Daryl Bees, 33, was found with 180g of cocaine when he was arrested in Tonypandy. He was sentenced to 40 months at Cardiff Crown Court.

A 36-year-old man who broke into a family home in Rogerstone and tried to steal their van has been jailed for 40 months after his DNA was found on the steering wheel.

A 23-year-old Blackwood man jailed for supplying cocaine has been freed after the judge who sentenced him last month decided to suspend the term instead, calling it a “wholly exceptional” course.

Dexter Walkey, 30, was sentenced at Cardiff Crown Court after being found guilty of raping a woman he met through a dating app. He was also made subject to indefinite sex offender notification requirements.

Samuel Harvard, 33, from Aberdare, was sentenced at Cardiff Crown Court after pleading guilty to being concerned in the supply of cocaine.

Shane Sweeney, 28, has been jailed for two years after forensic analysis of a chicken bone left at a student’s home in Cathays linked him to a burglary in which a television, laptops, jewellery and a gold bar were stolen.

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.