A BARRY woman who stabbed a man in the neck with a pen saying "now you've got HIV" after he tried to confront a car thief has been jailed.

Jade Elizabeth Miller, 22, of Robins Lane, Barry, pleaded guilty to one count of affray and appeared at Cardiff Crown Court via video link from Eastwood Park prison on Thursday, December 14.

She appeared along with Gareth Hudson, whose address is listed as Swansea Prison.

He was in court having pleaded guilty to two counts of theft, one count of affray and one count of possessing a bladed article.

The two vehicle thefts both happened on August 2 this year in the Barry area.

The affray for which Miller was sentenced happened during the second incident.

The victim was initially sat at home in his lounge when he noticed two people in a car outside.

Jenny Yeo for the prosecution said: "He went for a look up and down the street and saw the two defendants, one carrying a bag which he knew had come from his car.

"He recognised Hudson who had known for 25 years and knew as 'Bunny'."

He shouted "Bunny" but the man replied "I am not Bunny" before saying he didn't realise it was his car.

The man went to pick the bag up and it was then that Miller jumped on him and hit him to the side of the head.

She did so again before Hudson reached down into his waist band and pulled out a blade.

The man then felt something on his face which felt like a pen but which he thought could have been a needle before Miller said "now you have HIV."

The first victim had left his car outside his house but the following morning saw that items from the car were lying on the pavement next to his car.

Ms Yeo said: "He opened the car and saw that the clock which was usually by the dashboard was by the pedals and that a drinks holder was missing and a wallet as well as keys to a caravan."

He realised that whoever the culprit was would have walked past a nearby store and CCTV footage showed Hudson and Miller walking towards the King William pub with Hudson in possession of the cup holder.

The court heard how Miller had 22 convictions for 43 offences including offences of public disorder.

David Leathley represented both defendants said Miller is a young lady who appears to be suffering from a disability and has been an ardent user of drugs.

He said she had an "unenviable" catalogue of offences but said "she is young, ill favoured and probably needs help. She needs love."

He said the only reason she was there was because of Hudson and that but for him the judge may not be sentencing her.

He said that she had done the equivalent of six months on remand already for these offences.

"She is longing to have some stability in her life," said Mr Leathley.

"She is a ship without a rudder. She is a lost soul. Life has not been kind to her."

Judge Jeremy Jenkins in sentencing said that type of behaviour committed against people on the streets who challenge people who are stealing from their car makes the offence so serious.

Addressing Miller he said: "You must realise that acting together with Hudson to attack an innocent man can only be dealt with by and immediate custodial sentence."

Miller was sentenced to six months in prison and Hudson to a total of 30 weeks.