02-08-2025
Newport, Brynmawr, Cwmbran and Caerphilly criminals jailed
We look at their cases.
A young mum was jailed after she stole alcohol, TV and meat worth £1,000 during a shoplifting spree at a supermarket.
(Image: Rebecca Skym) Rebecca Skym, 24, targeted the Tesco store in Caerphilly over a four-day period.
Before being locked up for 40 weeks, she asked the judge: 'Can't I have tag? I've never had tag.'
(Image: Beau Lyons) A man was left 'looking like something out of Star Wars' after he was glassed in a savage cocktail bar attack.
Beau Lyons, 27, was sent to prison for three years for the shocking unprovoked assault at Mojo's Karaoke, Cabaret and Retro Bar in Newport city centre.
The victim says he feels 'deformed' after suffering a serious injury to his left ear.
Lyons admitted inflicting grievous bodily harm with intent.
(Image: Gareth Blanks)
Gareth Blanks, 36, was jailed for six months after he was caught carrying a knife in Cwmbran town centre.
He pleaded guilty to possession of a kitchen knife in public.
The defendant, of Pennyfields, Greenmeadows, Cwmbran has a previous conviction for a similar offence, Newport Magistrates' Court heard.
(Image: Shaun Lampitt) Rapist Shaun Lampitt was found guilty following a trial of sexually assaulting his sister when she was a little girl in the 1980s and 1990s.
The 51-year-old from Newport was sent to prison for four years.
His victim, known as Catherine Dixon at the time, bravely waived her right to anonymity to tell her story.
'It was a living nightmare which I could not escape,' she revealed.
(Image: Kathryn Macdonald)
A gym manager conned members out of thousands of pounds to feed her gambling addiction.
Swindler Kathryn Macdonald, 44, from Newport was jailed for 14 months.
It's not the first time she has committed fraud – she was locked up for a similar offence in 2018 while working for the Vale of Glamorgan council in Barry.
(Image: Anthony Foley) A knifeman slashed his victim after spending the night partying with him and taking a cocktail of drink and drugs.
Anthony Foley, 36, from Brynmawr was jailed for four years and four months.
