Swansea Crown Court Sentencing Results

Nicholas Page, 75, of Llanelli, was caught when a care worker from Carmarthenshire Council reported him after he showed an image of a female on his phone and disclosed discussions about sexual encounters with girls 'as young as 14'. A search of his mobile phone revealed text conversations where Page actively tried to obtain indecent images of children as young as eight, and arranged sexual encounters with young girls by offering payment. In one exchange, a plan was made for a girl to be brought to his home at 2pm the next day. When no one arrived, Page sent angry messages demanding to know where the girl was. He expressed a preference for 13-year-old virgins, also stating interest in girls '10 or younger'. Page failed to attend multiple sentencing hearings, was arrested on a warrant, and remanded in custody. The defence cited his difficult childhood in care. The judge accepted he may have been conned by the other party.

Philip Solomon harassed his former partner with persistent calls and messages after their relationship ended in December 2024, despite a non-molestation order. He drove past her at a beach, waved and blew kisses, and later sent messages from false social media accounts and withheld numbers, sometimes disguising his voice as 'Mickey Mouse'. He had been convicted in June 2025 and given a community order and restraining order, but resumed contact.

Patrick Smyth, 50, from Essex, subjected a woman in Pembrokeshire to sustained physical and psychological abuse over nearly a year after meeting her on holiday in Tunisia. He controlled her daily life by checking her phone, isolating her from friends and family, installing a tracking app, and making bizarre claims including pretending to be Banksy. Incidents occurred at the Coal Exchange Hotel and a Morrisons supermarket. While on bail he forced entry to her Haverfordwest home, tied her to a chair, turned off the lights and became physically violent. He appeared at Swansea Crown Court where Her Honour Judge Catherine Richards sentenced him.

Michael Campfield urinated on a mosque door, entered the building, threatened to kill an elderly man inside and threatened to burn the place down after becoming angry when asked to remove his shoes.

Michael Fox created an online chat group and used the names 'Foxy' and 'Wolf' to distribute videos depicting the rape of young girls. The material was classified as Category A, the most serious category of child sexual abuse material. An undercover police officer infiltrated the Telegram group, and when officers arrived to arrest him he said he had been an idiot. He later stated he had a high libido and would masturbate at least 15 times a day.

Michael Glover left a threatening note at the MP's office door in Haverfordwest on March 10; he wrote that he had looked around the MP's family home and left presents. The following day he carried an axe in a plastic bag to a local pub and picked it up in front of a member of the public before being arrested. The court heard he was a wheelchair user with complex mental health difficulties and was frustrated by a delay in his Blue Badge application.

Michael James Matthews, of Clos Crucywel, Cwmrhydyceirw, Swansea, repeatedly harassed his neighbour despite a restraining order imposed in July 2025. Incidents in 2025 included damaging the victim's car with a dumbbell, leading to a suspended sentence and two-year restraining order. Breaches continued with verbal abuse and obscene gestures into the victim's video doorbell. Arrested on 16 April after threats to kill. The victim described the harassment as 'death by a thousand cuts' and had moved in with parents or worked overseas to escape.

Matthew Samuel harassed his former partner after release from prison in March 2025, despite a restraining order. He called her up to 75 times a day from withheld numbers, sent messages, contacted her on Facebook and TikTok under fake names, attended her children's school wearing a balaclava, and made threats including to murder her and 'You are mine. You will always be mine'. He was arrested in October 2025 and January 2026, breaching bail conditions. Victim reported feeling frightened, powerless, constantly watched, and struggling to sleep.

Mattie Tomassen was arrested on March 19 after police seized a Motorola phone and found a secure folder he refused to unlock. Police later found chat messages in which he referred to images in the secure folder. He was arrested again on July 9 after monitoring software alerted police to his accessing X and viewing child abuse material. Forensic examination found 12 images of young boys being sexually abused, including two Category A images showing rape.

Maximin Carter stored an arsenal of weapons at his former partner’s home in Abergwynfi, Neath Port Talbot. His former partner contacted police on Valentine’s Day after discovering items she suspected could be explosive devices and believing the property had been booby-trapped. Carter had been living there without consent in breach of a non-molestation order. A major incident was declared, military specialists deployed, and neighbours evacuated. No explosives were found, but officers recovered an air rifle, four telescopic truncheons, a ninja sword, a knuckleduster and a substantial amount of ammunition. Carter confirmed the items belonged to him and has an interest in arms and weaponry.

Menkories Sahle was convicted of public indecency after performing indecent acts on Swansea beach and in a city park in front of joggers. He was jailed for 15 months at Swansea Crown Court.

Andrew Barnett, 54, was involved in corrupt activity at Bessemer Close Commercial Recycling Centre run by Cardiff City Council, where bribes were paid to misrepresent the type or amount of waste deposited to reduce billed amounts, resulting in losses of around £417,000 to the council. The investigation began in 2017 following a whistleblower allegation.

