News about Paul Thomas

Girl, 14, accused of stabbing two teachers and a pupil in school playground appears in court

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 17, 2024
The 14-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, faces seven charges - three of attempted murder, three of wounding with intent and one of possession of a bladed article on a school premises in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire. She appeared via video link at Swansea Crown Court, wearing a white shirt and black tie, on Tuesday for a review of the case before it heads to trial on September 30.

Squeezy does it! Moment a 58,000-ton cruise ship with 1,258 passengers on board powers into a tiny Cornish port

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 19, 2024
The number of passengers on board the monster ship, operated by Nicko Cruises, amounts to more than half the population of 2,315 in Fowey, near St Austell, in Cornwall. Some locals have dubbed the ship an eyesore, but others said it was a 'big deal' for tourism in the picturesque town.

Moment serial dine and dash couple are arrested by police after skipping nearly £1,200 in food bills: Married fraudsters with 43 fake identities who targeted five restaurants across 30-mile radius are jailed for total of 20 months

www.dailymail.co.uk, May 29, 2024
Father-of-six Bernard McDonagh, 41, and 39-year-old Ann McDonagh had 43 fake identities giving 18 different dates of birth to help pull off their scams, it was revealed. The pair today finally faced justice at Swansea Crown Court Court, where they were condemned for their 'cynical and brazen' frauds of at least five eateries. Their eat-and-run efforts cost businesses £1,168.10 - with the couple often ordering 'large amounts of food' including huge steaks, double desserts and extra drinks for their entire family. Ann McDonagh, dressed in a glittery cream jacket, burst into tears as she was jailed for a total of 12 months for her offences, while her husband showed no emotion as he was given an eight-month prison sentence.

Archdeacon resigns after admitting to having an 'inappropriate relationship' with woman while claiming he was suffering from 'spiritual exhaustion'

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 27, 2024
The Archdeacon of Salop, Paul Thomas, left, has resigned from his position and has been barred from ministry for three years, according to the Diocese of Lichfield (right). Archdeacon Thomas had stepped away from his duties in September last year, when the diocese investigated a complaint. He had been involved in a'brief, consensual, but inappropriate relationship' during 2022 and early 2023, according to the probe, when he was reportedly suffering from 'post-Covid depression and spiritual exhaustion.'

'Silent man' who stands in the middle of busy roads and refuses to speak in protest against traffic 'deliberately got himself jailed for free meals and a roof over his head'

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 10, 2024
David Hampson, 53, dubbed "Silent Man," earns his one-man demonstrations by standing in the middle of crowded highways, stubbornly not moving, and with his mouth tightly shut. This was all part of a scheme to get free food and accommodation from the state, according to David's brother, John.

Night predator, 45, who posed as a taxi driver to lure woman into his car and launch horrific sex attack in deserted car park is jailed

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 15, 2024
Andras Jancso, 45, was waiting in a taxi rank in the early hours of the morning when a young woman mistook him for a taxibie after a night out in Swansea. She told boguscabbie Jancso's address to get home, but he wound her into a deserted parking lot to launch a sex attack on her. The terrified victim feared she would be assaulted and killed, but she was able to call a friend during the ordeal. Judge Paul Thomas has sentenced Jancso of Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, to six years in prison and ordered him to register as a sex criminal.

A'silent man' who stands in the middle of busy highways and refuses to speak out against traffic is banned from speaking out in a protest against traffic.'

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 11, 2023
David Hampson, 53, nicknamed the 'Silent Man' (left) has been jailed for his 11th time for blocking traffic in a silent protest in Swansea. He wages his one-man protests by standing in the middle of jam-busting highways, never moving, and with his mouth tightly shut. Doctors have been baffled by Hampson's silence, who has refused to reveal himself to investigator, judges, or psychiatrists, and he has yet to speak out to say his name in court. Swansea Crown Court heard he struck again in December rush-hour, blocking De La Beche Street (right), just yards from Swansea Central Police Station, in this last conviction.

