Thomas Serpell, 28, was sentenced to 12 months in prison at Cardiff Crown Court after pleading guilty to engaging in sexual communication with a nine-year-old boy.

Lee Whitfield, 49, has been sentenced to three years and three months in prison after plain clothes officers spotted him carrying out suspected drug deals across Cardiff.

Aiden Jones, 28, was convicted by a jury at Cardiff Crown Court of strangling and controlling his former partner. He will be sentenced on April 17.

Shanice Roderick, 21, of Ely, was sentenced to 14 months at Cardiff Crown Court after admitting burglary, shoplifting and fraud offences committed to fund her drug addiction.

Rachel Butcher, 45, of Cardiff, was busted after accidentally sending a bulk cocaine advert to a police officer. A court has ordered her to repay just £1 despite nearly £50,000 in profits.

Jason Talbot, 37, of Splott, Cardiff, was sentenced to 10 months in prison at Cardiff Crown Court after assaulting his partner, leaving her with a broken nose and covered in blood.

Mark Ball, 46, left Charles Sully, 84, dying in the road after striking him in Newport, then tried to blame his own father for being behind the wheel.

Nine members of an organised crime group have been sentenced after running a cocaine and cannabis enterprise from a garden centre in Gloucestershire, with deliveries made across south Wales and into England.

Johnathan Newbury, 34, was sentenced at Cardiff Crown Court after pleading guilty to stealing an electric bicycle and £800 from a vehicle.

Adam Waters, 39, was sentenced to 19 months at Cardiff Crown Court after admitting burglary at Glanwern House in Pontypool.

Seven members of an organised crime group that recruited teenagers to sell heroin and crack cocaine across south Wales have been sentenced at Cardiff Crown Court.

Sam Francis, 28, of Tredegar, was sentenced at Cardiff Crown Court after admitting arson at a woman’s property.