Mold Crown Court Sentencing Results

On July 22, 2023, Graham Duncan, 56, of Avondale, Flint, an inmate at HMP Berwyn in Wrexham, received drugs hidden in a Mars bar wrapper from visitor Christopher Beck during a nine-minute meeting in the Visitors' Hall. The drugs included 1.8g of cocaine, 2.04g of ketamine, 32.1g of MDMB (Spice), and 13.2g of cannabis, valued between £7,500 and £19,500 in prison. Duncan was searched upon returning to his wing, and a sniffer dog raised the alarm. He was arrested after his release from an earlier sentence, 16 months after the incident.

On July 22, 2023, Christopher Beck, 35, of Trelawney Avenue, Flint, visited his friend and inmate Graham Duncan at HMP Berwyn in Wrexham. During a nine-minute meeting in the Visitors' Hall, Beck attempted to smuggle drugs hidden in a Mars bar wrapper, which was passed to Duncan. The drugs included 1.8g of cocaine, 2.04g of ketamine, 32.1g of MDMB (Spice), and 13.2g of cannabis, valued between £7,500 and £19,500 in prison. Duncan was searched upon returning to his wing, and a sniffer dog raised the alarm. Beck was identified from CCTV footage 16 months later and arrested.

On August 16, 2025, at about 11.30pm, Luka Gambino, 18, of Beaconsfield Road, Shotton, was riding an electric bike with two others near the A5104 in Penyffordd, Flintshire, without helmets. When police approached and told them to stop, Gambino fled, hitting and denting a police Audi's door. He led a four-minute chase through suburban streets, mounting pavements, driving at 45mph in a 20mph zone, and going the wrong way around a roundabout. Police nudged his bike to stop him. He was arrested and tested positive for cannabis just over the legal limit.

Owen Addleton, 22, from Chester Road West, Shotton, Deeside, met a 15-year-old girl on Snapchat in March 2024, pretending to be 16, and engaged in a sexual relationship with her, requesting nude images. Despite bail conditions, he continued contact by providing her another phone. Digital analysis of his devices revealed over 2,000 files showing sexual interest in children, including more than 100 indecent images of the most serious category, some of children as young as two, and a collection of schoolgirls in uniforms. He also searched online for ways to hide items from police.

Evan Wright, 22, of no fixed address, abused his partner between January and May 2025 while living in a flat in Saltney. He isolated her from family and friends, dictated her clothing, demanded proof of her whereabouts, and sent incessant accusatory and abusive messages via a smart TV, calling her names like 'slag'. On June 15, 2025, after finding her at Rosies nightclub in Chester, he threw her onto the bed, pinned her down, and repeatedly punched her, causing a cut lip, bruising on her torso, and scratches on her thighs. He damaged her phone when she tried to call police. On July 7, 2025, he breached bail by entering her home, lifting a mattress violently and throwing her to the floor.

On May 16, 2025, Anthony Mitchell, 33, from Llanasa Road, Gronant, Prestatyn, was pursued by police on the A548 coast road at Mostyn after removing his BMW motorbike's number plate using Velcro tabs. He reached speeds of 118mph and 107mph in a 40mph limit, performed wheelies, rode one-handed, drove on the pavement, and avoided three Stinger devices. He was eventually stopped and the motorbike was found at a caravan park. Drone footage captured the incident.

On August 31, 2024, Mariusz Rerek, 47, of Y Wern, Wrexham, followed and tailgated the victim's car on Wrexham industrial estate along Abenbury Way and Ash Road South. He overtook her despite an oncoming motorbike, then braked abruptly with no apparent reason, causing the victim, who was six months pregnant with her three-year-old daughter in the car, to crash into his vehicle. She suffered neck, shoulder, and back pain, feared for her unborn son, and was hospitalized for checks. Her daughter screamed hysterically and became anxious about car travel. Rerek was interviewed after dashcam footage was reviewed and denied the offence but was found guilty on October 29, 2025.

In March 2025, Benjamin Williams, 25, of Foxes Close, Mancot, Flintshire, took his friend's Volvo car without permission while staying at her home. Around 2am, police spotted the car facing the wrong way in a one-way street. A prolonged high-speed chase ensued along the A55 towards Colwyn Bay, where he reached speeds of 115mph in 70mph and 50mph zones, 80mph in 20mph zones, went the wrong way around roundabouts and bollards, and attempted to evade by taking side streets and looping back. The car collided with another vehicle during the pursuit. Police deployed a stinger device in Old Colwyn to stop the car, which was damaged. Williams was arrested, found clearly under the influence of drugs, and taken to hospital with ketamine in possession. The car owner suffered significant emotional distress, requiring anti-depressants and taxis, as her insurance declined coverage.

On April 5, 2025, James McLoughlin, 31, of Queens Road, Llandudno Junction, approached his partner in breach of a Domestic Abuse Protection Order that prohibited him from coming within 100 metres of her home. He caused a large facial wound to the victim, which re-opened and bled heavily; the origin of the wound was not known. When police arrived at the property in Llandudno Junction, McLoughlin struggled with them, requiring the use of Captor spray to subdue him. Both officers sustained minor injuries during the assault.

