Crime

Johnston sex offender sentenced for failing to comply with police register

Published

2 years ago

January 23, 2024

A 77-YEAR-OLD sex offender has appeared before Haverfordwest magistrates after failing to comply with the notification requirements following a Crown Court conviction in 2015.

Roy Wilson of Victoria Gardens, Johnston, was requested to attend the police station on December 14 in compliance with the sex offenders’ register requirements. But his failure to attend resulted in a court appearance at Haverfordwest magistrates earlier this week where he pleaded guilty to his failure to comply.

“This is his fifth breach, but it’s the first time that he has been charged,”said Crown Prosecutor, Sian Vaughan. “So on this occasion, the [police] tolerance must have been exhausted.”

Wilson was legally represented in court by Mr Michael Kelleher.

“He neglected to register on the 14th but was phoned on the 18th to attend at the police station, where he was interviewed,” he said. “He said he’d forgotten.

“My client is 78 years old and he simply has a bad memory and suffers from various medical ailments, including bone cancer and prostate cancer. He has most things delivered to him and he spends much of the day on his own, asleep. And that is his life.”

Mr Kelleher said that his client tries to record important dates on a noticeboard inside his home.

“Most things that require his action come with a card or some form of notification, but this particular event is a yearly occurrence. It has no notification, so it’s entirely down to him.

“ It was a dreadful mistake, but he realises this now, and he will not make that same mistake again.”

Mr Kelleher informed magistrates that Roy Wilson will remain on the sex offenders register until 2025.

Wilson was fined £200 and ordered to pay £85 costs and an £80 victim surcharge.

Crime

Milford Haven man admits assault and harassment charges

Published

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).

Crime

Milford Haven man admits affray after alleged pub incident

Published

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.