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81-year-old pensioner who was kept in custody over 999 calls now granted bail

Published

7 years ago

June 25, 2019

AN 81-YEAR-OLD lady, who had been remanded in custody until her trial in July, has now been granted bail.

Appearing before Haverfordwest Magistrates Court via video link from Swansea Prison on Tuesday, June 25, Beryl Billington, of St Davids Road in Letterston, maintained her not guilty pleas.

Billington is charged with breaching a criminal behaviour order and failing to surrender to court at the correct time.

She had been due to appear in Court on the morning of June 18, but did not turn up and was brought to Court later that afternoon.

Magistrates decided to keep her in custody until her trial date on July 15 but an application was made for her to be given bail.

Prosecuting, Mr Vaughan Pritchard-Jones said: “It is the Prosecution’s application that she should be further remanded in custody.

“If she isn’t in custody she will not turn up. She has been before the court a number of times in the last 18 months and apart from one occasion she has had to be brought to the Court under a warrant.”

Arguing her case for bail, Peter Jones said: “Her record does not assist her, she is 81-years old but until 2014 she led a blameless life.

“She has been something of a nuisance but this is the first time she has been remanded in custody, she has been there for a week and I trust that she would not want to go back there again.”

Magistrates said they had listened very carefully to what had been said but added that they had noted she had a ‘very poor’ track record of complying with orders from the Court.

Speaking to the Magistrates about her time in prison, Billington said she had people helping her around and that she had good companionship with those who were helping her.

She went on to say that she was ‘ashamed’ of herself for ending up in prison adding that she needed help at home.

Magistrates then sought assurances that she would turn up for her trial on July 15 and Billington gave a ‘100% assurance’ that she would.

Billington was released on unconditional bail.

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Hakin motorist banned after driving 14 times over drug limit

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16 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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16 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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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.