From arms dealers to serial shoplifters, here are the latest jail sentences handed down to Berkshire criminals.

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Three men received a combined jail sentence totalling over 30 years for their involvement in a gun-running conspiracy.

Damon Denham, 36, of Kingsbury Drive, Old Windsor, appeared at Reading Crown Court alongside Chad Blackwell, 34, of Ashford in Middlesex and Daniel Boyd, 42, of Talbot Place, Datchet.

The court heard how the three were involved in a sophisticated criminal operation, converting guns out of a Datchet flat for sale to gangs across south-eastern England.

Pistols with Boyd's DNA on them were linked to criminals in London and Merseyside.

Blackwell was jailed for 11 years and three months, Boyd for eight years and three months, and Denham for 13 years and one month.

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Andrew Weeks, 61, of no fixed abode, has been jailed for two years for strangling a woman with a phone cable.

He was convicted of intentional strangulation and assault occasioning actual bodily harm - and also pleaded guilty to one count of possessing an illegal knuckleduster.

On October 27, 2022, he launched a savage assault on a woman at an address in Padworth, strangling her with a phone cable he tore from the wall.

Weeks also made threats to kill his victim, who suffered visible injuries to her face and neck.

In addition to the jail sentence, the defendant has been made subject to a five-year restraining order.

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Ranjit Singh, 42, of no fixed abode, was jailed for two years for falsely accusing another man of sexual assault.

Singh told police that the man abused him in an alleyway behind the Slough Jobcentre.

His victim was arrested, and had to spend a night in jail as a consequence of Singh's lies.

CCTV subsequently revealed the attack could not possibly have taken place - and investigators learned that Singh had a history of making bizarre false claims to police.

At one point, he accused his neighbours at a hostel of holding him at gunpoint, leading to their arrest.

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Ryan Mikosz, 29, of no fixed abode, received a 34-week jail sentence after stealing over £1,500 in goods from Tilehurst shops.

Mikosz targeted businesses in the same area over a four-week period.

At Reading Crown Court, he pleaded guilty to 29 separate counts of shoplifting.