{"id":513255,"date":"2025-10-20T01:54:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T01:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/513255\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T01:54:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T01:54:14","slug":"cardiff-woman-dies-weeks-after-being-hit-by-car-as-18-year-old-charged-with-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/513255\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardiff woman dies weeks after being hit by car as 18-year-old charged with murder"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kian Bateman, 18, was charged with the murder of 38-year-old Shelley Davies following the collision outside the 4th Glamorgan Homeguard Club in Caerau, Cardiff last month\"PoliceThe road was cordoned off as police gathered evidence(Image: WalesOnline)<\/p>\n

A woman has tragically passed away weeks after a car ploughed into pedestrians outside a club in the Caerau area of Cardiff, according to South Wales Police. T<\/a>he force confirmed that Shelley Davies, 38, sustained injuries in the incident which occurred just before half past midnight on Saturday, 27 September.<\/p>\n

The police revealed that Ms Davies died at the University Hospital<\/a> of Wales, Cardiff on Saturday, 18 October. They also announced that a man has since been charged with her murder.<\/p>\n

Officers were called to Heol Trelai following reports that a car had struck several pedestrians. A substantial cordon was established, extending from Caerau Lane to Church Road, for much of the day as crime scene investigators conducted their work, supported by a significant police presence.<\/p>\n

\"PolicePolice was called to the incident at Heol Trelai in Caerau just before 12.30am on Saturday, September 27.(Image: WalesOnline)<\/p>\n

Photos from the scene showed investigators snapping pictures near a grass verge in the middle of the road outside the 4th Glamorgan Homeguard Club, reports Wales Online<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In a statement, South Wales Police said: “South Wales Police can confirm a 38-year-old woman injured in a collision in Caerau, Cardiff, last month has died and a man has been charged with her murder.<\/p>\n

“Shelley Davies, 38, from Caerau, was injured during the incident and died at the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, yesterday (Saturday, October 18). Following the collision, an 18-year-old local man was arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm and causing serious injury by dangerous driving.<\/p>\n

“He was on bail pending further enquiries. Kian Bateman, of Caerau, Cardiff, has now been re-arrested and charged with the murder of Shelley Davies.”<\/p>\n

\"PoliceA large cordon remained in place for several hours(Image: WalesOnline)<\/p>\n

The suspect is currently held in custody and is scheduled to appear at Cardiff Magistrates’ Court on Monday, October 20, also facing charges for causing grievous bodily harm to a second victim.<\/p>\n

Detective Inspector Mike Healy from South Wales Police expressed: “Our thoughts are with the family and friends of Shelley Davies as they come to terms with this tragic loss.<\/p>\n

“Shelley’s family continue to be updated and supported by officers.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kian Bateman, 18, was charged with the murder of 38-year-old Shelley Davies following the collision outside the 4th…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":513256,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[2208,188,16545,2207,1619,12,14884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-513255","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uk","8":"category-united-kingdom","9":"tag-court-case","10":"tag-crime","11":"tag-dangerous-driving","12":"tag-hospitals","13":"tag-murder","14":"tag-news","15":"tag-south-wales-police","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115404005230007016","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=513255"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513255\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/513256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=513255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=513255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=513255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}