Swindon Crown Court Sentencing Results

Explore 118 verdicts at Swindon Crown Court (Swindon). Updated with the latest court outcomes.

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Lee Hazel

Running an illegal waste operation *

Sentence

18-month prison sentence, suspended for two years

Lee Hazel, owner and sole director of Melksham Metals Recycling Ltd, was convicted after trial in June 2014 of 4 charges relating to illegal dumping of waste stone off-cuts and sludge from a local stonemason's yard contract at Queenfield Farm on the outskirts of Melksham beside the disused Wiltshire to Berkshire Canal, instead of taking it to a licensed site. Materials included chalky stone, tarmac road planings and concrete pipes. Discovered after Wiltshire Council enforcement officer traced a line of chalky liquid from the farm back to Station Yard premises in Bath Road, Melksham. In November 2015, pleaded guilty to 5 further charges relating to unauthorised waste activities at Station Yard from 2004 to 2008.

Sentenced following conviction on 4 charges relating to dumping waste at Queenfield Farm and guilty pleas to 5 further charges of unauthorised treatment of controlled waste at Station Yard, breaching waste control licence, operating regulated facility without permit, and possessing waste without authorisation. Environment Agency had revoked operating licence and site closed.

1 Jan 0001

Sean Roberts

Making indecent images of children *

Sentence

2 years imprisonment suspended

Sean Roberts, from Swindon, was sentenced at Swindon Crown Court for making indecent images of children over a 20-year period. An investigation by Wiltshire Police uncovered evidence spanning two decades, and devices seized from his home contained the illegal material. He admitted the offences. The judge described the case as a profound betrayal of trust and an assault on children's innocence. The court imposed a suspended sentence with strict conditions, including registration on the sex offenders register and participation in rehabilitation programmes.

Pleaded guilty to multiple counts of making indecent images. No prior convictions. Ordered to sign the sex offenders register and attend rehabilitation programmes.

1 Jan 0001

Randall Reynolds

Rape *

Sentence

six years imprisonment

Randall Reynolds raped a heavily intoxicated woman in her home in January after her friends left for 40 minutes to go to the shops, despite assuring them nothing would happen. He had met the victim via social media, falsely claiming to be a famous rapper who had worked with Dappy of N-Dubz. They met in a Swindon pub where she drank heavily while he remained sober due to hostel rules. After the assault, he threatened to firebomb her house via social media. Arrested after conflicting lies in interview; initially denied sexual activity due to her drunken state, then admitted sex claiming consent.

Assessed as posing a significant risk of serious harm to the public. Learning disability considered, reducing culpability moderately. Aware of hostel sobriety conditions and not taking advantage of drunk women, but prioritised sexual gratification. Will be on licence for two years after release.

1 Jan 0001

Richard Michael Watkins

Possessing and making indecent images of children and voyeurism *

Sentence

Indefinite imprisonment with minimum term of 2 years

Richard Michael Watkins, a 29-year-old primary school teacher from Calne, Wiltshire, used a spy camera hidden in a pen to secretly film children changing for PE lessons at Derry Hill Primary School. Following a tip-off from Interpol, Wiltshire Police raided his home in November 2010 and found a laptop containing 23,433 indecent images of children, including level five extreme material. He admitted the offences immediately, having resigned from his teaching post after his arrest. At Swindon Crown Court, Watkins pleaded guilty to 11 charges of possessing and making indecent images and two counts of voyeurism.

Pleaded guilty to 11 charges of possessing and making indecent images of children and two counts of voyeurism. Judge Douglas Field described actions as driven by 'perverted sexual gratification'. Placed on the sex offenders' register and banned from working with children for life.

1 Jan 0001

Patrick Dean Williams

Rape *

Sentence

Life imprisonment with minimum term of 14 years

Patrick Dean Williams, aged 46, formerly of Gooch Street, Swindon, committed multiple sexual offences between 2016 and 2017. The victim reported the incidents to the police in 2019, while Williams was already in prison for unrelated matters. He stood trial at Swindon Crown Court in January 2024 and was convicted of rape, assault by penetration, causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent, and two counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm. The court heard the victim had to relive the ordeal during the trial. Williams received a life sentence for the rape offence, with a minimum term of 14 years before parole eligibility. Concurrent sentences were imposed for the other offences, and a restraining order was made to protect the victim.

Pleaded not guilty. After trial in January 2024, found guilty on all counts: rape, assault by penetration, causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent, and two counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm. Restraining order issued.

1 Jan 0001

Patrick Sookhdeo

Sexual assault *

Sentence

Three-month community order with three-month curfew, and ordered to pay £3,500 prosecution costs and a £60 victim surcharge

Patrick Sookhdeo, international director of the Barnabas Fund charity, sexually assaulted a female member of staff at the charity's offices in February 2014. He was also found guilty of intimidating employees who were due to give evidence against him. He was suspended from the charity in March 2013 and charged in May.

