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6 days ago | 
walesonline.co.uk | David Powell |Conor Gogarty
Tadas Kuslevicius is one of the UK's most wanted criminals and police have appealed for any sightings of him or for anyone who knows where he might be, to get in touchA man who tried to abduct a child has been on the run for more than two years. Tadas Kuslevicius was jailed in 2021 for attempted kidnapping after grabbing the hand of a five-year-old girl in an Asda supermarket in Deeside, north Wales.
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1 week ago | 
walesonline.co.uk | David Powell |Lois McCarthy
Brian Owens, 34, of Holyhead, Anglesey, violently attacked police after they were called to an incidentA man pulled out a clump of a police officer's hair in a violent assault. Brian George Owens hit the first officer in the face before strangling another officer. Owens, from Maes Hyfryd, Holyhead, was later arrested and detained. At a Mold Crown Court hearing he pleaded guilty to a number of offences including assaults and threats to kill.
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1 week ago | 
walesonline.co.uk | David Powell |Bryana Francis
A woman has been found guilty of murdering her partner in a "drunken temper". Joanna Katarzyna Wronska, 52, of Wrexham, stabbed Marcin Koziol in a "cruel and unnecessary act" at their home in Pentre Gwyn and then washed the knife in her kitchen sink. In October 2023, Wronska denied killing her partner and said the 40-year-old victim had a history of self-harming and had previously attempted suicide.
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2 weeks ago | 
walesonline.co.uk | David Powell |Bryana Francis
The latest Welsh wildfire has closed a popular road in Wales. The grass fire is in Gwynedd, broke out on grassland near Blaenau Ffestiniog, on Sunday afternoon. The nearby A496 road has been closed by North Wales Police as emergency services are in attendance. Multiple crews have been dispatched to the scene by the North Wales Fire and Rescue Service (NWFRS).
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2 weeks ago | 
walesonline.co.uk | Cathy Owen |David Powell
A staggering 60 bags of rubbish were filled in just two hours by volunteers at a beauty spot in Gwynedd. As part of Keep Wales Tidy's Spring Clean Cymru, 30 collectors took to the beach in Pwllheli. The Harbwr Bach in Pwllheli is now significantly cleaner after the litter pick which was made possible thanks to the efforts of local conservation group Ffrindiau Pwllheli.
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2 weeks ago | 
walesonline.co.uk | David Powell
This police footage captures the moment "manipulative" killer Matthew Hardy is arrested on suspicion of murder. The 37-year-old was later convicted of battering Antony Derwent to death in a ferocious attack at the flat they shared in Gwersyllt, Wrexham in April last year. In the video Hardy is read his rights but says "Can I at least have a drag on this?" He then asks "Why are you not arresting Shaun?
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3 weeks ago | 
walesonline.co.uk | David Powell
A teenager "took advantage" of a drunk 14-year-old girl at a party to have sex with her. Owen Zissler had been invited as he was 19 and could buy alcohol for underage guests. But when she later went upstairs he followed her and committed the offence. A judge at Mold Crown Court today heard the defendant, now 21, admitted having sexual activity with a child and jailed him for two and a half years. Prosecutor Mark Connor said the event happened in north west Wales in 2022.
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3 weeks ago | 
walesonline.co.uk | David Powell
The trial of a woman who denies murdering her partner by plunging a knife into his chest has begun. Joanna Katarzyna Wronska, 52, of Pentre Gwyn, Wrexham has pleaded not guilty to killing Marcin Koziol. Wronksa is accused of stabbing Mr Koziol, 40, at a flat in Pentre Gwyn, and then washing the knife in a sink.
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3 weeks ago | 
walesonline.co.uk | David Powell
A primary school teacher pretended to be a teenage girl to trick two young boys into sending intimate images and video of themselves. Daniel Fuge's crimes left the boys "broken". The 38-year-old posted as a 16-year-old girl to trap the boys. He incited one boy aged 13 to send a video of himself carrying out a sex act. He then incited a second boy, 14, to send naked photographs of himself. Fuge threw himself towards a train after being arrested and was treated for a fractured arm.
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3 weeks ago | 
walesonline.co.uk | David Powell |Ellie Gosley
A man stabbed his victim twice after being wrongly branded a "paedo". David Caradog Williams admitted wounding Barry Davies in the incident which took place in 2023 in Holyhead. On Wednesday (March 26) a judge said Williams could be rehabilitated and gave him a 16-month jail term suspended for 18 months. Prosecutor David Mainstone told Caernarfon Crown Court Mr Davies, who he described as a "troubled individual", had been drinking in Holyhead on the day of the attack in November 2023.
