Welsh farmer convicted after picking up neighbour's truck with his tractor and writing it off
From the Newshound archive · first published 7 October 2026 · last updated 8 October 2026.
Cerdin Jones, who was convicted of criminal damage and fined after hoisting neighbour Anwen Hughes' truck with his tractor and hauling it down a Ceredigion lane, writing it off.The farm lane in Ceredigion where Jones staged the removal, which caused over £5,000 in damage and led to a restraining order barring him from Hughes' property.
Bemused sheep watched on as Cerdin Jones, 53, used the lifting arms of his Massey Ferguson tractor to hoist neighbour Anwen Hughes' Fiat Fullback and haul it 20 yards down a narrow Ceredigion lane. The makeshift removal, caught on video, caused over £5,000 in damage and wrote the truck off entirely. Jones was found guilty of criminal damage at Aberystwyth Magistrates' Court and handed a fine, a restraining order, and ordered to pay £650 in costs plus a £150 surcharge.
The lane in Llanarth, Ceredigion was owned by Hughes, though Jones held a right of way to reach his own farmland.
The restraining order bars Jones from entering Hughes' farm or accessing the lane where he staged his tractor removal.
