Luke Stanley, 35, was sentenced to 47 months at Newport Crown Court after admitting eight breaches of a sexual harm prevention order.

Ryan Thomas, 33, of Abercarn, Caerphilly, was found guilty at Newport Crown Court of sexually touching a 14-year-old girl and sending indecent images. He will be sentenced on April 15.

Iestyn Compton, 22, from Aberkenfig, was given a 12-month suspended sentence at Newport Crown Court after posing as a teenage girl to send sexual messages to who he believed was a 12-year-old boy – but was in fact a decoy police officer.

A teenager who dealt cocaine and heroin on the streets of Newport while funding a £100-a-day cannabis addiction has been sent to a young offender institution for 18 months.

David Williams, 41, punched Laura Banks outside her Tredegar home, fracturing her jaw in two places and ending her football career. He was sentenced to 21 months at Newport Crown Court.

Leon Morris, 38, hurled a petrol bomb at Pengam Spice while 10 people, including two children, slept upstairs in what a judge described as a racially aggravated attack.

Matthew Lewis, from Pontypool, believed he was chatting with underage girls but was caught by paedophile hunters and sentenced at Newport Crown Court.

Julian Hobbs, 36, was sentenced at Merthyr Crown Court after being convicted of multiple sexual offences against a girl under 13.

David Cwiklinski, 52, from Magor, was sentenced to three years and two months at Newport Crown Court after nearly 1,000 indecent images were found at his home.

Christopher Scrivens, who was jailed for importing cannabis from California, has been ordered to pay back £233,737 at Newport Crown Court or face a further three years behind bars.

Rodney Roberts, 40, from Cardiff, used the alias Paul Smith to con three women out of nearly £50,000 through online dating platforms between 2021 and 2024.

Jordan Coles, 29, repeatedly punched and kicked stroke victim William Murphy in the head after drinking in an Abergavenny pub, leaving him with a bleed on the brain.