On December 9, 2020, in Prestatyn, Denbighshire, James Price, driving a Peugeot 208, cut a corner and accelerated on the wrong side of Nant Hall Road, ploughing into pedestrian the victim who was crossing at the junction with Bodnant Avenue. The victim was thrown onto the bonnet and landed 5-10 metres away with life-changing injuries including a broken left thigh requiring a metal plate and 12 screws, a burst kidney, and 15 days in hospital. Price exited the vehicle, ignored the victim's two pleas to call an ambulance, dragged him further into the centre of the road potentially into the path of traffic, then fled. He attempted to hide and repair the car. Traced after a year, he was jailed today.

On September 9, 2025, Dafydd Harper, 43, of no fixed address, had an argument in The Midland pub in Wrexham and left. He was followed by two men onto High Street. CCTV showed him turning and making a slashing motion with a Stanley knife towards them. He then attempted to hide the knife and spare blades in a flowerbed on Lord Street, but a member of the public found and handed them to police. Harper was arrested and gave no comment in interview.

Christopher Campbell, 32, of Rhosddu Road, Wrexham, subjected his former partner to a year-long campaign of verbal and physical abuse to gain control, including isolating her from friends and family, becoming abusive if she did not answer the phone immediately, threatening to kill her, and physically attacking her. On one occasion, he pointed a knife at her throat after attacking her at home. In February 2025, he held a knife to his mother's throat and cut his stepfather's wrist with the weapon following an incident. He was arrested and remanded into custody.

On August 18, 2025, at around 6pm in Lord Street, Wrexham city centre, Cassie Evans, who had consumed a litre of gin before leaving home and additional drinks, became angry and agitated towards the victim during a gathering near benches where tensions rose after some teenagers approached the group. Earlier in the day, something had happened between Evans and the victim. CCTV footage showed Evans walking to a bin, smashing a bottle against it, and then striking the victim in the neck with the neck of the broken bottle in a determined assault intent on inflicting a significant wound. The victim suffered a one to two inch wound which was cleaned and closed with steri strips at hospital; he declined further treatment. He now fears consequences, feels paranoid, scared, and depressed. Police were called and Evans arrested.

On 20 February 2025, during an altercation on Brighton Road in Rhyl, Leo O'Regan repeatedly struck a 64-year-old man with a metal wrench, causing significant head injuries and leaving the victim bloodied. He also assaulted a 40-year-old woman during the incident. O'Regan was arrested at his home address on Brighton Road, Rhyl, where the weapon was seized.

Michael Barrie Kennedy operated as an illegal lender over an eight-year period, targeting approximately 30 victims, mostly colleagues from the Chester branch of a restaurant chain where he worked as a waiter. He exploited their financial difficulties during the cost-of-living crisis, offering loans with interest rates of 50% to 100% and penalty fees up to £150 for missed payments. He advertised informally via word of mouth and Facebook posts, falsely claiming backing by a partner to intimidate borrowers, trapping them in spiralling debt.

Shannon Ives failed to protect her two-year-old son from abuse by her parents, who were a known risk to him. On 14 August 2021 she was called downstairs to find the child unconscious and unresponsive; emergency services were called after a delay of 18 minutes. The child was dehydrated and malnourished, had a serious head injury, and died on 16 August 2021. CCTV from the home captured the abuse in the weeks before his death. A jury found Shannon Ives guilty of causing or allowing the death of a child and cruelty to a child.

On May 26, Shaun Royce pressed a lit cigarette onto his mother's forehead for about ten seconds at her supported living flat in Wrexham, threatened her with a large serrated knife, and set fire to a table cloth, causing flames up to 50 cm high. He smashed windows and damaged the flat extensively. Later, on June 10-11, he breached bail conditions, struggled with police officers, and made threats to harm their families. The incident left his mother fearing for her life and resulted in significant damage costing over £1,400 for window replacements alone.

Sam Edwards, 33, of Tryweryn Place, Wrexham, entered a flat uninvited on September 20, 2024, armed with a 20cm-long Phillips screwdriver. He approached the door of two men, the victims, made several stabbing motions, demanded money, and lunged towards one of the victims. Although no clear injury was confirmed, the incident caused fear and exacerbated the victims' anxiety, ADHD, and autism. Edwards was under the influence, slurring his speech and unsteady when police arrived.

On May 31, 2023, Bozhidar Velichkov chased another man from Bulgaria out of a house onto the street in Wrexham while only wearing his underpants and brandishing a Hoover pole as an offensive weapon. Police were called, and he displayed considerable aggression towards them, leading to his arrest and subsequent conviction.

Danuta Adamczyk Czajk was the passenger in a VW Transporter that reversed into another vehicle on 10 December 2024. The driver left without providing details, but a police investigation identified Czajk as the only insured driver. A Notice of Intended Prosecution was sent to her, and she signed and returned it falsely stating that she was the driver at the time of the collision. In a police interview she answered no comment, but an officer recognised her as the passenger in a photograph. She pleaded guilty at Mold Crown Court.

