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Newport South Wales Magistrates' Court Sentencing Results

Explore 88 verdicts at Newport South Wales Magistrates' Court (Newport). Updated with the latest court outcomes.

Newport South Wales Magistrates' Court
Sentencing date not recorded 38 cases

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Ian Gould
Causing unnecessary suffering to an animal *
Sentence
Banned from owning animals for five years

Ian Gould admitted causing unnecessary suffering to his dog, which had an infected ear, in Pontypool. He was banned from owning animals for five years.

Pleaded guilty to causing unnecessary suffering to his dog.
walesupdates.uk
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Imtiaz Fazal
Shoplifting *
Sentence
8 weeks imprisonment

Imtiaz Fazal stole £200 worth of alcohol from a Sainsbury's store in Cwmbran on April 13. He admitted the offence at Newport Magistrates' Court and was sentenced to eight weeks in prison, and ordered to pay £200 compensation.

Admitted the offence and was ordered to pay £200 compensation to Sainsbury's.
walesupdates.uk
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Jason Archibald
Theft and criminal damage *
Sentence
6 weeks imprisonment plus a consecutive 4 weeks for theft (total 10 weeks imprisonment)

In May, Jason Archibald used threatening or abusive words or behaviour in Chepstow and damaged a metal railing valued at £400 belonging to a store. He also stole a bottle of vodka from a Tesco store in Chepstow worth £22.75. In June, he was drunk and disorderly on Cambrian Road, Newport, and stole three bottles of wine from a Tesco Express in Newport worth £45. He was given six weeks imprisonment for criminal damage, a consecutive four weeks for the Tesco Express theft, and a concurrent four weeks for the Chepstow Tesco theft. Compensation of £400 and £22.75 was ordered.

Pleaded guilty to theft, criminal damage, threatening or abusive words or behaviour, and drunk and disorderly. Magistrates said the offences were so serious that only a custodial sentence could be justified. Compensation was ordered to the stores affected.
abergavennychronicle.com
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Gemma Wilson
Television licence evasion *
Sentence
Fined £204

Gemma Wilson, 34, was fined £204 for watching television without holding the necessary licence.

Watched television without holding the necessary licence.
newportchronicle.co.uk
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Jeremy Reader
Failing to wear a seatbelt *
Sentence
Ordered to pay £428 (fine, costs and surcharge)

Jeremy Reader was ordered to pay £428 including a fine, costs and a surcharge for operating a vehicle without wearing a seatbelt.

Aged 62. Offence involved operating a vehicle without wearing a seatbelt.
newportchronicle.co.uk
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Joanne Dunning
Non-payment of vehicle or trade licence arrears *
Sentence
Ordered to pay £336.50 (fine, costs and back duty)

Joanne Dunning must pay £336.50 in a fine, costs and back duty after failing to settle vehicle or trade licence arrears following non-payment.

Case involved failure to settle vehicle or trade licence arrears following non-payment.
newportchronicle.co.uk
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Joe Cory
Making indecent images of a child *
Sentence
12-month community order requiring 100 hours unpaid work and 20-day rehabilitation activity requirement

Joe Cory, of Newbridge, pleaded guilty to making 217 category C indecent images of a child. The offending took place on 24 March 2025.

Pleaded guilty. Sexual harm prevention order for five years. Must sign sex offenders' register for five years. Ordered to pay £114 surcharge and £85 costs.
walesupdates.uk
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John Miller
Speeding *
Sentence
Ordered to pay £140 (fine and surcharge); three penalty points endorsed

John Miller pleaded guilty to speeding in a 30mph zone and was ordered to pay £140 in a fine and a surcharge. Three penalty points were endorsed on his licence.

Pleaded guilty to speeding in a 30mph zone. Three penalty points were endorsed on his licence.
newportchronicle.co.uk
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Jordan Jones
Assault by beating of an emergency worker *
Sentence
24-week prison sentence suspended for 12 months

Jordan Jones, of Bryn Dolwen, Bedwas, spat at a police officer in Ystrad Mynach on March 19.

