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Nathan Berry, 38, from Llantwit Major, has been jailed for taking indecent images of children and sexually assaulting a child.

Berry was arrested in March 2026, and his mobile phone was seized.

Images of children were found on his phone, and he provided the children’s names.

Officers visited the children’s parents who identified their children, who are non-verbal, from the photographs.

While Berry was on remand, his phone was further examined, and evidence was found relating to the offence of sexual touching

Berry pleaded guilty at court and was convicted of eight offences - four counts of taking indecent photographs, two counts of making indecent images, one count of possession of prohibited images, and one sexual assault of a child under 13.

He was sentenced at Cardiff Crown Court on August 3, 2026, receiving a prison sentence of 5 years and 4 months plus an extended licence period of eight years.

The court heard that Berry targeted the two children due to their vulnerabilities.

To further protect the victims and others, Berry is also subject of a Restraining Order and Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO).

As part of the SHPO he is banned from having any unsupervised contact or communication of any kind with any child under the age of 16.

Officer in the case, DC Julie Lewis, from South Wales Police, said:

“Nathan Berry betrayed the trust of these children and their parents in the most dreadful way.

“Nathan Berry betrayed the trust of these children and their parents in the most dreadful way.

“We hope the outcome at court goes some way in helping them to rebuild their ability to trust and feel safe again.

“This investigation demonstrates our commitment to safeguarding vulnerable people.”

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A man from Maesteg has been jailed after carrying out sexual offences against his victim.

55-year-old Stephen Jones, from Maesteg, was found guilty of one count of raping a woman over the age of 16 and one count of assaulting a woman 13 and over by penetration after a five-day trial at Cardiff Crown Court in July 2026.

During his sentence hearing on Monday September 7 at Cardiff Crown Court Jones was sentenced to five years and three months in prison. He was also given a 20-year restraining order and a sexual harm prevention order (Shopo). He will also be placed on the sex offenders register.

Detective constable Rebecca Evans said:

“The bravery it takes to come forward and reporting offences like these not to be underestimated.

“We hope that this sentence will go some way in helping the victim rebuild her life and heal from the awful events that took place.”

“We want to encourage victims to come forward no matter the length of time since it happened, we will investigate and we will take it seriously”

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A “bully and dangerous man” has been jailed for rape.

Mark White is also subject to a 15-year restraining order to further protect the victim.

White, 50, from St Athan in the Vale of Glamorgan, was sentenced at Newport Crown Court on Thursday, April 30.

He had previous pleaded guilty to rape at an earlier hearing at Cardiff Crown Court.

In a Victim Personal Statement read in crown court, the victim described the impact of White’s crime.

She said:

“I cannot forget that night when he lost control and raped me.

“He hurt me emotionally and physically... He is a bully and a dangerous man.

“I no longer like leaving my house due to my anxiety.”

White was sentenced to 39 months in prison and made subject to sex offender notification requirements indefinitely, in addition to the restraining order.

Officer in the case, Detective Constable Jamie Dale, from South Wales Police, said:

“The victim in this case has shown great tenacity throughout the investigation.

“She also showed great strength reading out her Victim Personal Statement in court.

“We hope that this sentence will go some way in helping her rebuild her life and heal from the awful event that took place.”

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A 23-year-old man from South Wales has been jailed for six-and-a-half years for offences of rape and false imprisonment.

Samuel Rust, previously of Boverton, Llantwit Major in the Vale of Glamorgan, was sentenced at Gloucester Crown Court on Wednesday (17 December). 

Last year (2024) he had been charged with several offences and went on trial at Gloucester Crown Court in December 2024. 

Rust was found guilty of one count of anal rape, one count of oral rape, one count of sexual assault and one count of false imprisonment. These offences related to one woman.

Immediately prior to his trial, he pleaded guilty to possessing extreme pornographic images.

He was acquitted of 25 other counts, and a jury failed to reach a verdict on seven others. These seven counts will lie on file.

The court was told that Rust was aged 16 when he raped a 16-year-old girl.

On a separate occasion he tied her up with her consent, but he then put her inside a cupboard naked for around 15 minutes without her consent.

This led to him being charged and convicted of false imprisonment. 

When Rust was arrested by Gloucestershire Police in April 2024, several of his electronic devices were seized.

The court was told that examinations revealed around 4,500 videos were on the devices between 2021 and 2024, a significant number of which depicted violence against, and the sexual abuse of, women.

Rust's defence barrister, Simon Warlock, said Rust had felt there were fewer videos and that Rust was a child at the time of the first rape.

His Honour Judge Ian Lawrie KC said:

"It was a litany of extreme pornography, brutality, humiliation, all manner of things. At a young age he had a fixation for appalling imagery, which echoes how he approaches women and certainly [the victim]."

The victim was in court and she read a statement detailing the impact Rust's offences had on her.

She said:

"The abuse I have suffered at the hands of you, Samuel Rust, is indescribable. And yet I am almost certain you cannot grasp how seriously your actions have affected anyone but yourself.

"For years I have felt the crushing, debilitating weight of fear and shame in my own body, because of you. No words can describe the horror you have subjected me to.

"No place is safe in the ghost of your presence. Flashes of the violent and humiliating acts you committed against me come to me with seemingly no rhyme or reason. And yet in those moments, I feel disgust in my own body.

"I wish to crawl out of the flesh you bruised, and yet neither is my mind safe. A part of you persists in there, and I am terrified of how long he will stay, how many years it will be until I truly find peace again.

"Many eyes see you for what you are today, Samuel Rust, and it is my sincere hope that you are one of them. Today, you will come away from your sentencing a rapist. A violent man. An abuser. I fear if you do not see yourself as those things now, that is all you will ever be.

