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.

A-Jay Stanley, 20, was found with various categories of child abuse images, including content featuring victims as young as six months old.

A disqualified driver created fake identities to dodge four speeding fines received in just three days while already banned from driving.

Joshua Pearce has been sentenced to over four years in prison after causing a collision that killed his passenger, Sam Bevan, while driving under the influence of cannabis.

A 44-year-old American was sentenced to over seven years in prison after flying to Wales with plans to “marry” a schoolgirl he had groomed online. He was arrested at Cardiff Airport following collaboration between US and UK authorities.

Lee Jones, 48, assaulted his girlfriend and put a police officer in a headlock while resisting arrest in Goytre, Monmouthshire.

A Newport drug dealer claimed cannabis plants found in his home were intended as “currency” for when “society collapses”, before later crashing his van while drunk driving.