Tyrell Eason, 21, handed his iPhone to officers during a traffic stop on Boxing Day – only for cocaine orders to start appearing on screen. He was given a suspended sentence at Cardiff Crown Court.

Sean Hart, 28, of Cardiff Road, Caerphilly, received a suspended sentence at Cardiff Crown Court after admitting to possessing more than 1,000 indecent images of children and extreme pornographic material.

Mark Hagland, 54, and Tracy Williams, 39, have been sentenced to 18 and 16 months’ imprisonment respectively after assaulting a man at a property in Pontprennau, leaving him with multiple rib fractures.

Lee Brown, 45, of Barry, has been sentenced to three years and four months after admitting to running a fraudulent building business that took tens of thousands of pounds in deposits from customers without completing any work.

An organised crime gang responsible for supplying more than £3.5m worth of Class A drugs across south Wales and the south-west of England has been sentenced to over 40 years in prison combined at Cardiff Crown Court.

Bernie McDonagh and Thomas McDonagh were sentenced at Cardiff Crown Court after admitting to a nine-month fraud conspiracy that saw them trick online sellers out of nearly £70,000 worth of goods using a counterfeit banking app.

A father who repeatedly punched, kicked and slapped his children has received a suspended sentence at Cardiff Crown Court after pleading guilty to four counts of causing unnecessary suffering to a child.

Neil Espin, 46, of Tewkesbury Walk, Newport, was sentenced to 33 months at Cardiff Crown Court after admitting involvement in the supply of cocaine, cannabis, and pregabalin.

Shaun Moran, 42, from Trowbridge, Cardiff, has been sentenced to six years in prison after pleading guilty to distributing more than 1,300 indecent images and videos of children.

Kyle Raybould, 33, was sentenced to three years at Cardiff Crown Court after admitting 10 offences including threatening to destroy property, assault, and dangerous driving.

Lloyd Bailey, 34, of Bettws, Newport, was sentenced to 32 months after police found 71 street deals of cocaine worth up to £2,480 at his girlfriend’s home, where two young children also lived.

Leighton Lewis, 33, of Llantwit Major, was sentenced to three years and two months at Cardiff Crown Court after admitting three counts of being concerned in the supply of heroin, crack cocaine, and cocaine through two dedicated phone lines.