IN a shocking series of incidents on Swansea’s Wind Street, a woman carried out a string of bizarre and criminal acts, including vandalising businesses, stealing money, and assaulting a pub manager. Naomi Davies, 43, appeared at Swansea Crown Court, where she pleaded guilty to multiple charges including burglary, assault, and a public order offence.
The court heard that Davies’ offences spanned just over a week, beginning on the morning of 29th June. The manager of Las Iguanas restaurant arrived at work to find Davies in the building’s basement storage room, wearing a chef’s jacket and bizarrely claiming to work at the restaurant. When confronted, Davies returned the jacket and left. However, the manager soon discovered a series of disturbing actions by Davies, including turning off the water supply to the building and defecating on the floor of a storage room.
The situation escalated on 4th July when Davies broke into the Flame kebab house after it had closed for the night. Inside, she stole £200 from the till, turned off fridges and freezers, and opened gas taps in the kitchen. The following day, the owner of the kebab house arrived to find spoiled meat, which led to a financial loss of over £1,500, and further disruption as the business was forced to close for two days, losing an estimated £4,000 in takings. Additionally, the business faced a further cost of £5,500 to replace a damaged fridge.
On the same day, Davies targeted the nearby Bank Statement pub, where she entered staff-only areas, rifled through employees’ belongings, and stole printer ink. When the pub’s duty manager confronted her, Davies reacted violently, pushing the manager to the floor and causing her to hit her head. As the manager attempted to stand, Davies punched her in the back. Fortunately, nearby construction workers intervened, pulling Davies away until the police arrived.
Davies was arrested on Wind Street, where she was found shouting and swearing at officers in the presence of passers-by. She later provided a “largely no comment” interview.
Naomi Davies, of The Strand, Swansea, has a history of 14 previous convictions for 35 offences. Stuart John, representing Davies, described her life as having “unravelled” following the loss of her children to care in 2014, which left her homeless for the past 12 months. He highlighted her clear mental health issues and described the case as “exceptionally sad,” though he noted “glimmers of hope” with support being offered to Davies by a charity to help her secure stable accommodation upon her release.
Recorder Christian Jowett sentenced Davies to nine months in prison, with the sentence comprising six months for the Las Iguanas burglary, nine months for the Flame kebab house burglaries, six months for the Bank Statement burglary, and six weeks each for the assault and public order offence, all to run concurrently. Davies will serve up to half of her sentence in custody before being released on licence to serve the remainder in the community. Due to her financial situation, no compensation or contribution to costs was ordered.
