{"id":8733,"date":"2026-07-14T10:30:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T10:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/world-champion-kickboxer-charged-with-murder-of-18-year-old-after-swansea-crash\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T10:30:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T10:30:11","slug":"world-champion-kickboxer-charged-with-murder-of-18-year-old-after-swansea-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/world-champion-kickboxer-charged-with-murder-of-18-year-old-after-swansea-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"World champion kickboxer charged with murder of 18-year-old after Swansea crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"article-body\">\n<h2 class=\"LeadText_lead-text__wd_PA __className_feca84\" data-testid=\"leadtext\">Tyler Ford, of Morriston, Swansea, is accused of killing Ceiran Evans, from Gorseinon, and also of attempting to murder a second person<\/h2>\n<div class=\"Byline_byline-container__K_Owl\" data-testid=\"byline\"><span class=\"Byline_byline-content-wrapper__Imque\" data-testid=\"byline-content\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"Byline_author-badge-date-wrapper__Q7jj1\">\n<p><span class=\"\" data-testid=\"byline-publishedDate\"><\/span><span class=\"ArticleTimestamp_updated-date__7qD4Q ArticleTimestamp_updated-date-with-published__iFKpF\" data-testid=\"byline-updatedDate\">Updated <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX ImageEmbed_image-lead__Ti3qQ\" data-testid=\"leadimage\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37428546\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Tyler Ford\" loading=\"eager\" sizes=\"(max-width: 508px) 508px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37428546.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/1_Tyler-Ford.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37428546.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s508\/1_Tyler-Ford.jpg 508w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37428546.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615\/1_Tyler-Ford.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37428546.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/1_Tyler-Ford.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Tyler Ford\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Tyler Ford<cite aria-label=\"Image: tylerfordofficial\/Instagram\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: tylerfordofficial\/Instagram)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A teenage world champion kickboxer is being accused of murdering a man as he is due to face trial next year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Tyler Ford, 18, appeared before Swansea Crown Court accused of killing Ceiran Evans, also 18, from Gorseinon. Mr Evans died following a road traffic collision.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Ford, of Morriston, Swansea, has also been charged with the attempted murder of a second person. The teenager, who has been a world kickboxing champion nine times, only spoke to confirm his name during the short hearing. He has not yet been asked to enter any pleas.<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"image-group\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX false\" data-testid=\"imageembed-37428563\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37428563\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.3333333333333333\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Flowers left at the scene\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 458px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37428563.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_WAL_Cecil-Road-03jpeg.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37428563.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458b\/0_WAL_Cecil-Road-03jpeg.jpg 458w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37428563.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_WAL_Cecil-Road-03jpeg.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37428563.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/0_WAL_Cecil-Road-03jpeg.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Flowers left at the scene\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Flowers left at the scene<cite aria-label=\"Image: Media Wales\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: Media Wales)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Judge Paul Thomas KC fixed a plea and case management hearing for September 29 and said a two-week trial will begin on January 11.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Remanding Ford into custody, the judge said: &#8220;The next hearing will be September 29 and the defendant will of course remain in custody.&#8221; The charges related to a collision between a car and an off-road bike on Pen Cae Crwn Road, Gorseinon, on July 9.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The family of Mr Evans paid tribute to him yesterday. They said: &#8220;Ceiran was loved more than any words can say and will be missed every single day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;His kind heart, wicked sense of humour, loving nature, and handsome smile brought so much joy to everyone who knew him. He will forever be our precious baby boy; always loved, always remembered, and never forgotten.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/uk-news\/world-champion-kickboxer-charged-murder-37428367\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tyler Ford, of Morriston, Swansea, is accused of killing Ceiran Evans, from Gorseinon, and also<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8734,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1_Tyler-Ford.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8733\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}