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.

Lee Austin, 35, was sentenced to over three years after police found 73 street deals of crack cocaine during a traffic stop in Talbot Green. He also admitted assaulting his partner.

Justin James, 46, from Ely, was found guilty of 11 sexual offences against three females and sentenced at Cardiff Crown Court.

Kian Davies and Shay Jones were sentenced at Cardiff Crown Court after a hammer attack on an acquaintance led to a series of robberies across the Rhondda Valley.

Asher Griffiths, 26, of Newport, messaged an undercover officer posing as a 14-year-old girl and sent explicit images, breaching his existing sexual harm prevention order.

Jason Watson, 26, of Blackwood, was jailed for three years and three months after attacking his partner in Turkey and again at their home in Wales.