A 59-YEAR-OLD motorist has admitted driving through Clarbeston Road when he was more than twice over the legal drink-drive limit.

Andrew John was stopped on November 20 as he drove his Vauxhall Monaro through the Market Place, Clarbeston Road. Subsequent breath tests showed he had 89 mcg of alcohol in his system. The legal limit is 35.

John, of Nant yr Eglwys, Ambleston, pleaded guilty to an additional charge of driving otherwise than in accordance with a licence.

Despite his guilty pleas, magistrates adjourned sentencing following a request from probation officer Julie Norman. She said that as a result of John’s previous convictions, a full probation report will be required before sentencing can take place.

The case was adjourned to January 8, and magistrates imposed an interim disqualification which prevents John from driving until his sentencing takes place.

A MOTHER of four has been disqualified from driving after crashing her Mercedes sports car when she was almost twice over the legal drink-drive limit.

Claire Moore, 51, drove her Mercedes 180 Sport into a wall on the A478 just before midnight on November 23 following a night out with her friends.

“She’d had a few drinks and naively thought she wasn’t over the limit,” her solicitor, Liam Francis, told Haverfordwest magistrates this week.

“But she left the pub and very foolishly drove back home.  She recognises the seriousness, particularly because she crashed the vehicle, but she knows it could have been a lot worse.”

Crown Prosecutor Linda Baker said that Moore’s Mercedes Sport was discovered by police officers who were travelling from Templeton to Narberth on the night in question.

“It was a single vehicle road accident where the car had collided with a wall,” she said.  “There was extensive damage to the front  of the car and the defendant was the sole occupant.”

A roadside breath test carried out on Moore proved positive while subsequent breath tests at the police custody suite gave a reading of 69 mcg.  The legal limit is 35.

Moore, of Allensbank, Providence Hill, Narberth, pleaded guilty to drink-driving.  She was disqualified from driving for 18 months, fined £120 and ordered to pay £85 court costs and a £48 surcharge.

A MILFORD HAVEN man is to appear before magistrates for trial after allegedly assaulting a woman in Neyland and causing criminal damage to her property.

Reece Cookson, 33, is also accused of possessing a knife or a sharp-bladed article when he was arrested by police on December 6.

Cookson, of Hawthorn Path, Mount Estate, Milford Haven is accused of assaulting Cherrelle McCalla by beating on December 6 and of causing criminal damage to her property. Details of the damage caused were not given to Haverfordwest magistrates when Cookson appeared before them on Tuesday.

After denying all three charges, magistrates adjourned the case until January 23 when his trial will take place at Haverfordwest Magistrates Court.

Cookson was released on conditional bail, the conditions being that he lives and sleeps at his home address and he does not contact, directly or indirectly, Cherrelle McCalla.