Adam Ezalden, 30, was sentenced to seven-and-a-half years at Swansea Crown Court after being convicted of rape and assault occasioning actual bodily harm against a sex worker in Swansea city centre.
Two brothers tried to con a vulnerable Swansea woman in her 70s into withdrawing £6,000 from her building society by claiming she owed money for roofing work already paid for. Staff at the Principality spotted the fraud and called police.
Arron Dixon pleaded guilty at Swansea Magistrates' Court to unlawfully depositing controlled waste, including loose knives, in the Eaglesbush Valley area of Neath Port Talbot.
Jay Jenkins-Lang, 23, of Pontypool, received an extended sentence of 16 years at Cardiff Crown Court after being convicted of raping a 17-year-old girl following his escape from support workers.
A 17-year-old girl has died after being found near Craig Nant Dulas on Rhydyfoel Road in Llanddulas. North Wales Police say the death is not being treated as suspicious.
Anthony Moses, 48, from Cwmbran, was convicted of attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child after asking an undercover officer posing as a 14-year-old for "naughty pictures."
Andrew Over, 46, of Great Barrow near Chester, was sentenced to two years at Caernarfon Crown Court after being convicted of sexual assault by penetration.
John Lamont, 28, was sentenced to 16 months after exposing himself at a Cardiff playground and crashing a stolen car into an ambulance.
Wendy Willis was ordered to pay £762 after pleading guilty at Cardiff Magistrates' Court to unlawfully collecting rent at a flat on Stow Park Crescent.
George Evans, 21, was given a suspended sentence at Newport Crown Court after pleading guilty to three counts of making indecent images of children, with 565 of the most serious category found on his mobile phone.
From a murderer handed life to people smugglers who made £1.8 million from a car wash, here are some of the most notable criminals jailed across Wales this week.
Michael George, 30, of Church Road, Newport, has been sentenced to 24 weeks in custody after pleading guilty to two counts of assault by beating against a man and a woman in Cardiff.
