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South Wales Argus
19-07-2025
- South Wales Argus
Swansea couple stole car and drove dangerously in Caerphilly
Andrew Williams and Bobbie Kittle appeared at Swansea Crown Court charged with a series of offences on June 9. Prosecutor Emily Bennett said a man parked his Citroen DS4 on Argyle Street in Swansea at around 11pm on June 8. He returned home and left his keys on his table. When he woke up, he saw his keys were gone and his front door was now unlocked. He reported the break-in and his missing car to the police. Later that day, a National Police Air Service helicopter spotted the stolen Citroen in the Rhymney area heading northbound. A stinger was set up, but as the Citroen approached, the driver stopped and attempted to 'reverse ram' the police car behind. The Citroen 'narrowly missed' the police car and hit a tree. The driver then narrowly missed the police car again as he drove off. Andrew Williams was driving the stolen car dangerously. (Image: South Wales Police) The driver continued towards Rhymney High Street – where another stinger was being set up. However, before the car reached the stinger, the driver crashed into a fence. Williams was pulled from the driver's seat, and Kittle was in the passenger seat. As she was arrested, Kittle told officers that the incident was going to appear in the media. Williams and Kittle both admitted burglary and aggravated vehicle taking, whilst Williams also pleaded guilty to dangerous driving, driving whilst disqualified, and driving with no insurance. Jon Tarrant said 34-year-old Kittle, of Geiriol Road in Swansea, had managed to stay out of trouble for periods of her life, but struggled with alcohol and drug addicting and fell back into offending. 'There appears to be very little planning about the incident,' he added. Bobbie Kittle broke into a home and stole a car with her partner. (Image: South Wales Police) 'The men you have associated with have dragged you into crime,' said Judge Paul Thomas KC. 'But you have to take responsibility for what you do.' Williams' defence counsel said 'instability' in the defendant's life had 'drawn him back' into offending again. She acknowledged the driving was dangerous, but said that the burglary only involved the car keys being taken 'rather than there being anything more intrusive'. It was accepted that Williams, 42, whose given address was Phoenix Way in Swansea, was on licence at the time of these offences. Judge Thomas sentenced Williams to three-and-a-half years – made up of 30 months for the burglary and car theft, and a further 12 months for the driving offences. He was banned from driving for two years, and must pass an extended re-test to regain his licence. Kittle was jailed for two years.
Yahoo
28-03-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Dad wins £1m after double checking lottery ticket left in unlocked car for four months
A lottery winner discovered he had won £1 million four months after the draw - after checking a ticket he had left in his car. Darren Burfitt happened to check his lucky ticket one Sunday morning after his four-year-old son asked for a packet of crisps from the car. The 44-year-old, from Swansea, had kept several tickets lying in the central console of his car for four months, but decided to double check his numbers after spotting an appeal to find a missing winner. 'I had a few tickets in the central console of my car – it is where I always keep them for safety, and I just hadn't got round to checking them,' the green-keeper at Langland Bay Golf Club said. 'When my son asked for a packet of crisps I didn't want to open a new bag – we often end up with half open bags of crisps and I knew there was a packet which he hadn't finished in the car so I said I would pop out and get this one for him. 'I decided to grab my National Lottery tickets at the same time, went back into the house and started to scan each one on The National Lottery app on my phone.' The father-of-two continued, 'One of the tickets was particularly creased so I thought I would leave that one until the end. It was so crumpled it wouldn't scan, so I had to bring up the draw details and read the results. 'I couldn't quite believe it when I did… Infact, I still cannot believe it now. I just kept looking at the date and then the matching EuroMillions Millionaire Maker code – and then the date and the code again - I just could not comprehend what I was seeing.' Darren had left the ticket in his grey Citroen DS4, which he'd left unlocked every day for the last 4 months. 'My car is honestly a shed on wheels, held together with mud. It has almost no value, so I never bother to lock it. I dread to think what could have happened to that winning ticket,' he said. He had bought the ticket from a Morrisons with his family on the way to a caravan holiday. After he realised he had won, he called his wife, Gemma, a teaching assistant, to tell her the news. The couple, who also have a six-year-old daughter, are now planning their future and have their sights set on buying their first home together. Gemma, 34, said, 'I just could never imagine having this much money – it is an unreal feeling. 'I literally have to keep pinching myself – thinking it is a dream which I will wake up from. We love our lives and enjoy great caravan holidays but this just takes things to another level and allows us to do even more as a family. It changes everything and we can finally buy a home of our own. It is going to give us so much security for our future and our children's future.'
The Independent
27-03-2025
- Automotive
- The Independent
Dad wins £1m after double checking lottery ticket left in unlocked car for four months
A lottery winner discovered he had won £1 million four months after the draw - after checking a ticket he had left in his car. Darren Burfitt happened to check his lucky ticket one Sunday morning after his four-year-old son asked for a packet of crisps from the car. The 44-year-old, from Swansea, had kept several tickets lying in the central console of his car for four months, but decided to double check his numbers after spotting an appeal to find a missing winner. 'I had a few tickets in the central console of my car – it is where I always keep them for safety, and I just hadn't got round to checking them,' the green-keeper at Langland Bay Golf Club said. 'When my son asked for a packet of crisps I didn't want to open a new bag – we often end up with half open bags of crisps and I knew there was a packet which he hadn't finished in the car so I said I would pop out and get this one for him. 'I decided to grab my National Lottery tickets at the same time, went back into the house and started to scan each one on The National Lottery app on my phone.' The father-of-two continued, 'One of the tickets was particularly creased so I thought I would leave that one until the end. It was so crumpled it wouldn't scan, so I had to bring up the draw details and read the results. 'I couldn't quite believe it when I did… Infact, I still cannot believe it now. I just kept looking at the date and then the matching EuroMillions Millionaire Maker code – and then the date and the code again - I just could not comprehend what I was seeing.' Darren had left the ticket in his grey Citroen DS4, which he'd left unlocked every day for the last 4 months. 'My car is honestly a shed on wheels, held together with mud. It has almost no value, so I never bother to lock it. I dread to think what could have happened to that winning ticket,' he said. He had bought the ticket from a Morrisons with his family on the way to a caravan holiday. After he realised he had won, he called his wife, Gemma, a teaching assistant, to tell her the news. The couple, who also have a six-year-old daughter, are now planning their future and have their sights set on buying their first home together. Gemma, 34, said, 'I just could never imagine having this much money – it is an unreal feeling. 'I literally have to keep pinching myself – thinking it is a dream which I will wake up from. We love our lives and enjoy great caravan holidays but this just takes things to another level and allows us to do even more as a family. It changes everything and we can finally buy a home of our own. It is going to give us so much security for our future and our children's future.'
