Justitie · Dog-breeding prosecutionSwansea court acquittals: Three cleared in dog-breeding and fraud caseGeschreven 29 oktober 2026 om 03:17 UTCKijkenTranscript0:07A judge cleared three people of illegal dog breeding and fraud.0:10Their prosecutions are over, including the case against a counselor whose own0:14counsel brought the charges.0:15Other defendants have admitted offenses, while one woman still faces trial.0:20Why did the counsel decide to offer no evidence against these three?0:24Euros Davies, Rydian Davies, and Delith Matthias were formally found not guilty at0:28Swansea Crown Court.0:29Prosecutors offered no evidence against them, and Judge Houries recorded the0:34findings.0:34All three had previously denied the charges.0:37Right and Davies is twenty, nine and from Prangwin.0:39Delith Matthias is thirty and from Cardiff.0:42The proceedings against them and Euros Davies have ended on these charges.0:45Euros Davies61 is from CWSek Pant and represents Yanwenog on Kiradigen County0:50Council.0:51That same counsel brought the prosecution through its trading standards team.0:54Euros Davies and Ride and Davies made no comment as they left court.0:58Prosecuting barrister Owen Edwards said the cases against the three had been1:01carefully considered before prosecutors decided to offer no evidence.1:04The council said it had reviewed the case and considered legal advice before making1:08that decision.1:09The wider prosecution had involved eleven defendants denying charges.1:13They appeared first at Aberaswith Justice Center in April2025, then at Swansea Crown1:19Court that July.1:20Those denials were their pleas at that stage of the proceedings.1:23Thomas John Jones admitted knowingly participating in a fraudulent dog breeding1:27business in December2025 .1:29His admission covered March2015 to November2023 .1:33Jones was described as27 when he pleaded guilty and as twenty-eight in the later1:38proceedings.1:38Jones's guilty plea concerns his own participation.1:41Euros Davies, Rydian Davies, and Deleth Matthias have each been acquitted.1:45Edwards told the court the business was worth about one million pounds, with profits1:49nearing one million pounds.1:51He gave those as approximate figures for the business as a whole.1:54They describe its value and profits separately.1:56Nereswin Davies, fifty-six, had previously pleaded guilty to charges relating to2:01illegal dog breeding.2:02The court heard she supplied Jones with seventy-two dogs.2:05That figure describes the dogs supplied to him.2:07Rebecca Ellen Bailey, thirty one from Langrenog, also pleaded guilty.2:12She admitted making an article in the commission of fraud and providing false2:16information concerning nine dock shan puppies at Castlehouse veterinary practice.2:20She is due to be sentenced later.2:21Peter Jones, Cara Barrett, and David Bethel accepted cautions in relation to the2:25case.2:26Sarah Pritchard Davies has pleaded not guilty to fraud related to illegal dog2:29breeding.2:30Her trial is scheduled for November9,2026.2:33Sarah Pritchard Davies is a former winner of S4C C, N.2:37I.2:37Jimru singing contest.2:38Her case remains contested.2:40The council has explained that it reviewed the three acquitted defendants' cases and2:43took legal advice.2:44It hasn't explained the specific legal or evidential problem that led it to offer no2:48evidence against them.Lees het artikelTijdlijn van het verhaalHeyDex
