2+ hour, 58+ min ago   (561+ words) A Newtown man has avoided having a suspended prison sentence activated for a second time in just over two months after being convicted of resisting police officers during an arrest. Leigh Peter Dobson, 36, of Commercial Street, Newtown, was found guilty…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (418+ words) A LANDSCAPE gardener who was self-medicating with cannabis following recent surgery has been banned from the roads, after he was found to be more than five times the legal drug drive limit. Louie Bonada-Chant, 27, was seen by police officers driving…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (113+ words) A 19-year-old woman will stand trial later this year accused of assaulting two men in Newtown. Emma Dey denies assaulting Joseph Shillito and Colin Edwards by beating them on May 28 this year. Teen, 18, damaged door and assaulted dog-sitting friend Powys…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (435+ words) A man who breached a court order by drinking alcohol on his wedding day has avoided having a suspended sentence activated after magistrates decided it would be unjust to send him to prison. Shaun Lewis, 32, of Lon Derw, Trehafren, Newtown,…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (724+ words) A "dangerous" Powys man has been handed an extended prison sentence after he was found guilty of masturbating in front of an 11-year-old on a social media video call. Thomas Spalding was found guilty by a jury following a six-day…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (142+ words) A LLANDRINDOD Wells man charged with four counts of rape dating back to the last decade will appear at the crown court next month. Ethan Mackintosh, 26, appeared via videolink at Llandrindod Wells Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, September 8. The charges were…...

5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (186+ words) A convicted rapist has been told to bring a bag to court after a judge warned him that he faces a prison sentence. Kyle Lewis, 24, was convicted in July of raping a woman in Newtown in January 2024. Caernarfon Crown Court…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (271+ words) A Powys woman has admitted stealing more than £2,100 worth of goods from a series of shops in Herefordshire over a four-week period. Danielle McGee, 35, of Garth Meadow, Knighton, pleaded guilty to five shop theft offences when she appeared before Hereford…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (458+ words) A POWYS man breached a restraining order, protecting a former partner, after he admitted contacting her throughout the three years that it has been in place. Welshpool Magistrates’ Court heard this week that Stephen Evans, 46, went to prison initially over…...

6+ day, 19+ hour ago   (137+ words) Mobile speed cameras will be in place across Powys this week. The Go Safe website, which publishes the locations of all types of speed cameras across Wales, has confirmed that the cameras will be set up in these areas. Drivers…...