A 49-year-old married man from Bristol has been jailed after grooming what he believed to be a 14-year-old girl online and booking a hotel room stocked with alcohol, sex toys and condoms before being caught by a paedophile hunter group.

Brandon Williams broke into an elderly woman’s home twice, stealing cash and later a van with work tools, leaving his victim feeling unsafe in her own home.

Robin Griffiths, 34, was sentenced to 20 months in prison after brutally attacking a father and his son in Glynneath in front of young children who witnessed the assault.

Johnathan Michael Jones, 41, from Sketty, has been sentenced to 13 years for raping a vulnerable young man in a Swansea pub toilet. The victim had the mental age of a 12 or 13 year old.

Carlo Shepherd, 45, endangered his cellmate’s life by setting fire to blankets in their prison cell whilst suffering drug withdrawal.

Jared Warlow sentenced to 16 years for brutal 45-minute assault involving multiple weapons, leaving victim with life-changing injuries including broken jaw and fractured spine.

Ieuan Phillips, 24, sentenced to 28 months after kicking Robert Whitehouse unconscious outside the Vaults pub, causing complex facial fractures.

Ashley Cann called his ex a “rat” and tried to force her to withdraw assault allegations, court hears.

Michael Simms, 43, forced a lit cigarette into his partner’s cheek and repeatedly punched her despite domestic violence protection order.

Gavin Carter avoided immediate custody after sending sexual messages and videos to someone he thought was 14, but was actually part of a paedophile hunter group.

Two men with more than 100 previous offences between them have been jailed after beating up a stranger in the toilets of an Aberystwyth nightclub. One defendant then threatened a family with a knife whilst on bail.

Mark Webber held a knife to his victim’s throat and told her he’d been paid £5,000 to end her life during a terrifying ordeal in Carmarthenshire.