Pleaded guilty. Ordered to complete 120 hours of unpaid work, 10-day rehabilitation activity requirement, and 90-day alcohol abstinence and monitoring requirement. Ordered to pay £300 in compensation, £154 surcharge, and £85 in costs.
walesupdates.uk
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Joshua Eastment
Harassment *
Sentence
16-week custodial sentence suspended for 12 months

Joshua Eastment placed phone calls and sent messages described as abusive and threatening to a female victim. The offences took place between 10 September 2025 and 21 September 2025.

Pleaded guilty to harassment without violence offences. Also ordered to complete 25 days of rehabilitation activity, pay £85 in court fees, and was made subject to a three-year restraining order.
newportchronicle.co.uk
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Joshua Horler
Driving without insurance *
Sentence
Six-month driving ban and ordered to pay £1,044

Joshua Horler, 24, was banned from driving for six months after being found guilty of operating a motor vehicle on a public road without valid insurance cover. He must pay £1,044 comprising fines, costs and a surcharge.

Found guilty of operating a motor vehicle without valid insurance.
newportchronicle.co.uk
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Kayd Dean
Dangerous driving *
Sentence
Fined £900 and disqualified from driving for 12 months

Kayd Dean drove a Peugeot Speedfight dangerously on the A48 Pwllmeryric Hill in July. He pleaded guilty at Newport Magistrates' Court and was fined £900, reduced from £1,350 due to his early guilty plea. He was also ordered to pay £85 in costs and a £360 surcharge, and disqualified from driving for 12 months.

Pleaded guilty to driving a motor vehicle dangerously. Fine reduced from £1,350 due to early guilty plea. Ordered to pay £85 costs and a £360 surcharge. Must pass an extended test following the disqualification period.
theforester.co.uk
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Kenzie Morris
Assault *
Sentence
Conditionally discharged for nine months; ordered to pay £85 costs and £26 surcharge

Kenzie Morris, 18, pleaded guilty to assaulting a man in July. He was conditionally discharged for nine months, reduced from 12 months due to his guilty plea, and ordered to pay £85 in costs and a £26 surcharge.

Pleaded guilty to assault. The conditional discharge was reduced from 12 months to nine months for the guilty plea. No compensation was required.
abergavennychronicle.com
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Kieron Davies
Burglary *
Sentence
14 weeks custodial sentence and £250 compensation

Kieron Davies broke into a city centre bar in Newport on 7 December 2025, stealing cash, alcohol and a charity collection box. He pleaded guilty to burglary and was sentenced to 14 weeks in custody with a compensation order of £250.

Pleaded guilty to burglary. He had previous convictions for similar offences.
walesupdates.uk
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Kirk Edwards
Shoplifting and assault *
Sentence
30 weeks imprisonment

Kirk Edwards stole whisky and chocolates worth £70.50 from a supermarket in Newport on 13 June 2026. When an employee tried to stop him, he bit the worker. Three days earlier, on 10 June 2026, he stole meat valued at £36 from another Newport shop. He pleaded guilty at Newport Magistrates' Court and was sentenced to 30 weeks imprisonment, with credit for his guilty pleas and activation of an existing suspended sentence. He was also ordered to pay £100 compensation to the worker.

Pleaded guilty. Had an extensive record of shoplifting and was already subject to a suspended sentence, a conditional discharge, and a community order. The judge activated the existing suspended sentence and ordered £100 compensation.
walesupdates.uk
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Llewellyn Tudball
Breach of restraining order *
Sentence
12-month custodial sentence

Llewellyn Tudball, of Longbridge Court, Risca, used text messages and social media to contact the victim between 20 and 30 January despite a restraining order (put in place on 11 June the previous year) forbidding contact. This was the fourth breach of the order.

