Magistrates impose referral order following guilty pleas to multiple offences

A 15-YEAR-OLD girl has appeared before Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court charged with assaulting a police officer by kicking him.

The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, pleaded guilty to common assault after the officer sustained reddening and bleeding to his leg.

She also admitted obstructing a police officer in the execution of his duty and stealing items worth £18 from a shop.

After considering the case, District Judge Mark Layton sentenced the girl to a 12-month referral order.

She was also ordered to pay £50 court costs, a £26 surcharge, £50 compensation to the injured officer, and £18 compensation to the shop.

Milford Haven court told vessel struck moored boat and incident was not reported

A SAILOR has admitted navigating his vessel at a speed likely to endanger others after a collision with a moored boat at Milford Haven waterfront.

Nolan Orford was the master of the vessel Andy 02 when it entered Milford Haven on June 4. District Judge Mark Layton was told that the speed at which Orford was travelling failed to comply with directions lawfully given by the harbourmaster under the Milford Haven Conservancy Act 1983.

Orford, of The Great Barn, Bishton Village, Newport, pleaded guilty to manoeuvring his vessel at a speed likely to cause damage, danger or inconvenience to others, making a direct impact with a vessel that was on its moorings, and failing to report the collision to the harbourmaster.

Sentencing was adjourned until March 5 because Orford is currently abroad and was unable to attend court for the hearing.

Defendant said he returned to former partner’s property after release from prison

A PEMBROKE DOCK man has been sentenced after breaking into the home of a woman who had died weeks earlier.

John Ashby, aged 38 and currently of no fixed abode, was arrested on June 12, 2025, after police received a 999 call reporting he had forced entry into a property at Laws Street, Pembroke Dock. The owner of the house had passed away a few weeks before the incident.

When officers attended, they found rear windows had been smashed. Blood traces recovered from the scene were sent for forensic analysis, which led police to Ashby.

Appearing before magistrates this week, Ashby pleaded guilty to causing criminal damage. He was represented by defence solicitor Michael Kelleher.

Mr Kelleher told the court his client had been released from prison on the day of the incident and that the deceased woman had been his former partner.

“He returned to the property feeling extremely upset that she had died and that all of his belongings were inside the building,” he said.

Ashby was fined £120 and ordered to pay £85 court costs and a £48 surcharge. He must also pay £293.57 compensation for the damage caused to the property.