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Man sentenced to extra 14 months in jail for £22,000 forged cheque

Published

8 years ago

May 11, 2018

A PEMBROKE DOCK man who forged a cheque for £22,000 has been sentenced to an additional 14 months in jail.

Rhys Blow, aged 29, is already serving a 30-month sentence after he drove away in another man’s car with the owner’s six-year-old daughter on the back seat.

Blow, who lived in London Road before being jailed last July, today (May 11) admitted attempted fraud.

Swansea Crown Court heard how he had been a chef at the Lamphey Hall Hotel and crept into the manager’s office and stole a blank cheque.

Blow, who was drinking heavily at the time, was sacked the following day.

The day after that, said the judge Mr Recorder Greg Bull, Blow filled in the cheque making it out to himself in the sum of £22,000.

Blow tried to cash the cheque at a local Barclays but the staff became suspicious and refused to honour it.

David Williams, the barrister representing Blow, said he had been questioned by police about the matter after he had been arrested for the drink-drive offence involving the girl.

On that occasion, he climbed into the driver’s side as the owner refuelled at the Texaco garage on the Withybush industrial estate in Haverfordwest and drove away with the owner trying frantically to hold on.

Blow crashed the car a few seconds later.

Mr Williams said he should have been sentenced for both sets of offending back in July, 2017.

Mr Recorder Bull said he would have received a consecutive sentence in any event.

He said Blow had made a determined but also drunken attempt to get a large sum of money from his employer and his offending represented a serious breach of trust.

The 14 month sentence, he added, would run from today.

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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

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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

16 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.