Admitted the breach. This was his fourth violation of the restraining order. Ordered to pay £85 in costs upon release.
walesupdates.uk
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Louis Seivwright
Maintaining a motor vehicle without insurance *
Sentence
Ordered to pay £408 (fine, costs and surcharge)

Louis Seivwright was found guilty of maintaining a motor vehicle that lacked the required insurance cover and was ordered to pay £408 comprising a fine, costs and a surcharge.

Found guilty of maintaining a motor vehicle that lacked the required insurance cover.
newportchronicle.co.uk
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Luke May
Drug driving *
Sentence
40-month driving ban and fined £285

Luke May admitted driving on March 7 while a cannabis derivative was present in his bloodstream. He received a 40-month driving ban and was fined a total of £285.

Admitted driving while a cannabis derivative was present in his bloodstream on March 7.
newportchronicle.co.uk
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Marcus Whitton
Theft and criminal damage *
Sentence
36 weeks imprisonment

Marcus Whitton admitted theft and criminal damage offences in Newport. On January 28, chocolate and meat worth £32.80 were taken from a Tesco outlet. On April 6, razors and coffee valued at £190.87 were taken from a B&M store, and on May 8, Gillette razors costing £138.91 were taken from the same shop. On May 28, a sign at New Pastures Home Store was destroyed, causing £380 damage. The aggregate custodial sentence totals 36 weeks.

Pleaded guilty to theft and criminal damage. Offences were committed while he was subject to a suspended sentence order. Compensation and prosecution costs were also ordered.
newportchronicle.co.uk
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Leigh Dight
Theft *
Sentence
42 weeks imprisonment

Leigh Dight targeted Tesco, Sainsbury's and B&M stores in Newport between February 20 and April 19, stealing goods worth more than £250 in total across four separate incidents. Items taken included 12 gammon steaks, five tins of tuna, cheese and other groceries. Newport Magistrates' Court heard the offending breached a suspended sentence previously imposed for similar offences.

Pleaded guilty to four counts of theft. The offending put him in breach of a suspended prison sentence for similar offences; he was also ordered to pay compensation following release.
walesupdates.uk
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Leigh Dixon
Killing a wild bird *
Sentence
22 weeks imprisonment suspended for 12 months

Leigh Dixon killed a wild bird in front of members of the public at Friars Walk shopping centre in Newport on Friday, April 17. He pleaded guilty to killing a non-Schedule 1 wild bird under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and to a public order offence committed in Newport on the same date.

Pleaded guilty to two charges. Also ordered to complete a 25-day rehabilitation activity requirement, subject to a 90-day alcohol abstinence and monitoring requirement, and pay £85 in costs.
walesupdates.uk
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Leighton Clarke
Speeding in a 50mph limit *
Sentence
Fined £80

Leighton Clarke admitted speeding in a 50mph limit. He was fined £80, given four penalty points, and ordered to pay £120 costs and a £32 surcharge.

Admitted speeding in a 50mph limit. Also given four penalty points and ordered to pay £120 costs and a £32 surcharge.
uk.news.yahoo.com
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Leighton Wright
Assault *
Sentence
6 months community order with a 3‑month curfew tag (Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays) and a 90‑day alcohol monitoring tag, plus £414 costs including victim compensation

On 19 December 2025, Leighton Wright, 40, of Lydney, approached a 19‑year‑old woman walking through a park on Welsh Street, Chepstow, around 7.45pm. He grabbed her arm in an unprovoked attack. The victim escaped and ran to members of the public who called the police. Wright had travelled from Lydney to Chepstow by train. He claimed he had been spiked after his second pint and could not recall events, later expressing shock and remorse upon viewing CCTV and body‑worn footage. He was charged with assault and being drunk and disorderly in a public place. At an earlier hearing in April he pleaded not guilty, but later changed his pleas. The court heard there were no physical injuries but the psychological effects were significant.

