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.

Joland Giwa, 36, who was relocated to south Wales after the government failed to deport him, has admitted dealing class A drugs for a second time.

Jack Ryan, 22, from Barry, used burner phones to send bulk messages advertising cocaine before police raided his home.

James Badham, 34, kicked down his Rhymney neighbour’s front door and attacked him with a lock knife following a dispute over a parking space.

Christian Morse, 52, breached his sex offenders’ register requirements and sexual harm prevention order over an 18-month period.

Macauley Webb, 29, from Newport, was caught with indecent images of children just weeks after being released early from an eight-year prison sentence for previous child sex offences.

Salem Khan, 21, was sentenced to 2,045 days after admitting drug supply charges for a third time.