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South Wales Argus
4 days ago
- South Wales Argus
Cwmbran: Man charged with causing death by dangerous driving
Jack Llewellyn, 25, is accused of being responsible for the death of Nicholas Page following a collision on Greenforge Way in Cwmbran two years ago. It follows an incident at around 4.10pm on the afternoon of Thursday, March 30, 2023 while the defendant was driving a Skoda Octavia. The 30-year-old Mr Page was a passenger in the vehicle and was pronounced dead at the scene by a doctor. The crash happened between the Octavia and a silver Ford Focus. Llewellyn, of Park Crescent, Abergavenny is also alleged to have caused serious injury to a separate alleged victim. The defendant is due to appear at Newport Magistrates' Court on Thursday, May 29. Gwent Police officers had attended the collision along with the South Wales Fire and Rescue Service, Wales Air Ambulance and Welsh Ambulance Service.
Irish Daily Mirror
4 days ago
- Irish Daily Mirror
Murder trial hears chef died in Cork carpark after being attacked with sword
A young chef lost his life from injuries he sustained in a car park in Cobh, Co Cork after he was attacked by a man with a sword to whom he owed money, it was alleged at a murder trial today. Dylan Scannell (30) went on trial at a sitting of the Central Criminal Court in Cork today charged with the murder of father of two Ian Baitson in Eurospar car park in Newtown Road in Cobh in March 2024. Mr Scannell has denied the murder of Mr Baitson. Prosecution Senior Counsel Donal O'Sullivan gave the jurors a 'roadmap' of the anticipated evidence in the case. However, he emphasised that this was not evidence in itself and to rely on the evidence of witnesses in the case. Mr O'Sullivan said that Dylan Scannell and Ian Baitson were known to each other.'It appears that there was a debt owed by Ian Baitson to Dylan Scannell being paid off bit by bit over a period of time.' It is alleged by the State that in the run up to the meeting between the men on March 15th, 2024 messages from Dylan Scannell to Ian Baitson became 'more threatening' in nature. Mr O'Sullivan said that the two men met in the back of the Eurospar complex at around 8.50pm. 'A car pulled up. A person got out and immediately attacked Ian Baitson and struck him with a weapon. It is alleged that Dylan Scannell attacked and struck Ian Baitson with a sword causing his death. The person who carried out the attack left immediately in the car.' Mr O'Sullivan said that the mobile phone owned by Mr Baitson was recovered in the immediate aftermath of the incident. The jury will hear voice notes between the two men. Mr O'Sullivan told the jurors that CCTV footage will be viewed over the course of the trial with the montage covering a period of about fifteen minutes in the car park. The jury will also be shown footage of a silver Skoda Octavia car in which Mr Scannell allegedly arrived and left the car park. Mr O'Sullivan says that in the aftermath of the attack the silver car was driven to a beach area near the mall in the town. It is alleged that the car stopped in the Connolly Street area of Cobh right next to the harbour. 'Subsequently, gardai carried out a search in the Mall, a shingle type beach, and a sword was found with a DNA match to Ian Baitson.' Mr O'Sullivan said that the rental Skoda car was returned to a rental company a day or so early. The car was examined by gardai and blood matching that of the deceased was found in a mat in the car. The case continues this afternoon in front of the jury of six men and six women.
