News

Milford Haven: Two child slaves found in Mount Estate drug den

Published

7 years ago

March 4, 2019

TWO child slaves were found in a Milford Haven drug den having been trafficked to Wales from London, Swansea Crown Court heard last week (Mar 1).

When police searched a house on Elm Lane, Mount Estate, on September 26 2018, they found a boy aged 17 and a girl aged 15.

The court heard how the girl has a stash of cocaine and heroin hidden in an intimate part of her body.

Inquiries by the National Crime Agency soon found that the children were victims of modern slavery.

25-year-old drug dealer Junior Renford was also found, alongside 34 wraps of heroin, 21 wraps of crack cocaine, £360 in cash, and a sheathed machete.

This search was part of a wider effort to halt ‘county lines’ drug dealing.

Criminal organisations from areas such as Birmingham and Liverpool are sending young people without criminal records to sell class A drugs such as crack cocaine and heroin in more rural areas.

These are often vulnerable people that are used to avoid suspicion.

Renford, of Deer Park Terrace, Charlton, London, was on bail at the time of the Milford Haven arrest, for inflicting grievous bodily harm on another dealer in Yeovil.

Prosecutor Stephen Rees told Swansea Crown Court that in that incident Renford had punched a fellow dealer after he had refused to carry a deactivated handgun. The punch shattered the victim’s spectacles, with a shard of glass hitting his eye.

His sight was saved by doctors, but it has been compromised. Renford also has previous convictions for theft matters, affray, and drug trafficking. At Elm Lane, he had been obstructive towards the police, and ultimately had to be manhandled into the police van.

Barrister Dyfed Thomas explained that his client Renford had been sent to Pembrokeshire by those higher up in the drug gang’s hierarchy. In 2017, Renford was arrested for another drug dealing matter, and the gang’s mobile phone was seized. It is thought that he had then been sent to Milford Haven to pay off the debt of losing that phone.

Judge Peter Heywood said that having read a psychiatric report into Renford, and it was clear there was suggestibility and gullibility to the defendant. The court heard how the appropriate sentence for the section 20 wounding would have been 20 months prison, reduced to 15 months given his guilty plea.

The appropriate sentence for possession with intent to supply charges would have been 48 months concurrently, reduced to 43 for his guilty plea.

No charges were brought over the machete.

The sentences will run consecutively, meaning overall 58 months.

Renford will serve half of it in custody before serving the remainder on licence in the community.

Junior Renford (Pic: Dyfed Powys Police)

Crime

Man charged with strangulation and assault offences after October incident

Published

3 hours ago

December 14, 2025

Court Reporter

A MAN recorded in court as having no fixed abode has appeared before magistrates charged with intentional strangulation and two further assault offences.

Michael Sudbury, 50, whose address was not read out in court, but in Herald records is Glan Hafan, Llangwm, appeared before the bench facing multiple charges.

The charges relate to an incident on 22 October 2025 and include:

Intentional strangulation, contrary to section 75A of the Serious Crime Act 2015
Common assault
Assault by beating

No further details of the alleged incident were opened in court, and no plea was entered at this stage.

Sudbury was remanded on conditional bail, with the case listed to return to magistrates later this month.

Crime

Haverfordwest man sent to Crown Court on multiple serious charges

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4 hours ago

December 14, 2025

Court Reporter

Defendant remanded in custody

A HAVERFORDWEST man has been sent to Swansea Crown Court to stand trial on a series of A 49-year-old Haverfordwest resident has been committed to Swansea Crown Court to face trial on multiple serious charges deemed too grave for magistrates to handle.

David Guy, of Market Street, Haverfordwest, appeared before Haverfordwest magistrates facing a series of allegations stemming from a single case. The charges, which were not detailed in open court, include:

Assault occasioning actual bodily harm (ABH)
A second count of assault
Criminal damage
An additional allegation of interpersonal violence
A public order offence

Magistrates declined jurisdiction, determining that the matters exceeded their sentencing powers, and sent the case in its entirety to Swansea Crown Court.

Guy was remanded in custody pending his next appearance. The court register notes: “Sent to Crown Court for trial in custody – next hearing at Swansea Crown Court.”

A date for the initial Crown Court hearing will be set administratively. Guy will remain in custody until then.

The Pembrokeshire Herald will provide further updates as the case progresses in the Crown Court.

Crime

Castlemartin man back before magistrates over multiple alleged assaults

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4 hours ago

December 14, 2025

Court Reporter

Defendant remanded on conditional bail ahead of further hearing

A CASTLEMARTIN man has appeared repeatedly before magistrates this month over a string A 40-year-old man from Castlemartin has made repeated appearances before magistrates this month in connection with a series of serious alleged offences, including assault occasioning actual bodily harm (ABH), intentional non-fatal strangulation, common assault, and criminal damage.

Anthony Alcock, of Pwll Street, Castlemartin, is facing six linked charges stemming from incidents said to have occurred earlier this year. These appear to relate to the same complainant in what is understood to be a single ongoing domestic abuse prosecution.

During recent administrative hearings at Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court, Alcock did not enter pleas while matters of bail and case management were addressed.

Charges Include:

Assault occasioning actual bodily harm (ABH)
Intentional non-fatal strangulation
Common assault on a woman
Criminal damage in a domestic context
Additional assault allegations involving the same complainant
Breach of bail conditions

Alcock was initially granted conditional bail but was subsequently brought before the court on two occasions for alleged breaches. On those instances, magistrates remanded him in custody ahead of further hearings. He was later re-granted conditional bail, subject to strict conditions such as no contact with the complainant and exclusion from specified locations.

Magistrates have now declined jurisdiction, ruling that the case—particularly the more serious charges involving non-fatal strangulation—is too grave for summary trial. It has been committed to Swansea Crown Court for plea, trial, or sentencing.

No detailed evidence has been presented in open court at this preliminary stage. Alcock remains on conditional bail pending his next appearance at the Crown Court.