An 81-year-old Gorslas man has been jailed for eight years after being found guilty of historic sex offences against a child.

David Thomas Walters, of 23 Cwm Mwyn, denied 12 charges of indecent assault on a girl aged less than 16 claiming the offences had never happened.

However, a jury at Swansea Crwon Court found unanimously found him guilty of all charges on November 5.

Walters appeared before Newport Crown Court on December 2 for sentencing and was jailed for a total of eight years.