A Blackwood grandmother who stole thousands from a vulnerable friend while acting as her carer has been sentenced to 12 months in prison. Margaret Jenkins, 50, took £5,500 in benefits from her disabled victim over four months.

A 41-year-old man from Clydach has been sentenced to two years in prison for publishing racially prejudiced content on Facebook over a three-week period.

A 28-year-old man has been sentenced to eight years in prison for a violent rape in Porth, with the judge noting he was “sexually turned on by violence”.

A 32-year-old Llanelli resident receives 12-month sentence for unauthorised prison communications and sending offensive messages.

A 25-year-old Newport woman has been imprisoned for 17 months after breaking a court order by contacting a teenager she had previously groomed and sexually assaulted. The case highlights the ongoing risks of social media exploitation.

Former Gwent Police officer John Stringer has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for sexually abusing a girl under 13, with the judge describing him as a “high risk to female children”.

A 19-year-old Newport drug dealer who told officials he would rather go to prison than complete unpaid work has been sentenced to over two years in a young offender institution.

A 28-year-old Cwmbran man has been sentenced to 27 months in prison after pleading guilty to strangling and assaulting his ex-girlfriend in a terrifying domestic attack.

Peter David Long, 66, receives 24-year sentence for sexual offences against four young girls committed in the 1970s. Detective praises survivors’ bravery in securing conviction.

Iain Marsh, 52, from Cardiff, has been jailed for 21 years following conviction on 18 charges of sexual offences against two females under 13. The sentence includes extended probation and indefinite registration as a sex offender.

A 69-year-old man from Penarth has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for possessing indecent images of children on an undisclosed iPad, breaching a previous court order.

Andrew Burke, 60, from Cardiff, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for multiple sexual offences against children, including rape and indecent assault.