Jamie Williams, 24, was sentenced to five years and seven months at Mold Crown Court after beating his younger brother unconscious with a converted firearm and threatening others at gunpoint.

Kyle Robinson, 36, was sentenced to 43 months at Mold Crown Court after admitting burglary and inflicting grievous bodily harm on his partner while on bail.

Robert Mattravers, 47, of Runcorn, was sentenced to life in prison at Mold Crown Court after admitting multiple sexual offences against two children in Connah’s Quay. He must serve a minimum of 11 years and eight months.

John Watton, 52, of Holway, Flintshire, has been sentenced to 16 months at Mold Crown Court after sending explicit messages and an indecent image to a decoy posing as a 10-year-old girl.

Sion Douglas Griffiths, 38, was found guilty of rape at Caernarfon Crown Court after attacking a woman as she slept at a property in Llanrwst in August 2021. He was sentenced at Mold Crown Court to seven years’ imprisonment and given a lifetime restraining order.

Daniel Bremner, 35, of Mancot, was handed a life sentence at Mold Crown Court with a minimum term of 15 years after admitting 35 offences against four children.

Three men have been jailed and a woman given a suspended sentence after a gang conspired to burgle six homes across Wrexham and Flintshire, deliberately preying on elderly and vulnerable residents.

Ben Caunce, 35, was sentenced at Mold Crown Court after admitting eight counts of sexual assault of a child and possessing hundreds of indecent images and videos.

Gavin Bird, 34, from Caia Park in Wrexham, was sentenced to 32 months in prison at Mold Crown Court after admitting county lines drug dealing offences and driving his car directly at a police officer’s vehicle.

Richard Thomas, 41, was sentenced at Mold Crown Court to six years and three months after a sustained assault that left his partner with serious facial injuries and a burn mark. He has also been made subject to an indefinite Domestic Abuse Protection Order.

Toby Haslam, 30, has been sentenced to six years in prison after admitting nine offences, including multiple counts of sexual activity with a child at the Wrexham school where he worked.

Michelle Jones, 51, was sentenced to 28 months at Mold Crown Court after her two XL bully dogs attacked a neighbour, and she separately broke into another neighbour’s home with a knife and BB gun.