Adam Paull, 27, of Tonyrefail, was sentenced to 54 weeks’ imprisonment at Cardiff Crown Court after pleading guilty to assaulting a woman in her Cardiff home and refusing to leave until she transferred him £250.
Child sex offender jailed after breaching order days after release
Mark Owen, 57, of Monmouth, was sentenced to 27 months at Cardiff Crown Court after social media apps were found on his phone within days of his release from a nine-and-a-half-year prison sentence for child sex offences.
Teen sentenced for sending sexual videos weeks after prison release
Rio Thomas, 19, sent sexual messages and masturbation videos to a stranger on Facebook just a month after being released from detention for sexual offences against a child. He was sentenced to 16 months at Swansea Crown Court.
Swansea cocaine dealer jailed after cash found hidden around home
Thomas Morgan, 22, of Winch Wen, was sentenced to 41 months after police discovered thousands of pounds stashed around his property and messages linking him to cocaine supply.
Swansea shoplifter given behaviour order in retail crime crackdown
A 46-year-old man has been made subject to a criminal behaviour order after repeatedly targeting shops in Swansea city centre. It is the sixth such order secured by the local policing team in two years.
Drug boss jailed after caught dealing cocaine in Blackwood
Corey Baldwin, 23, was arrested after being spotted selling cocaine to customers outside a pub on Blackwood’s High Street. He was sentenced to two years and four months at Cardiff Crown Court.
Caerphilly man admits having 1,000 child abuse images
Sean Hart, 28, of Cardiff Road, Caerphilly, pleaded guilty to five offences at Newport Magistrates’ Court including possession of indecent images of children and extreme animal pornography. He will be sentenced at crown court on May 15.
Man jailed for breaking MMA fighter’s jaw in Caerphilly
Jake Flicker, 26, left Gethin Edwards with a broken jaw and fractured eye socket after the victim broke into his mother’s home in the Bedwas area. He was jailed for 28 weeks at Cardiff Crown Court but is expected to be released immediately, having already served the equivalent on remand.
Serial sex offender jailed after paedophile hunter sting
Lee Grovell, 56, of Nantyglo, was sentenced to 32 months at Cardiff Crown Court after being caught chatting to a fake 14-year-old girl online. A paedophile hunting group confronted him outside a Newport pub before calling police.
Newport man given extended sentence for child abuse images
Scott Mullen, 32, of Duffryn, Newport, was classified as a dangerous offender at Swansea Crown Court and handed an eight-year extended sentence after amassing child abuse material and attempting to deceive the court with a fabricated report.
Drug dealer jailed after driving at police car in Wrexham
Gavin Bird, 34, from Caia Park in Wrexham, was sentenced to 32 months in prison at Mold Crown Court after admitting county lines drug dealing offences and driving his car directly at a police officer’s vehicle.
Man set fire to wrong house in jealous rage over ex
Cameron Brown, 23, has been jailed for four and a half years after pouring petrol through the letterbox of a family home in Llantwit Major, believing his ex-partner was inside. He had targeted the wrong address.