A 24-year-old payroll manager from Blackwood has been sentenced to over two years in prison after stealing more than £21,000 from healthcare recruitment companies to fund cocaine and gambling addictions.

Oliver Bevan threatened his neighbour with a Rambo knife in an incident captured on doorbell camera footage, leading to a 90-week prison sentence.

A Newport man with a history of domestic violence has been sentenced to eight years in prison after a horrific attack on his girlfriend that included strangulation and threats to kill.

Thomas Morgan, 35, has been sentenced to three years in prison after fracturing a man’s skull in a jealousy-fuelled attack over Facebook messages.

A Sebastopol man armed with weapons barricaded himself in his flat before donning scuba gear and setting a fire during a lengthy standoff with police.

A 25-year-old man has been sentenced to 15 months in prison after counter terrorism investigation found him in possession of a homemade gun and ammunition.

A Newport drug dealer has received an additional eight months in prison after police discovered cocaine and crack cocaine worth £17,000 in his bedroom during a raid in February.

A Cardiff woman has been sentenced to two years in prison after her Staffordshire Bull Terrier severely mauled a woman during an assault, leaving the victim permanently scarred.

Kane Rudge, 28, was sentenced to four years after police found designer goods, cocaine, cannabis and cash during a raid on his Newport home.

A Chepstow man narrowly avoided jail after breaching a sexual harm prevention order by possessing an unregistered laptop with encryption software.