A teenager sentenced to life for murdering his mother, a drug dealer who accidentally texted a police officer, and a burglar who used stolen bank cards to buy brown sauce were among more than 30 people jailed across Wales between March 23 and 29.
Ryan Thomas, 33, of Abercarn, Caerphilly, was found guilty at Newport Crown Court of sexually touching a 14-year-old girl and sending indecent images. He will be sentenced on April 15.
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.
Nicholas Page, of Llanelli, has been sentenced to three years in prison at Swansea Crown Court after attempting to arrange for children to be brought to his home for sexual abuse and requesting indecent images of children as young as eight.
Gwent Police roads policing officers stopped a driver in Blackwood who was found to have only a provisional licence, no supervising driver, and no insurance.
Matthew Bright, 38, of Pontnewydd, has been given a suspended sentence after admitting to possessing indecent images of children and extreme animal pornography.
Jordan Hamilton, 31, was sentenced to 33 months in prison at Swansea Crown Court after admitting involvement in the supply of cocaine and cannabis alongside his partner Gemma Davies.
Bleu Stean-Tannis, 40, was sentenced to 32 months at Swansea Crown Court after police found 48 cannabis plants across three bedrooms of his Mount Pleasant home.
A 63-year-old Machynlleth social worker has been jailed for 16 months after sending AI-generated sexual videos to someone he believed was a 14-year-old girl. John Langdon was told by a judge at Swansea Crown Court that he was "a paedophile" who was in denial.
Two males aged 17 and 20 have been arrested on suspicion of drug supply offences and burglary after a large quantity of nitrous oxide and cash were seized in Bangor.
Kyle Williams, 38, was sentenced to four years and Simon Farr, 54, received 30 months at Cardiff Crown Court after both admitted their roles in a cocaine supply operation lasting almost a year.
Iestyn Compton, 22, from Aberkenfig, was given a 12-month suspended sentence at Newport Crown Court after posing as a teenage girl to send sexual messages to who he believed was a 12-year-old boy - but was in fact a decoy police officer.
