A total of 31 individuals have been charged with offences relating to the public disorder in Ely, Cardiff, that took place in May last year.

Jenny Hopkins, the Crown Prosecution Service's Chief Crown Prosecutor for Wales, said: “We have authorised South Wales Police to charge 27 defendants with the offence of riot.

“A further four defendants have been charged with causing or threatening to cause criminal damage.

Mae gyrrwr BMW a gollodd reolaeth dros ei gerbyd ac a sglefriodd ar ddŵr i mewn i gilfan, gan ladd dyn, wedi cael ei garcharu yn Llys y Goron Caerdydd heddiw.

Roedd Ricky Perkins, 32, yn gyrru ar ffordd osgoi Abercynffig ar yr A4063 ychydig cyn 6am ar 20 Ionawr 2021. Collodd reolaeth dros y car a mynd ar y llain las cyn y gilfan, cyn taro Byron Jeans a oedd yn sefyll yn y gilfan yn aros am lifft i’r gwaith.

Rosemary Ainslie, Acting Head of the Crown Prosecution Service Special Crime and Counter Terrorism Division, said: “The CPS has authorised South Wales Police to charge two men over alleged Facebook posts on or around 31 July in relation to the public disorder.

“Geraint Boyce, 43, has been charged with publishing threatening material on a Facebook account intending to stir up religious hatred, contrary to Section 29C(1) of the Public Order Act 1986.

A social media user who encouraged an online community to start a riot has become the first person from Wales to be convicted in relation to recent unrest.

Richard David Williams, 34, of Flintshire, Wales, enthusiastically posted about participating in a riot and also shared a derogatory meme about migrants in a local Facebook group dedicated to protests.