RTÉ News
4 days ago
- RTÉ News
Man goes on trial charged with murder of chef in Cobh
A 30-year-old man has gone on trial at the Central Criminal Court in Cork charged with murdering a 33-year-old chef in Cobh in March of last year. Dylan Scannell of O'Rahilly Street in Cobh denies murdering Ian Baitson. When he was arraigned yesterday, he replied: "Not guilty to murder, guilty of manslaughter". Ian Baitson was a father of two, a son and a brother. He worked as a chef in the east Cork area. He died on 19 March 2024, four days after he had been attacked with a sword. This morning, at the Central Criminal Court in Cork, Mr Scannell went on trial charged with Mr Baitson's murder. Prosecuting Senior Counsel Dónal O'Sullivan told the jury of six men and six women it is the State's case that Mr Scannell was the person who attacked and struck Mr Baitson with the sword. He said, given that Mr Scannell had pleaded guilty to manslaughter and accepted he caused Mr Baitson's death, his job as prosecutor was to prove that he intended to kill or cause serious injury to Mr Baitson when he attacked him. He said the two men were known to each other and it appeared there was a debt owed by Mr Baitson to Mr Scannell which was being paid off bit by bit. He said after the attack, Ian Baitson's mobile phone was recovered. WhatsApp messages and voice notes between Mr Scannell and Mr Baitson were analysed and the prosecution will say that in the run-up to the events of 15 March the messages from Mr Scannell were becoming more threatening. On the night of the attack, Mr Baitson left his mother's home and went to the nearby Eurospar shopping centre at around 8.50pm. The jury is expected to be shown messages between Mr Baitson and Mr Scannell arranging to meet up. Mr O'Sullivan said CCTV footage would also be shown to the jury showing a person leaving O'Rahilly Street in Cobh in a silver Skoda Octavia and travelling to the car park of the Eurospar in Cobh. He said the State's case is that Mr Scannell attacked Mr Baitson with the sword, causing his death, before leaving the scene in the car. The car was subsequently tracked on CCTV returning to O'Rahilly Street. Gardaí subsequently searched a beach area close to the Mall in Cobh and recovered the sword. Mr Baitson's DNA was found on the sword when it was analysed. A floor mat from the Skoda Octavia was also tested and was found to have Mr Baitson's blood on it. A man who witnessed the attack and a number of people who witnessed the immediate aftermath also gave evidence. Shop worker Eric Thomas said he came out of the shop and saw Mr Baitson lying on his stomach on the ground. He said the man's leg had been almost severed and there was a lot of blood. Emergency first responder Liam Leahy was in the Eurospar when the alarm was raised. He said he heard someone saying a man outside was after having his leg chopped off. He went to help and saw Mr Baitson had suffered a catastrophic bleed. He said he knew the situation was grave. He tried to stop the bleeding with a tourniquet. A doctor arrived along with two paramedic crews in ambulances. Mr Baitson was removed to the emergency department of Cork University Hospital, where he died on 19 March. The trial is continuing. It is expected to last around a week.
Irish Examiner
4 days ago
- Irish Examiner
Dylan Scannell hit Cobh chef with a sword over debt, murder trial told
A 30-year-old Cobh man got out of a car shortly before nine o'clock at night at a shopping centre car park to meet a man who owed him money and he struck him with a sword, it was alleged on Tuesday at the opening of a murder trial in Cork. Dylan Scannell of O'Rahilly Street, Cobh, County Cork, replied to the charge of murdering Ian Baitson, in Eurospar car park, Newtown Road, Cobh, on March 19, 2024: 'Not guilty to murder, guilty of manslaughter.' His trial before Ms Justice Eileen Creedon and a jury of six men and six women is expected to go on until June 6 at the Central Criminal Court sitting in Cork. The date on the charge refers to March 19, 2024, where it is alleged that the deceased was fatally injured four days earlier. Prosecution senior counsel Donal O'Sullivan gave the jury an outline of the evidence anticipated in the case but stressed to them that this was not itself evidence. First, Mr O'Sullivan said that for a person to be guilty of murder they must intend to kill or to cause serious injury so that in this case the prosecution must prove that Dylan Scannell intended to kill Ian Baitson or to cause him serious injury. 'The accused man in front of you pleaded guilty to manslaughter but not murder. He accepts he caused the death but he did not have the requisite mental element of intention. 'The events which give rise to this are on March 15, 2024, just over a year ago, at a shopping centre/petrol station in an area of Cobh called Newtown. It is called Eurospar. It is alleged Dylan Scannell attacked and struck Ian Baitson with a sword causing his death. That is in essence what is alleged. 'The two men knew each other. It appears there was a debt owed by Ian Baitson to Dylan Scannell, being paid off bit by bit over a period of time. 'In the immediate aftermath a mobile phone was recovered at the scene with messages from a WhatsApp conversation between Dylan Scannell and Ian Baitson. You will see the messages. There are voice notes as well. In the run-up to the events of March 15 the messages from Dylan Scannell are coming in a more threatening way. 