Dangerous driving trial to follow over allegation van was driven into show ring and struck participant

A WOMAN has admitted racially abusing an organiser at a Narberth dog show but will stand trial over an allegation that she drove a van into the ring and knocked down a participant.

Marianne Hunter, 63, was attending the Snooty Fox dog show on June 1 when a dispute arose over the categories in which her dogs could compete.

“There was a difficulty with the defendant’s dogs when she was told they were unable to enter two categories at the same time,” Crown prosecutor Sian Vaughan told Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court this week.

“Marianne Hunter lost her temper and called Tracey Hodges a ‘Welsh c***’.”

The Crown alleges that Hunter then drove her white Ford Transit van into the show compound, which had been secured with ropes, and knocked over one of the participants.

“The keys were then taken from the vehicle by her husband, and if he had not done that, the situation could have become a lot worse,” Ms Vaughan said.

“There were a lot of young children running around the event, but while the defendant was moving her vehicle, she had no regard for anyone else.”

Hunter, of Crockenhill, Kent, pleaded guilty to causing racially aggravated harassment to Tracey Hodges.

She denied a separate charge of dangerous driving and will stand trial at Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court on September 21.

Hunter was released on unconditional bail.

Court shown CCTV of 19-year-old repeatedly striking man in pub toilets

A TEENAGER has been sentenced after repeatedly punching a man in the face at a Haverfordwest pub.

CCTV footage shown to Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court captured Dylan Thomas, 19, lunging at Jamie Wilkinson in the toilets of the William Owen Wetherspoons pub on January 9, 2026.

Crown prosecutor Sian Vaughan said Mr Wilkinson had entered the pub with a friend and ordered two cocktails before going outside for a cigarette.

When he returned, he went to the toilets, where he saw three young men “hanging around”.

“One of them was Dylan Thomas, who asked Jamie Wilkinson what his name was,” Ms Vaughan told the court.

“He then asked him whether he remembered him and struck him in the face three times.”

The court heard that Mr Wilkinson was struck at least seven times by Thomas and other males who were with him.

Following the incident, Mr Wilkinson sought help from pub staff.

“I can get angry, and I wanted them to keep me safe,” he later told police.

“I felt I was going to be badly hurt, and this has aggravated my PTSD from past experiences.”

Thomas, of Haverfordwest, pleaded guilty to assault by beating.

His solicitor, Michael Kelleher, said there had been previous issues between Thomas and Mr Wilkinson.

“He accepts that he struck him,” Mr Kelleher said.

“This was because he believed something was going to kick off, but obviously it didn’t.”

The court heard that Thomas had no previous convictions.

He was fined £259 and ordered to pay a £104 surcharge and £85 prosecution costs.

Pembroke man says he no longer drinks and needs his licence to keep his job and support his young son

A DISQUALIFIED driver has had his ban lifted early after telling magistrates he has transformed his life and is now focused on his young son, his health and maintaining steady employment.

“I’m a totally different person now,” Marcus Llewellyn told Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court this week.

“I want to keep my employment and have a structured plan for the future, for me and for my little boy. I no longer drink and I have a totally different lifestyle from the one I had back then.”

The court heard that Llewellyn, 31, was convicted on November 28, 2023, of driving with 41 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35 micrograms.

Although the reading was comparatively low, he was disqualified from driving for four years because it was his third drink-driving conviction. His previous offences were committed when he was aged 20 and 24.

The court was told that a disqualified driver may apply for the early removal of a ban once a specified period has been served.

Llewellyn, of Devon Drive, Pembroke, said he is employed as a pipefitter at Hinkley Point power station, where he works a shift pattern of ten days on and ten days off.

“Public transport is scarce around here, and there have been times when I’ve had to miss work,” he said.

“My employers obviously aren’t too keen on this.

“I’ve also got no means of getting home in an emergency. Just before Christmas, my son fell off his bike and split his head open, and I wasn’t able to get home to be with him.”

After considering his application and the circumstances outlined to the court, magistrates granted Llewellyn’s request for the early removal of his driving disqualification.