Caernarfon Herald

Jailed for sex act in his cell and spitting at an officer

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POLICE were left with a £300 cleanup bill after a prisoner pleasured himself in a cell and defecated in a police station shower.

Reginald Roach was arrested on November 16 over another offence and was in custody at Caernarfon police station.

While being held, he defecated in the shower in the custody suite, forcing the police to have to bring in profession­al cleaners.

He also pleasured himself in a cell, meaning cleaners had to be brought in again, and urinated in one during the time he was being held at Llandudno magistrate­s court.

In total, the bill for cleaning up after him ran to more than £310.

Roach, of Market Street, Holyhead, had denied a charge of spitting at a custody officer but changed his plea just before he was due up before magistrate­s in Caernarfon last Friday morning.

The court heard Roach was also in breach of a conditiona­l discharge imposed last March following an incident in Holyhead, when he was seen to approach the Labour party offices in Thomas Street with a tin of white paint which he threw at the building.

He was handed a four-week jail term for this incident, to be served concurrent­ly with a 20-week jail sentence for damaging the cells and spitting at a custody officer.

Roach was also ordered to pay £115 victim surcharge but no order of costs or compensati­on was made.

 ??  ?? WALES is now a more connected nation than 12 months ago but many rural areas remain in the slow lane when it comes to broadband and mobile services.The latest Connected Nations report has been released by Ofcom, highlighti­ng how each part of the UK is performing in terms of digital connection­s.When it comes to access to superfast broadband, Wales saw an increase from 89% to 93% of premises – ahead of Scotland (92%) and Northern Ireland (89%) and just behind England (94%).There is full fibre access to 7% of premises – ahead of England and Scotland.But rural areas of Wales and the Scottish Highlands are the two parts of the UK highlighte­d as the most likely not to have either a decent fixed or good mobile service available.In the Welsh countrysid­e the proportion of people not able to get a decent broadband service rises to 13% (42,000) – compared to 1% (6,000) in urban areas.There are 2% of premises that cannot receive either a decent fixed or good mobile service.Mike Cherry, FSB national chairman,
WALES is now a more connected nation than 12 months ago but many rural areas remain in the slow lane when it comes to broadband and mobile services.The latest Connected Nations report has been released by Ofcom, highlighti­ng how each part of the UK is performing in terms of digital connection­s.When it comes to access to superfast broadband, Wales saw an increase from 89% to 93% of premises – ahead of Scotland (92%) and Northern Ireland (89%) and just behind England (94%).There is full fibre access to 7% of premises – ahead of England and Scotland.But rural areas of Wales and the Scottish Highlands are the two parts of the UK highlighte­d as the most likely not to have either a decent fixed or good mobile service available.In the Welsh countrysid­e the proportion of people not able to get a decent broadband service rises to 13% (42,000) – compared to 1% (6,000) in urban areas.There are 2% of premises that cannot receive either a decent fixed or good mobile service.Mike Cherry, FSB national chairman,
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