Robert Devney, 53, broke into a home on Drinkwater Gardens and stole a gold necklace and bank cards, which he used to buy tobacco and HP sauce at a local shop.

Khoresh Ameni, 19, was caught on CCTV waving the weapon at four people outside the Ibis hotel on Churchill Way.

Cailum Hill, 22, was sentenced to 27 months at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court after being convicted of intentional strangulation and criminal damage.

Ryan Greening sold adulterated cocaine to a youth and used him to sell drugs before being jailed for six years alongside two co-conspirators from Barry.

Alex Jones, 31, was jailed for four years and two months at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court for cocaine and cannabis offences committed while on licence.

Cameron Cummings was jailed for three years after police raided his Cardiff home and found more than £6,000 worth of drugs.

Khalid Miah knocked his neighbour’s tooth out in Cilfynydd after accusing him of stealing his broadband box.

Jason Colin, Jonathan Pike and Matthew Winstone have each been sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to robbery at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court.

Gareth Morris and Adam Aviet have been sentenced at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court after 424g of cannabis was discovered in a rucksack at the Etap Hotel in Cardiff.

Paul Gurney, 33, was sentenced to 18 months at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court after assaulting his ex-partner in two incidents at her Haverfordwest home.

Luke Jancouski, 39, of Trecynon, has been jailed for 18 months after assaulting three 11-year-old children who were playing in Aberdare Park in early January.

Majid Ali, 56, of Cedar Road, Newport, was found guilty of multiple rapes and sentenced to 12 years at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court.