A DOMESTIC abuse case involving allegations of controlling and coercive behaviour has been discontinued at court.

Lewis Thompson-Gill, aged thirty-five, of Ashtree House, Worcester Road, Little Witley, appeared before Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court charged with engaging in controlling or coercive behaviour in an intimate or family relationship.

The charge alleged that he repeatedly monitored the complainant’s phone and laptop use, restricted her ability to work, and caused damage to property.

The matter had been listed for trial but prosecutors formally discontinued the case before evidence was heard.

No application was made for costs.

A MAN has been sent for trial at Crown Court following an alleged assault at a Tenby hotel.

Leon Jenkins, aged thirty-two, of Gellihir Farm, Bryn Terrace, Lletty Brongu, Maesteg, appeared before Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

The court heard the charge relates to an incident at the The Dunes Hotel in Tenby.

No details of the alleged injuries were outlined in court and the complainant has not been named.

Magistrates declined jurisdiction due to the seriousness of the allegation and sent the case to Swansea Crown Court for trial.

Jenkins was granted conditional bail and will appear at Crown Court at a later date.

The case will now proceed to a full hearing before a judge and jury.

Standard ombudsman investigation launched following death in custody

A prisoner serving a lengthy sentence for the rape and sexual abuse of a young child has died at HMP Parc, prison officials have confirmed.

Malcolm Coles, aged 76, passed away on Wednesday (Dec 17, 2025) while being held at the Bridgend jail.

Coles had been jailed in 2017 after a court heard he carried out a sustained campaign of abuse against a young girl over a six-year period during the 1980s, when she was between six and eleven years old.

He was convicted of one count of rape, four counts of indecent assault and one count of indecency with a child following a trial decades after the offences took place. The victim reported the abuse more than twenty-five years later.

The court sentenced him to 15 years in prison.

Confirming the death, a spokesperson for the prison said: “Mr Malcolm Coles passed away on 17 December 2025.

“As with all deaths in custody, this will be investigated by the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman. The cause of death will be for the coroner to determine.”

No cause of death has been released at this stage.

It is understood Coles had been unwell for some time prior to his death.

All deaths in prison custody are automatically referred to the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman, who carries out an independent investigation into the circumstances before the matter proceeds to an inquest.