'There is going to be a CCTV montage… At about 8.50pm Ian Baitson left his mother's home which is very close. He went to the car park at the back of the complex, where there is one of these washing machine facilities… The court was told today that it appears Ian Baitson (pictured) owed a debt to Dylan Scannell. File picture "A car pulled up. A person got out and struck him with a sword. The person who was struck was Ian Baitson. The person who carried out the attack left immediately in the car. 'He was removed to hospital and passed away four days later. 'The Skoda Octavia was tracked by other cameras going to the car park. (Afterwards) it is tracked to various places. It returns to O'Rahilly Street but does not stop there. It goes to Connolly Street right next to the harbour. 'Subsequently, gardaí carried out a search in the Mall, Cobh, a shingle-type beach, and a sword was found (with a DNA match to Ian Baitson). 'The (rental) Skoda Octavia was returned a day or so early. A car mat was seized and blood which was that of the deceased was found.' Read More Jury sworn in as Cobh man denies murder but admits manslaughter of young chef
Scottish Sun
19-05-2025
- Scottish Sun
Notorious Daniel crime gang member ‘attacked by machete mob' in brutal garage assault
Insiders say convicted drug dealer Robert Daniel, 50, was set upon at his garage in East Kilbride Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) A NOTORIOUS nephew of late crime lord Jamie Daniel has been brutally attacked by machete-wielding maniacs at his work as Scotland's gang war erupted in fresh violence, sources claim. Insiders said convicted drug dealer Robert Daniel, 50, was set upon at his garage in East Kilbride, Lanarkshire, by hoods acting under orders from Dubai-based hood Ross McGill, 31 - linked to the Lyons gang. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 4 Robert Daniel was attacked at his garage in East Kilbride. 4 Cops and an ambulance crew at the scene of CS Accident Repair Garage today. 4 Detectives and uniformed cops were seen at the unit as a probe continues. 4 Former Union Bears leader Ross McGill pictured with Steven Gerrard in 2021 Cops are probing the latest escalation in a terrifying turf war that's been raging for more than two months. A heavy police presence was seen outside CS Accident Repair Garage hours after Daniel and another man were subjected to a brutal assault. Detectives and uniformed cops were seen guarding the property in the town's Wilson Place - a small industrial unit close to the Whirlies Roundabout. An ambulance was seen outside the unit as a probe into the incident began. An insider said: 'This is a worrying escalation and there is no doubt the people behind these attacks have been out for blood - and now they've got it. 'This was a calculated and brutal murder bid. 'Anyone who thinks this ongoing war is about to end any time soon is sadly mistaken.' The savagery is the latest in a wave of incidents across Edinburgh and Glasgow linked to a mob run by former Union Bears ultra McGill. The attack comes days after we unmasked the 31-year-old as an aspiring mob boss out for revenge over a £500,000 drug deal rip-off using fake notes. The garage has Daniel listed as a director. He was previously sentenced in 2005 to eight years for heroin dealing with Judge Lord Nimmo Smith branding the crime "a pernicious social evil". The DOWNFALL of Scotland's biggest gangster - Jamie 'The Iceman' Stevenson Part Two We told how Daniel cheated death once before in 2017 when he was shot while in his motor outside his home in Stepps, near Glasgow. Crime clan chiefs hired an ex-squaddie to carry out the hit on the convicted drug dealer in a failed assassination. Underworld sources claimed the Lyons mob were the prime suspects for ordering the kill bid on Daniel, then aged 45. We told how Daniel was shot on his shoulder as he reversed his Skoda Octavia out of his driveway amid a string of tit-for-tat attacks between the two mobs. The hood — nephew of late crime boss Jamie — had just returned from a children's birthday party with family when he was shot at point-blank range. And now eight years on he's been targeted again - with the Lyons said to have had a hand in the carnage. We told how McGill - an ex-Rangers ultra dubbed Miami - is waging a terrifying gangland war on Scotland's streets after rising to the top table of the nation's organised crime network. The former Union Bears chief was pictured at Ibrox in 2021 with then Gers boss Steven Gerrard, 44, and two years earlier with captain James Tavernier, 33. But he left his role with the ultras group just months before he was due to appear in court in early 2022 in connection with a probe into drug dealing and gangsterism. He initially fled to Spain before resurfacing in Dubai from where he's been calling the shots on a vengeful campaign of violence sparked by a dodgy cocaine deal. His self-styled group Tamu Junto has claimed responsibility for a wave of firebombings across the central belt since April, targeting associates of caged crime kingpin Mark Richardson, 38, and the Glasgow-based Daniel mob. A source said: 'McGill is Scotland's most wanted gangster.'
