Rhys Mew has been sentenced to eight years and three months after firing a 9mm handgun during a drugs feud on the Gurnos estate. The weapon has never been found.

Neil Owen, 47, of Pontypridd, was sentenced to 18 months at Cardiff Crown Court after admitting GBH and two assaults against his wife during the breakdown of their 15-year relationship.

David James, 64, of Abergavenny, was sentenced to seven months for setting a window alight at Market Chambers on St Mary Street in Cardiff.

Joel Crump, 35, has been jailed for six years at Cardiff Crown Court after pleading guilty to being concerned in the supply of cocaine in the Ebbw Vale area over a seven-month period.

Aiden Jones, 29, was sentenced to two years in prison at Cardiff Crown Court after being found guilty of intentionally strangling his ex-partner. He also admitted to controlling and coercive behaviour.

Thomas Davies, 39, of Trealaw, headed a family-run cocaine conspiracy across south Wales. A POCA hearing at Cardiff Crown Court heard he had available assets of just £41,000 despite benefiting by nearly £1.4m.

Stefan Ramsden, 34, terrorised his partner over 17 months, at one point aiming a homemade flamethrower at her face. He was sentenced at Cardiff Crown Court.

Adam Paull, 27, of Tonyrefail, was sentenced to 54 weeks’ imprisonment at Cardiff Crown Court after pleading guilty to assaulting a woman in her Cardiff home and refusing to leave until she transferred him £250.

Mark Owen, 57, of Monmouth, was sentenced to 27 months at Cardiff Crown Court after social media apps were found on his phone within days of his release from a nine-and-a-half-year prison sentence for child sex offences.

Corey Baldwin, 23, was arrested after being spotted selling cocaine to customers outside a pub on Blackwood’s High Street. He was sentenced to two years and four months at Cardiff Crown Court.

Jake Flicker, 26, left Gethin Edwards with a broken jaw and fractured eye socket after the victim broke into his mother’s home in the Bedwas area. He was jailed for 28 weeks at Cardiff Crown Court but is expected to be released immediately, having already served the equivalent on remand.

Lee Grovell, 56, of Nantyglo, was sentenced to 32 months at Cardiff Crown Court after being caught chatting to a fake 14-year-old girl online. A paedophile hunting group confronted him outside a Newport pub before calling police.