Swansea County, Wales News

A STALKER has avoided prison after harassing a trio of women. Michael Matthews was told by magistrates the charges were so serious jail had been an option.

A JUDGE has ordered a re-trial of two men who deny causing the death of a Swansea taxi driver by dangerous driving.

TWO asked his friend to be his alibi after he crashed into a car, drove away from the scene and lied to police.

A POLICE helicopter found a drug addict hiding in a garden after he drove on a pavement, crashed into a post and fled from officers.

A TAXI driver heading home to Swansea was killed when his cab was struck by one of two cars that were allegedly racing each other along the opposite carriageway of Fabian Way.

A DRUNKEN man jumped up and down on top of a car until the driver thought the roof would collapse.

A ''DECENT and devoted'' husband who strangled his wife while he dreamt she was an intruder has been cleared of murder after prosecutors accepted he had not been in control of his actions but was not a danger to anyone else.

A man who strangled his wife during a nightmare in the belief he was attacking an intruder walked free from court today after the case against him was withdrawn.

A HEROIN addict threatened to stab staff with a hypodermic needle when he was caught stealing vodka at Swansea's Asda store.

Brian Thomas, who strangled his wife during a nightmare in the belief he was attacking an intruder, has walked free from Swansea Crown Court after the case against him was withdrawn.

Replacing three traditional timber windows in his St Davids house with UPVC alternatives has cost a homeowner A 3,315. Kevin Gwyn Lock, of Tal Y Coed, Station Road, Ystradgynlais, Swansea was taken to court by Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority.

A SWANSEA man and an accomplice have been warned to expect jail sentences after the discovery of a dead body in a ditch led police to two Carmarthenshire drug factories capable of producing cannabis worth more than 1 million.

A COMPANY manager was caught behind the wheel of a car while more than three times the drink drive limit.

A TEENAGER made a gun gesture with his hand towards a shop manager before shouting threats and an obscenity about Allah.

A British man with a history of sleepwalking strangled his wife because he was convinced that she was an intruder who had broken into their camper van.

Thieves are targeting farms in the Neath and Swansea Valleys, police have warned.

THE Swansea-born widow of murdered head teacher Philip Lawrence has been presented with an MBE by the Queen.

Swansea's National Waterfront Museum has welcomed its millionth visitor just four years after opening its doors.

THE grand-daughter of the victim of one of South Wales's oldest unsolved murder cases has spoken about the pain of his death - more than 60 years after it happened.

A SWANSEA man accused of murdering his wife will go on trial in the city on January 12.