Tenby rugby player regrets post-match drinks after being caught drink-driving

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2 years ago

March 7, 2024

A TENBY rugby player who drank alcohol following a match found himself on the wrong side of the law after turning his car over in the early hours of February 18.

Police received a phone call from a member of the public informing them that a car had been abandoned on Ridgeway Road, Penally after it turned over just before 1am.

Subsequent police checks confirmed that the registered keeper of the vehicle was 23-year-old Alexander Osborn of Albany Hotel, Tenby.

“Officers went to the defendant’s home address and spoke to him,” Crown Prosecutor Abigail Jackson told Haverfordwest magistrates this week.

“They smelt alcohol on him and he was also unsteady on his feet.”

During his police interview, Osborn admitted crashing his car about an hour earlier and also informed officers that he had been drinking alcohol following a rugby match he’d played earlier that day.

He was subsequently arrested and taken to a police custody suite where he gave further breath tests with a lowest reading of 50mcg. The legal limit is 35.

Osborn pleaded guilty to the charge of drink-driving when he appeared before magistrates this week.

“An aggravating feature to this offence is the fact that an accident took place,” his solicitor, Mr Tom Lloyd, told the court.

“But following the accident he panicked and didn’t know what to do. He reacted in a way that was very, very silly.”

Osborn was fined £120 and ordered to pay £85 costs and a £48 surcharge. He was disqualified from driving for 16 months.

Milford Haven man admits assault and harassment charges

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4 days ago

May 21, 2026

Court Reporter

A MILFORD HAVEN has admitted assaulting a family member and harassing another relative following incidents in the town last year.

Wayne Whatling, 39, of Howarth Close, Milford Haven, appeared before Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court on Thursday (May 21).

Whatling changed his pleas to guilty to one charge of assault by beating and one charge of harassment without violence.

The assault charge relates to an incident in Milford Haven on September 13, 2025, when Whatling assaulted Ben Whatling by beating him.

He also admitted pursuing a course of conduct amounting to harassment against Carol Whatling between September 1 and September 13, 2025.

The court heard the harassment allegation involved repeatedly asking Carol Whatling for money, with the complainant said to have feared repercussions if she did not provide it.

Magistrates adjourned the case for the preparation of a pre-sentence report.

Whatling was remanded on conditional bail and ordered not to contact Carol or Ben Whatling directly or indirectly.

He is due to be sentenced at Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday (June 9).

Milford Haven man admits affray after alleged pub incident

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4 days ago

May 21, 2026

Court Reporter

A MILFORD HAVEN man has admitted affray following an incident at a town centre pub.

Stephen Collier, 38, of Vaynor Road, Milford Haven, appeared before Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court on Thursday (May 21).

Collier has pleaded guilty to affray, relating to an incident at Nos Da, Victoria Road, Milford Haven, on December 3, 2025.

The charge states that he used unlawful violence towards John Dean Hilton and that his conduct was such as would cause a person of reasonable firmness present at the scene to fear for their personal safety.

Collier also faces a separate charge of burglary dwelling with intent to inflict grievous bodily harm. It is alleged that, on the same date, he entered a flat at Nos Da as a trespasser and inflicted grievous bodily harm on Mr Hilton. He denies that charge.

The court also dealt with a breach of bail allegation after Collier was arrested on May 20 for allegedly breaching a curfew condition. He admitted the breach.

Magistrates re-admitted him to conditional bail.

His bail conditions include a daily electronically monitored curfew between 9:00pm and 6:00am, residence at his Vaynor Road address, and exclusions from Mount Estate, Milford Haven town centre, and Nos Da.

He must also not contact prosecution witnesses, including Molly Martin, Jack Martin, Lily Rose Martin and John Hilton.

Collier is due to appear at Swansea Crown Court on Friday, June 5, for sentence.

A spokesperson for Nos Da said the incident was connected with rooms upstairs at the Victoria Road premises, and did not take place in the bar itself, in the licensed area.