Cardiff Crown Court heard how the defendant demanded that Mr Windross take him home to Beaufort. Thomas became aggressive towards the taxi driver when he told him he couldn’t accept the fare. He then attacked Mr Wilcox when he intervened on behalf of Mr Windross. Mr Gobir said: “The defendant pushed the victim s head against the taxi and he became disorientated. “He then punched Mr Wilcox to the face and the two men grabbed each other and ended up on the ground. This was an unforgivable act of violence “The defendant wrapped his legs around his waist from behind and put Mr Wilcox in a headlock and started squeezing his throat tightly to the point that he was choking and could not breathe.
Knife crime in Cardiff: The scourge of the city as told by those who have lost everything
Between April 2020 and April 2021 police took 228 weapons off the streets. For each of these there is a person ready to use it – but at what cost? This is the reality of knife crime in Cardiff told by those whose lives have been ruined by blades
A police officer at the scene of a stabbing in Cardiff s Queen Street on Saturday, November 21, 2020 (Image: Matthew Horwood)
On November 21 last year six people were hospitalised after a violent incident in Queen Street in the heart of Cardiff city centre.
The men who beat their partners: These men have all been jailed for domestic abuse this year
They include a man who murdered his partner before booking into a hotel and a man heard repeatedly punching his partner during a 999 call as well as others
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A man who brutally murdered his partner before booking into a hotel, domestic abusers who have threatened to kill their partners, and a man who repeatedly punched his girlfriend during a 999 call to police.
They are just some of the men who have been convicted of horrific crimes against women so far this year.
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The defendant has three months to comply and pay the money or face an additional 12 weeks behind bars. When Stanton was sentenced in April, Cardiff Crown Court heard he was caught with around £23,000 of cocaine in May 2020. Some of it, Miss Pickthall said during that hearing, had a purity of 84 per cent.
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