Michael Cullen, 44, of Sketty Park, Swansea, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after threatening a teenager with an axe over money owed for a damaged car and later turning up at the victim’s home armed with a hammer.

Maximin Carter, 51, has been sentenced to five and a half years after police discovered an air rifle, ammunition, four telescopic truncheons, a ninja sword, and a knuckleduster at a property in Abergwynfi.

Emmett Morrison, 40, took his own life at HMP Long Lartin less than two years into a life sentence for the murder of neighbour Timothy Dundon. A prisons ombudsman report has revealed the disturbing details of his final weeks in custody.

The leader of a cocaine dealing network in Swansea has been jailed for four years after police traced the operation back to him through the phone of another dealer. Two associates were also sentenced at Swansea Crown Court.

Robert Smith, 35, attacked a woman who had invited him to stay the night at her Aberystwyth home. He has been sentenced to 15 months in prison at Swansea Crown Court.

Michael Matthews, 70, was sentenced to 20 months at Swansea Crown Court after admitting five breaches of a restraining order. A judge also imposed a 10-year restraining order.

Jamie Lee Lewis, 42, of Brynmill, Swansea, was sentenced to 18 months at Swansea Crown Court after admitting threats to kill, breaching a restraining order, and shoplifting.

Patrick Smyth, 50, from Essex, has been sentenced to 22 months in prison at Swansea Crown Court after pleading guilty to coercive and controlling behaviour and other offences against a woman in Pembrokeshire.

Shane Kelly, 36, of Skewen, has been sentenced to 32 months in prison at Swansea Crown Court after police connected him to a mobile phone seized during a raid, which revealed he had been supplying cocaine to users and other dealers.

James Grenfell, 47, of Dyfatty, Swansea, was sentenced to 38 months after pleading guilty to attempting to inflict grievous bodily harm with intent at Swansea Crown Court.

Ashley Jones, 33, of Winch Wen, Swansea, was sentenced at Swansea Crown Court after admitting involvement in the supply of cocaine and cannabis. Officers uncovered Snapchat messages in which he told buyers his “prices won’t be beaten.”

Keoma Favourite, 21, was sentenced to 28 months in prison after plain-clothes officers caught him with almost 400 wraps of cocaine and crack cocaine in Swansea’s St Helen’s area.