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Death crash sentence 'an insult'

The husband of a 51-year-old care worker killed while riding her moped says a 12-month driving ban issued to the man who caused her death is an “insult to her memory”. Danny Lewis, 41,was found guilty of causing the death of Joan Morris by careless driving last week. He was acquitted by a jury at Swansea Crown Court of the more serious charge of causing death by dangerous driving. Sitting in Cardiff Crown Court on Friday morning, Judge Phillip Richards told the defendant that no punishment he delivered would be “greater than the sentence on your conscience.” Lewis, of Hawen, Penparc, Cardigan, was ordered to complete a community order of 250 hours unpaid work and has been disqualified from driving for a period of 12 months. Swansea-born Mrs Morris was the wife of Alan Morris, communications manager for Hybi Cig Cymru and a former editor of the South Wales Guardian newspaper in Ammanford. Mr Morris issued the following statement after the sentencing - As a family, we are disappointed a...

Driving ban for rugby hero

Rugby ace gets 3-year driving ban (From South Wales Guardian) The Llandeilo man who scored the winning points in Llanelli’s 1985 Schweppes Cup Final triumph over Cardiff crashed into two parked cars while driving 300 yards from his local pub to home, magistrates have been told. Ian Wynn Jones, of 6 Carmarthen Road, enjoyed a glittering rugby career throughout the 1980s and 90s which included Wales B caps as well as spells with Llanelli, Cardiff Blues, Bristol and Neath.