Crime
Pembrokeshire man pleads guilty to stalking whilst on bail
A PEMBROKESHIRE gardener has been released from prison after admitting stalking a woman while he was on police bail.
Scott Horton, 40, made repeated visits to the home of his former partner in Harbour Way, Hakin, despite being prevented from doing so by police bail conditions.
“He turned up at her house on March 3 and again on March 8, when the complainant heard his car pulling up and saw his face through the window,” Crown Prosecutor Linda Baker told Haverfordwest magistrates this week.
“On March 13 she had a number of missed calls from him and on March 14 he turned up at her house once again. Her neighbour sent video evidence of him being present.”
On March 21, Horton was seen turning up at her house at 5am and again at 11.40pm.
Horton was remanded in custody on March 30 after originally denying the allegation of stalking when he was brought before Swansea magistrates.
But this week Horton changed his plea to guilty when he appeared before Haverfordwest magistrates via a video link from Swansea prison.
“Being remanded in prison, and being a person of previously clean character has forced my client to reflect,” said his solicitor, Tom Lloyd.
“He accepts that his behaviour towards the lady was unacceptable but he knows, 100 per cent, that their relationship is over and he has no desire to see her nor speak to her. He just needs to get out of custody and get on with his life.”
Mr Lloyd informed magistrates that Horton works as a self-employed landscape gardener.
After considering the mitigation, magistrates allowed Horton to be released on conditional bail. The conditions are that he resides with his parents at Skomer Drive, Milford Haven; he does not enter Hakin; he is electronically monitored daily, between 7pm and 7am and he fully co-operates with the probation service.
Horton will return to Haverfordwest magistrates on April 23 to be sentenced. The adjournment was following the magistrates’ request for an all options probation report.
Crime
Police investigating attempted burglary at Haverfordwest shop
POLICE in Pembrokeshire are investigating an attempted burglary at No.37 Food and Wine shop on High Street, Haverfordwest, at about 3am on Wednesday, April 3.
A window was smashed and the door handle broken.
Police said: “If you have any information that could help enquiries, please get in touch with PC 195 Tayler, either by: https://bit.ly/DPPContactOnline, by emailing [email protected], or by calling 101.
“Alternatively, contact the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously by calling 0800 555111, or visiting crimestoppers-uk.org.”
Crime
Banned for sleeping in car whilst over the drink drive limit
A MOTORIST caught sleeping in a BMW in MIiford Haven town centre has appeared before magistrates for being in charge of a motor vehicle when he was over the legal alcohol limit.
Police officers discovered John Steele, 30, soon after 5.30pm on March 9 when he was asleep in his red BMW which was parked in a car park at Hamilton Terrace.
“The engine was running and the lights were on,” Crown Prosecutor Abigail Jackson told District Judge Mark Layton who was sitting at Haverfordwest magistrates court this week.
“Officers smelt alcohol, he was intoxicated and he was slurring his words.”
Officers were unable to carry out a roadside breath test as a result of them not being in possession of a breathalyser at the scene of the incident. Steele was conveyed to a police custody suite where two samples of breath were subsequently taken, the lowest giving a reading of 44 mcg.
Steele, who is employed as a machine technician in Selby, pleaded guilty to the charge of being in charge of a motor vehicle while he was above the alcohol limit.
He was fined £400 and ordered to pay a £160 court surcharge and £85 costs. His licence was endorsed with ten penalty points.
Crime
Shop worked kicked police officer before attempting to bite her
CHRISTMAS festivities turned sour for Haverfordwest shop worker Bryonny Smith after she kicked an on-duty police officer before attempting to bite her.
Police officers, including a firearms officer, were called to an address in Marble Hall Road, Milford Haven, shortly after midnight on December 27. There they discovered Smith, 23, hiding in a garden.
“She was escorted to an unmarked police car but she kept banging her head and tried to bite the officer,” Crown Prosecutor Abigail Jackson told District Judge Mark Layton when he sat at Haverfordwest magistrates court earlier this week.
“The defendant then kicked out at the officer, making contact with her lower right leg.”
Meanwhile probation officer Julie Norman said that the offence was committed after Smith had spent Christmas at her boyfriend’s home in Milford Haven.
“An argument broke out and things got out of hand,” she said.
Smith, of Fleming Crescent, Haverfordwest, pleaded guilty to a charge of assaulting an emergency worker by beating.
She was sentenced to a community order during which she must carry out ten rehabilitation activity requirement days and was fined £150. She was also ordered to pay £50 compensation to the police officer, £85 costs and a £114 court surcharge.
“Biting an officer and assaulting an officer is something that this court does not tolerate,” commented Judge Layton when passing sentence.
“If you come before this court again on a similar charge, you’ll get a custodial sentence.”
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