Superintendent Chris Neve returned to frontline duties to work alongside his 19-year-old daughter, PC Abi Neve, in a shift the force said neither will forget

DYFED-POWYS POLICE have shared the story of a father-and-daughter response team who recently worked side by side on duty.

Superintendent Chris Neve stepped back onto the frontline for the shift, joining his daughter, PC Abi Neve, as part of Response Policing Week.

The force said Abi grew up listening to her father’s stories about policing and was inspired to follow the same path, often imagining how rewarding it would be to help people in need.

Speaking about the experience, Abi said: “Before work that day, he was just my dad, but as soon as our shift began, he became my boss and my colleague.

“He has always looked after me since I was born, so it was nice for me to be able to have his back, if needed, for a change.”

Dyfed-Powys Police said it was a moment Chris had long been looking forward to.

Reflecting on the shift, he said working alongside his daughter while supporting victims brought comfort in difficult situations.

He added that while there are times a parent wonders whether their child is still too young, Abi was more than capable of handling herself on response.

Chris said he was proud of the woman she had become and was looking forward to hearing more of her stories as her policing career continues.

The force described the pair as the “ultimate response father/daughter duo” and said it was a shift that would stay with both officers long after Response Policing Week came to an end.

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Family shift: Superintendent Chris Neve and PC Abi Neve on duty together for Dyfed-Powys Police during Response Policing Week (Pic: Dyfed-Powys Police).

Pembroke Dock defendant faces charges spanning from 1984 to 2008

A MAN from Pembroke Dock is standing trial at Swansea Crown Court accused of a series of historic sexual offences alleged to have taken place over a 24-year period.

Anthony Kenniford, of Britannia Drive, denies 13 counts including indecent assault, indecency with a child, rape, attempted rape, and sexual activity with a child.

The trial is being heard before His Honour Judge Geraint Walters. Kenniford has pleaded not guilty to all charges.

The jury was told that the indictment now before the court runs from 1984 to 2008 and gives fuller particulars of the allegations than at the earlier magistrates’ court stage.

Some counts relate to allegations said to have taken place between May 1984 and May 1986. Further counts concern alleged offences said to have occurred between April 1984 and April 1988.

The court also heard allegations dating from between January 2000 and November 2003, including claims of indecency with a child, indecent assault, rape and attempted rape. Additional counts relate to alleged offences said to have taken place between September 2000 and August 2003, while the most recent allegation on the indictment concerns sexual activity with a child between April and September 2008.

Opening the case, the prosecution alleged Kenniford targeted boys known to him over a number of years, including family members and friends of his son.

The jury heard allegations of grooming behaviour, with claims that some of the boys were offered money or gifts, and in some cases exposed to sexualised behaviour and pornography before or during the alleged abuse.

One of the first complainants referred to in the prosecution case was a young relative who, the jury heard, alleged that Kenniford invited him into bed at his grandparents’ home before touching him indecently. The court was also told of a further allegation that, on another occasion, the boy was invited into the defendant’s home, where it is alleged he was offered money to touch the defendant sexually.

Further allegations concern another complainant, who the jury heard was between the ages of seven and ten at the time of the alleged offences. The court was told that this complainant alleges he was asked to engage in sexual acts at the defendant’s address and that years later a text message was received which allegedly referred back to the earlier abuse.

The prosecution also outlined allegations involving the defendant’s son, who the jury heard was a child at the time. It is alleged that incidents took place over a number of years in the family home, including in the bathroom, and that the abuse escalated to rape and attempted rape.

Another complainant, described as a friend of the defendant’s son, alleges he was abused in a garage after becoming friendly with the family. The jury heard claims that he was shown pornographic material, indecently assaulted, and given gifts including money and computer games.

A further complainant alleges that, in 2008, after becoming friendly with the defendant’s son, he received inappropriate messages and was later taken to the defendant’s home, where sexual activity allegedly took place in the garage.

During proceedings, jurors heard a recorded police interview conducted in June 2021 with one complainant, who described what he said were his earliest memories of abuse from the age of five.

In that interview, the complainant alleged he was taken from the area of the Red Roses pub in Pembroke Dock to the Fire House on Co-operation Terrace, where he said he was offered small amounts of money to remove his clothes and spend time with the defendant.

The complainant later gave evidence before the jury and appeared visibly distressed at times during questioning. He forcefully rejected the defence case and insisted the events described were not something he could have forgotten.

The jury also heard from another complainant, who similarly rejected suggestions put to him by the defence and described the defendant as a “bad man”.

Family witnesses also gave evidence. One witness told the court that, in 2021, her brother disclosed that he had been abused as a child. Another witness said concerns had been raised within the family many years earlier, when children were said to have complained that the defendant had asked to see their genitals.

The court heard that Kenniford was first arrested on May 12, 2021. In police interview, he denied allegations made against him.

Kenniford previously appeared before magistrates, where earlier historic allegations were sent to Swansea Crown Court because of their seriousness. At that stage he denied the accusations and was granted conditional bail, including a condition that he must not contact the complainants.

The trial is expected to last two weeks and continues at Swansea Crown Court.

The complainants cannot be identified for legal reasons.

Twenty-year-old admits tyre offences but denies driving without due care and attention

A TWENTY-year-old man from Keeston is due to stand trial in Haverfordwest after appearing before Llanelli Magistrates’ Court charged in connection with alleged driving offences on the A40 near Haverfordwest.

Thomas Hayes, of Keeston, appeared before magistrates on Wednesday (Apr 22) in relation to three offences said to have taken place between late on December 26 and the early hours of December 27, 2025.

The court heard Hayes is accused of driving a Volkswagen car on the A40 between Haverfordwest and Johnston without due care and attention.

According to the prosecution summary, police officers first saw the car at around 10:00pm and believed it was travelling above the speed limit. Officers later reported seeing the same vehicle again and said they were unable to catch up because of its speed.

It is further alleged that at around 1:00am officers saw the vehicle on Freemens Way, Haverfordwest, negotiating a sharp bend at speed and crossing solid white lines onto the opposite side of the road. Police later traced the car after checks through the operations room and located it at a filling station in Johnston at around 1:35am.

Hayes denied the allegation of driving without due care and attention.

He did, however, plead guilty to two separate vehicle defect offences. These were using a vehicle with an incorrectly inflated rear nearside tyre, and using a vehicle with a front nearside tyre said to have had a lump, bulge or tear caused by structural failure.

The case was adjourned for trial at Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court on Monday, August 10 at 10:00am. The hearing is expected to last two hours.