A DOCK motorist has been banned from the roads after admitting driving while unfit through drugs.

Avtandil Mamasakhilisi was seen reversing his car into a parked vehicle at Castle High in Haverfordwest on April 22. When officers arrived, he appeared disorientated and confused.

“Urine samples were sent away for analysis and cocaine and benzoylecgonine were both detected,” Crown Prosecutor Dennis Davies told Judge Mark Layton at Haverfordwest magistrates court this week. “The presence of these drugs showed that his driving was impaired.”

Mamasakhilisi gave evidence through a Georgian interpreter and admitted taking drugs prior to his arrest.

“He accepts that his driving was impaired as a result,” said his solicitor, Tom Lloyd. “He regrets his actions, is sorry for what took place, and wants to assure the court that nothing like this will happen again.”

Mamasakhilisi, of Military Road, Pennar, Pembroke Dock, was fined £120 and ordered to pay £85 in costs and a £48 surcharge. He was disqualified from driving for 12 months.

Alcohol and food stolen from Haven Stores during ‘difficult period’, court told

A MILFORD woman has admitted stealing food and alcohol from a town centre store on three separate occasions.

Anna Davies, 43, of Precelly Place, appeared before Haverfordwest magistrates court this week where she pleaded guilty to stealing alcohol from Haven Stores on March 28, as well as further food items and more alcohol on April 3.

“The offences were committed following a relationship breakdown,” her solicitor, Alaw Harries, told the court. “This was a difficult period in her life when she was struggling. These offences are totally out of character, but she has now come through that and has offered to pay for the items.”

Judge Mark Layton adjourned sentencing to November 26 for a probation report to be prepared. Davies was released on unconditional bail.

Sentencing adjourned for probation report after defendant travelled from Bridgend believing son was at risk

A MAN has pleaded guilty to assaulting another male with a baseball bat in Milford Haven and to possessing an offensive weapon in a public place.

Ian Parker, forty-four, of Cwrt Carreg, Cefn Glas, Bridgend, was arrested by officers on October 29 after assaulting David Daley by beating at Priory Ville.

“The defendant travelled down to the area from his home in Bridgend, believing that someone had partly kidnapped his son,” Crown Prosecutor Dennis Davies told District Judge Mark Layton at Haverfordwest magistrates court this week.

“When he arrived, he saw the person, struck him with a baseball bat and then drove off.”

Judge Layton adjourned Parker’s sentencing to December 9 to allow an all-options pre-sentence report to be prepared by probation. Parker was released on conditional bail, with the conditions including not to contact the prosecution witnesses directly or indirectly.