Pleaded guilty to being drunk and disorderly in public and assault. Initially pleaded not guilty but changed plea after reviewing CCTV and body‑worn footage. Claimed he was spiked. District Judge Sophie Toms highlighted the psychological impact on the victim and imposed the curfew to restrict his night‑time activities.
chepstowbeacon.co.uk
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Nelson Hill
Failing to provide driver details *
Sentence
Ordered to pay £1,054 and six penalty points

Nelson Hill, 39, was ordered to pay £1,054 for failing to supply information identifying the driver of a vehicle when requested. His licence was endorsed with six penalty points.

Failed to supply information identifying the driver of a vehicle when requested.
newportchronicle.co.uk
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Nichole Turner
Keeping a motor vehicle without insurance *
Sentence
Ordered to pay £408 (fine, costs and surcharge)

Nichole Turner was ordered to pay £408 in a fine, costs and a surcharge for keeping a motor vehicle that did not comply with insurance requirements.

Offence involved keeping a motor vehicle that did not comply with insurance requirements.
newportchronicle.co.uk
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Nicole Clarke
Burglary and theft *
Sentence
9 months imprisonment

Nicole Clarke broke into a business on Millennium Walk, Newport, on 25 August and stole cash and bottles of wine. She also stole from a shop on Cambrian Road on 23 August. She was identified by officers working on Operation Krypton and pleaded guilty to the offences.

Pleaded guilty to burglary and theft from a shop. Was on licence at the time of the offences having received suspended sentences for assault by beating and theft.
walesonline.co.uk
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Oakley Nunes
Failing to provide a blood sample *
Sentence
Disqualified from driving for 3 years, community order and financial penalties

Oakley Nunes failed to provide a blood sample when suspected of drink or drug driving at Ystrad Mynach. He was disqualified from driving for three years and also received a community order and financial penalties.

Admitted failing to provide a blood sample.
walesupdates.uk
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Matthew Jones
Theft and burglary *
Sentence
50 weeks imprisonment

Matthew Jones, 43, admitted multiple charges of theft and burglary. On April 16, he entered a staffroom at the Asda Express store on Chepstow Road and stole cigarettes and tobacco worth approximately £250. On June 12, he took perishable goods and staff uniforms valued at around £2,000 from an Asda Express branch. He also stole deodorant and washing detergent totalling £200 from a Tesco Express on April 27, and food and household goods worth £29.50 from another Tesco store in November 2025. Magistrates considered the volume of offending and his existing criminal record, and gave credit for his guilty pleas.

Pleaded guilty to multiple theft and burglary charges. Magistrates found the offences so serious that only custody was justified due to the volume of offending and his previous criminal record; credit was given for his guilty pleas.
walesupdates.uk
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Michaela Johnson
Outraging public decency *
Sentence
12-month community order with 20-day rehabilitation activity requirement, eight-week electronically monitored curfew (8pm-6am), £85 costs

Michaela Johnson, of Bettws, Newport, exposed her breasts and genitals in an act that outraged public decency on March 6. She was also drunk and disorderly on the same date and failed to surrender to court bail on March 23.

Pleaded guilty to outraging public decency, being drunk and disorderly, and failing to surrender to court bail.
walesupdates.uk
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Roger Nugent
Theft *
Sentence
Four weeks imprisonment suspended for 12 months for each theft (some terms consecutive, one concurrent)

Roger Nugent stole two boxes of legs of lamb and sixteen multipack boxes of Cadbury Creme Eggs from a Monmouth supermarket on 12 March, diesel fuel worth £200 from a stone company in May, alcohol of unknown value from a Chepstow supermarket later that month, six bottles of vodka worth £160 from a Monmouth department store in July, and steak products worth £66 from a Monmouth co-operative store on 11 September.

Pleaded guilty to numerous thefts. Compensation orders of £70, £200, £160 and £66 were made for four offences; no compensation was ordered for the alcohol theft from the Chepstow supermarket because of insufficient details.
monmouthshirebeacon.co.uk
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Rosie Jones
Speeding *
Sentence
Ordered to pay £116 and three penalty points

Rosie Jones, 32, admitted to driving at excess speed in a 50mph zone and was ordered to pay £116. Her licence received three penalty points.

