Crime

Hakin paedophile jailed for 1200 sick films and pictures of children and babies

Published

2 years ago

December 28, 2021

A HAKIN man took an indecent’ tribute’ picture of a young girl and sent it to fellow paedophiles, Swansea Crown Court has heard.

Graham Thomas, 58, a former security guard, also downloaded more than 1,200 sick films and pictures of children and babies being abused. He also engaged in online chats about his sexual fantasies with children.

At a previous hearing last month, Thomas admitted seven charges of taking, distributing, and making indecent photographs of a child. He also at the time pleaded guilty to a further charge of possessing ten extreme pornographic images portraying a person performing an act of sexual intercourse with a live or dead animal.

The offences took place at Milford Haven between October 8 and 10 when Thomas admits taking four category C indecent images of children; distributing one indecent Category A image of a child; distributing ten indecent category B images of children; distributing 34 indecent category B images of children; making 298 indecent category A images of children; making 475 indecent category B images of children and making 471 indecent category C images of children.

Judge said that images and videos were “vile” and “simply stomach-churning”

Sending him straight to jail at his sentencing hearing, the judge at Swansea Crown Court said that the images, some of children as young as just 18 months old, were “vile” and “simply stomach-churning”.

Barrister Craig Jones, prosecuting for the CPS , explained that the defendant was arrested in November 2020 at the house he shared with his mother. Thomas’s laptops, phones, and tablets were seized

A full search of his electronic resulted in 1,244 indecent images and videos, including 298 Category A images, the most serious, as well as 10 extreme pornographic images being found.

Detectives from Dyfed-Powys Police were shocked to discover online chat logs where it could be seen that Thomas had discussed his child abuse fantasies with several other like-minded individuals, and discovered he had shared a small number of indecent images with other paedophiles.

Defending, John Allchurch, said Thomas was remorseful for what he had done. He had worked as an oil refinery security guard, spending spent a lot of time alone; leading him to develop an interest in online pornography which led to more extreme material.”

Judge Paul Thomas QC said the children in the images found were real children somewhere in the world being horribly abused.

Thomas was sentenced to two years and four months in jail, and will be a registered sex offender for 10 years.

Crime

Brian Davis: Wanted on suspicion of commercial burglary

Published

1 day ago

April 22, 2024

Tom Sinclair

POLICE are appealing for information to find Brian Davis, from the Pembroke Dock area.
The 53-year-old is wanted on suspicion of commercial burglary and fail to appear at court.
Have you seen Brian, or do you have information that might help us find him? Please, let the police know:
🖥️ | https://orlo.uk/wr13X
📧 | [email protected]
💬 | Direct message us on social media
📞 | 101
Alternatively, contact the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously by calling 0800 555111, or visiting crimestoppers-uk.org.
Quote reference: BRC818624

Crime

Recycling company brought before Judge after JCB crushes employee

Published

6 days ago

April 17, 2024

Court Reporter

A PEMBROKESHIRE-BASED recycling company has been brought before a district judge after an employee was seriously injured by a JCB loading shovel.

TBS Recycling and Skip Hire appeared before Judge Mark Layton at Haverfordwest magistrates court earlier this week when company director, Steven Thomas, pleaded guilty to failing to discharge general health, safety and welfare duties to an employee.

The incident occurred on March 31, 2021, at the TBS recycling and skip hire unit which is situated at the Waterston Industrial Estate, between Neyland and Milford Haven.

“An employee of the company was working on the site when he spotted something caught in the wheel of a four-ton JCB,” commented a lawyer for the Health and Safety Executive.

“He went to clear it and the person who was in the [JCB] driving seat knew he was doing it. But he was distracted and believed the other employee had left. So he lowered the shovel, but it crushed him.”

As a result, the employee sustained crushed ribs and damage to his lungs and breathing.

“But he’s since made a good recovery,” said the Health and Safety Executive lawyer.

Steven Thomas, of Cross Farm, Walwyns Castle Road, Ties Cross, will be sentenced by Judge Layton when he sits at Llanelli Magistrates Court on June 6.

Crime

Pembrokeshire car salesman caught driving on cocaine

Published

6 days ago

April 17, 2024

Court Reporter

A PEMBROKESHIRE car salesman has appeared before a District Judge after being caught driving a cream BMW through Kilgetty after taking cocaine.

Fraser Finlay was stopped by police officers on the night of October 3, 2023, as he drove the vehicle along Clayford Road in Wooden.

The officers’ suspicions had been aroused when the trade insurance which covered his vehicle failed to show up on their system.

A roadside breath test was carried out which proved positive and Finlay, 25, was conveyed to a police custody suite where further blood tests were carried out for analysis.

These showed he had 20ug/L of cocaine in his system; the legal threshold limit is 10. He was also found to have 800 ug/L of the cocaine derivative benzoylecgonine in his system; the legal limit is 50.

“This conviction means that my client is most likely to see an end to his job,” his solicitor, David Williams, informed District Judge Mark Layton sitting at Haverfordwest magistrates court earlier this week.

“This is because he works as a car salesman.”

Finlay was disqualified from driving for 17 months. He was fined £450 and ordered to pay a £180 court surcharge and £85 costs.