Mason Tarling, 18, from Newport, received an 18-month community order at Cardiff Crown Court after admitting to distributing and possessing child sexual abuse material. His offending took place between 2023 and 2025.
Man charged as police seize bikes and weapon in Cardiff
A 33-year-old man from Newport was charged after officers seized a knuckle duster and pit bike in Ely during operations targeting illegal e-bike use across Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan.
Man jailed for killing pedestrian after hiding eye disease
A Caerphilly man has been sentenced to six years and 10 months in prison and banned from driving for life after killing 84-year-old Gaynor James at a pedestrian crossing in Pengam. Andrew Perry, 56, had concealed a degenerative eye condition from the DVLA for more than two decades.
Newport man spared jail over explicit messages to ‘child’
Shane Thomas, 41, of Newport, received a suspended sentence at Cardiff Crown Court after sending sexually explicit messages and images to a decoy he believed was a 13-year-old girl.
Tanygrisiau man jailed for partner assault and order breach
Craig Rowlands, 38, was sentenced to 45 weeks in prison at Caernarfon Magistrates’ Court after admitting assaulting his partner and twice breaching a domestic abuse protection order.
Pembroke paedophile jailed for five years
David Lewis, 42, exposed himself to who he thought was a 12-year-old schoolgirl during a Snapchat video call while already on bail for possessing hundreds of child abuse images. He was sentenced at Swansea Crown Court.
Llanelli cocaine dealer jailed after claiming gang coercion
Brooklyn Thomas, 27, of Llanelli, has been sentenced to three years at Swansea Crown Court after admitting cocaine supply offences. He told police an Albanian crime group coerced him into dealing after he ran up a £10,000 debt for sex workers.
Barry woman jailed for sex act at Cardiff hospital
Paula Stanton, 62, of Barry, was sentenced to 160 days in prison after masturbating in front of staff at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff.
Newport drug dealer jailed over £220,000 drugs haul
Lloyd Williams, 42, of Bettws, Newport, has been sentenced to 11 years and three months at Cardiff Crown Court after police found cocaine, heroin, and ecstasy worth £220,000.
Caernarfon man jailed for beating brother with gun
Jamie Williams, 24, was sentenced to five years and seven months at Mold Crown Court after beating his younger brother unconscious with a converted firearm and threatening others at gunpoint.
Man jailed for six years after knifepoint shop robbery
Stephan Thomas, 25, from Merthyr Tydfil, has been sentenced to six years in prison after robbing Owen Stores in Trefechan at knifepoint, making off with approximately £40 in coins.
Trio jailed after Cynon Valley drugs ring uncovered
Three people involved in an organised drugs operation in the Aberdare area have been sentenced to a combined 12 and a half years at Cardiff Crown Court after pleading guilty to cocaine and cannabis supply offences.