Mold Crown Court Sentencing Results

Jean Evans, while heavily intoxicated, was found urinating in public on Colwyn Bay Promenade on April 29. She was escorted by police but later left her accommodation. Upon arrest, she kicked and banged her head in the police car and attempted to set fire to it using a lighter. She then kicked a police constable at Kinmel Park Services in Bodelwyddan. Evans has seven previous convictions for 11 offences.

Joseph Oliver, as director of LJ Property Solutions Ltd and Windowseal Ltd, dishonestly and persistently defrauded elderly and vulnerable residents in North Wales and Lancashire between 2017 and 2023. He targeted victims with an average age of 82, convincing them to pay for unnecessary or substandard work on windows, doors, and conservatories, often holding them to ransom by claiming risks to their homes. Investigations revealed 39 victims, some of whom have since died, with losses including six-figure sums.

Tristan Dixon, 34, from Huddersfield, along with others, broke into the Teledyne Labtech factory in Presteigne on December 9, 2022. He climbed onto the roof equipped with a sledgehammer, crowbar, and drill, smashing 17 skylight windows, causing glass to fall inside, and drilling holes in the roof. He also unveiled a banner with 'Palestine Action'. The group caused extensive damage worth £320,000, leading to the factory's closure for a week and additional security costs of £900,000. The incident involved risks such as fumes from damaged chemical baths and potential cyanide formation.

Susan Bagshaw, 65, from Clawdd Helyg, Commins Coch, along with others, broke into the Teledyne Labtech factory in Presteigne on December 9, 2022. Wearing orange overalls marked 'Palestine Action' and a balaclava, she used a sledgehammer, crowbar, smoke canisters, and a fire extinguisher filled with red paint to smash computer equipment, monitors, furniture, and spray paint on machinery. She also daubed paint on a memorial to a former employee. The group caused extensive damage worth £320,000, leading to the factory's closure for a week and additional security costs of £900,000. The incident involved risks such as fumes from damaged chemical baths and potential cyanide formation.

Morwenna Grey, 41, from Penrallt Street, Machynlleth, along with others, broke into the Teledyne Labtech factory in Presteigne on December 9, 2022. Wearing orange overalls marked 'Palestine Action' and a balaclava, she used a sledgehammer, crowbar, smoke canisters, and a fire extinguisher filled with red paint to smash computer equipment, monitors, furniture, and spray paint on machinery. She also daubed paint on a memorial to a former employee. The group caused extensive damage worth £320,000, leading to the factory's closure for a week and additional security costs of £900,000. The incident involved risks such as fumes from damaged chemical baths and potential cyanide formation.

Ruth Hogg, 40, from Stanley Road, Aberystwyth, along with others, broke into the Teledyne Labtech factory in Presteigne on December 9, 2022. She climbed onto the roof equipped with a sledgehammer, crowbar, drill, and a rucksack filled with smoke canisters, smashing 17 skylight windows, causing glass to fall inside, and drilling holes in the roof. She also unveiled a banner with 'Palestine Action'. The group caused extensive damage worth £320,000, leading to the factory's closure for a week and additional security costs of £900,000. The incident involved risks such as fumes from damaged chemical baths and potential cyanide formation.

Joshua Stephens, who had been in an on-off relationship with his ex-partner for about three years, drove his Renault Kangoo van into the front porch of her home in Victoria Close, Knighton, in the early hours of December 28, 2022, after an altercation where he punched a bedroom door, causing damage and injury to his hand. The victim fled to a neighbour's garden for safety. Stephens then fled from police, reversing his van towards a police vehicle, driving away in a damaged vehicle, and abandoning it after crashing into a hedge on the A4113. He was later found wandering the road without shoes or socks, became aggressive upon arrest, and pretended to spit at officers. Significant damage was caused to the property, leading to costs for the landlord.

Charles Hudson, 20, of Warren Road, Rhyl, was involved in supplying cocaine, ketamine, and cannabis from August 2022 to January 2023. In January 2023, he was found in possession of a snooker ball in a sock, more than 6g of cannabis, £90 in cash, and a phone, with a discarded wrap of cocaine nearby. Police also discovered additional cannabis, 5.1g of cocaine with 80 per cent purity, and £1,860 in cash in his bedroom at his grandparents' home. He breached his suspended sentence by failing to attend a required unpaid work appointment on May 3, 2023, citing illness without providing evidence.

Duane Illman, a 40-year-old from Prestatyn, sexually abused two children over a number of years in a predatory manner. He touched Child A sexually and made the child perform a sex act on him. For Child B, he made the child perform sex acts and touched the child sexually on numerous occasions. The abuse had a significant and lifelong impact on the victims, as detailed in their statements to the court.

Sarah Prendergast, a 28-year-old from East Parade, Rhyl, was an inpatient at the Hergest mental health unit at Ysbyty Gwynedd, Bangor. On October 24, 2022, she was informed of a transfer to another facility, which caused her to become volatile. She shouted, swore, spat at staff, was restrained, and then bit an ambulance care assistant, Joanne Whelan, on the arm while in the ambulance. This resulted in a 20cm scar, an infection requiring antibiotics and a tetanus injection, and significant emotional distress for the victim, who later left her job.

Ursaloan Ansari met the victim on Snapchat and raped her on January 10, 2022, in Rhos-on-Sea. He used drugs on the intoxicated and vulnerable victim to facilitate the offence. The victim suffered significant emotional distress, including depression, suicidal thoughts, flashbacks, panic attacks, and heightened anxiety, leading to increased isolation and time spent at home.

Dean Mills committed bigamy by marrying multiple times without legally dissolving previous marriages. He first married Katherine Marie Taylor on September 26, 1998, which ended in divorce in June 2006. He then married Joanne Louise Johnson on August 18, 2006, at Manchester Register Office, and later married Tracey Anne Jones on June 19, 2009, at Llandudno Register Office, while still married to Johnson. The offence was revealed during a trial at Manchester Crown Court in September 2009, leading to his conviction and subsequent sentencing.