'Awful - shouldn't be allowed! Angry locals of a small Cornish town have been forbidden from blasting second homes, although the local population has increased by 50%

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 3, 2023
According to harbourmaster Paul Thomas, the Spirit of Adventure stopped in Fowey, Cornwall, on Friday, and is the longest and heaviest ship to ever dock there. The arrival of the Spirit of Adventure was a 'big deal' for tourism in the Cornish town and immediate area, according to him, but its arrival had to be meticulously planned to ensure a smooth docking. However, not everyone is excited about the massive ship docking at Fowey Harbour. 'Awful.' On X (formerly Twitter), author Sasha Swire should not be allowed. Fowey was far too heavy at a low tide,' another user commented: 'With a very low tide it looked much too heavy for Fowey.' According to the Sunday Times, it was announced that Fowey residents are being priced out of their homes as a result of a surge in second home buyers, which has pushed house prices up by more than $100,000 per year in less than a year. Many second-home owners also came to the town without knowing how to pronounce the word properly, much to the dismay of local residents. The town is correctly named 'foy', similar to 'joy'. (top right) The massive cruise ship Spirit of Adventure towered over St Fimbarrus, Fowey's parish church and the Place House's Grade I listed tower.

In a cemetery war between two families, mourners fought with machetes and axes

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 13, 2023
In front of terrified mourners, two rival families brawlled in a cemetery with machetes and axes. At Morriston Cemetery in Swansea, a high-speed van chase culminated in chaos. According to footage, one man is seen chasing someone in his van through rows of gravestones before hopping out and following him with a pickaxe handle. Two other guys leapt out of the van wielding a hammer and a brick, while others are seen holding machetes and planks of wood. Footage from one of the vans' dashcam shows it being driven at speed through terrified mourners, barely missing someone who was being carried in a wheelchair. Now seven of the thugs involved in the shootings have been jailed, with South Wales Police calling it a "appalling occurrence."

Seventeen men and one woman are jailed for total of 83 years over 'disgraceful' Swansea riots

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 19, 2022
Eighteen people have been sentenced to prison for their part in a 'disgraceful' protest that broke out in Swansea last year. Following the death of a local teen, violence and disorder erupted in May 2021, with cars burned and houses vandalised, as residents and police officers were threatened and assaulted. On Waun Wen Road, a peaceful vigil for 19-year-old Ethan Powell, and over two hours descended into a scene that one witness likened to a 'warzone'.

Mother smashed BMW through wall at 80mph and 'nosedived' car onto BEACH leaving friend badly injured

www.dailymail.co.uk, November 1, 2022
On a night out, a young mother smashed her BMW car onto a beach at 80 mph, leaving one of her passengers with a fractured skull and spine. According to a court hearing, Macauly Boswell-Morgan, 24, was more worried about removing a vodka bottle and laughing gas canisters from her vehicle than helping her injured passenger. In Peswell-Morgan's Dock, she rode her BMW at 30mph zones on narrow lanes, with maximum speeds of 30 miles per hour.

Woman who escaped being buried alive by partner died years later from pneumonia caused by ordeal

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 15, 2022
According to an inquest, a bride-to-be crawled out of a shallow grave after being buried alive by her husband's husband but then died of pneumonia exacerbated by her horrific ordeal six years later. Following a row the pair had while walking along a coastal path in south Wales in July 2015, Stacey Gwilliam, then 34, was strangled and later buried by her lover Keith Hughes. As he left the beauty spot golf course, painter and decorator Hughes, 39, had to'snap her neck' before covering her body.

On This Morning, a journalist reminisces about the Monarch

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 13, 2022
Paul Thomas (right) grew up in Windsor and was friends with some of Her Majesty's children. On This Morning, he recalled how the kind Queen (left) whipped out a handkerchief and wiped his knees after he fell off his bike when he was eight years old. He also revealed that he was'sniffed' by one of Monarch's Corgis, which made her giggle.