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0:00:06 > 0:00:09Welcome to Wales Today. ?65,000 for this wall?
0:00:09 > 0:00:12Bogus builders behind bars after conning vulnerable pensioners.
0:00:12 > 0:00:17Kris Wade murdered his neighbour in a sexually motivated attack.
0:00:17 > 0:00:20It emerges he'd previously been sacked from his job over
0:00:20 > 0:00:23claims of sexual assault.
0:00:23 > 0:00:25And a homecoming to remember - celebrating Welsh athletes
0:00:25 > 0:00:28success at the Rio Games.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41Good evening.
0:00:41 > 0:00:44They preyed on elderly, vulnerable people right
0:00:44 > 0:00:47across South Wales - conning them out of more
0:00:47 > 0:00:50than ?70,000 for fake building work.
0:00:50 > 0:00:53Now, father and son - Jeffrey and James Tawse
0:00:53 > 0:00:56from Cardiff are behind bars - the judge labelling them "inhuman."
0:00:56 > 0:00:59They charged one disabled pensioner ?65,000 to build
0:00:59 > 0:01:03a small garden wall. Jordan Davies has more.
0:01:04 > 0:01:08They posed as builders.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11Preying on elderly home owners across South Wales.
0:01:11 > 0:01:15Jeffrey and James Tawse. Their oldest victim was 97.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18This, an example of their "shoddy" work.
0:01:18 > 0:01:25It may not look like much - a garden wall - but the Tawse
0:01:25 > 0:01:28charged a 71-year-old disabled man nearly ?65,000 for the work.
0:01:28 > 0:01:32The price of a small house in some places.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35The man - referred to in court as "Mr P" -
0:01:35 > 0:01:38had suffered a brain injury in a cycling accident.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41Police were alerted to the fraud by his bank manager -
0:01:41 > 0:01:46after he withdrew ?100,000 over the course of a year.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49Damp inside the home of another 84-year-old victim
0:01:49 > 0:01:52in Rhonnda Cynon Taff.
0:01:52 > 0:01:56The Tawses were paid ?1,000 to weatherproof
0:01:56 > 0:02:00the other side of the wall. But it isn't just the poor work.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03They were aggressive and intimidating.
0:02:03 > 0:02:07This victim doesn't want to be identified for fear of reprisals.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09His words are spoken by someone else.
0:02:09 > 0:02:13I should have been wiser but I was conned, wasn't I?
0:02:13 > 0:02:16He had no intention of doing the job properly because if he had,
0:02:16 > 0:02:19there would be no need to come back.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21He was creating a situation where he could return
0:02:21 > 0:02:25and possibly get more work.
0:02:25 > 0:02:29This weed-proof drive - another one of their jobs.
0:02:29 > 0:02:33They simply threw sand into the cracks - which blew away.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36They were caught after a two-year investigation by Trading Standards.
0:02:36 > 0:02:41We see the people who have been taken advantage of and we see
0:02:41 > 0:02:46the effect it has had on those people and to bring the perpetrators
0:02:46 > 0:02:48before a court, I think that gives certainly us,
0:02:48 > 0:02:51some satisfaction and them, some closure on what
0:02:51 > 0:02:53has happened to them.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56Jeffrey and James Tawse conned their way across the country,
0:02:56 > 0:03:00from Carmarthenshire to Monmouthshire.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03They'd been convicted several times before.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06Jeffrey Tawse used the bank account of a young relative to "hide"
0:03:06 > 0:03:08his victims' money.
0:03:08 > 0:03:10The judge described Jeffrey Tawse as inhuman.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13He said the men preyed on people in a cold-blooded way.
0:03:13 > 0:03:19He sentenced this father and son to a total of eight years in prison.
0:03:22 > 0:03:26Police have charged 20-year-old Andrew Saunders from Castleton
0:03:26 > 0:03:29near Newport with the murder of two people in Cardiff city centre.
0:03:29 > 0:03:3321-year-old Zoe Morgan and 33-year-old Lee Simmons
0:03:33 > 0:03:35were found stabbed to death on Queen Street
0:03:35 > 0:03:39early yesterday morning.
0:03:39 > 0:03:45Zoe's family have described her as "a beautiful daughter, sister,
0:03:45 > 0:03:48granddaughter and aunty who had a heart of gold and would do
0:03:48 > 0:03:51anything for anybody".
