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Wales Online
11-06-2025
- Wales Online
He forced his way through traffic and nearly knocked people over but laughed when shown CCTV
He forced his way through traffic and nearly knocked people over but laughed when shown CCTV James Osmond drove dangerously in three separate police pursuits in just two weeks but found video of his offending shown to him by police funny James Osmond (Image: South Wales Police ) A driver led police on three separate dangerous pursuits in the space of just two weeks, a court has heard. During the spree of offending James Osmond hit multiple cars, "forced" his way through traffic, raced through red lights, and narrowly avoided knocking down pedestrians. When shown CCTV footage of his driving following his arrest he laughed at the clips. At the time of the offending, Osmond was out of prison on licence following his involvement in a gang attack which saw two men stabbed and cars smashed with baseball bats. Swansea Crown Court heard the defendant had previous convictions for aggravated vehicle taking, dangerous driving, affray, and conspiracy to supply drugs but the 25-year-old's barrister told the court he had now disassociated himself from his previous peer group and negative influences and "simply wants to get back to being a dad and a provider". Dean Pulling, prosecuting, told the court that at 4.30pm on January 13 this year plain-clothes police officers in an unmarked vehicle were keeping watch on the activities of known drug-users around Swansea's Dyfatty flats as part of the on-going Operation Sceptre initiative. He said the officers became suspicious of the movements of a Nissan Navara pickup and followed it as it drove into the city centre. The court heard the pickup stopped outside the Eli Jenkins pub in Oxford Street and a woman got out. At that point the officers alighted their vehicle and approached the Nissan - Osmond responded by speeding off and going through a red traffic light at the junction with Dillwyn Street, narrowly avoiding pedestrians who were crossing the road. Article continues below The officers followed the Nissan as it sped along The Kingsway and onto Christina Street and then Walter Road at which point they lost sight of it. The details of the pickup were circulated to fellow officers. For the latest court reports sign up to our crime newsletter The court heard the Navara was then spotted by firearms officers the following day parked outside a shop in Morriston. Osmond was seen to get into the vehicle and a pursuit ensued with officers following him along Neath Road, but the court heard that, due to the dangerous nature of the defendant's driving, the pursuing officers were stood down. The prosecutor said Osmond headed for Landore and was seen to drive at speed through the area's narrow residential streets with members of the public reporting the pickup "swerving from side to side" and colliding with cars. One of the cars Osmond hit was being driven by a mum who had her young child in the back. The Navara was subsequently found abandoned in Cwmbwrla. The court heard Osmond came to the attention of police again on January 30 when officers in Penlan signalled for a Peugeot van containing three men to pull over. The van sped away but not before officers had recognised the driver. With Osmond at the wheel the van carried out a series of dangerous overtaking manoeuvres, went the wrong way round roundabouts, and "forced" its way through busy traffic, hitting a number of vehicles as it did so, including an unmarked police car being driven by an officer who was in the area on an unrelated job. The court heard the defendant was finally arrested on April 20 after he was located in the Cwmdu area. Osmond answered "no comment" to all questions asked in interview but was noted to laugh when shown CCTV clips of his driving around Swansea. James Michael Osmond, formerly of Middle Road, Gendros, Swansea, but now of Vicarage Road, Cwmdu, Swansea, had previously pleaded guilty to three counts of dangerous driving and driving without insurance in relation to the Peugeot van when he appeared in the dock for sentencing. He had also previously pleaded guilty to possession of a prohibited item - namely a mobile phone - in prison. This offence took place in May, 2023, when Osmond was being held on remand at HMP Cardiff. The court heard the L8Star "mini mobile" was found hidden in Osmond's bed in his cell after a prison scanner had picked up phone use on the wing. Osmond initially denied any knowledge of the phone but a download of its SIM card showed it had been used to call the same numbers the defendant had stored in his authorised prison phone contacts known as the "PIN list". The court heard Osmond had convictions for eight previous offences on his record including aggravated vehicle taking, dangerous driving, violent disorder, and conspiracy to supply Class A drugs, In June, 2023, the defendant was sentenced to 30 months in prison for affray and possession of an offensive weapon for his part in a gang attack on people in cars at the Sketty Cross junction in Swansea. That offence saw Osmond and others in a convoy of cars attack their targets with weapons including baseball bats before "parading around" in front of frightened members of the public. Two men later went to hospital with stab wounds but refused to co-operate with police. The court head that the day before the Sketty Cross disorder a petrol bomb had been thrown through the window of the defendant's mother's house. He was out of prison on licence for the affray matter when he committed the three counts of dangerous driving before the court. In January, 2021, Osmond was jailed for aggravated vehicle taking and dangerous driving after driving a friend's car "erratically" through Gendros - including at one stage swerving back and forth across the road "like a racing car driver trying to warm up his tyres" - before speeding off from