Newbridge man jailed after axe threats and house fire
Stephen Holden, 58, threatened to kill his neighbour while holding an axe, then set fire to his own council house two days after being discharged from hospital.
Stephen Holden, 58, threatened to kill his neighbour while holding an axe, then set fire to his own council house two days after being discharged from hospital.
Jennifer Pritchard, 47, of Tredegar, ran a page called Jen's Justice falsely branding her serving police officer ex-husband a rapist and baby killer. Cardiff Crown Court jailed her for 18 months and imposed an indefinite restraining order.
Radiet Meles, 35, was unanimously convicted of rape and assault by beating at Cardiff Crown Court, seven years after he was jailed for attempting to rape an unconscious woman at a Newport house party. He will be sentenced on November 20.
Mark Curle, 26, told a judge he did not want his sentencing delayed for a probation report, and was jailed for two years and three months for cocaine supply.
Christian Ambrosen, 36, strangled, headbutted and bit his former partner and threatened to kill her and her young son. He was on licence at the time and has been jailed for two years and nine months.
Stephen Jones, 55, was sentenced to five years and three months at Cardiff Crown Court after a jury convicted him of rape and assault by penetration in July.
Liam Hobbs, 27, of Ely, was sentenced at Cardiff Crown Court after a jury convicted him of assault by penetration, having already admitted possessing indecent images of children.
Three 20-year-old men have been sent to a young offender institution for a combined 18 years after a South Wales Police investigation into a crack cocaine operation. Detectives found the group had used a teenage boy to run their drugs while they took the profits.
Christopher Phillips, 60, has been jailed for two years and four months after concealing his mother's death and profiting financially from it. Officers found Sylvia Phillips' body in a freezer at a Poplar Crescent address in Porthcawl.
Deacon Facey was caught with a 'burner' phone, £55 in cash and pregabalin tablets after officers watched him near City Road. He has been jailed for 32 months.
A Gwent Police dog tracked down a man concealed behind a false wall at a 313-plant cannabis factory on an industrial estate in Aberbargoed. Albert Hysaj, 42, has been jailed for six months, while a second man received a suspended sentence.
Carl Jubin, 40, has been jailed for two years at Cardiff Crown Court after forcing his way behind the counter at a Spar in Bridgend and knocking a shopkeeper to the ground. The worker of 18 years said the robbery had left her frightened and unable to sleep.