A PEMBROKESHIRE woman has been sentenced for assaulting a police officer following a drinking binge one month after her partner was killed in a motorcycle accident at Canaston Bridge.

This week Haverfordwest magistrates were told that Miranda Mayhew, 46, struggled to cope with her grief following the tragic death of motorcyclist Joshua Jones-Rogers, who was killed at Canaston Bridge on November 1, 2024.

“One month before the offence, she witnessed the death of her partner who died in her arms at the side of the road,” Mayhew’s solicitor, Jess Hill, told the court.

Police were called to Dredgemans Hill, Haverfordwest in the early hours of December 9 following reports that Mayhew, 46, of Portfield Avenue, Haverfordwest, and another female had been seen jumping on the bonnets of parked vehicles.

“The officers tried to get them to move away but the defendant became obstructive, calling them c* and f*** b*,” said Crown Prosecutor Sian Vaughan.

“She then kicked out at one of the officers and missed, but kicked out a second time and made contact.”

Meanwhile probation officer Julie Norman said Mayhew had spent the evening at a friend’s property in Johnston.

“She’d consumed alcohol but then decided to walk back to her home in Haverfordwest,” she said.

“She’d gone there because her partner had been killed in a motorcycle accident at Canaston Bridge. She’d seen it and it was traumatic.”

As magistrates listened to the evidence, Mayhew could be seen wiping her eyes as she stood in the dock.

She was sentenced to a 12 month Community Order during which she must carry out 20 rehabilitation activity requirement days. She was also placed on an alcohol monitoring tag for 120 days.

She was ordered to pay £100 compensation to the police officer, £85 court costs and a £114 surcharge.

“It’s obvious to us that you’ve had trauma in your life,” commented the presiding magistrates, “but this is an opportunity for you to work with the probation service and set an example to yourself.”

After the case a member of the Jones family contacted The Pembrokeshire Herald and said: “The family of the late Joshua Jones-Rogers would like it to be known that he did not die at the roadside but in Cardiff Hospital the next day, with his mother and father at his side.”