Issue 150

Welsh News, Issue 150

04th December 2006

News in brief from across the country. In this issue of Welsh News - Surfers are urged to stay safe, police appeal for Crimewatch caller and a mini tornado hits a small welsh village.

Death sentence dropped for killers of student

Killers of a student from Cardiff had their death sentence reduced to a life sentence in prison. Bualoy Kothisit, 23, and Wichai Sonkhaoyai, 24 of Thailand attacked Reading University student Kate Horton, on New Year's Day 2006.

Both admitted to raping, beating with an umbrella pole and later dumping her still alive in the ocean where she later drowned. The original sentence of death by lethal injection was converted to life after the appeal was accepted on the grounds that the two had confessed to the rape and murder.

Stay Safe Surfers

An alarm was raised on 26 November that a Swansea surfer was seen having difficulty on the sea near the rocks in Rhosili Bay. All Surfers in the area were asked to contact the police on the Monday morning. The Rhosili Coastguard, Tenby RNLI and an RAF helicopter, were involved in the search for the mysterious surfer. It was later revealed in a report that the alarm had been falsely raised.

Police appeal for Crimewatch caller

Police conducting an investigation of the murder of a detective in Monmouthshire appeal for callers of an appeal on Crimewatch in 1987 to come forward. Despite five investigations into the murder of Daniel Morgan no one has been convicted of his murder. Morgan, then 37, was axed in the head in a London Pub car park nineteen years ago.

Mini tornado hits small welsh village

A village north of Aberystwyth was hit by a small tornado-like occurrence during the night. The residents affected by the storm say that it felt like a "train crash" had hit them. More than twenty houses have sustained damage due to the storm. Roofs had been blown from some houses, chimneys were removed by the storm, electric cables were brought down and trees were pulled from their roots.

Sarandon finds roots in Wales

The Oscar winning actress Susan Sarandon was told after genetic testing that she was "clearly of welsh origin". This revelation came to light when Sarandon agreed to participate in the BBCs new series Coming Home. The programme show that Sarandon's lineage lies as far back as 1280 to the Tomlin family in Carmarthenshire. The star is said to be delighted with the finding.

Pupils win book fight

Children at a primary school in Pembrokeshire are celebrating after their campaign to get a sequel to one of their favourite books published ended in success. Pupils at Prendergast School wrote to publishers UWIC Press, who rejected 87-year old Margaret Jones' sequel to the fantasy story Nat, asking for the book to be printed.

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