Stephen Jones will return to court next week after his sentencing hearing was adjourned because he had been called into work

A MILFORD HAVEN motorist has admitted driving at 97mph on a busy Pembrokeshire road.

Stephen Jones, aged 35, of Prioryville, appeared before Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court on Monday (July 27) for sentencing.

Jones had previously pleaded guilty to exceeding the 60mph speed limit on the A4076 at Dredgmans Hill, Haverfordwest.

The court record states that Jones was driving a Hyundai Kona along the single-carriageway road at approximately 2.31pm on October 18, 2025.

His speed was recorded by laser equipment at 97mph, some 37mph above the legal limit.

Jones entered a guilty plea on July 8 and was due to be sentenced on Monday.

However, the hearing was adjourned at his request after the court was told that he had been called into work.

He must return to Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court for sentencing at 10.00am on Monday, August 3.

Jones has been warned that the court is likely to proceed in his absence should he fail to attend without a valid reason.

Magistrates will also consider whether to impose a driving disqualification.

Robert Parker received a 24-week prison sentence for offences committed in Milford Haven, Haverfordwest and Aberystwyth

A MAN who indicated that he wanted to be sent to prison has been jailed for 24 weeks after admitting a series of public order, criminal damage and shoplifting offences.

Robert Parker, aged 43 and of no fixed abode, appeared before Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court on Monday (July 27).

Parker admitted damaging the door of the One Stop store in Charles Street, Milford Haven, on July 25.

He also pleaded guilty to using threatening or abusive words or behaviour towards Robert Morgan during the same incident.

The court imposed a 12-week custodial sentence for the public order offence and ordered Parker to pay £150 compensation to One Stop for the damaged door.

The official sentencing record said the offences demonstrated a “disregard to people and property”.

Magistrates concluded that the offences were so serious that only an immediate custodial sentence could be justified.

The record stated that Parker had indicated he would not comply with a suspended sentence and that “he wants to go into custody”.

Probation confirmed that Parker had a history of failing to comply with court orders and that there was no realistic prospect of rehabilitation through a community-based sentence.

Parker also admitted threatening or abusive behaviour towards Police Sergeant Samuel Barton at Castle Square, Haverfordwest, on July 11.

He received a further 12-week prison sentence for that offence, to be served consecutively, bringing the total custodial term to 24 weeks.

The court was also told that Parker had stolen two bottles of wine from Tesco in Aberystwyth on July 9.

He received a concurrent 12-week sentence for the theft and was ordered to pay £15 compensation.

Parker further admitted being drunk and disorderly on the Mount Estate in Milford Haven on July 15. No separate penalty was imposed for that offence.

An alternative criminal damage allegation and a separate allegation of being drunk and disorderly in Castle Square were withdrawn.

Parker received credit for his guilty pleas.

Computer manufactured at Sony’s Pencoed plant was recovered from wreckage following an attack on homes in Dnipro

A COMPUTER board manufactured in Wales has reportedly been found inside a Russian attack drone used against targets in Ukraine.

The Raspberry Pi board, produced at Sony UK’s manufacturing plant in Pencoed, near Bridgend, was recovered from the remains of a drone that damaged homes in the eastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro earlier this year.

The discovery was revealed in an exclusive investigation by Martin Shipton for Nation.Cymru.

A photograph of the recovered component was passed to former Pontypridd MS Mick Antoniw, who has Ukrainian heritage and regularly travels to the country as part of a team delivering humanitarian aid.

Mr Antoniw said markings visible in the photograph appeared to identify the component as a Raspberry Pi 4 Model B, a small single-board computer first introduced in 2019.

The device is designed as an affordable civilian computer and is widely used in education, industry, research and electronics projects around the world.

However, evidence gathered in Ukraine indicates that commercially available Raspberry Pi computers have also been incorporated into the onboard electronics and telemetry systems of Russian Geran-2 attack drones.

Ukrainian news outlet United24 Media previously reported claims that tens of thousands of the computers had been obtained through supply networks before being routed into Russian drone production.

The claim was attributed to the Polkovnik Gsh Telegram channel, which is linked to the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The precise number of devices involved has not been independently verified.

Millions manufactured in Wales

Raspberry Pi computers have been produced at the Sony UK Technology Centre in Pencoed since 2012.

Around 75 million Raspberry Pi devices have now been manufactured, with the overwhelming majority assembled in Wales following the company’s decision to move production from China to the Bridgend County Borough site.

The appearance of one of the boards inside a Russian weapon highlights the difficulties faced by manufacturers attempting to prevent widely available civilian technology from being diverted through third countries for military use.

Raspberry Pi told Nation.Cymru that it had introduced controls going beyond the requirements of UK and international sanctions to stop its products reaching Russia.

A company spokesperson said some products nevertheless continued to enter the country through complicated onward supply networks, often involving businesses or organisations in east and central Asia.

The company said it had seen evidence of Raspberry Pi products being used in military applications and was working with data specialists, including the Kyiv School of Economics, to identify sanctions breaches.

It was also working with licensed manufacturers and approved resellers to close down supply routes suspected of delivering products to Russia.

‘Shocking misuse of Welsh technology’

Mr Antoniw described the use of the Welsh-manufactured equipment in Russian weapons as deeply disturbing.

He said it was important to recognise that Raspberry Pi was attempting to prevent its products from reaching Russia, but called for further action to identify and disrupt the supply chains involved.

He said: “This is a shocking misuse of Welsh technology.

“It’s good to hear that the company is aware of this and anxious to stop this happening. It’s crucial that steps are taken to prevent more innocent lives being lost.

“Hopefully it will be possible to identify the supply chain and end this.”

The discovery raises wider questions about how civilian electronic components produced in Britain and other Western countries continue to reach the Russian defence industry despite sanctions imposed following the invasion of Ukraine.

Original reporting: Martin Shipton, Nation.Cymru.