"Although this trial has been deeply harrowing, I am grateful to those who made this outcome possible."

In mitigation, the court heard Rust was of previous good character, however Judge Lawrie said he showed "little remorse of substance" for his crimes after reading a letter Rust had written to the victim.

He said the letter was "the opposite of contrition" as Rust failed to recognise the harm caused by his actions and it was an exercise in “gaslighting". 

Before passing sentence, Judge Lawrie said Rust's fixation with extreme pornography was an aggravating factor and he expressed concern that "a spectator of such material can become an active participant".

He said:

"The extensive and disturbing imagery was hallmarked by sadomasochistic practices based on the brutal humiliation and domination of women and premised on violence and restraint.

"There were captions accompanying the images that tellingly show a clear interest in such sex and which was echoed in your behaviour towards the victim. Behaviour which reached beyond any consensual mutual interest. 

"The imagery showed a fascination and fixation for pushing the boundaries of such sex and to the humiliation [of women] - as happened with the victim."

As well as being jailed for six-and-a-half years, Rust was also handed an indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order and given restraining orders against the victim and two other women.

Following sentencing, investigating officer Detective Constable Annabel Brittain said:

"The crimes in this case have had a devastating and prolonged effect, as the victim so clearly articulated in her moving personal statement.

"She and the other witnesses who provided harrowing evidence should be commended for their strength and bravery during the complex investigation and lengthy trial process which have led to this offender being imprisoned for a significant time.

"His Honour Judge Lawrie commented on Rust’s ‘extraordinary fixation’ with demeaning and brutal pornography and how his being a spectator for this seems to have led to him perceiving women as ‘objects of gratification’ and having a ‘fascination with pushing the boundaries of sex’ and therefore posing an enduring risk.

"He also noted the offender’s lack of remorse for his actions. For these reasons, I am glad His Honour took, in his words, the unusual step of imposing a lifelong Sexual Harm Prevention Order to help ensure people’s safety for ever after Rust is released from behind bars."

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A PAEDOPHILE who sent a naked picture of himself to “underage schoolgirls” has been locked up.

Gerald Thomas, 42, of Sir Ivor Place, Dinas Powys thought he was in contact with two 14-year-old girls but was in fact messaging a decoy.

He was jailed for two years and 10 months by Judge Lucy Crowther after pleading guilty to three child sex offences.

The defendant admitted two counts of attempting to cause/incite a girl 13 to 15 to engage in sexual activity one count of attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child.

Thomas’ offences were committed between January 12, 2024 and January 22, 2024.

He will have to register as a sex offender indefinitely and pay a £228 surcharge following his release from prison.

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A Corsham paedophile abused two boys and collected hundreds of incident images of children.

Marshall Taylor, formerly known as Mark Benjamin, has been jailed after being found guilty of a number of sexual offences involving children at Swindon Crown Court today (30 January).

The 56-year-old, currently of Wain Close, Pennarth, Glamorgan, lived on Pine Close in Rudloe at the time of the offences. Following his arrest, he changed his name via deed poll.

On May 20 last year, his address was searched and a number of electronic storage devices were seized.

These devices were found to contain more than 1,500 indecent images, including those of children and of the most offensive category.

In addition, two videos of child abuse were also found which Taylor later pleaded guilty to making, and of two counts of sexual touching of a child.

He also pleaded guilty to filming a third video of abuse and possession of Category A, B, C and extreme images.

Officers identified the boys involved in these videos, who are now adults. One was supportive of the investigation and provided a statement about the abuse he suffered.

At an earlier hearing, on December 15, 2022, a jury at Swindon Crown Court unanimously found Taylor guilty of causing a child to watch a sexual act and two counts of causing a child to engage in sexual activity.

Whilst on bail Taylor went on to view and possess further extreme images.

Today he was sentenced for 10 offences, to serve an eight-year custodial sentence and was issued with a sexual harm prevention order which will run until 2038.

DC Simon Rogers said: I am very happy with the guilty verdict and hope that this brings closure to the victims.

Taylor is an extremely dangerous individual and he posed a serious risk to the public. I welcome the custodial sentence passed today.

Taylor took his time to gain the trust of these boys and groom them to believe that his behaviour was normal.

I would like to commend their bravery. I encourage all victims of sexual violence, no

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Richard Marsh, 38, of Culver Close, Penarth, has been jailed for six and a half years after a jury found him guilty of seven sexual offences against two victims at Cardiff Crown Court.

Marsh denied all charges. He was convicted of attempting to rape a woman and assaulting her by penetration, as well as inciting a teenage girl to engage in sexual activity and four counts of sexual activity with a child.

The court heard he sexually assaulted the woman while she slept. Judge Neil Bidder QC described her as particularly vulnerable because she was asleep and noted: “She repeatedly made that clear” that she did not consent. He told Marsh: “You knew had she been awake she would not have consented,” and said: “I regard you as someone who is entirely amoral when it comes to sexual intercourse.”

Marsh kissed the girl, touched her breasts, and encouraged her to touch him sexually.

In her victim personal statement, the woman said: “When I have to talk about what happened I can’t stay still and find myself pacing the floor and twitching.” She struggled to eat and sleep, was diagnosed with anxiety and depression, and added: “I suffer panic attacks for no reason.” The girl said she failed an exam at the time because she could not focus on her revision.

A pre-sentence report found Marsh presented a high risk of causing sexual harm to women and girls. He had no previous convictions and is a father of three. He was ordered to register as a sex offender indefinitely.

Detective Sergeant Andrew Boffy, officer in the case, said:

“I would like to commend both victims for having the courage to report the abuse and support the prosecution. They have shown considerable strength during the investigation and court process, during which they had to give evidence while Marsh continued to maintain his innocence.”