Admitted driving at excess speed in a 50mph zone.
newportchronicle.co.uk
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Saber Hussain
Speeding *
Sentence
Six-month driving ban and ordered to pay £214 (fine, costs and surcharge)

Saber Hussain pleaded guilty to exceeding the speed limit in a 50mph zone and was banned from driving for six months. He was also ordered to pay £214 in a fine, costs and a surcharge.

Pleaded guilty to exceeding the speed limit in a 50mph zone.
newportchronicle.co.uk
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Ryan Moss
Threatening behaviour *
Sentence
Ordered to pay £429

Ryan Moss, 43, must pay £429 after pleading guilty to using threatening, abusive or insulting language or behaviour with the intention of causing alarm or provoking unlawful violence on 30 July.

Pleaded guilty to threatening behaviour on 30 July.
newportchronicle.co.uk
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Richard Mcloughlin
Communications Act 2003 offence *
Sentence
28 weeks imprisonment

Richard McLoughlin, of Newport, made a grossly offensive or indecent, obscene or menacing phone call to the police non-emergency 101 number on August 27, 2025. He also damaged a wing mirror worth £160 on November 27, 2025. He pleaded guilty at Newport Magistrates Court to the Communications Act 2003 offence and criminal damage.

Pleaded guilty. Previously received a suspended prison sentence for an identical matter, which this offence breached. Also admitted criminal damage to a wing mirror worth £160.
walesupdates.uk
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Richard Raymond
Keeping a vehicle without insurance *
Sentence
Ordered to pay £306

Richard Raymond, 47, admitted to keeping a vehicle that lacked the required insurance cover. He was ordered to pay £306 in fines, costs and a surcharge.

Admitted keeping a vehicle that lacked the required insurance cover.
newportchronicle.co.uk
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Philip Royal
Theft *
Sentence
16 weeks imprisonment and £162.50 compensation

Philip Royal stole alcohol valued at £131.50 from Sainsbury's in Cwmbran on August 3, 2026, and returned the following day to take additional drinks worth £31. He admitted both theft charges at Newport Magistrates' Court. Royal had been released early from a previous prison sentence for drug offences before committing the thefts.

Pleaded guilty to both theft charges. He had previously been sentenced in October 2024 to five years and seven months imprisonment for involvement in supplying cocaine.
newportchronicle.co.uk
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Phillip Keane
Failing to provide driver or rider identification details *
Sentence
Ordered to pay £1,044 (fine, costs and surcharge); six penalty points added to licence

Phillip Keane must pay £1,044 in a fine, costs and a surcharge for failing to provide driver or rider identification details when requested. Six penalty points were added to his licence.

Offence involved failing to provide driver or rider identification details when requested. Six penalty points were added to his licence.
newportchronicle.co.uk
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Rees Benjamin Harris
Maintaining a motor vehicle without insurance *
Sentence
Ordered to pay £408 (fine, costs and surcharge)

Rees Benjamin Harris was ordered to pay £408 including a fine, costs and a surcharge for maintaining a motor vehicle that failed to meet insurance requirements.

Offence concerned maintaining a motor vehicle that failed to meet insurance requirements.
newportchronicle.co.uk
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Usk Way, Newport NP20 2GE, Newport, NP20 2GE, United Kingdom
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About Newport South Wales Magistrates' Court

Newport South Wales Magistrates' Court, located in Newport, is a Magistrates' Court that deals with summary offences, some either-way offences, and preliminary hearings for more serious cases. With 88 sentencing records in our database, it serves the Newport area and surrounding communities. Magistrates' Courts handle the majority of criminal cases in England and Wales, with cases heard by a bench of magistrates or a district judge.

The court can be found at Usk Way, Newport NP20 2GE, NP20 2GE.

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