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‘Large glass of wine’ leads to ban

Published

12 years ago

January 16, 2014

A PEMBROKE DOCK woman appeared in Haverfordwest Magistrates Court on Tuesday to face a charge of drink-driving. Sarah Thomas-Dawe, aged 26, of Cenarth Close, pleaded guilty to the charge.

Prosecuting, Ellie Morgan said: “Officer Mitchell’s attention was drawn to a Peugeot 206 on Pembroke Street on December 7. Officer Mitchell spoke to the driver and could smell alcohol in her breath. A breath test was conducted, which showed Thomas-Dawe had 53 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of her breath, confirming she was over the limit.

She said “I had a large glass of wine’.”

Defence solicitor Michael Kelleher said: “Thomas-Dawe is in full time employment. She was working behind a bar and had a glass of wine, though she did not know that her glass was being topped up by her colleague. Therefore she was under the impression she only had one glass of wine when she had actually had more.

“She was not actually stopped. She had seen somebody she knew on the way home and had stopped to give them a lift.

Police had seen her stop and wondered why, and spoke to her and breathalysed her”.

Magistrates fined Thomas-Dawe a total of £305 and disqualified her from driving for 12 months.

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Hakin motorist banned after driving 14 times over drug limit

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15 hours ago

June 9, 2026

Sarah-Jane Absalom

A HAKIN motorist has been banned from driving for three years after being caught behind the wheel with cocaine and benzoylecgonine in his system.

Mark Briskham, 53, of Waterloo Square, Wellington Road, Hakin, was stopped by police on January 5 as he drove a Ford Kuga along Steynton Road, near Milford Haven.

Blood tests carried out at the police station showed he had 800mcg of benzoylecgonine in his system. The legal limit is 50mcg.

He also had 64mcg of cocaine in his system. The legal limit is 10mcg.

Briskham pleaded guilty to two drug-driving charges when he appeared before Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court this week.

Magistrates disqualified him from driving for three years, taking into account a previous drug-drive conviction from 2020.

He was also fined £120 and ordered to pay £85 costs and a £48 surcharge.cr

Crime

Begelly man remanded over alleged May Day assault

Published

15 hours ago

June 9, 2026

Sarah-Jane Absalom

A PEMBROKESHIRE man has been remanded in custody following an alleged May Day assault against a woman in Begelly.

Tomas Baker, 34, of Ty Dee, New Road, Begelly, is accused of assaulting the woman, causing actual bodily harm, at an undisclosed location in Begelly on May 1.

Baker appeared before Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court this week by video link from Swansea Prison.

He pleaded not guilty to the charge.

His trial will take place at Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court on June 22.

Crime

Waterston man denies child rape and sexual assault charges

Published

15 hours ago

June 9, 2026

Tom Sinclair

A WATERSTON man has appeared before magistrates charged with 13 sexual offences against children, including three allegations of raping a girl under the age of 13.

Chaisee Price, 25, of Biggins Hill, Waterston, Milford Haven, appeared before Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court this week.

He faces three charges of raping a girl under 13, eight charges of sexually assaulting girls aged between five and eight, and two charges of intentionally inciting girls under 13 to engage in sexual activity.

The offences are alleged to have taken place between 2014 and 2019.

Price denied all charges.

Because of the seriousness of the allegations, magistrates declined jurisdiction and the case will now proceed to Swansea Crown Court on July 10.

Price was released on conditional bail.

The conditions include a daily electronically monitored curfew between 6:00pm and 6:00am, no contact with the prosecution witness, no unsupervised contact with children under 18, and a requirement to surrender his passport to police.