Evans The Crime
@evansthecrime.bsky.social
🏴 🇪🇺 Ridiculously proud to be the crime and court reporter on my hometown newspaper, the South Wales Evening Post. Biscuits, tea, and Neath RFC.
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The “Fedora man” caught on camera outside the Louvre following last month’s burglary has unmasked himself as a 15-year-old Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot fan who had gone to the museum with his mum and granddad only to find it closed. (Via @theguardian.com)
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Who is ‘fedora man’? Dapper French teenager in viral Louvre heist photo unmasked
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux was captured looking suave in a picture outside the Paris museum on the day of a crown jewels heist
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:31 PM
The “Fedora man” caught on camera outside the Louvre following last month’s burglary has unmasked himself as a 15-year-old Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot fan who had gone to the museum with his mum and granddad only to find it closed. (Via @theguardian.com)
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Police have confirmed details of the Welsh Bronze Age jewellery stolen in a burglary at St Fagan’s Museum last month. Two people have been charged over the incident, and detectives say they are now focused on finding the items not yet recovered.
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
Details of priceless missing items stolen from St Fagans released
Items of Bronze Age gold jewellery were stolen from a display case in the museum’s main building
www.walesonline.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Police have confirmed details of the Welsh Bronze Age jewellery stolen in a burglary at St Fagan’s Museum last month. Two people have been charged over the incident, and detectives say they are now focused on finding the items not yet recovered.
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
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Is this a good time to recall this 1960 case on defamation?
November 10, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Is this a good time to recall this 1960 case on defamation?
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I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1698
November 7, 2025 at 9:43 AM
I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1698
Two senior Welsh Labour (or former Labour) councillors have defected to the Green Party.
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
Two Welsh councillors defect to the Green party
Two well-known councillors have joined the Green Party
www.walesonline.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Two senior Welsh Labour (or former Labour) councillors have defected to the Green Party.
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
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Be clear, the American far right are coming for British democracy.
November 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Be clear, the American far right are coming for British democracy.
🏉 FT: Cymru / Wales 28-52 Ariannin / Argentina. Seven tries (and some quality goal kicking) from Los Pumas. Wales soundly beaten.
November 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM
🏉 FT: Cymru / Wales 28-52 Ariannin / Argentina. Seven tries (and some quality goal kicking) from Los Pumas. Wales soundly beaten.
“In 1945 we said ‘never again’, yet already we’ve forgotten”.
(By Anthony Seldon for @theobserveruk.bsky.social)
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(By Anthony Seldon for @theobserveruk.bsky.social)
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In 1945 we said ‘never again’, yet already we’ve forgotten | The Observer
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November 9, 2025 at 1:54 PM
“In 1945 we said ‘never again’, yet already we’ve forgotten”.
(By Anthony Seldon for @theobserveruk.bsky.social)
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
(By Anthony Seldon for @theobserveruk.bsky.social)
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If you are an international supervillain looking for a new clifftop lair which is just a 10 minute walk away from a cafe selling brilliant coffee and custard slices, I can recommend the old coastguard station in Mumbles / Mwmbwls.
November 8, 2025 at 12:46 PM
If you are an international supervillain looking for a new clifftop lair which is just a 10 minute walk away from a cafe selling brilliant coffee and custard slices, I can recommend the old coastguard station in Mumbles / Mwmbwls.
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Just to reiterate my view, having studied the history of the BBC for over a quarter of a century - as well as having worked there for several years as a journalist:
Robbie Gibb should have absolutely no role whatsoever in the governance of the Corporation.
Robbie Gibb should have absolutely no role whatsoever in the governance of the Corporation.
Boris Johnson trying to undermine BBC leadership, insiders fear after leak
Director general under pressure after release of memo criticising reporting on Trump, trans rights and Gaza
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Just to reiterate my view, having studied the history of the BBC for over a quarter of a century - as well as having worked there for several years as a journalist:
Robbie Gibb should have absolutely no role whatsoever in the governance of the Corporation.
Robbie Gibb should have absolutely no role whatsoever in the governance of the Corporation.
Former footballer Joey Barton has been found guilty of six counts of sending a grossly offensive electronic communication in relation to posts he made to his more than two million followers on X.
(By @raphaelboyd.bsky.social for @theguardian.com)
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
(By @raphaelboyd.bsky.social for @theguardian.com)
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Joey Barton found guilty of sending offensive posts on social media
Former footballer guilty over posts directed at football pundits Lucy Ward and Eni Aluko, and broadcaster Jeremy Vine
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Former footballer Joey Barton has been found guilty of six counts of sending a grossly offensive electronic communication in relation to posts he made to his more than two million followers on X.
(By @raphaelboyd.bsky.social for @theguardian.com)
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
(By @raphaelboyd.bsky.social for @theguardian.com)
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Cardiff / Caerdydd woman Karen Spragg, has been found not guilty of stalking or harassing the parents of Madeleine McCann. Her Polish co-defendant, Julia Wandelt, was found guilty of harassing the missing child’s family.
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
McCann stalking case jury clear Cardiff woman
Karen Spragg, from Caerau, wept in the dock alongside co-defendant Julia Wandelt as the verdicts were read out
www.walesonline.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Cardiff / Caerdydd woman Karen Spragg, has been found not guilty of stalking or harassing the parents of Madeleine McCann. Her Polish co-defendant, Julia Wandelt, was found guilty of harassing the missing child’s family.
