Gareth Coughlin, 57, was sentenced to three years in prison at Newport Crown Court after pleading guilty to intentional strangulation, assault occasioning actual bodily harm and assault by beating.
Police dog handler barred after magic mushroom import
Former South Wales Police officer Ryan Llewellyn, 41, has been barred from policing after being convicted of importing psilocybin from the Netherlands. He was sentenced to a community order at Newport Crown Court.
Swansea dealer who boasted on Snapchat jailed for 32 months
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.”
London man jailed after Swansea drug dealing caught on foot
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.
Man sentenced after throat attack on ex-partner
Alex Thomas, 21, from Merthyr Tydfil, was sentenced to 27 months at Cardiff Crown Court after admitting criminal damage, threats to kill, and strangulation against his former partner.
Cashier jailed for stealing from vulnerable customers
A Nationwide cashier has been jailed for 16 months after stealing more than £8,600 from elderly and vulnerable customers at a Caernarfon branch to fund a lavish lifestyle of luxury holidays.
Newport man jailed after offensive 101 call
Richard McLoughlin, 51, of Caerleon Road, Newport, was sentenced to 28 weeks in prison after pleading guilty to making a grossly offensive call to the police 101 number, breaching a suspended sentence for an identical offence.
Man jailed for selling fake cigarettes and vapes
Many Kirimi, 23, of Newport, has been jailed for two years after counterfeit tobacco and illegal vapes worth more than £40,000 were found at a shop in Pontarddulais.
Teen detained for 10 years for online abuse of 20 girls
Kyle Fisher, 19, of Tonyrefail, was sentenced at Cardiff Crown Court after admitting coercing 20 girls aged 10 to 15 into performing sexual acts on camera through threats and blackmail.
Drug dealer jailed after crack cocaine raid in Llanelli
Jake Ware, 26, of Pwll, has been sentenced to three years in prison after Dyfed-Powys Police seized approximately £4,000 worth of crack cocaine during a search warrant at a Llanelli property.
Newport man admits sexual communication child offence
Shane Thomas, 41, of Mountbatten Close, Newport, has pleaded guilty to attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child under 16. He will be sentenced at crown court on June 2.
Morrisons fined £737k over filthy Cwmbran bakery
A Morrisons supermarket in Cwmbran has been fined £737,000 after hygiene inspectors found its bakery in a dirty and disorganised state, with grime a quarter of an inch thick on the floor.