18-07-2025
Three men appear in court from Cwmbran and Caerphilly
The three men were accused of drug-driving, speeding, and being threatening and abusive.
Their cases were heard at Cardiff Magistrates' Court.
Here's a round-up of the cases.
Daniel Drury, 43, of Marlborough Road in Cwmbran, was drug-driving just days after being clocked speeding on the motorway.
Drury was caught doing 72mph in the 50mph average speed limit on the westbound M4 at Newport between junctions 27 and 28 in a Citroen C4 on December 8.
He was then caught drug-driving in a Renault Clio on Tyn-Y-Parc Road in the Whitchurch area of Cardiff on December 11. When tested, he recorded having 212 micrograms of benzoylecgonine – the main metabolite of cocaine – per litre (µg/L) of blood.
The legal limit – to exclude accidental exposure – is 50µg/L.
He admitted both offences, and was sentenced to a six-month community order at Cardiff Magistrates' Court on July 15.
Drury was banned from driving for three years and was made the subject of a six-month curfew between 8pm and 6am. He must also pay £85 in costs.
Nathan Edwards, 35, of no fixed abode, threatened another man at a hospital.
Edwards was charged with using threatening, abusive, or insulting words or behaviour towards a man in Cardiff on May 18 with the intention of causing him fear of or provoking unlawful violence.
The defendant, previously of Caerphilly, pleaded guilty, and was jailed for six weeks at Cardiff Magistrates' Court on July 10.
The court determined that the offence was so serious that only a custodial sentence could be justified, and it was aggravated by it taking place in a hospital.
He must also pay £85 in costs and a £154 surcharge.
Gareth Silcocks, 41, of William Street in Fleur-De-Lis, was uninsured when he was drug-driving.
Silcocks was behind the wheel of a Mitsubishi Eclipse on Hood Road in Barry on December 18 last year. When tested, he recorded having 3.5µg/L of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol in his blood.
The legal limit is 2µg/L.
Checks also revealed that Silcocks was uninsured at the time.
He pleaded guilty to both offences at Cardiff Magistrates' Court on July 15.
Silcocks was disqualified from driving for 12 months, and must pay a £465 fine, £85 in costs, and a £186 surcharge.
