LOCKED UP BY COURTS
OSIAN HICKS-THOMAS He fled the scene of the crash that left mum Rebecca Louise Edwards dead at the scene.
The 21-year-old was jailed for six years at Caernarfon Crown Court after pleading guilty to causing death by dangerous driving, drink-driving and drug-driving, as well as failing to stop following a crash and failing to report it.
He was also disqualified from driving for 13-and-a-half years and must take an extended retest.
Ms Edwards, from Llanberis, was a nurse at Ysbyty Gwynedd. After the sentence, her family said: “In our eyes no sentence will ever measure up to the crime committed which resulted in the death of our beautiful Rebecca.” MARK DAVIS The sexual predator who used his job as a magician to abuse young boys was handed an extra five years in prison after another victim came forward following his original court appearance.
In 2016, children’s entertainer Mark Richard Davis, who went by the professional name Mark Major, was jailed for 14 years for a series of offences carried out against schoolboys in the 1980s and 1990s in Cardiff. But following publicity surrounding that conviction a further victim told police Davis had abused him while he was a child.
The 58-year-old used to live in Llanedeyrn, Cardiff, before moving to Corby in Northamptonshire. WARREN WALL The drink-driver narrowly avoided a head-on crash as he sped the wrong way around a roundabout while being chased by police.
The 34-year-old accelerated to more than twice the speed limit when he saw blue flashing lights behind him in St Mellons, Cardiff, but the chase ended when he smashed into a parked van.
Wall, from Planet Street in Adamsdown, admitted driving dangerously and failing to stop when instructed by a police officer.
Wall was jailed for 12 months and disqualified from driving for two years from the time of his release. WILLIAM MAYBERRY The intoxicated patient assaulted three members of staff who were trying to save his life at Morriston Hospital, Swansea.
Mayberry kicked out, repeatedly spat at medics and grabbed one by the throat as they tried to treat him after he was rushed to hospital by ambulance after apparently suffering a heart attack.
He later told police he had drunk a litre of vodka on the day in question, and could remember nothing of the events
Mayberry, of Ozanam Court, Blaenymaes, Swansea, pleaded guilty to three counts of assaulting an emergency worker and was sentenced to a total of 40 weeks in a young offender institution. PHILLIP STEPHENS The paedophile with an “appalling” record of sexual offending tried to meet someone he believed to be a 13-year-old girl at Cardiff Central railway station.
The 60-year-old thought the girl was at secondary school, but made arrangements to buy condoms, pick her up from the station and take her to his home. But she was actually an undercover police officer.
Stephens, from Daviot Street in Cardiff, admitted attempting to meet a girl following grooming and two counts of attempting to incite a child to engage in sexual activity.
The court heard he was working on the production line at Memory Lane Cakes until he was charged and does not have any family living locally. He was given an eightand-a-half-year extended sentence. HUSEYN MEERAN The courier, who travelled from Birmingham to Llanelli, had a stash of drugs hidden in his body which was recovered by police when they put him on a “glass toilet”.
After letting nature take its course, officers found 26 wraps of heroin and cocaine.
Meeran pleaded guilty to possession of heroin and cocaine with intent to supply. He was sentenced to a total of three years in detention. JAMES WEBLEY A builder has been left with permanent scarring on his face after he had a glass smashed over his head during a completely unprovoked attack.
Lewys Hopkins was enjoying a night out with a group of friends in Cardiff city centre when James Webley struck him out of the blue in Greyfriars Road, leaving him needing 40 stitches.
Webley, 25, from Laleston Close in Barry, admitted unlawful wounding with intent. He was jailed for four and a half years. JERRY BERRY The “erratic” driver hit speeds of 85mph in a 30mph zone and drove on the wrong side of the road.
A marked police patrol vehicle on the A483 spotted Berry’s Citroen Berlingo at around 10pm on June 26 last year.
Prosecutor Simon Rogers told how the officer put on his blue lights and followed but the 32-year-old failed to stop, kept changing indications and was veering from lane to lane.
Berry, formerly of Wrexham, admitted dangerous driving and attempted burglary. He was also charged with driving without insurance and without a valid licence at Mold Crown Court .
He was jailed for 12 months for dangerous driving and 18 months for attempted burglary, to run consecutively.