police, mounting the pavement and crashing into a parked car. The Gendros offending happened just a few weeks after the defedant had been let out of a young offenders institution after serving less than a third of a sentence for conspiracy to supply heroin and cocaine. The drug trafficking conviction followed police stopping a car containing three males in Brynmelyn in Swansea - the teenage Osmond was found with a Kinder Egg capsule containing wraps of heroin hidden "in his genital area" while a search of the car revealed a pickaxe, an air pistol, cash, and a mobile phone containing messages relating to dealing. Hywel Davies, for Osmond, said at the time of the offending the defendant's mental health had deteriorated significantly following medical issues with his partner. He said his client was "bitterly missing" his young daughter while being in custody and had removed himself from his previous negative peers and lifestyle and "simply wants to get back to being a dad and a provider". Judge Geraint Walters said that in all his time at the Bar he could not recall a defendant committing three separate pieces of dangerous driving in the space of a fortnight. With discounts for his guilty pleas the defendant was sentenced to a total of three years in prison. He will serve no more than half that sentence in custody before being released on licence to serve the remainder in the community. Osmond was disqualified from driving for a period of four-and-a-half years and must pass an extended test before he can get a new licence. Article continues below The judge made a depravation order for the Nissan Navara.
Sydney Morning Herald
29-05-2025
- Sport
- Sydney Morning Herald
Osmond stakes claim for more city rides after extending apprenticeship
Osmond regularly does track work at Newcastle but travels once a week to ride for premier Sydney trainer Chris Waller. 'It's good, kind of changing things up,' he said. 'Sometimes it gets a bit boring doing the same thing every day. A different environment is good. 'I'm getting a lot more rides now that all the other guys have gone to Brisbane, but I'm not really worried about the premiership. I'm just going about each day as a new day. 'Riding was kind of a late career choice, so anything I can get is a bonus really. 'I had a month to go in my apprenticeship, but then I had an extension. I've still got a claim, so I may as well keep doing it. 'I'm happy in Newcastle. It's pretty central and I don't know if I like the city life.' Osmond's connection with the Waller camp has led to another promising chance on Saturday in race five with last-start winner Summer Flame, although the filly could instead race in the last, where it was an emergency with Rory Hutchings to ride. Summer Flame was a long-shot winner of the listed Denise's Joy Stakes at Scone on May 17 with Jeff Penza aboard and was $9.50 in the fifth. Loading 'I'm not sure which race it goes to, but going from a listed to a benchmark race, it's got to be in with some sort of chance,' Osmond said. He believed Nathan Doyle-trained Formal would be his best chance on Saturday, before the combination raced, and won, instead on Thursday at Gosford. Osmond's best hope now looks Kind Words ($7), for Lees, in the ninth. Kind Words flashed home down the inside to finish third in a three-way photo-finish at Scone two weeks ago. 'Arguably, we could have won,' he said. 'I had to change direction and momentum a couple of times and she was still good, so with the extra 100 metres she will only benefit from that.' Archibalds seeking better results from French imports Rob and Annabel Archibald hope they have found the key to imports Don Diego De Vega and Shahzad when the stable looks to go one better in the Lord Mayors Cup at Rosehill on Saturday. Second behind Eliyass last year with Hopeful, the Archibalds have five runners in the listed 2000m race, with Don Diego De Vega ($8.50) and Shahzad ($12) leading the charge. Don Diego De Vega ran second, then first on wet ground in Sydney in his first Australian preparation after arriving from France. The five-year-old was spelled, then failed to fire in two runs through last summer and was sent for a let-up. After two trials, the Archibalds hope Don Diego De Vega will rediscover his best form on softer tracks. 'He's probably got the most x-factor of all our runners,' Rob said. 'He didn't really come up last prep, whether it was the ground or not, we don't really know, but his two trials suggest he's much more comfortable with a bit of cut in the ground, which he wasn't getting. 'He's obviously first up, on a short back up after trialling on Monday at Warwick Farm, so you'd expect there'll be plenty of improvement from the first-up run, but we feel like it's a nice starting point for him and whatever he does, he's only going to improve on. 'He's a quirky horse, but he's got a stack of ability, so we were a little bit frustrated with him last prep that we didn't get a bit more out of him, but we just put that down to the ground. And sometimes the Europeans just take that little bit of time to find their feet. 'So there's no excuse from our point of view. He's going into Saturday in good order.' Shahzad, another French import, was disappointing in his first Australian preparation, consisting of three unplaced runs, but he broke through second-up on the Gold Coast last start over 2200m on heavy going. 'He obviously loved the conditions up at the Gold Coast, and it was nice to see him find a little bit of form,' he said. 'We brought him back down with a view to the mile and a half race in two weeks, so he's probably looking for that little bit further now, but this run will just give a good solid run. 'It's slightly out of the handicap, but we feel like he's our horse on the up, and we're really happy with him. He took a long time to adjust physically. He just wasn't coping early on, so we gave him a three-month break and started again, and this time in, he's been fantastic.'
