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Fight leads to £180 in fines

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12 years ago

January 16, 2014

A MAN from Llangwm appeared in front of the town’s Magistrates on Tuesday to face a charge of using threatening, abusive and insulting words or behaviour towards Kayode Lawrence Huntley with intent to cause fear or provoke unlawful distress. Sam Hughes, aged 19, of Esthers Lane, pleaded guilty to this charge. Prosecuting, Ellie Morgan said:

“At 3.30pm on November 12, Officer Guest was on uniform foot patrol and noticed a fight outside Wetherspoons in Quay Street, Haverfordwest. School children were in the area and were clearly shocked by what was happening. A female with shopping bags had crossed the road due to being alarmed.

“The defendant had tackled Huntley to the floor and went into the middle of the road causing traffic to stop. Hughes then got up and made off”.

“Both men were taken to the police station. Hughes had been in town with his friends, he did know Huntley but was aware of him through a friend. Hughes says Huntley had started on him and he was using self-defence.

Hughes said “I feel bad, but I have always been told to stick up for myself”.

Officers explained to Hughes that his continued acts of violence went beyond self-defence”.

Defence solicitor Michael Kelleher said: “I think it is simply a matter of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. It was not started by Hughes, and CCTV shows Huntley pushing him. It’s very hard when being pushed and kicked to not defend yourself. He accepts he dumped Huntley on the floor, and accepts people would not like what they saw.

“Hughes was not the conductor. This is difficult to judge, and it is difficult to know whether he should have pleaded not guilty. Give him credit for not being the initiator”.

Magistrates fined Hughes a total of £180 to pay £5 per week.

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Hakin motorist banned after driving 14 times over drug limit

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13 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

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13 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

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13 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.