0:03:51 > 0:03:53Floral tributes have been left at the Matalan store
0:03:53 > 0:03:56where they both worked, and friends have set up a Go Fund me
0:03:56 > 0:03:59page to raise money for the funerals.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02He was very quiet, kept himself to himself.
0:04:02 > 0:04:05Lovely, genuine guy, wouldn't hurt a fly.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08I only saw them last week as the couple.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11I saw a few months ago they'd put on Facebook they were in
0:04:11 > 0:04:14a relationship, which I thought was lovely and she was his
0:04:14 > 0:04:16Tinkerbell.
0:04:16 > 0:04:21It was so sweet, it was so nice to see them happy.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24A 24-year-old kayaker who died following an incident on a river
0:04:24 > 0:04:27near Beddgelert in Snowdonia has been named as Thomas Lloyd
0:04:27 > 0:04:30from Whittington in Staffordshire.
0:04:30 > 0:04:32The Bangor University student was reported missing
0:04:32 > 0:04:35on Tuesday afternoon.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38His body was recovered yesterday following a major search operation.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40He's been described as an experienced outdoor pursuits
0:04:40 > 0:04:43enthusiast.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46It's emerged that a killer - jailed for the sexually-motivated
0:04:46 > 0:04:50murder of his neighbour in Cardiff Bay - had been previously
0:04:50 > 0:04:53sacked from his job over allegations of sex assaults.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56Three people with learning difficulties accused Kris Wade
0:04:56 > 0:05:00of assaulting them - while employed as a support worker -
0:05:00 > 0:05:04though no prosecution was ever brought.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07Disability campaigners say those with learning difficulties
0:05:07 > 0:05:10often struggle to get justice. Nick Palit reports.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13In the waterside apartment she had lived in for just a few months,
0:05:13 > 0:05:16Christine James was brutally murdered by the neighbour
0:05:16 > 0:05:20who lived upstairs.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23The 65-year-old grandmother died from a cut throat in February
0:05:23 > 0:05:26and was discovered a few days later in her Cardiff Bay flat.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29Kris Wade admitted the murder and last week the judge
0:05:29 > 0:05:33at Cardiff Crown Court said he'd targeted Mrs James because
0:05:33 > 0:05:35of his sexual desire. Now it's emerged he'd already been
0:05:35 > 0:05:39investigated for a series of alleged sexual assaults.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42Those incidents were when Kris Wade was employed as a health care
0:05:42 > 0:05:44support worker at this special centre in the Ely
0:05:44 > 0:05:47district of Cardiff.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50Abertawe Bro Morgannwg Health Board confirmed complaints
0:05:50 > 0:05:54about Kris Wade's conduct here at Rowan House first
0:05:54 > 0:05:57emerged in January 2012. Eventually there were allegations
0:05:57 > 0:06:00he had sexually assaulted three patients with learning difficulties.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03In October 2012 he was suspended while a multi-agency protection
0:06:03 > 0:06:07of vulnerable adults review was carried out,
0:06:07 > 0:06:11including a criminal investigation by South Wales Police.
0:06:11 > 0:06:15Although no prosecution followed, the health board's own disciplinary
0:06:15 > 0:06:18procedures resulted in Wade being sacked for gross misconduct.
0:06:18 > 0:06:22But that wasn't until earlier this year, nearly four years after
0:06:22 > 0:06:25the first allegations were reported.
0:06:25 > 0:06:29South Wales Police say the allegations surrounding
0:06:29 > 0:06:32Rowan House were fully investigated but in each case no further action
0:06:32 > 0:06:36was taken, following advice from the Crown Prosecution Service.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39Campaigners working for those with learning difficulties say
0:06:39 > 0:06:42such people often feel they are denied justice.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45I think there is a stigma associated often with being a person
0:06:45 > 0:06:48with a learning disability, in that your opinions,
0:06:48 > 0:06:55your comments, your views are not valued or taken seriously
0:06:55 > 0:06:58and I think it's well documented that there have been
0:06:58 > 0:07:01a number of instances where Crown Prosecution Services
0:07:01 > 0:07:04have looked at issues of serious allegations of abuse or other
0:07:04 > 0:07:07offences, but have felt there wasn't enough evidence to proceed.
