Motorist ordered off the road after driving on cannabis

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3 weeks ago

April 10, 2024

MERLINS Bridge motorist Claire Evans has been ordered off the roads for 12 months after admitting driving a white Fiat Panda while she was over the legal drug-drive limit.

Police stopped the 26-year-old just before 4pm on October 20 as they observed her driving her vehicle along St Issels Avenue.

“When officers spoke to her, she admitted being a cannabis user who’d last used it the previous weekend,” Crown Prosecutor Abigail Jackson told Haverfordwest magistrates this week.

A roadside drugs swipe proved positive and Evans was taken to the police station for further blood tests to be carried out. These gave a Tetrahydrocannabinol reading of 5.3; the legal limit is 2.

Ms Jackson informed magistrates that the tests also confirmed that methadone was present in her system at the time of the offence, however the reading was under the legal limit.

“There was no accident, and there were no aggravating features,” said her solicitor, Tom Lloyd.

“This is a very vulnerable lady who uses cannabis as a coping mechanism.”

Evans was disqualified from driving for a total of 12 months. She was fined £80 and ordered to pay £85 costs and a £32 surcharge.

Manslaughter charge following death in Carmarthenshire

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9 hours ago

April 29, 2024

Tom Sinclair

DYFED-POWYS POLICE have confirmed Jason Thomas, 39, from Llanelli, has been charged with manslaughter following an incident on Saturday, March 25.

Police were called to a property in Robinson St, Llanelli to concerns for the welfare of a man.

Liam Rhys Morgan-Whittle, 22, was taken to hospital where he sadly passed away.

Jason Thomas was quickly arrested and later released on conditional bail while the police investigation continued.

He will appear at Llanelli Magistrates Court on Thursday, May 30, it has been confirmed.

***Passed away: Liam Rhys Morgan-Whittle***

Dangerous dogs warrant executed by police in Carmarthenshire

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2 days ago

April 27, 2024

Tom Sinclair

POLICE have confirmed that a warrant under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 was executed by Dyfed-Powys Police and the RSPCA at a property in Cefneithin Road, Gorslas, Carmarthenshire on Saturday, April 27.

Two prohibited dogs were removed from the premises, and an investigation is ongoing between the two agencies.

At the time of writing, please said that no arrests made.

Crime

Plea hearing for man accused of assault and strangulation

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3 days ago

April 26, 2024

Tom Sinclair

A HAVERFORDWEST man is appearing at Swansea Crown Court today (Friday, April 26) charged with assaulting and strangling a woman

Oliver Torkington, 38, of Pembroke Road, appeared at Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court charged with two offences last month, and is in Swansea Crown Court today to make his plea, after the local court declined jurisdiction.

Torkington is alleged to have assaulted a woman in St Clears on March 23 and caused her actual bodily harm.

He is also accused of strangling her.