The Age
29-05-2025
- Sport
- The Age
Osmond stakes claim for more city rides after extending apprenticeship
Osmond regularly does track work at Newcastle but travels once a week to ride for premier Sydney trainer Chris Waller. 'It's good, kind of changing things up,' he said. 'Sometimes it gets a bit boring doing the same thing every day. A different environment is good. 'I'm getting a lot more rides now that all the other guys have gone to Brisbane, but I'm not really worried about the premiership. I'm just going about each day as a new day. 'Riding was kind of a late career choice, so anything I can get is a bonus really. 'I had a month to go in my apprenticeship, but then I had an extension. I've still got a claim, so I may as well keep doing it. 'I'm happy in Newcastle. It's pretty central and I don't know if I like the city life.' Osmond's connection with the Waller camp has led to another promising chance on Saturday in race five with last-start winner Summer Flame, although the filly could instead race in the last, where it was an emergency with Rory Hutchings to ride. Summer Flame was a long-shot winner of the listed Denise's Joy Stakes at Scone on May 17 with Jeff Penza aboard and was $9.50 in the fifth. Loading 'I'm not sure which race it goes to, but going from a listed to a benchmark race, it's got to be in with some sort of chance,' Osmond said. He believed Nathan Doyle-trained Formal would be his best chance on Saturday, before the combination raced, and won, instead on Thursday at Gosford. Osmond's best hope now looks Kind Words ($7), for Lees, in the ninth. Kind Words flashed home down the inside to finish third in a three-way photo-finish at Scone two weeks ago. 'Arguably, we could have won,' he said. 'I had to change direction and momentum a couple of times and she was still good, so with the extra 100 metres she will only benefit from that.' Archibalds seeking better results from French imports Rob and Annabel Archibald hope they have found the key to imports Don Diego De Vega and Shahzad when the stable looks to go one better in the Lord Mayors Cup at Rosehill on Saturday. Second behind Eliyass last year with Hopeful, the Archibalds have five runners in the listed 2000m race, with Don Diego De Vega ($8.50) and Shahzad ($12) leading the charge. Don Diego De Vega ran second, then first on wet ground in Sydney in his first Australian preparation after arriving from France. The five-year-old was spelled, then failed to fire in two runs through last summer and was sent for a let-up. After two trials, the Archibalds hope Don Diego De Vega will rediscover his best form on softer tracks. 'He's probably got the most x-factor of all our runners,' Rob said. 'He didn't really come up last prep, whether it was the ground or not, we don't really know, but his two trials suggest he's much more comfortable with a bit of cut in the ground, which he wasn't getting. 'He's obviously first up, on a short back up after trialling on Monday at Warwick Farm, so you'd expect there'll be plenty of improvement from the first-up run, but we feel like it's a nice starting point for him and whatever he does, he's only going to improve on. 'He's a quirky horse, but he's got a stack of ability, so we were a little bit frustrated with him last prep that we didn't get a bit more out of him, but we just put that down to the ground. And sometimes the Europeans just take that little bit of time to find their feet. 'So there's no excuse from our point of view. He's going into Saturday in good order.' Shahzad, another French import, was disappointing in his first Australian preparation, consisting of three unplaced runs, but he broke through second-up on the Gold Coast last start over 2200m on heavy going. 'He obviously loved the conditions up at the Gold Coast, and it was nice to see him find a little bit of form,' he said. 'We brought him back down with a view to the mile and a half race in two weeks, so he's probably looking for that little bit further now, but this run will just give a good solid run. 'It's slightly out of the handicap, but we feel like he's our horse on the up, and we're really happy with him. He took a long time to adjust physically. He just wasn't coping early on, so we gave him a three-month break and started again, and this time in, he's been fantastic.'
