later he asked her to delete their messages, warning he could get into trouble.

David Evans was 19 when he picked up the victim, a girl under 14, from a location in Flintshire and drove her to a layby where she performed a sex act on him. He threatened her with violence if she told her parents. The victim reported the historic incident after becoming a parent, and Evans was arrested in June 2022.

Alexander Sands posed as a 16-year-old online to contact a 13-year-old girl in the Pwllheli area through an online video game when he was actually 29. The victim refused to provide her social media details and never told him where she lived, but he said he would visit her and travelled to the area. He found the victim sitting on a bench with friends, pushed one of her friends from the bench, sat beside her, kissed her, attempted to put his hands down her trousers and sexually assaulted her. In a separate case investigated by Lancashire Police, he admitted attempting to meet an eight-year-old child following grooming, with that offence taking place in Leicestershire.

Thomas Coppack, a former North Wales Police constable, was convicted at Mold Crown Court on July 9, 2026 of assault causing actual bodily harm contrary to Section 47 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861. On August 13 he was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment suspended for 18 months, with a rehabilitation order, 80 hours unpaid work and £1,000 costs. A three-year restraining order was also imposed. A subsequent misconduct hearing found allegations of discreditable conduct proved, and he was placed on the UK Police Barred List.

Jamie Williams launched an unprovoked attack on his brother on 18 April 2026, punching him several times in the face before striking him on the head with the handle of an imitation handgun. Despite the victim falling unconscious, Williams continued the assault, repeatedly punching and stamping on his brother's head, causing serious injuries. Williams then used the weapon, which he had modified to fire bullets, to threaten other people present who were attempting to help the victim.

Gordon Duncan violently attacked a woman in Hawarden during the early hours of February 21, causing serious facial injuries. She fled to a friend's house, prompting a police call. Duncan was arrested in Birkenhead on 26 March. He admitted assault occasioning actual bodily harm, dangerous driving, and other motoring offences.

Kyle Robinson, of Shotton, was involved in a masked gang burglary in Ewloe on September 1, 2025. The group, dressed in black and wearing balaclavas, smashed their way into a property while the occupant fled upstairs and called police. Robinson carried a hockey stick and his blood was later recovered from a TV unit. While on bail for that offence, on February 8, 2026, he violently attacked his partner at the St David's Park Hotel in Ewloe. After an argument, he dragged her, punched her repeatedly, fracturing her left eye socket and nose, knocking her unconscious, and causing a missing tooth and widespread bruising. She required surgery to insert a metal plate and suffered ongoing nerve damage, double vision, and PTSD.

As part of a gang, followed and burgled homes across Wrexham and Flintshire from January to May 2025, targeting elderly victims, stealing thousands in cash, sentimental jewellery and watches. Used cloned plates and turned off phones to evade detection.

As part of a gang, followed and burgled homes across Wrexham and Flintshire from January to May 2025, targeting elderly victims, stealing thousands in cash, sentimental jewellery and watches. Used cloned plates and turned off phones to evade detection.

As part of a gang, followed and burgled homes across Wrexham and Flintshire from January to May 2025, targeting elderly victims, stealing thousands in cash, sentimental jewellery and watches. Used cloned plates and turned off phones to evade detection.

As part of a gang, followed and burgled homes across Wrexham and Flintshire from January to May 2025, targeting elderly victims, stealing thousands in cash, sentimental jewellery and watches. Used cloned plates and turned off phones to evade detection.

Ben Caunce, a 35-year-old man of Mancot, sexually assaulted a child and amassed a large collection of indecent images. His offending came to light in December 2025 when he showed a colleague indecent images and videos at a social event. The colleague contacted North Wales Police, who seized his devices and discovered images showing him sexually assaulting a child. He was arrested, charged, and remanded in custody.