Denied the charges. The community order and curfew were imposed for all three charges, to run concurrently.

1 Jan 0001

Paul Brentnall

Possessing and making indecent images of children *

Sentence

Community order with 18 months supervision, 120 hours unpaid work, and £250 costs

Paul Brentnall downloaded hundreds of indecent images of children from the internet. In November or December 2006, after leaving his wife in Wroughton, Wiltshire, she found 372 indecent images (including 24 in the worst two categories) on his personal computer and laptop. Wiltshire police arrested him in Shetland in November 2007, where his new computer contained 32 more indecent images (including two in the worst two categories).

Pleaded guilty to one count of possessing and three counts of making indecent images of children. Register as a sex offender for five years. Additional admitted offences in Scotland to be prosecuted there separately.

1 Jan 0001

Dennis Obasi

Conspiring to supply controlled drugs into prisons and importing cocaine *

Sentence

11 years and 7 months imprisonment

Dennis Obasi, with Emily MacArthur, imported cocaine from Jamaica concealed in seasoning parcels addressed to flats in Frome and Bristol, street value over £130,000, discovered in January 2020. Produced and supplied spice to prisons via fake R39 legal letters, prisoner property boxes, and visitors posing as relatives between February 2019 and March 2020 across 11 prisons, starting when Obasi was at HMP Peterborough. Seized items included £50,000 spice powder, 116 spice-soaked sheets worth £48,000, and production materials. Continued offending post-release, found with cash, knife, heroin, and crack cocaine in April 2020; involved in supplying drugs via teenagers to vulnerable addresses later in 2020.

Co-conspirator and former partner of Emily MacArthur. Involved in the same drug supply operations.

1 Jan 0001

Damon Bower

Making indecent images of children *

Sentence

3-year community order with 100 hours unpaid work, 15 rehabilitation activity requirement days, sex offenders programme and sexual harm prevention order

Police visited Damon Bower's home in north Swindon in June following a tip-off about uploading indecent material (no evidence found for upload). On his iPhone, officers found one short category A film of a girl aged 8-10 being sexually assaulted, one middle category clip, six lower category images, and fantasy stories about child abuse. Bower admitted knowing about the images, having indulged in fantasy chat, and apologised.

Pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent images of children. Assessed as low risk of reoffending by probation. Judge imposed sentence as direct alternative to immediate custody, citing low number of images and potential for community rehabilitation. Former Haydon Wick Parish councillor who lost job, partner, access to children; had been sectioned under Mental Health Act and attempted suicide post-arrest.

1 Jan 0001

Andrew Brown

Being concerned in the supply of crack cocaine and heroin *

Sentence

seven years in prison

Andrew Brown, of Calverley Close in Beckenham, operated a County Line drugs network supplying crack cocaine and heroin from London to Portsmouth between March and November 2021. He was arrested in London in November 2021 following a joint investigation launched in August 2021 by Hampshire Constabulary’s Eastern Proactive Investigation team and the Metropolitan Police Service.

Convicted of being concerned in the supply of crack cocaine and heroin. Arrested as part of Operation Orochi, a joint investigation by Hampshire Constabulary and the Metropolitan Police.

1 Jan 0001

Alexander Carr

Sexual activity with a child family member *

Sentence

5 years imprisonment

Alexander Carr, then aged 29 and of Swindon, Wiltshire, carried out a ten-year campaign of sexual abuse against his younger sister, beginning when she was six and continuing until she was sixteen. He used a fabricated cancer threat and blackmail to coerce her. Wiltshire Police recovered eighty pages of explicit grooming messages. He was convicted after trial of sexual assault and sexual activity with a child family member.

Denied the offences but was found guilty after a trial. Psychological manipulation and blackmail using a cancer deception were proven. Indefinite bar on unsupervised contact with children and sex offenders register ordered.

1 Jan 0001

Bruce Thomas Wayne

Breaching sexual harm prevention order *

Sentence

3 years and 7 months imprisonment

Registered sex offender Bruce Thomas Wayne, of Water Mint Way, Calne, Wiltshire, breached a standalone sexual harm prevention order by volunteering at a local community charity providing support for people aged 14 to 70, thereby attempting to gain access to vulnerable teenagers. The charity recognised him from a news story about his previous conviction, conducted a criminal background check, and alerted Wiltshire Police. He was not allowed to take on voluntary or paid work without informing his probation worker or become involved with support groups for children or adults.

Breached a sexual harm prevention order imposed in October 2020 following a 2010 conviction and recent concerns. Judge rejected his claim of misunderstanding the order terms. Described by police as a calculating and predatory offender.

