By Court Reporter
Caernarfon Crown Court. A LLANGOLLEN businessman and former councillor was jailed for five years and four months today(FRI) after he admitted to being a child molester. John Clemence, 87, who had moved to Australia before being sent back to Britain, had groomed and sexually abused his victim when the complainant was both a child and adult. Caernarfon crown court heard one offence happened when his wife was close to death. Judge Timothy Petts told the pensioner :”You have been ambivalent about whether you accept your guilt or not.” Clemence, living recently in Llanelian Road, Old Colwyn, was placed on the sex offenders’ register for life after he pleaded guilty to five offences involving indecent assaults. “This has had a significant impact,” the judge said.
The Year in Review begins with January and February.
Thursday, January 2, ‘2020 market confidence’: The year started off with huge optimism for traders in Conwy after planning permission was granted for the Colwyn Bay Market to be held weekly another three years. There were hopes the market could take place four or fives times a week instead of two and that new ways could be found to grow and develop it. Cllr Chris Hughes, of Glyn ward, said: “It has been my ambition to have the market grow and have food stalls and craft stalls and from time to time themed stalls.” It was not foreseen that traders would have no choice but to close for much of the year.