6 days ago
In court from Newport, Caerphilly, Nantyglo and Cardiff
The four defendants were accused of having a knife, speeding, shoplifting, and refusing to identify a driver for police.
Their cases were heard at Cwmbran Magistrates' Court and Cardiff Magistrates' Court.
Here's a round-up of the cases.
Chad Robinson-Bishop, 20, of School Avenue in Nantyglo, has been fined after admitting speeding in Cardiff.
Robinson-Bishop was driving a Volkswagen Golf at 39mph on the 30mph Newport Road at Rumney Hill on October 21.
He pleaded guilty, and was ordered to pay a £100 fine and a £40 surcharge at Cardiff Magistrates' Court on July 7.
Robinson-Bishop also had three points added to his licence.
A 16-YEAR-OLD from Caerphilly, who cannot be named due to their age, was found with a knife in the town centre.
The teenager was caught in possession of a knife on Castle Court on August 21 last year.
They pleaded guilty, and were sentenced to a six-month Youth Referral Order at Cwmbran Magistrates' Court on July 8.
The teenager must also pay £85 in costs and a £26 surcharge, and a deprivation order was made for the knife.
Severan Betuma, 38, of Adamscroft Place in Adamsdown, Cardiff, was found to have twice refused to identify a van driver in the Gwent region when required by police.
Betuma was charged with two offences of failing to give information relating to the identification of the driver of a vehicle when required on July 1 and 10 last year.
The charges related to the identity of the driver of a Ford Transit who was suspected by Gwent Police of committing motoring offences.
The offences had been proved using the single justice procedure on March 18. The case came back to Cwmbran Magistrates' Court on July 8, and Betuma was ordered to pay a £660 fine and costs of £90 for each offence.
The defendant also received six points for each offence, and was then banned for accumulating too many points.
A 13-YEAR-OLD from Newport, who cannot be identified due to their age, has admitted shoplifting.
The teenager swiped drinks worth £1.77 from Bettws Service Station on August 14 last year.
They pleaded guilty at Cwmbran Magistrates' Court on July 8.
The teenager was sentenced to a four-month Youth Referral Order and must pay £1.77 in compensation.