0:07:07 > 0:07:10We need to know how they were communicated
0:07:10 > 0:07:14with when evidence was being gathered and what credibility
0:07:14 > 0:07:17was given to the concerns that they raised, very serious
0:07:17 > 0:07:21concerns, people who said they had been sexually assaulted by somebody
0:07:21 > 0:07:26we now know has subsequently been convicted for murder.
0:07:26 > 0:07:30Christine James' family are painfully aware that had
0:07:30 > 0:07:35there been enough evidence to prosecute Kris Wade
0:07:35 > 0:07:37for the sexual assaults when they first arose in 2012,
0:07:37 > 0:07:40he wouldn't have been living in these flats next
0:07:40 > 0:07:42to the grandmother he went on to murder.
0:07:42 > 0:07:46The former Economy Minister - Edwina Hart - has been accused
0:07:46 > 0:07:49by the Welsh Conservatives of breaking the ministerial code.
0:07:49 > 0:07:53She approved more than ?3 million to support the firm Kancoat -
0:07:53 > 0:07:56near her Gower constituency - despite a warning that
0:07:56 > 0:07:58its business plan was weak. The company later went bust.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01The Welsh Government says the code wasn't broken,
0:08:01 > 0:08:04as the firm was outside her constituency.
0:08:04 > 0:08:07Tributes have been paid to former union leader Terry Thomas -
0:08:07 > 0:08:10who's died aged 78.
0:08:10 > 0:08:20He was Vice President of the South Wales National Union of Miners,
0:08:20 > 0:08:22during the miners' strike, and was instrumental
0:08:22 > 0:08:25in leading the return to work.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28Ceredigion Council has decided to keep the job
0:08:28 > 0:08:30of Aberaeron Harbourmaster running.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33Almost a thousand people signed a petition to save the role -
0:08:33 > 0:08:34after concerns the council was considering cutting
0:08:34 > 0:08:36the full-time post.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38The local authority also employs harbourmasters in Aberystwyth
0:08:38 > 0:08:41and New Quay - and had said it needed to respond
0:08:41 > 0:08:43to the "tough financial climate".
0:08:43 > 0:08:46Celebrations have taken place at the Senedd to mark the success
0:08:46 > 0:08:49of Team GBs Welsh athletes at the Rio Olympic
0:08:49 > 0:08:52and Paralympic Games.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55They won a record ten Olympic medals - Welsh Paralympians won seven.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57Tomos Dafydd has more.
0:08:58 > 0:09:02It was an unforgettable summer of sport.
0:09:02 > 0:09:06Rio lit up the Games and with a backdrop of colour
0:09:06 > 0:09:09and music, our athletes did not disappoint either.
0:09:09 > 0:09:17The medals kept coming.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20Ten in all for Team GB's Welsh Olympians, surpassing
0:09:20 > 0:09:22the seven won in London.
0:09:22 > 0:09:26So tonight, a chance to meet our sporting heroes and get
0:09:26 > 0:09:28close to those medals. Between them, cyclist Becky James
0:09:28 > 0:09:32and sailor Hannah Mills returned home with two silvers and a gold.
0:09:32 > 0:09:38Years of hard work and sacrifice paid off.
0:09:38 > 0:09:42Each Olympics is four years and once every four years is your shot to do
0:09:42 > 0:09:44it on the biggest stage in the world, so there
0:09:44 > 0:09:47is an awful lot of pressure, a lot of time and commitment
0:09:47 > 0:09:49and you just pray it comes together on the day.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52Take us back then.
0:09:52 > 0:09:56For you, it was a great family moment - they were all there
0:09:56 > 0:09:58sharing in your success.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01It was incredible, my whole family had never been to watch a race
0:10:01 > 0:10:04together so there were ten of them there, which was just
0:10:04 > 0:10:06absolutely amazing.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09Team GB's 67 medals surpassed the haul of four years ago,
0:10:09 > 0:10:12but could the Paralympians do the same?
0:10:12 > 0:10:15The pressure did not seem to affect Aled Sion Davies -
0:10:15 > 0:10:18the shot putter from Bridgend broke the world record three times
0:10:18 > 0:10:21on the way to winning gold.
