Crime in Wales

John Clifford Davies, who was jailed for 24 years on Monday, 'controlled and manipulated his victims into thinking his relationship with them was normal'

The team were on tour in Plymouth at the time

Marcus Hamer was on a community order for assaulting a solicitor in court at the time he was seen waving the knife around in Swansea city centre in the run-up to Christmas

Gwent Police seized 200 plants in the raid on Saturday

Matthew Curtis, 18, claimed he was acting in the defence of a friend when he struck married dad-of-four Philip Long, who was out celebrating his second wedding anniversary

Jonathan Godfrey, 31, was caught when police raided his home in Carmarthen and discovered drugs and cash as well as messages relating to drug dealing

Paul Thomas was told he'd been responsible for a 'very expensive joke' after he was ordered to pay out almost £1,000 when he was sentenced for criminal damage

Mustafa Aldobhani is accused of murdering Fahad Nur in Cardiff last June. But his QC told jurors the evidence against the 22-year-old was only circumstantial

Ashleigh Wilkins was caught cowering in a cupboard when police arrived to arrest him five days after he subjected his victim to a prolonged and frightening assault

Gerald Corrigan, 74, believed he'd been electrocuted then had a heart attack as he adjusted his Sky dish. But he was allegedly shot by a man laying in wait for him

One man revealed how the object narrowly missed him after smashing a window

"What kind of people are living round here?"

Gwent Police were called to an incident on Cambrian Road, Newport, on Tuesday night

Binh Thai Nguyen died after a 'domestic incident' in 2019

Abdulgalil Aldobhani denies murdering Fahad Nur and is on trial at Cardiff Crown Court

Tributes have been paid to 'gentle giant' Richard Evans, from Swansea, who has died five months after the incident at Pemberton traffic lights in Llanelli

Matthew Curtis, 18, told jurors he was defending a friend when he struck Philip Long, who was out with his wife for their second wedding anniversary

Tina McGuire, from Ammanford, posted a photo claiming to show Jon Venables, killed of toddler James Bulger. There is a worldwide ban on revealing his new identity

Shafique Shaddad denies murdering Fahad Nur and is on trial at Cardiff Crown Court with Mustafa and Abdulgalil Aldobhani

Paedophile David Boswell's portrait was left hanging in Pembroke Town Hall until days ago. The town council say a decision to permanently remove it will be required at a meeting

Ashley Miller was caught with £2,000 worth of cocaine in August 2017 and sentenced two and a half years later. Judge David Wynn Morgan spared him jail owing to the delay

Russell Crowe ignored a red traffic light and drove straight over the junction between busy City Road and Newport Road in Cardiff

Gareth Boast and Rachel Williams had a cannabis factory in their Maesteg home which an expert estimated could have produced drugs with a street value of almost £20,000

One victim told investigators: “I don’t remember fighting him. I don’t know why I let him do it.”

The figure has more than doubled in the last five years alone