Richard Smith, 58, and Nicola Sibley, 44, pleaded guilty at Newport Magistrates’ Court to ill-treating or wilfully neglecting a person in their care in January 2024.

Houssam El-Kassem, 42, pleaded guilty to five thefts from stores including JD Sports, River Island, and B&M. His case was adjourned for a pre-sentence report.

Lewis Enos, 35, was sentenced to 14 days’ imprisonment at Newport Magistrates’ Court after admitting multiple breaches of his post-sentence supervision conditions.

A Newport woman has been ordered to pay £284 after pleading guilty to her children failing to attend school regularly during the autumn and winter of 2024.

Matthew Bright, 38, of Pontnewydd, has been given a suspended sentence after admitting to possessing indecent images of children and extreme animal pornography.

Roy Robertson, of Larch Grove, Caerphilly, pleaded guilty at Newport Magistrates’ Court to two counts of making an indecent photograph of a child and was given a suspended sentence.

A Blaina man has been sentenced after admitting causing serious injury to two people by careless driving on Thomas Ellis Way in Tredegar last November.

Morgan Smith, 21, was found guilty at Newport Magistrates’ Court of harassment and threatening to destroy property after making violent threats towards a woman in Cwmbran.

Laura Webb, 37, was disqualified from driving for 12 months and fined £1,538 after pleading guilty to dangerous driving at the Avondale Service Station in Cwmbran.

Andrew Fletcher, 41, was sentenced to 12 weeks in prison after admitting to five counts of theft from Tesco and Sainsbury’s stores in Newport.

Fathal Moshen, 38, of Pill, Newport, was sentenced to eight months in prison after being found guilty of possessing a bladed article in public.

Danielle Jenkins, 34, has been banned from keeping cats for five years after seven were found living in faeces-coated conditions in Abersychan.