A gang of five men all received prison sentences this week for the theft of a trailer containing £20,000-worth of biscuits.

Cardiff Crown Court heard that the Jammie Dodger trailer was taken from Burton's Food factory in Torfaen on 17 June last year. It was later the recovered from a lay-by on the M62 motorway, but contents - including biscuits and other food stuffs - have not been found.

The men were handed jail terms of between 16 and 44 months.

Shortly after the theft local councilor Paul Williams, a former employee at Burton's, said the theft was unprecedented, adding: “I can’t remember there being anything like it in 25 years."