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Sky News
23-05-2025
- Sky News
Corey Gauci: Teenager jailed for father-of-seven's murder in Cardiff
A teenager has been jailed for the murder of a father-of-seven in Cardiff. Corey Gauci, 19, was convicted of the murder of Colin Richards, 48, last month, after a six-week trial at Cardiff Crown Court. Mr Richards, from the Grangetown area of the city, was found unconscious in the Heol-Y-Berllan area on 7 April last year. He died from a stab wound to his thigh, despite the efforts of the emergency services. Gauci was jailed for life on Friday and will serve a minimum of 24 years behind bars. A number of other defendants, who were also convicted in relation to Mr Richards's death, were jailed on Friday. James O'Driscoll, 27, was jailed for four years for violent disorder and possession of a bladed article; Noreen O'Driscoll, 29, was jailed for three years for assisting an offender; Rebecca Ross, 44, was jailed for two years for assisting an offender and possession of a bladed article; and Sonya Somersall, 44, was jailed for two years and six months for assisting an offender. Christian Morgan, 36, who had been found guilty of possession of a bladed article, received a suspended sentence. During the trial, Cardiff Crown Court heard how the violence had escalated from a disagreement between Christian Morgan, a friend of Mr Richards, and the other defendants. This culminated in violence in the Heol-Y-Berllan area, which resulted in Mr Richards being fatally injured. Gauci and O'Driscoll went on the run but were arrested in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, 20 days later. Detective Chief Inspector Matt Davies, from South Wales Police, said Mr Richards was "a much-loved father, grandfather, son, and brother". "His tragic death has left seven children without a father, and they continue to miss him greatly," he added. "Our thoughts are with Colin's family today as they have been throughout." DCI Davies added that the case "highlights the devastating and far-reaching consequences of knife crime".
BBC News
23-05-2025
- BBC News
Ely murder: Teenager jailed for murdering father-of-seven
A teenager has been jailed for life, with a minimum term of 24 years, for murdering a father-of-seven by stabbing him in the Richards, 48, from Grangetown, Cardiff, was killed in Ely in April last Gauci, 19, denied murder, but was found guilty at Cardiff Crown Court on 9 April after a six-week trial. Five others were sentenced for violent disorder, assisting an offender and having possession of a bladed article. The court previously heard Mr Richards sustained a 10cm (3.9in) deep wound to his leg which severed his femoral artery and vein and he bled to death within a minute, following a confrontation with a group wielding knives. During the trial, jurors heard the case centred around a feud between Christian Morgan, who was a friend of Colin Richards, and the other 19, was with James O'Driscoll, 27, in the Ely area of Cardiff on 7 April 2024 looking to confront Morgan over the ongoing dispute. Morgan, 36, from Caerau, Cardiff, had received threatening messages from a former girlfriend, Noreen O'Driscoll, 29, from Ely, Cardiff and she was "getting her brothers or the boys to sort him out".David Elias, prosecuting, told the court that O'Driscoll, 27, along with the other defendants, gathered near where Morgan lived with "a plan to do him harm".Gauci and O'Driscoll were armed with blades and were driven to the area by O'Driscoll's mother, 44-year-old Soraya Somersall, from Butetown, Cardiff, where the two men then confronted Morgan.O'Driscoll was armed with a machete and chased Morgan whilst Gauci damaged Mr Richards' car and inflicted the lethal claimed he was protecting himself and thought Mr Richards was going to attack him, but the court was told he instead followed the victim to the Audi vehicle, which was parked close to alleyway near Heol y Berllan. Following the attack, Noreen O'Driscoll and Rebecca Ross took the weapons and disposed of them in an attempt to hide the and O'Driscoll also dumped the clothes they had been wearing in a bag and left Cardiff, and were arrested three weeks later in barrister David Elias KC said a decision on whether to seek a retrial in relation Morgan and the remaining count would be made at a later date. His co-defendants Soraya Somersall, 44, were sentenced to two years and six months for assisting an offender, while Noreen O'Driscoll, 29, was sentenced to three years in prison for the same O'Driscoll, 27, was sentenced to four years with an extended license period of one year for violent disorder and possession of a bladed Ross was sentenced to two years for assisting an offender and possession of a bladed April, the jury also found Christian Morgan guilty of possessing a bladed article, but failed to reach a decision on a violent disorder was was given a sentence of 12 months suspended for 2 years for possession of a bladed article.
