From 29 April 2013 , Griffith Williams oversaw the trial of Mark Bridger , who had been accused of murdering April Jones . The trial lasted just over four weeks , before on 30 May , a jury at Mold Crown Court found Bridger guilty of abduction , murder and perverting the course of justice . Later that same day , Griffith Williams sentenced Bridger to life imprisonment with a whole life order , calling him a " pathological and glib liar " and " a paedophile " in his sentencing remarks
April Jones
Murder of April Jones
John Griffith Williams