Former boxer Ethan Knight, 24, admitted to suffocating his partner and attacking her on two further occasions during their relationship. He was given a suspended sentence at Newport Crown Court.

Morgan Davison, 27, from Pontardawe, was sentenced to 30 months in prison after deliberately reversing his car into a woman on her Cardiff driveway, leaving her trapped beneath the vehicle with fractured ribs.

David Cousins, 29, of Nash Drive, Newport, was sentenced to 40 weeks in prison by Judge Eugene Egan after being caught driving while disqualified on three separate occasions this year.

John Robinson, 48, from London, was sentenced to 12 months at Newport Crown Court after driving away from officers at a Cwmbran petrol station while in handcuffs. He also had a dysfunctional imitation firearm.

Martin Pugh, 58, of Chester Close, New Inn, has been sentenced to six years and six months after being found guilty of gross indecency with a girl under 14.

Elliott Fiteni, 24, has been sentenced to 14 months at Newport Crown Court after leading officers on a dangerous high-speed pursuit along the A470 before escaping custody and being found hiding in a bin.

Aladje Balde, 23, of Llanrumney, has been sentenced to 12 months in prison at Newport Crown Court after assaulting shop workers, a police officer, and directing racist abuse at two people during a rampage across Cardiff Bay.

Jake James, 25, of Ystrad Mynach, was sentenced to 18 months at Newport Crown Court after officers found he had collected further child abuse images within weeks of receiving a suspended sentence and sexual harm prevention order.

Christian Byrne, 42, from Undy, was jailed for 42 months after cocaine worth thousands was seized following a traffic stop on the A48. His partner Kristina Lang, 25, from Abertillery, was given a suspended sentence.

Tyran Webber, 37, threatened to throw his mother off a car park roof, spat in her face and broke her glasses after she refused to give him cash to buy drugs. He was sentenced to 21 months at Newport Crown Court.

Kyle O’Callaghan, 30, was sentenced at Newport Crown Court for the manslaughter of Marcus Carpenter, 37, who died four days after being struck outside the Picture House Wetherspoons in Ebbw Vale.

Dylan Dawes, 50, of Canton, Cardiff, was handed an 18-month suspended sentence at Newport Crown Court after being found guilty of six offences relating to more than 6,000 indecent images of children found on his devices.