Yahoo
28-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Maria Friedman Recalls Donny Osmond's 'Hilarious Stories' About Osmonds Band While Making 'Joseph' Musical Film (Exclusive)
Maria Friedman reminisced to PEOPLE about working with Donny Osmond on during the opening night of "We have seen each other over the years, absolutely," said the theater vet, calling Osmond "a gorgeous guy" Osmond later appeared in a live production of as Pharaoh last year, after first playing the title role on stage and, later, in a 1999 movie adaptation Maria Friedman has fond memories of working with the "gorgeous" Donny Osmond on Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. The actress, singer and director was in attendance during the opening night of Broadway's Real Women Have Curves in New York City on Sunday, April 27, where she opened up to PEOPLE about her time making 1999's Joseph with Osmond, 67. "I remember Donny Osmond always telling hilarious stories about when he was in The Osmonds," says Friedman, 65, referring to her former costar's famous family band that also consisted of his brothers Alan, Wayne, Merrill and Jay Osmond. The Merrily We Roll Along director also reflected on what she learned in making the movie adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's beloved stage musical, in which she played the Narrator alongside Osmond's titular Joseph. "I just remember the ensemble thing, and also how I got to learn about cameras," she tells PEOPLE. "Because it was filmed ... we recorded it but we had a very short rehearsal period, so I had to really understand technique of getting into the camera and making sure I was in frame." Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human-interest stories. Related: Donny and Marie Osmond's Siblings: All About Their Brothers According to Friedman, "Because you didn't get a second ... [with] 20 people, you've got to find the frame. So it taught me a lot." First presented as a stage production in 1972 with Bill Hutton in the title role, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is based on Joseph from the Bible's Book of Genesis and was Webber, 77, and book/lyrics writer Tim Rice's first musical to be performed publicly. And more than 25 years after the movie version's release, Friedman tells PEOPLE that she and Osmond "have exchanged texts and emails," but don't often connect in person these days. "We have seen each other over the years, absolutely," she adds. "I haven't worked with him or seen him [lately], but he's a gorgeous guy." The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now! Related: Donny Osmond Doesn't Think He Could Do Another Osmond Family Christmas Show: 'It Was a Different Time' (Exclusive) Meanwhile, Joseph runs deep in Osmond's veins. After first playing the title role on stage in the early to mid '90s and, later, in the 1999 film, he returned to the production last year in the villainous role of Pharaoh at the Edinburgh Playhouse in Scotland. Osmond spoke with PEOPLE late last year amid his Joseph run in Scotland, which began with performances on Dec. 3 and concluded on Dec. 29. He admitted that it can feel "pretty bizarre ... to hear someone else doing the material you did for six years, 2,000 performances and more." (He even started singing a Joseph line by accident one night!) But he's "good" with his evolution now. "Opening night it was like, 'What is this going to be like?' " Osmond told PEOPLE at the time. "And as soon as they set me down on the chair on stage and the lights came up, the applause and ovation ... it was absolutely amazing. And then when Joseph comes out and ['Poor Poor Joseph'] began, I looked at the audience and I said, 'Déjà vu!' " Read the original article on People
Yahoo
17-03-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Rebecca Osmond found safe weeks after disappearing while heading to Tampa
The Brief Rebecca Osmond has been found safe weeks after she was last seen, according to police in Beloit, Wisconsin. Osmond was reported missing after leaving Wisconsin for Tampa in February. No further details surrounding when or where she was found have been released. TAMPA, Fla. - A former Tampa General Hospital employee who disappeared last month after telling her family she was leaving Wisconsin for Tampa has been found safe, according to police in Beloit, Wisconsin. The backstory Family and friends previously said Rebecca Osmond, 47, left Wisconsin on an Amtrak train on Feb. 22. She purchased a bus ticket from Orlando to Tampa, but her whereabouts were unknown in the weeks that followed. Friends said Osmond worked at TGH for years as a physician support specialist, and she moved to Wisconsin several years ago to take care of her mother. No further details surrounding when or where she was found have been released, with the City of Beloit Police Department only saying Osmond was found. Follow FOX 13 on YouTube The Source This story was written using information from the City of Beloit Police Department and previous FOX 13 News reports. STAY CONNECTED WITH FOX 13 TAMPA: Download the FOX Local app for your smart TV Download FOX Local mobile app: Apple | Android Download the FOX 13 News app for breaking news alerts, latest headlines Download the SkyTower Radar app Sign up for FOX 13's daily newsletter
