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The victim, Matthew Davies, sustained horrific injuries including damage to his spine, lung, ribs, arm, shoulder, wrist, pelvis, liver and kidney. His thigh had become separated from his pelvis and he woke up in intensive care weeks later

In victim personal statements read to the court, one officer described it as the "worst incident" he'd had to deal with - after a drink driver verbally abused, kicked and smeared blood in a police van

Jordan Talbot's mother said the killer would "never understand the pain, emptiness and loneliness" she has caused after her 21-year-old son was killed

Former prison officer Ruth Shmylo says she was afraid for her safety as she stood trial at Cardiff crown court accused of misconduct after allegedly striking up a relationship with ex-inmate Harri Pullen

Ruth Shmylo, 26, of Pontypridd, is on trial for allegedly beginning an “inappropriate relationship” with inmate Harri Pullen while she was a prison officer at HMP Parc

Former prison officer Ruth Shmylo, 26, is said to have carried on a relationship with an inmate at HMP Parc in Bridgend during her time working at the jail after he gave her his number

Api Ratuniyarawa, 37, an international rugby player plays for Fiji and just a few days before he was due to play against Wales he sexually assaulted three women at a nightclub in Cardiff

Convicted child rapist Louis Summers carried out an ‘elaborate deception’ where he planned fake birthday celebrations to convince a teenage girl he was just turning 18 despite being 30

Natalie Buss got into a struggle and collapsed after stuffing marshmallows into her mouth at Beddau Rugby Clun in South Wales as part of a fundraising event, an inquest heard

Charlotte Evans had used her close friend's name to take out car insurance, as well as giving the name and date of birth of Chloe Cavell to police following a collision

Jonathan Sterry, who knocked on doors and claimed he was collecting sponsorship money for a charity cross country run, was locked up for two years at Cardiff Crown Court

Somaia Bahumaid, 35, and Mahamet Hoxha, 34, moved into vulnerable Allan Moulton's home in Cardiff and put his house up for sale in a bid to pocket more than £200,000

Brannon Jones will spend just three months in a young offenders' institute after the assault, which left his friends fearing he had killed Carl Jones in Cwmbran, Wales

Charles Frayne, 46, was caught when concerned police turned up at a flat he had rented out for the teenager girl to see clients in Cardiff, south Wales, back in April 2021

High on cocaine, cannabis and amphetamines, Lee Howard was racing along narrow country roads near Bridgend when he tried a dangerous overtake, slamming head first into a man driving the other way

Dalat Gulzar ignored signs and flashing lights at Llanbedr railway station, in Gwynedd, north Wales, and endangered the lives of his passengers and those on board the train

Sex offender Carl Ball, 51, told police his sister's boyfriend Andrew Southwood, 39, had attacked him with a plank of wood as he lay dying outside his flat in Newport, Wales

Catherine Thomas, 59, of Porthcawl, Wales, callously refused to repay money and spent much of it on holidays, clothes, and home refurbishments for her four children and 12 grandchildren

James Welch, 46, played a 'significant role' in a £428,000 drugs conspiracy along with Marianne McGuinness, 41, who allowed her flat in Cardiff to be used as a safe house

Daniel Green, 29, who has a long list of previous offences, reached speeds of 50mph with four punctured tyres as he tried to escape police over many miles in south Wales, a court heard

Nathan Thorburn raped the victim in Cardiff in 2019 and three years later, after serving a jail sentence for a different crime, he contacted her on Facebook asking her to talk about what had happened

Sean Edwards, 35, assaulted Ishaq Hassan in Popworld in Cardiff city centre on May 7 last year, by punching the face with "powerful force" four or five times, causing him great pain

Jamie Garwood, 34, killed Richard Thompson after attacking the victim at his home in Newport, south Wales, last year, and has now been jailed for the grim attack

Kyle Bevan, 31, unleashed a "frenzied and extremely violent attack" on two-year-old Lola James at her family home in July 2020, the court heard

Zoe Hall and her family were viciously attacked by Sinead Feneck, Kyle O’Callaghan, and Jordan Hull after they had threatened to kill her earlier in the day