BELOW is a round-up of all of the criminals whose prison sentencings were covered by the Free Press, Journal, Pioneer or Chronicle in August.
Callum McElroy
McElroy, 25, of Maenan Road, Llandudno, was jailed after sexually assaulting a woman in Chester.
As well as his prison sentence, McElroy was handed an indefinite restraining order, prohibiting him from contacting his victim directly or indirectly.
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Ashley Kendrick and Louise Rutter
Kendrick, 39, of Kinmel Street, Rhyl, and Rutter, 27, of no fixed abode, were jailed after being found guilty of the robbery and burglary of a vulnerable man.
Their victim was forced to withdraw money from a cashpoint, and then had his Rhyl home subsequently burgled.
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Gareth Edwards
Edwards, 42, of no fixed abode, hit a 14-year-old girl in the eye with a bottle of vodka in Bangor.
He also received a five-year restraining order, prohibiting him from contacting the girl directly or indirectly.
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Liam Mousdell
Mousdell, 24, of Beaconsfield, Prescot, was discovered to be supplying class A drugs in Towyn.
He used a caravan, situated on Towyn Road, as a base from which to sell both cocaine and heroin.
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Peter Walls
Walls, 71, of Ffordd Pandy, Colwyn Bay, sexually assaulted a woman in her sleep three times.
In a statement, the victim said she felt he “used my vulnerabilities against me”.
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Lee Taylor
Taylor (also known as Lee Ridler), 52, of East Parade, Rhyl, was seen carrying an axe in the town.
He could be seen on CCTV attempting to hide the axe down the back of his trousers.
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Matthew Ridyard
Ridyard, 26, of John Street, Rhyl, assaulted his ex-partner twice, and breached a restraining order on the same date it was imposed on him.
He and his victim, Abigail Joyce, had been in a relationship for nine years, having two children together.
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Edmond Selmamllari and Eugen Dollani
Selmamllari, 29, of Shirehall Park, London; and Dollani, 24, of Rhyl; were involved in the production of cannabis at a property in Rhyl.
They were said to have played an "absolutely vital role" in a "very big" drugs operation.
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Pryderi Tomos
Tomos, 35, of no fixed abode, was found in Caernarfon to be in possession of indecent images of children aged as young as six.
He had accessed numerous videos showing girls engaging in sexual activity with adults.
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Jay Humphries
Humphries, 36, of no fixed abode, used an unapproved username on a dating website and deleted his internet history in Bangor.
This meant he was guilty breaching his sexual harm prevention order, having previously been guilty of sexual offences.
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Emma Clarke
Clarke, 39, of Woodman Road, Halesowen, led police on a high-speed chase through Llandudno after taking cocaine.
Body-worn footage of the chase, played in court, showed a police vehicle driving up to 97mph in an attempt to catch up to her.
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Dylan Jones
Jones, 27, of Ffordd Siabod, Y Felinheli, assaulted his girlfriend and police officers, as well as causing criminal damage to property.
As he was restrained, he made further threats to the families of officers involved, and shouted at one of them: “Speak Welsh, you dirty English c***.”
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Robert Holmes
Holmes, 40, of Maes Y Brenin, Anglesey, refused to let his partner leave his home when she tried to end their relationship.
In a statement, she added that she was “shaking” and “crying” during the incident, but that Holmes “didn’t seem to care”.
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Nicholas Lyon
Lyon, of Tŷ’n Rhos, Criccieth, verbally abused and threatened a group of teenage girls on a train.
He tried to engage them in light conversation, but soon started threatening violence and became verbally abusive.
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