Michelle Deere, 53, has been sentenced to two years and three months in prison after pleading guilty to being concerned in the supply of cocaine following an investigation linked to a Pencoed hotel.

Carwyn Phillips, 36, from Merthyr Tydfil, has been jailed for 14 months after leading police on a dangerous pursuit through icy roads before being found hiding in a bush.

Jamie Payne, 32, of Creigiau, was sentenced to 45 months after police found 24 bags of cocaine, £2,000 in cash, and a burner phone linked to a drugs line during a raid on his home.

Matthew Toyer, 45, was convicted at Cardiff Crown Court of sexual offences against a child under 13 and will be sentenced in March.

Rogue trader Lee Slocombe has been jailed for six years after defrauding vulnerable victims out of nearly £550,000 and leaving homes in a dangerous state across south Wales.

David Rees, 48, of Newport, thought he was chatting with a 12-year-old girl but was caught by an undercover police officer. He was handed a suspended sentence at Cardiff Crown Court.

Darren James, 54, was jailed for 48 weeks after displaying knives, a dart and scissors to the public in Abergavenny town centre.

Ian Prosser, 40, from Cwmfelinfach, was sentenced to 13 months in prison at Cardiff Crown Court after headbutting and beating a man in his own home in a premeditated assault.

Jacques Fletcher, 24, of Pontyclun, sent sexual messages and explicit photos to an undercover officer he believed was a 13-year-old girl named Maisy on Snapchat.

Liam Brabham, 30, threatened the landlady’s boyfriend with an imitation firearm at The Nightingale pub in Bettws, Newport, and has been jailed for 12 months.

Lexi Dyas, 19, struck Declan Mahoney with her Fiat 500 at Mountain Ash railway station, leaving him with multiple fractures and PTSD. She was sentenced to 18 months in a young offenders institute.

James Walters, 33, stabbed Carl Wall in the head and neck with a screwdriver on Maesglas Crescent, Newport, before being handed an 18-month suspended sentence at Cardiff Crown Court.