Look who's just been jailed from Newport and Caerphilly

South Wales Argus

2 days ago

We look at their cases.
(Image: Jackson Walker)
A TEENAGER drug dealer was caught red-handed with dozens of wraps of heroin inside a sock during a police raid at his grandparents' home.
Jackson Walker, 18, from Newport threw the package out of a window just before he was arrested earlier this year.
There were 34 wraps of heroin inside the sock in total with an estimated street value of £1,360, Cardiff Crown Court heard.
Walker was sent to a young offender institution for 21 months.
(Image: Kieran O'Connor) A sex offender has been jailed for hiding his mobile phone from the police after installing dating apps on it.
Convicted paedophile Kieran O'Connor, 23, has persistently breached a sexual harm prevention order imposed in September 2020 after he contacted an 11-year-old girl.
He was locked up for 20 months in December 2023 after sending sexual messages to underage girls on Facebook.
O'Connor's latest offences took when his flatmate tipped off the police, prosecutor Hannah Friedman told Newport Crown Court.
He was jailed for 10 months.
(Image: Robert Mellon) A paedophile asked a '14-year-old schoolgirl' to send him naked pictures of herself in the bath after contacting her online.
Serial sex offender Robert Mellon thought he was speaking to an underage child called Ella.
But he was in fact chatting to paedophile hunters Dank Dragon carrying out a sting operation.
The 57-year-old from Newport has been in and out of prison for more than two decades after committing a string of crimes.
His was locked up for 32 months.
(Image: Sinead Sandell) A hairdresser punched a woman in the head before stealing her mobile phone.
Sinead Sandell, aged 37, attacked Sade Hughes as she walked along the street on Francis Drive in the Pill area of Newport.
The defendant was charged with robbery but her guilty pleas to theft and assault were accepted by the prosecution.
Sandell, of Stow Hill, Newport has 36 previous convictions for 94 offences on her criminal record.
She was jailed for 34 weeks.
(Image: Liam Murphy) Liam Murphy, 33, from Caerphilly, was jailed for supplying cocaine and amphetamine.
He was locked up for two years and nine months.
(Image: Lewis Harvey) A teen branded a 'high risk to the public' has been locked up after he caused serious injury to another man by careless driving.
Lewis Harvey, 19, pleaded guilty to committing the offence against victim Declan Nisbeck-Jefferies on Elm Drive in Risca on Thursday, March 20.
He also admitted failing to stop after a road accident, driving a motor vehicle otherwise than in accordance with a licence and driving with no insurance.
Newport Magistrates' Court heard the 'offence was committed whilst he was subject to a community order and the defendant poses a high risk to the public'.
Harvey, of Newport Road, Cwmcarn, Caerphilly also pleaded guilty to being in breach of a restraining order on Tuesday, September 24, 2024 and Sunday April 6.
The defendant was sent to a young offender institution for 42 weeks and disqualified from driving for 26 months.