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Saundersfoot: Footballers in savage attack
A MAN attacked by two Narberth football players was told on Friday (Feb 27) he can sue them for damages following “a savage attack” in a Saundersfoot nightclub.
Kyle Alan Quartermaine and Ashley David Williams were caught on CCTV cameras in the gents toilet at Sands nightclub beating Ben Lloyd Williams.
Quartermaine, of Halkon Crescent, Narberth, and Williams, of Cold Blow, admitted assault causing actual bodily harm.
Quartermaine also admitted assaulting Mr Williams’ friend, Owain Gryfydd Davies when he tried to help him.
Dyfed Thomas, prosecuting, told Swansea Crown Court how Williams confronted Mr Lloyd Williams, who was celebrating his twenty-first birthday, inside a cubicle on September 21 last year.
Williams pushed a finger into his eye and punched him several times. Quartermaine delivered one heavy punch.
Judge Heywood described the attack as “unprovoked and cowardly” and said Mr Davies had been assaulted just for being public spirited enough to try to save his friend from further injury.
The court heard that because of his injuries Mr Lloyd Williams had lost a contract that could have led to more work.
Judge Heywood said he was free to pursue the defendants for compensation through the county court.
And he warned Quartermaine and Williams that if they continued to be violent the court would “look very seriously” at sending them to prison.
They were each made the subject of a 12 month community order and to pay Mr Lloyd Williams £500 each.
That, said Judge Heywood, would not affect Mr Lloyd Williams’ right to take civil action.
They were also ordered to carry out 175 hours of unpaid work for the community and to pay court costs of £150 each.
A HAVERFORDWEST bank clerk has appeared in court accused of stealing a customer’s bank card and committing fraud by abuse of position.
Mary Roberts, 47, of Coronation Avenue, Haverfordwest, is charged with stealing a bank card belonging to Keith France on November 22, 2023.
She is also accused of dishonestly abusing her position while working as a bank clerk, intending to cause financial loss while in a role where she was expected to safeguard her customer’s interests.
Roberts appeared at Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday (March 11), where she entered not guilty pleas to both charges.
Magistrates declined jurisdiction and sent the case to Swansea Crown Court for a plea and trial preparation hearing next month.
The offences are alleged to be contrary to the Theft Act 1968 and the Fraud Act 2006. If convicted, Roberts faces a maximum penalty of 12 months’ imprisonment and an unlimited fine.
CARDIGAN Curiosities has won the St David’s Day shop window award for the Cardigan division, an accolade presented by Menter Iaith Ceredigion.
High Street businesses and Guildhall shops embraced the festivities, decorating their windows in a vibrant display to celebrate the national day of Wales and the arrival of spring. The event, which highlighted the Welsh language, saw enthusiastic participation from across Ceredigion.
To mark the occasion and show appreciation for the community, Cardigan Curiosities is offering the chance to win an exclusive piece of local artwork. The prize is a one-of-a-kind watercolour painting of the nave of St David’s Cathedral, created by a Pembrokeshire artist. The framed artwork measures 74×95 cm.
To enter the competition, participants must:
- Visit the Cardigan Curiosities Facebook or Instagram page
- Like the competition post
- Comment with their favourite Welsh word
The winner will be drawn on March 20 by “Ddraig Goch” from inside a dragon egg, with the announcement made that evening on social media.
For those interested in viewing the artwork or the decorated shop window, Cardigan Curiosities is located at 32A Cardigan High Street and is open Thursday to Sunday, from 10:00am to 5:00pm.
HAVERFORDWEST FIRE STATION welcomed County Councillor Thomas Tudor for a community engagement event alongside Emyr and Amy from Gwasanaeth Tân ac Achub CGC / Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service.
The event focused on the Community Risk Management Plan (CRMP) 2040, a strategic initiative aimed at enhancing public safety across Mid and West Wales. The fire service is encouraging residents to take an active role in shaping the plan by providing feedback through an online survey.
Councillor Tudor praised the initiative, highlighting the importance of community involvement in developing a safer and more resilient region.
Residents can participate in the consultation by visiting: www.mawwfire.gov.uk.
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donald charles
March 3, 2015 at 2:26 pm
This is yet another example of followers of the ‘beautiful game’ indulging in hideous, ugly behaviour. And of course there are other higher profile examples of criminal behaviour perpetrated by professional players, I am sure, circulating in the minds of many people…..particularly those who suspect that football is a national substitute for otherwise productive employment in nationalised industries, proper education, and effective industrial management.
The reputation of England and Wales is becoming a joke among rational Americans and Europeans, who look at us sometimes as just a bunch of badly educated drunken and thuggish louts; who are bad sports, having bad diets, living in old, crumbling houses and who seem to be stuck in kind of timewarp of depressingly weekly cycles involving poor customer service skills, often crummy results in the area of trade-skills, rip-off prices, and kind of climactic end-of-week inebriation experience, followed by loose bowels on Sundays.
Adam John
March 12, 2015 at 4:52 pm
Ridiculous ‘sentence’. Should have been a custodial,sentence.