0:10:21 > 0:10:24Aled, you broke the world record three times and got the gold,
0:10:24 > 0:10:31but still you were not entirely happy, were you?
0:10:31 > 0:10:33No, I wasn't, I went there to execute a process,
0:10:33 > 0:10:39you know and we had distances in our head.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42I've worked so hard for the last two, three years and after London,
0:10:42 > 0:10:46it was hard to get back but I worked so hard to be in such
0:10:46 > 0:10:48good shape for this, I wanted to get close,
0:10:48 > 0:10:51if not over 70 metres. But it didn't happen and I'm over it
0:10:51 > 0:10:53now but at the time, I was a bit frustrated.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56A great Games for you, a great Games for Paralympics GB.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58How do you think history will judge the Games, considering
0:10:58 > 0:11:01Russia were not there? I think it is something that...
0:11:01 > 0:11:04As great a success as it has been, you really have to take it
0:11:04 > 0:11:07with a pinch of salt because as Paralympics GB,
0:11:07 > 0:11:10we won a lot of medals and, like you said, Russia were not
0:11:10 > 0:11:14there so it's going to be very hard to beat that medal tally ever again.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17And this is what it means to win on the biggest stage.
0:11:17 > 0:11:21Gold for Robert Davies in the table tennis and Hollie Arnold
0:11:21 > 0:11:25in the javelin helped Paralympics GB bring home 147 medals.
0:11:25 > 0:11:29More than they won in 2012.
0:11:29 > 0:11:34Time for a look at the weather now. Here's Derek.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38Henffych, greetings.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41There is a chance tonight that we may see the Northern Lights,
0:11:41 > 0:11:44especially in North Wales, so keep your eyes peeled.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46Weather-wise, some dry and clear weather tonight but a few showers
0:11:46 > 0:11:49dotted around as well. Heavy showers in places.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52And cooler and fresher than last night.
0:11:52 > 0:11:54Temperatures in mid Wales falling as low as 7 or 8 Celsius.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56Now, the umbrella may come in handy tomorrow morning,
0:11:56 > 0:11:59there will be further showers about and again, sharp
0:11:59 > 0:12:01showers in places.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04But some dry and bright weather and sunshine as well
0:12:04 > 0:12:07and less windy than today. Across the rest of the UK,
0:12:07 > 0:12:10a mixture of sunny spells and scattered showers.
0:12:10 > 0:12:12Showers are heavy in places, a risk of hail and thunder,
0:12:12 > 0:12:16although some spots will stay dry.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18Lighter winds in Scotland tomorrow with top temperatures
0:12:18 > 0:12:22of 12 Celsius in Glasgow and up to 19 in London.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24Closer to home, a few showers tomorrow afternoon but these hit
0:12:24 > 0:12:27and miss so you may be lucky and stay dry.
0:12:27 > 0:12:29There will be some sunshine as well.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32Temperatures a little lower than today -
0:12:32 > 0:12:3614 in Aberystwyth, 16 in Newport and the wind less gusty.
0:12:36 > 0:12:39Tomorrow evening, a few scattered showers.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42Dry for a while and then more showers and rain will spread
0:12:42 > 0:12:46from the west after midnight. That sets the scene for Saturday.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49Low pressure over the UK and that means showers or longer spells
0:12:49 > 0:12:52of rain, heavy showers in places.
0:12:52 > 0:12:55A few bright, sunny intervals as well with temperatures
0:12:55 > 0:12:57on the cool side.
0:12:57 > 0:13:01Becoming dry and chilly on Saturday night but much nicer on Sunday.
0:13:01 > 0:13:04A couple of mist and fog patches perhaps in the morning.
0:13:04 > 0:13:07These will clear, leaving it dry and there will be some sunshine
0:13:07 > 0:13:09and light winds.
0:13:09 > 0:13:13If you are taking part in the Cardiff Half Marathon
0:13:13 > 0:13:15on Sunday or watching, the weather should be ideal.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18So, Sunday, the best day of the weekend.
0:13:18 > 0:13:21Monday, dry, too, with a south-easterly breeze.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24I will see you soon.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27We're back in Breakfast with updates from 6.25am.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29But for now, from all of us on the programme, thanks
0:13:29 > 0:13:31for watching, goodnight.