A mother has been spared jail after her four-year-old daughter was left scared and crying on a bus to Pontypridd. A warrant was issued for the girl's father after he arrived at Cardiff Crown Court intoxicated.
A former MMA fighter from Caerphilly has been spared jail for assaulting his 16-weeks-pregnant partner at their home just before Christmas in 2020. Gregory Cuthbert, 30, received a 21-month suspended sentence at Cardiff Crown Court.
Darren Davis, 39, who dealt spice in Adamsdown, Cardiff, has been jailed after police found £10,000 worth of the drug in a storage unit. His partner, Catherine Evans, 36, of Splott, was given a suspended sentence.
Kye Smith, 19, of Bridgend, has been sentenced to nine years' detention after admitting raping a 13-year-old girl and a 15-year-old girl. Cardiff Crown Court heard he attacked the second girl while on police bail.
Lee Perkins, 37, of no fixed abode in Caerphilly, has been jailed for 28 months at Cardiff Crown Court for sexual offences against two girls. A jury convicted him in his absence after he failed to attend his trial while on bail.
Two men who set fire to a grandmother's home in Ferndale have been given 32 months' detention for dealing cocaine and cannabis. Auryn Gustur and Alfie Wheeler, both 20, will serve the terms alongside their existing arson sentences.
Benjamin Sicolo has been jailed and Chelsea Lyddon spared jail after the pair targeted a woman and her family's homes in Newport with weapons. Cardiff Crown Court heard Lyddon recruited Sicolo after falling out with her former friend.
A Barry man has been jailed for six years over the 'Reggie' drugs line in the Vale of Glamorgan after detectives arrested him at the prison gate. Iestyn Raven, 24, had been jailed for 40 months in January 2025.
Mohammed Abbas, 29, has been jailed for six years after breaking into a Cardiff family home and exposing himself to two girls in their bedroom. A judge at Cardiff Crown Court said she was satisfied he intended to rape at least one of them.
Callum Roper, 22, of Holton Road in Barry, has been jailed for 30 months at Cardiff Crown Court over the supply of magic mushrooms and cannabis. He admitted being concerned in supplying the class A and class B drugs between December 2025 and September 2026.
Louise Clarke, 29, of Ely, was jailed for three years at Cardiff Crown Court for possessing cocaine with intent to supply and an offensive weapon. Officers had found a steak knife, an iPad and cannabis when they stopped the car she was travelling in.
A Newport man caught with more than £30,000 worth of cocaine has been jailed for five years at Cardiff Crown Court. Liam Cogdell, 24, threatened to bite an officer's face off and had to be Tasered and pepper sprayed.
