A HAVERFORDWEST man has been sentenced after launching into a struggle with a police officer while resisting arrest, a court has heard.

Malcolm Mathias, aged 40, took issue with PC Goymer when officers attended his address at Scotchwell View, Haverfordwest, on January 3 to investigate an unrelated matter.

“When officers attended his home address, Mathias took issue with the fact he was going to be arrested,” Crown Prosecutor Sian Vaughan told District Judge Mark Layton, sitting at Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court this week.

“He tensed his arms, which resulted in a struggle, and continued to resist his arrest.”

As a result of the altercation, PC Goymer sustained an injury to his right knee and damage to his trousers.

Mathias pleaded guilty to obstructing and resisting a constable in the execution of his duty, as well as a further charge of refusing to provide a sample for a Class A drug test following his arrest.

He was fined £160 and ordered to pay £75 compensation to the officer. He must also pay £85 in court costs and a £64 surcharge.

A DOCK motorist has been sentenced for drink-driving after being seen leaving a supermarket car park while over the legal alcohol limit, a court has heard.

Police officers stopped Marius Badea, aged 40, after seeing him drive a Ford Transit van out of the Tesco store car park in Haverfordwest at around 10.30pm on New Year’s Eve.

“It was his standard of driving that caused officers to stop the vehicle,” Crown Prosecutor Sian Vaughan told District Judge Mark Layton, sitting at Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court this week.

“He was swerving over the central markings.”

Breath tests carried out at the police station later showed Badea had 44 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35.

Badea, of Llanion Cove, Cleddau Reach, Pembroke Dock, pleaded guilty to drink-driving and chose to represent himself in court.

“I’m a driver for an agency, but I have no excuses for what happened,” he told the court.

Badea was disqualified from driving for 12 months and fined £500. He was also ordered to pay a £200 court surcharge and £85 in costs.

A Monkton motorist has been ordered off the roads for three years after driving through Milford Haven town centre with the Class A drugs cocaine and benzoylecgonine in his system

A MAN caught driving through Milford Haven with cocaine in his system has been banned from the roads for three years.

Simon Bowen, aged 35, was stopped by police on August 2, 2025, as he drove through Hamilton Terrace, Milford Haven.

Subsequent blood tests showed Bowen had 240 micrograms of the cocaine metabolite benzoylecgonine and 27 micrograms of cocaine in his system. The legal limits are 50 and 10 micrograms respectively.

This week, Bowen appeared before District Judge Mark Layton sitting at Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court via video link from Swansea Prison, where he is currently serving a sentence for a separate drugs offence.

He pleaded guilty to two counts of drug-driving.

Addressing the court in mitigation, Bowen said: “I know I’ve made mistakes in the past, but I previously had an addiction.

“I’m now on a 12-step recovery process and working towards sorting out my drug addiction.”

In addition to the three-year driving disqualification, Bowen was fined £120 and ordered to pay a £48 court surcharge.