Stefan Ramsden, 34, terrorised his partner over 17 months, at one point aiming a homemade flamethrower at her face. He was sentenced at Cardiff Crown Court.

Adam Paull, 27, of Tonyrefail, was sentenced to 54 weeks’ imprisonment at Cardiff Crown Court after pleading guilty to assaulting a woman in her Cardiff home and refusing to leave until she transferred him £250.

Mark Owen, 57, of Monmouth, was sentenced to 27 months at Cardiff Crown Court after social media apps were found on his phone within days of his release from a nine-and-a-half-year prison sentence for child sex offences.

Corey Baldwin, 23, was arrested after being spotted selling cocaine to customers outside a pub on Blackwood’s High Street. He was sentenced to two years and four months at Cardiff Crown Court.

Jake Flicker, 26, left Gethin Edwards with a broken jaw and fractured eye socket after the victim broke into his mother’s home in the Bedwas area. He was jailed for 28 weeks at Cardiff Crown Court but is expected to be released immediately, having already served the equivalent on remand.

Lee Grovell, 56, of Nantyglo, was sentenced to 32 months at Cardiff Crown Court after being caught chatting to a fake 14-year-old girl online. A paedophile hunting group confronted him outside a Newport pub before calling police.

Cameron Brown, 23, has been jailed for four and a half years after pouring petrol through the letterbox of a family home in Llantwit Major, believing his ex-partner was inside. He had targeted the wrong address.

Alexander Creqama, 23, from Albania, was sentenced to 32 months at Cardiff Crown Court after police discovered him as the sole occupant of a house converted into a cannabis growing operation worth up to £214,000.

Kyle Williams, 20, and Jaydan Iles, 18, were caught by plain clothes officers in Newport after the smell of cannabis drew attention to their vehicles. Both were found with cocaine concealed inside Kinder egg containers hidden in their underwear.

A 73-year-old Monmouthshire man has been jailed for two years after he was caught using a private browser 13 times in breach of an indefinite sexual harm prevention order, despite receiving a suspended sentence for an earlier breach just months before.

A disqualified driver who smirked throughout his sentencing and laughed after being Tasered has been jailed for 32 months following multiple dangerous pursuits across Caerphilly, during which he rammed police vehicles and reached speeds of more than 50mph in a 20mph zone.

Joshua Camplin, 32, of Newport, pleaded guilty to child sex offences at Cardiff Crown Court and was remanded in custody.