Danuta Czajk was the passenger in a VW Transporter that reversed into another vehicle on December 10, 2024. She falsely claimed to be the driver on a Notice of Intended Prosecution form, but police investigation, including witness testimony and a photograph, confirmed she was not driving, leading to her conviction for perverting the course of justice.

Andrew Morris possessed a large collection of indecent images of children, including 354 category A still pictures and 76 movies, 927 category B still pictures and 39 movies, and 93,986 category C still pictures and 318 movies, accumulated over approximately a decade. Police discovered these images on his phone, laptop, and hard drive during a search of his home on October 10, 2023, using BitTorrent software investigation.

Rob Rawlinson deliberately drove his Vauxhall Corsa towards the victim on a motorcycle near The Park pub on Abergele Road, Colwyn Bay, on November 26, 2022, after following him due to a personal grudge. The collision caused the victim to slide 20 to 30 feet along the road, resulting in fractures to his left thigh bone, tibia, fibula, and foot, requiring multiple surgeries and hospital transfers.

Nicholas Roberts attempted a 'kung fu-style' kick at the victim in The Clwyd Arms pub on Chester Road West in Shotton on December 22, 2022, but missed and fell over. His companions mistakenly believed the victim had knocked him over, leading to a brawl. During the disturbance, Roberts punched the victim, resulting in a broken nose and a partially dislocated shoulder for the victim.

Andrew Spriggs overtook a car on a bend on the A548 Coast Road at Mostyn, Flintshire, on March 29, 2023, crashing into an oncoming bus. This careless maneuver caused serious injuries to his passenger, the victim, who suffered multiple fractures including to her wrist, arm, ribs, shoulder, and spine, requiring hospital treatment and ongoing health issues. Spriggs himself was injured and required critical care, and the bus driver was off work for four months with some passengers sustaining minor injuries.

On August 29, 2025, Michelle Jones' two XL bully dogs, Jersey and Cash, attacked the victim, a nurse, outside his home in Wrexham, biting his leg and pursuing him inside where they continued the attack in front of his family, causing lacerations to his face, arms, legs, stomach, and other areas. Jones was intoxicated and did not intervene. The dogs were unmuzzled, off-lead, and one not neutered despite exemption certificates. Separately, on May 17, 2025, after a verbal dispute, Jones broke into the neighbour's home armed with a knife and BB gun, terrifying the neighbour and her children.

Jade Williams was asked to look after the victim's cat while the victim was away from October 7 to October 30, 2023. Without consent, she took the victim's white Vauxhall Safira car and crashed it into another vehicle on October 11, 2023, near Lidl in Wrexham, causing £4,500 in damage. She fled the scene and falsely blamed an accomplice named 'Simon', leading to charges of perverting the course of justice and aggravated vehicle taking.

Paul Billington confronted two female police officers who were investigating a suspected road accident at his farm on Llyndir Lane, Burton-in-Rossett. He padlocked the gates to prevent them from leaving, citing concerns about infection to his pigs, and engaged in bullying and mocking behaviour, leaving one officer physically shaking. The incident occurred on September 27, 2024, and involved dogs roaming freely at the property.

Simon Jones was previously convicted for possessing indecent images of children (category A, B, and C) between November 17, 2023, and June 11, 2024, for which he received a suspended sentence and was made subject to a sexual harm prevention order. He breached this order three times between October 28, 2024, and January 1, 2025, by creating a Snapchat account and activating Disappearing Messages on WhatsApp during a routine police check on January 30, 2025.

Luis Onea, 19, of no fixed abode, along with Mircea Petrovici, targeted multiple Boots stores in North Wales. They stole beauty products worth almost £2,000 from Boots in Llandudno, additional cosmetic items from Boots in Rhyl, and more than £1,300 worth of stock from Boots in Prestatyn. The spree also included stealing clothes and suitcases from TK Maxx in Llandudno. They were arrested shortly after the incidents on June 5, 2025, with the stolen items recovered.

Mircea Petrovici, 28, of no fixed abode, along with Luis Onea, targeted multiple Boots stores in North Wales. They stole beauty products worth almost £2,000 from Boots in Llandudno, additional cosmetic items from Boots in Rhyl, and more than £1,300 worth of stock from Boots in Prestatyn. The spree also included stealing clothes and suitcases from TK Maxx in Llandudno. They were arrested shortly after the incidents on June 5, 2025, with the stolen items recovered.

Leon Mitchell stole a motorised roller from Connah's Quay Cricket Club between 1.30am and 4.30am on June 3. He drove the vehicle for two miles while being pursued by police, swerving across the road, throwing bricks from a bucket in the roller at officers, and driving towards a police car, forcing it to reverse to avoid collision. The roller eventually crashed into a hedge. Mitchell refused to provide a breath sample and was already disqualified from driving.