Anthony Miles, 55, participated in corruption at Bessemer Close Commercial Recycling Centre run by Cardiff City Council, where council staff accepted bribes to under-report waste, leading to £417,000 losses. Investigation by South Wales Police began 2017 following whistleblower. Cash seized from home.

Found in possession of one wrap of cocaine during search after interception of Volkswagen T-Cross on M4 at Margam on April 19, 2024. Phones showed multiple trips between London and Swansea with Stirton, hotel bookings, and association with drugs line, but jury acquitted her of trafficking charges, accepting she was unaware of Stirton's dealing.

On 26 December 2023, Alfie Jack Field stabbed his partner in the upper leg with a knife, causing a 5cm deep wound that required a blood transfusion. At Bronglais Hospital in Aberystwyth, the victim initially told medical staff the injury was caused by a falling knife, but staff contacted police because her account did not match the severity of the wound. Field remained with her in hospital to prevent her from disclosing what had happened. He was arrested and later pleaded guilty to wounding without intent and threatening a person with an offensive weapon or bladed article in a private place.

Ben Stephen Thomas Barrett, 37, of Maes y Farchnad, Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, was subject to a sexual harm prevention order (SHPO) since 2018, prohibiting him from deleting or concealing his online activities. In October 2025, eSafe monitoring software on his phone alerted police that he had been using the Polybuzz app to engage in conversations with an AI chatbot about child sexual abuse. When officers attended his home to inspect the device, the app had been removed. He was arrested for breaching his SHPO. The court heard Barrett had four previous convictions for 16 offences, including possessing indecent images in 2016 and 2018, and failing to comply with the sex offenders register in 2020. He pleaded guilty to the breach. At Swansea Crown Court, Recorder Paul Lewis KC sentenced him to 12 months imprisonment suspended for two years, with additional requirements of 80 hours unpaid work, a rehabilitation course, and an accredited programme, warning that any further breach would see him sent straight into custody.

Brian Buckle, a father and former construction manager from Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, was convicted in 2017 at Swansea Crown Court of 16 counts of historical child sex abuse. He was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment and spent five years and four months in prison. His conviction was overturned by the Court of Appeal in September 2022, and a retrial in May 2023 resulted in unanimous not guilty verdicts.

Barrie Wilks repeatedly breached a restraining order against his neighbour in June 2026. He leaned over her fence, opened her garden gate, climbed over fences, made menacing faces into her CCTV while holding a hammer, and nailed corrugated metal sheets over the cameras. After being arrested and bailed, he continued the harassment and daubed the neighbour's fence with green paint. The victim said his behaviour had made her life unbearable.

Arash Mohammadi was at a property in the Waun Wen area of Swansea when police attended to arrest a woman in relation to drugs offences. He was found concealing a rucksack inside his jumper containing 28.5 grams of cocaine and £1,610.88. The court heard he had been given the rucksack by the woman and was hiding it on her behalf.

Damian Douglas' BMW was caught speeding twice on the same day on 30 October 2018 while travelling from the west Midlands to Wales. He named his recently deceased friend the victim as the driver on the police forms to avoid penalty points. He maintained the lie despite police investigations disproving it, including mobile phone tracking and ANPR evidence. The deception caused additional stress to the deceased's family.

Damien Jones subjected a young girl to repeated rapes and sexual assaults over several years between 2013 and 2021, as well as inciting her to engage in sexual activity. The victim reported the abuse and was praised by police for her bravery.

Craig Henton was investigated by the National Crime Agency after information indicated that a user of an encrypted messaging application had discussed imminent plans to commit a sexual offence against a five-year-old child. He was traced to an address in Port Talbot, and examination of his digital devices uncovered thousands of indecent images and videos of children, including Category A material. Investigators also examined hundreds of online conversations in which child sexual abuse was discussed and identified a child whom Henton claimed to have previously assaulted. He pleaded guilty to 18 offences.

Corey Goldup, 28, of Heol y Llwynau, Trebanos, used specialist software on his phone to covertly record video chats and communications on Snapchat, Kik, and Instagram with young females without their knowledge. Police identified five victims, including a female in Ireland and a girl in her mid-teens performing sex acts on herself. He was a member of a Discord group chat entitled “12 and under jailbait” sharing child abuse images. Officers recovered 980 Category A indecent pictures and videos (most serious, including rape), 160 Category B, 1,911 Category C, and 39 images of bestiality and extreme pornography. He continued downloading child sexual abuse images while on bail after initial arrest in June 2022.

Corey Roberts sent threatening text messages to the sister-in-law of the woman assaulted by his brother, abusing her and her family in an effort to deter the complainant from giving evidence. The intimidation caused the trial of his brother to collapse and led to a fresh investigation. He admitted witness intimidation. He had previous convictions and was already under a suspended sentence when he sent the messages, and further suspended sentences for weapons matters followed before sentencing.