Here are the biggest court stories that have featured in the SNJ, Gazette Series or Wilts Glos Standard over the past few days.
A man who was pulled over by police on the M4 near Royal Wootton Bassett had stabbed a woman in Cardiff just hours earlier, a court has heard.
Jeremy Lenohin, 27, from Croydon has been jailed for eight years.
FULL STORY: The face of Cardiff stab attacker caught on M4 in Wiltshire
A Painswick chef has been banned from the roads for 18 months after being caught driving erratically while over the alcohol limit on the A46.
Marin Petre, 52, initially denied being the driver but admitted it was him after he was identified by a witness.
FULL STORY: Painswick bistro chef was more than twice over drink-drive limit
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