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  "path": "/news/south-wales-pubgoer-destroys-pub-bulldozer-believed-wife-affair-landlord",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-15T06:15:39.000Z",
  "site": "https://www.gbnews.com",
  "tags": [
    "Fraudster nurse who swindled £51k from NHS ordered to pay back just £278",
    "Major British supermarket fined £737,000 after inspectors found bakery covered in filth",
    "Cardiff University fined £280,000 after staff develop asthma following 15 years of allergen exposure",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nA \"paranoid\" pubgoer destroyed a pub with a bulldozer because he believed his wife was having an affair with its landlord and patrons.\n\nDaniel Morgan, 35, was on the receiving end of \"banter\" about his marriage's breakdown as he drank at the New Inn in Cefn Rhigos near Aberdare, South Wales.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nMorgan, of Rhigos, Aberdare. falsely believed in a \"paranoid way\" that his wife was being unfaithful with regulars, and messaged landlord Christopher Common to warn him of a potential attack, prosecutor Jason Howells told the court.\n\n\"Be careful, you can’t stop a dozer,\" Morgan texted the landlord.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\nMorgan then took a bulldozer from his father's farm and ploughed through an Isuzu truck on the farm.\n\nHis father, Phillip, saw the bulldozer slam through the truck and headed to the pub to alert the owners of Morgan's planned attack.\n\nMerthyr Tydfil Crown Court heard how Morgan drove over a parked car and destroyed the Welsh pub's porch, resulting in £22,280.43 of damage and a lost revenue of £7,000.\n\nHis father \"heroically\" attempted to cut the diesel pipe on the engine in order to stop the damage.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nMorgan then left the pub to head to his family home, but was stopped by his father, uncle, and cousin, who blocked the road with a digger.\n\nThe bulldozer driver was found by police to be \"heavily intoxicated\", the court heard.\n\nMorgan told officers the incident was \"all because my ex won’t let me see the kids\", and said he \"saw red\" as he drove the bulldozer.\n\nLandlord Mr Common said Morgan was not in the right frame of mind.\n\n### MORE FROM WALES:\n\n\n\n\n  * Fraudster nurse who swindled £51k from NHS ordered to pay back just £278\n  * Major British supermarket fined £737,000 after inspectors found bakery covered in filth\n  * Cardiff University fined £280,000 after staff develop asthma following 15 years of allergen exposure\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nMr Howells told the court: \"He does not believe the defendant would have acted this way and caused the damage if he had been in the right frame of mind.\"\n\nThe landlord added that Morgan was usually willing to help people within the village.\n\nThe court heard how the bulldozer driver had began drinking six pint a day and using cocaine as a result of his marriage breaking down.\n\nJudge Celia Hughes said Morgan had \"acted out of revenge\" and had only been stopped thanks to the \"bravery\" of his father.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nShe said she did \"accept his remorse\" and gave him credit for his guilty plea, noting that Morgan had not been in contact with his two children since the breakdown of his marriage, which had contributed to his substance abuse.\n\nMorgan pleaded guilty to aggravated vehicle taking, dangerous driving; and damaging property being reckless as to whether life is endangered.\n\nHe was sentenced to 40 months in prison and has been disqualified from driving for three years and three months.\n\nHe must also pay £10,000 to Mr Common.\n\nRyan Randall of the Crown Prosecution Service said: \"Daniel Morgan showed a complete disregard for the safety of other people who could have been in the pub.\n\n\"This wasn't an accidental collision, but a threatened action which was then carried out, not only damaging a building and vehicles, but stopping a business from trading and impacting on the livelihoods of the landlord and farmer.\"\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter**",
  "title": "'Paranoid' pubgoer destroyed pub with bulldozer because he thought his wife was having affair with landlord"
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