Reem Ahmed

The risk of harm posed by a woman with psychosis who bludgeoned a pensioner to death in a shop had been "insufficiently assessed and addressed" in the run-up to the attack, a coroner has concluded. A four-day inquest into the death of John Rees, 88, at Pontypridd Coroners' Court heard evidence about the events in the run-up to the fatal attack in a Co-op store in Penygraig, Rhondda Cynon Taf, on May 5, 2020. Zara Radcliffe, 30, of Porth, had been discharged from hospital less than three months...

A coroner has set out key questions that will be considered at the inquest of a five-year-old boy who died while on holiday in Greece. Theo Treharne-Jones from Merthyr Tydfil was found in a swimming pool at Atlantica Holiday Village resort on the Greek island of Kos on June 15, 2019.

A 999 call handler incorrectly categorised a call made by the wife of a man who died from a heart attack, an inquest has heard. The Welsh Ambulance Service Trust (WAST) handler should have escalated the call for Robert Weekley, 75, who died in his flat in Barry, to the most urgent level of 'red', which requires an ambulance to be sent within eight minutes. Instead they wrongly categorised it as the second-highest level, 'amber one', which has no set response time, an inquest into Mr Weekley's d...

A paedophile who abused babies aged less than six months old died days after a "misadventure" in custody, an inquest jury has concluded. The inquest into the death of Jared Perry at Pontypridd Coroners' Court heard evidence about the events in the run-up to Perry's death at the Princess of Wales hospital in Bridgend on Sunday, November 3, 2019.

A long-standing and well-respected South Wales Police detective consumed alcohol while on duty on two occasions, a misconduct hearing was told. DC Mark Hooley, 51, admitted he had drunk wine in his office and beer at the pub while at work in January 2023 after another officer suspected he was under the influence of alcohol. Hooley was subsequently breathalysed and was found to have 30mcg of alcohol per 100ml of breath. A misconduct investigation commenced and he voluntary revealed in an intervi...

Police officers had attempted to conduct a welfare check on a mum-of-three but left after they were unsuccessful, just before she took her own life, an inquest heard. Rhiana Jones, 27, died in her own home in Mallory Close in St Athan, Barry in the afternoon of Sunday, August 6 2023.

A father set fire to his house while his children and their friends were inside it, a court has heard. Philip Jones, 56, committed arson at the three-bed terraced property in Chepstow Road in Cwmparc, Treorchy, on the evening of September 6 last year causing £15,000 worth of damage. He made threats to burn down the house and told his children to get out before he set fire to the living room where the gas meter was located. His son, his daughter, and his daughter's partner and two friends manage...

An assessor allowed candidates to plagiarise answers for health and social care exams, a hearing was told. Vivian Alan Bush also modified candidates' coursework before uploading it to an online assessment platform, an Education Workforce Council (EWC) fitness to practise committee found.

A police misconduct hearing has found an officer did not use excessive force against a man in custody. The officer, known only as Officer A, faced an allegation of gross misconduct after he placed his hands "on and around" Mohamud Hassan's head and "forced it down" in Cardiff Bay police station on January 8, 2021 while Mr Hassan was being escorted into a cell.

A care assistant was bitten "on the shoulder to the bone" by a patient at a former mental health hospital in Wales, a court has heard. Other staff at the now-closed Priory Hospital in Aberdare were left with hearing loss, permanent scarring, discolouration, numbness, flashbacks and nightmares after being physically assaulted by patients.