Tag Archives: South Wales Police

They were fast asleep when the police broke down their door and accidentally raided their home

A couple say they have suffered “emotional scars” after police mistakenly raided their home. Natalie Gerrard, 25, and her partner were fast asleep when police raided their home in Maesteg on January 20 this year. Police were conducting a drugs operation and used a battering ram to break down their front door at around 10.30am.… Read More »

The world of the ‘eat and run’ couple who gorged themselves on food without paying was destroyed

They dined on T-bone steaks, feasted on Chinese takeout, and filled up on three-course feasts. Their bills totaled more than £1,000. But Bernard and Ann McDonagh had no intention of paying. After the married couple’s final ‘dining and running’ display, the community began to watch what was going on. On the evening of April 19,… Read More »

Street where buses pass inches from terrified people’s front doors

Residents living on a road in the Rhondda Valleys say they fear for their safety as Stagecoach buses illegally ply the pavement just inches from their front doors on a “daily” basis. A resident of East Road in Tylorstown claimed he was nearly crushed under one of the buses as he walked outside his home.… Read More »