Pendine man jailed for abducting and drugging teenage girl

JAILED | Carmarthenshire man jailed for abducting and drugging teenage girl

Richard Knight, aged 73, of Pendine, Carmarthenshire, has been jailed for three years and nine months after he admitted to abducting a teenage girl, making indecent images of children, and being concerned the supply of drugs. Dyfed-Powys Police received a call in the early hours of Monday 11 April 2022, from a concerned mother, who was worried the welfare of her 15-year-old daughter. That night, the teenage daughter made a distressed phone call …

Pendine man jailed for abducting and drugging teenage girl

Offender had 1,101 unlawful images of children stored on his devices, including 122 Category A images – the most serious classification. A PENDINE man has been jailed after admitting abducting a teenage girl, supplying her with drugs and keeping more than a thousand indecent images of children. Richard Knight, aged 73, from Pendine, Carmarthenshire, was sentenced to three years and nine months in prison at Swansea Crown Court following what poli…

Pendine pensioner jailed for child abduction and drug offences

A pensioner from Pendine has been jailed for child abduction and drug offences. Seventy-three-year-old Richard Knight was sentenced to three years and nine months after he admitted to abducting a teenage girl, making indecent images of children, and being concerned with the supply of drugs.

Carmarthenshire pensioner jailed for abducting and drugging 15‑year‑old girl

Dyfed‑Powys Police said Richard Knight, of Pendine, was sentenced to three years and nine months after admitting a string of drug offences and making indecent images of children, and after changing his plea to guilty on the child abduction charge moments before his trial was due to begin at Swansea Crown Court. Police said the case began in the early hours of 11 April 2022 when a distressed mother called officers after receiving a panicked phone…