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
A Garnant man who assaulted his partner and spat in her face later rated his level of drunkenness as "11 out of 10", a court has heard.
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
Man hit partner with TV leaving her 'plagued by nightmares'
Aaron Andrew verbally called his partner a "whore", pulled her by the hair, and spat in her face
www.walesonline.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 12:42 PM
A Garnant man who assaulted his partner and spat in her face later rated his level of drunkenness as "11 out of 10", a court has heard.
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
A “family man” man brutally assaulted a woman he had just met in a Newport / Casnewydd nightclub after she refused to have sex with him, a court has heard.
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
'Family man' brutally attacked woman who refused to have sex with him
Oswaldson Small punched his victim up to 25 times leaving her battered and bruised
www.walesonline.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 11:28 AM
A “family man” man brutally assaulted a woman he had just met in a Newport / Casnewydd nightclub after she refused to have sex with him, a court has heard.
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
A photograph for the ages. Simply brilliant.
(📸 Andy Harnik)
(📸 Andy Harnik)
November 6, 2025 at 9:10 PM
A photograph for the ages. Simply brilliant.
(📸 Andy Harnik)
(📸 Andy Harnik)
This is very cool
Wow! 😮🤩
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
November 6, 2025 at 8:42 PM
This is very cool
My front page story for Thursday’s South Wales Evening Post - A man who raped a vulnerable girl threatened to kill her unless she withdrew the complaint against him.
November 6, 2025 at 7:16 PM
My front page story for Thursday’s South Wales Evening Post - A man who raped a vulnerable girl threatened to kill her unless she withdrew the complaint against him.
Families from rival kebab shops in Newport / Casnewydd fought running battles in the street, a court has heard.
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www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
Families at rival kebab shops brawl in the street with weapons
They swung metal poles and sticks at each in the middle of the street while shocked onlookers couldn't believe what they were seeing
www.walesonline.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Families from rival kebab shops in Newport / Casnewydd fought running battles in the street, a court has heard.
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
A Swansea / Abertawe man who thought selling cocaine was a way to make "easy money" has been sentenced to 32 months in prison. The court heard the defendant has 96 previous offences - including 22 of driving while disqualified - but none involving drugs.
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
He thought selling cocaine was 'easy money', he was wrong
Phillip Robinson's advocate told the court his client now realised that becoming involved supplying Class A drugs 'was the worst possible way to clear his debts'
www.walesonline.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 12:14 PM
A Swansea / Abertawe man who thought selling cocaine was a way to make "easy money" has been sentenced to 32 months in prison. The court heard the defendant has 96 previous offences - including 22 of driving while disqualified - but none involving drugs.
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
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this looks like a trick daffy duck would put up to get bugs bunny into "the oval office"
November 5, 2025 at 11:04 PM
this looks like a trick daffy duck would put up to get bugs bunny into "the oval office"
The man who beat his partner’s daughter Lola James to death in a savage and sustained attack at the family home in Haverfordwest / Hwlffordd has died in prison. Kyle Bevan, aged 33, was serving a life sentence with a term of minimum of 28 years at HMP Wakefield.
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
Little Lola was murdered in a 'violent attack' - now her killer is dead
Kyle Bevan was two and a half years into a minimum sentence of 28 years after he beat and killed two-year-old Lola James in Pembrokeshire in 2020
www.walesonline.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 9:07 AM
The man who beat his partner’s daughter Lola James to death in a savage and sustained attack at the family home in Haverfordwest / Hwlffordd has died in prison. Kyle Bevan, aged 33, was serving a life sentence with a term of minimum of 28 years at HMP Wakefield.
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
My front page story for Wednesday’s South Wales Evening Post - Three recreational users of cocaine with no previous convictions who started dealing the drug have been handed lengthy prison sentences.
November 5, 2025 at 8:37 PM
My front page story for Wednesday’s South Wales Evening Post - Three recreational users of cocaine with no previous convictions who started dealing the drug have been handed lengthy prison sentences.
🎧 This Amol Rajan interview with Jacob Dunne is one of the most remarkable things I have heard in a long, long time. It absolutely knocked me sideways. Do please listen. (Via BBC Sounds)
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Radical with Amol Rajan - A Fatal Punch: Why I Met the Parents of the Man I Killed (Jacob Dunne) - BBC Sounds
Jacob Dunne killed a man with a single punch. Now he campaigns for restorative justice.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 7:56 PM
🎧 This Amol Rajan interview with Jacob Dunne is one of the most remarkable things I have heard in a long, long time. It absolutely knocked me sideways. Do please listen. (Via BBC Sounds)
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Spain has granted citizenship to 170 descendants of volunteers who fought in the International Brigades during the civil war. Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez said: “It will be an honour to call them compatriots” (By @stephenburgen.bsky.social for @theguardian.com)
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Spain grants citizenship to descendants of civil war’s International Brigades
About 32,000 volunteered to fight Franco dictatorship, including 2,500 men and women from Britain and Ireland
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November 5, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Spain has granted citizenship to 170 descendants of volunteers who fought in the International Brigades during the civil war. Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez said: “It will be an honour to call them compatriots” (By @stephenburgen.bsky.social for @theguardian.com)
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...