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Mae menyw a roddodd wybodaeth ffug ar ffurflen yr heddlu ar ôl gwrthdrawiad car wedi'i dedfrydu am wneud rhywbeth gan fwriadu gwyrdroi hynt cyfiawnder.Danuta Czajk, 45, oedd y teithiwr mewn lorri gludo VW a wnaeth wrthdroi i gerbyd arall ar 10 Rhagfyr 2024. Roedd y Lorri gludo VW yn cael ei yrru…
A woman who gave false information on a police form following a car crash has been sentenced for doing an act intending to pervert the course of justice.Danuta Czajk, 45, was the passenger in a VW Transporter which reversed into another vehicle on 10 December 2024. The VW Transporter was being…
Mae dyn a aeth i mewn i dri chartref yn Abertawe, chwilota drwy ddroriau a dinoethi ei hun, wedi cael ei ddedfrydu yn Llys y Goron Abertawe.Aeth Evan Powell, 21 oed, i mewn i’r cartrefi yn ardal Brynmill, yn ystod oriau mân 31 Hydref 2024.Deffrôdd y fenyw a oedd yn byw yn un o’r cyfeiriadau am tua…
A man who entered three homes in Swansea, rummaged through drawers and exposed himself, has been sentenced at Swansea Crown Court.Evan Powell, 21, entered the properties in the Brynmill area, during the early hours of 31 October 2024.The woman living at one address woke at about 5am, to see Powell…
A Cardiff man who groomed a teenage girl into bagging and delivering drugs for him has been sentenced at Cardiff Crown Court.Najib Arab, a man in his twenties, met the girl after she had contacted him on Snapchat and he provided her with cannabis.The two met regularly over the following weeks. Arab…
Mae dyn o Gaerdydd a hudodd ferch yn ei harddegau i ddosbarthu a danfon cyffuriau ar ei ran wedi ei ddedfrydu yn Llys y Goron Caerdydd.Fe wnaeth Najib Arab, dyn yn ei ugeiniau, gwrdd â’r ferch ar ôl iddi anfon neges iddo ar Snapchat, ac fe roddodd ganabis iddi.Bu'r ddau yn cwrdd yn gyson yn ystod…
A drug dealer from Tredegar has been sentenced for a modern slavery offence after recruiting a teenage boy into his criminal activities.Tyler Barnsley, 18, was dealing drugs from an address in Tredegar. On 27 September 2024, police conducted a raid on the property and seized cannabis, mobile phones…
Mae deliwr cyffuriau o Dredegar wedi cael ei ddedfrydu am drosedd caethwasiaeth fodern ar ôl recriwtio bachgen yn ei arddegau i fod yn rhan o'i weithgareddau troseddol.Roedd Tyler Barnsley, 18 oed, yn delio cyffuriau o gyfeiriad yn Nhredegar. Ar 27 Medi 2024, aeth yr heddlu ati i gynnal cyrch ar yr…
Mae dyn a dorrodd i mewn i eiddo yn y Rhyl a lladd menyw 69 oed wedi cael ei ddedfrydu i garchar am oes yn Llys y Goron Caernarfon.Torrodd Dean Mears, 34 oed, i mewn i’r tŷ ar Ffordd Cefndy yn y Rhyl yn hwyr y nos ar 24 Hydref 2024.Ar ôl ymgais aflwyddiannus i fynd i mewn drwy’r drws, torrodd Mears…
A man who broke into a property in Rhyl and killed a 69-year-old woman has been sentenced to life imprisonment at Caernarfon Crown Court.Dean Mears, 34, broke into the house on Cefndy Road in Rhyl late at night on 24 October 2024.After unsuccessfully trying to get in through the door, Mears smashed…
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