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

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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.

 

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Begelly man remanded over alleged May Day assault

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A PEMBROKESHIRE man has been remanded in custody following an alleged May Day assault against a woman in Begelly.

Tomas Baker, 34, of Ty Dee, New Road, Begelly, is accused of assaulting the woman, causing actual bodily harm, at an undisclosed location in Begelly on May 1.

Baker appeared before Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court this week by video link from Swansea Prison.

He pleaded not guilty to the charge.

His trial will take place at Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court on June 22.

 

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Waterston man denies child rape and sexual assault charges

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A WATERSTON man has appeared before magistrates charged with 13 sexual offences against children, including three allegations of raping a girl under the age of 13.

Chaisee Price, 25, of Biggins Hill, Waterston, Milford Haven, appeared before Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court this week.

He faces three charges of raping a girl under 13, eight charges of sexually assaulting girls aged between five and eight, and two charges of intentionally inciting girls under 13 to engage in sexual activity.

The offences are alleged to have taken place between 2014 and 2019.

Price denied all charges.

Because of the seriousness of the allegations, magistrates declined jurisdiction and the case will now proceed to Swansea Crown Court on July 10.

Price was released on conditional bail.

The conditions include a daily electronically monitored curfew between 6:00pm and 6:00am, no contact with the prosecution witness, no unsupervised contact with children under 18, and a requirement to surrender his passport to police.

 

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Haverfordwest pair accused of £80,000 rogue trading frauds

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TWO men from a Haverfordwest traveller family have been described in court as “rogue traders” following a series of alleged frauds totalling almost £80,000.

Billy Alfred Gary Lovell, 38, and Timothy Dean Lovell, 36, both of Under the Hills, Merlins Bridge, appeared before Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court this week.

They are accused of offences linked to ground clearance and gardening work in Mathry, Sardis and two addresses in Carmarthenshire.

Prosecuting on behalf of Pembrokeshire County Council’s Trading Standards Department, barrister Harry Dickens told the court: “These men have to be described as rogue traders.”

Billy Lovell faces 16 charges, including fraud by false representation, fraud by failing to disclose information, and unfair commercial practices.

The most serious allegation relates to Diana and Martin Hearnshaw, of Sardis. It is alleged that between January 30, 2022, and January 16, 2025, Billy Lovell dishonestly represented that he would complete clearance and gardening works worth £71,631, but failed to carry out work to that value.

He is also accused of offences involving Richard Gardner, of Penygroes, Carmarthenshire, Irene Williams, of Mathry, and Daniel Watts, of Ty Croes, Carmarthenshire.

Timothy Lovell faces ten charges arising from alleged incidents involving Richard Gardner and Irene Williams.

The allegations include claims that the defendants failed to provide accurate invoices, receipts, written contractual terms, cancellation rights and refund information. Some charges also allege that aggressive commercial practices were used, including harassment, coercion or undue influence.

No pleas were recorded. Because of the seriousness of the allegations, District Judge Mark Layton declined jurisdiction.

The case will now proceed to Swansea Crown Court on June 12.

Both defendants were granted conditional bail. They must not contact prosecution witnesses directly or indirectly, must live and sleep each night at their respective addresses in Under the Hills, Merlins Bridge, and must not undertake any gardening or landscaping work.

The bail conditions were imposed to prevent interference with witnesses and further offending.

 

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