1 Jan 0001

Ellee Nicoll

Sexual activity with a child *

Sentence

2 years 2 months imprisonment

Ellee Nicoll, a 25-year-old shop worker at a Co-Op in Swindon, groomed a teenage girl by posing as a 'big sister' figure. She bought the girl presents, gave her money, and called her 'pretty'. The relationship escalated to sexting, exchanging explicit images, and sexual activity after sharing a bed. Nicoll ignored warnings from her mother and normalised sexual behaviour. The victim later felt 'sick' upon realising she was groomed. Nicoll pleaded guilty to sexual activity with a child and sexual communication with a child.

Pleaded guilty to sexual activity with a child and sexual communication with a child. Judge Jason Taylor QC said 'alarm bells should have been ringing loud and clear in your mind, but you were seemingly tone deaf', and deemed immediate imprisonment necessary. Also handed a 10-year sexual harm prevention order and a restraining order.

1 Jan 0001

Harold Small

Careless driving *

Sentence

22 weeks in prison, suspended for 12 months

On 11th December 2023, Harold Small ran a red light at a traffic light-controlled pedestrian crossing on Beechcroft Road in Swindon, injuring two six-year-old children. One child sustained a fractured arm and the other suffered cuts and bruises. Small, of Corsham Road, Penhill, pleaded guilty to careless driving.

Guilty plea. Disqualified from driving for 12 months. Incident involved running a red light at a pedestrian crossing.

1 Jan 0001

Joshua Campos

Supply of Class A drugs *

Sentence

4 years imprisonment

On Tuesday 9 March 2021 Joshua Campos was convicted at Swindon Crown Court after a trial for being concerned in the supply of Class A drugs. In April 2020 a Misuse of Drugs Act warrant was conducted by Suffolk’s Serious Crime Disruption Team on an address in Bury St. Edmunds with a phone seized as part of the warrant. Investigations established the phone contained messages related to advertising the sale of Class A drugs. Campos was arrested September 2020 and subsequently charged with two counts of being concerned in the supply of drugs in Bury St Edmunds, namely crack cocaine and heroin, between 1 December 2019 and 16 March 2020. He was sentenced to four years in prison.

Convicted after a trial. DC Dave Murphy noted Campos was the phone line controller.

1 Jan 0001

Jordan Norman Trainor

Causing serious injury by dangerous driving *

Sentence

18 months imprisonment, suspended for two years

Jordan Norman Trainor ploughed his KTM motorbike into an unmarked police car in Spring Close, Southampton, after making off from police and being chased. The officer inside suffered a fractured ankle.

Previously pleaded guilty. Aged 33, of Bullar Road, Southampton.

1 Jan 0001

Jarod Tasdelen

Sexual activity with a child *

Sentence

3 years 2 months imprisonment

Jarod Tasdelen, 19, of Eden Vale Road, Westbury, systematically targeted three girls aged 12 and 14, grooming them into 'boyfriend/girlfriend' relationships to sexually exploit them. He was charged with 20 offences: 16 counts of engaging in sexual activity with a child and 4 counts of causing a child to engage in a sex act, to which he pleaded guilty. The offences occurred in the Westbury area and involved a pattern of grooming. Detective Inspector Mark Luffman of Wiltshire Police commented that the case was an example of how police disrupt child sexual exploitation.

Pleaded guilty to 16 counts of engaging in sexual activity with a child and 4 counts of causing a child to engage in a sex act. Required to register as a sex offender for 7 years upon release.

1 Jan 0001

John Goble

Sexual assault by penetration *

Sentence

4 years 8 months imprisonment

John Goble, a 47-year-old resident of Castle View, Westbury, has been imprisoned for nearly five years following his admission of guilt to serious sexual offences against a teenage girl. The incident occurred in May 2019 at his home, where Goble committed three counts of sexual assault by penetration. His guilty plea was entered at an earlier hearing last month, leading to his sentencing on 28 October at Swindon Crown Court. The court imposed a custodial sentence of 4 years and 8 months on Goble, reflecting the gravity of the offences. In addition to his prison term, he was made subject to an indefinite sexual harm prevention order and required to register as a sex offender for life. These measures aim to protect the public and prevent future harm. Detective Constable Emma Cook, who led the investigation, commented on the outcome: 'I am really pleased with this result as is the victim’s family. I want to thank the victim for her bravery in reporting it in the first place and then throughout the investigation. I hope this can now give her some closure.' The case underscores the authorities' commitment to addressing sexual abuse, with Cook emphasising that reports of such crimes, whether recent or historical, are taken seriously and investigated thoroughly. This sentencing serves as a stark reminder of the consequences of sexual offences, particularly those involving penetration and targeting vulnerable individuals. The proceedings at Swindon Crown Court highlight the judicial system's role in delivering justice and supporting victims through the process.

Pleaded guilty to three counts of sexual assault by penetration. Made subject to an indefinite sexual harm prevention order and required to register as a sex offender for life.

1 Jan 0001

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