Crime

Motorist admits to officers: ‘I’ve smoked a joint’

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2 years ago

July 3, 2024

A MOTORIST has been disqualified from driving after refusing to provide blood tests for analysis despite telling officers he’d ‘smoked a joint’ earlier that day.

Lee Miskin, 50, was stopped by officers on February 10 as he drove his vehicle along the A477 at Milton.

“Information had been passed to the officers that the defendant had been seen driving,” Crown Prosecutor Abigail Jackson told Haverfordwest magistrates this week.

“When they spoke to the defendant, the officers could see two open containers of alcohol inside the vehicle.

“They could also smell cannabis.”

Miskin was arrested on suspicion of driving over the drink-drive limit, and when he arrived at the police station he consented to provide two breath samples, both of which were below the drink-drive threshold.

“But he refused to provide a drug test,” continued Abigail Jackson. “He said he’d smoked a joint that morning, and he knew he was going to be over the limit.”

Miskin originally denied the charge of failing to provide a specimen for analysis, however he changed his plea to guilty on June 13, which was when his trial was scheduled to take place at Haverfordwest magistrates court.

Miskin, of St David Close, Hubberston, Milford Haven, has nine previous convictions for 16 offences; these include two drink-driving convictions imposed in 2004 and 2008 and being in charge of a vehicle whilst unfit through drugs in 2018.

After considering a probation report, magistrates disqualified Miskin from driving for 24 months. He was also sentenced to an 18-month community order during which he must carry out 20 rehabilitation activity requirement days which will include engagement with the Dyfed Drugs and Alcohol Service. He was fined £108 and ordered to pay £300 prosecution costs and a £114 court surcharge.

Crime

Pembroke man jailed for child sex offences

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5 minutes ago

June 15, 2026

Rieve Nesbitt-Marr

David Lewis was on police bail when he contacted a child decoy account on Snapchat

A PEMBROKE man has been jailed after sending sexual messages and an explicit video to what he believed was a 12-year-old girl.

David Lewis, aged 42, of Ashdale Lane, Pembroke, was sentenced at Swansea Crown Court after admitting child sex offences and offences involving indecent images of children.

The court heard Lewis was already on police bail when he contacted the Snapchat account, which was being operated by a police officer.

Prosecutor Craig Jones said police first attended Lewis’ home on August 6 last year and seized three mobile phones. An initial examination found child abuse material.

A full forensic download later revealed 263 Category A, 71 Category B and 51 Category C indecent images of children. The court heard the material included 246 Category A videos, 55 Category B videos and 37 Category C videos.

Lewis was also found to have shared a Category A image with another user on Telegram on July 27. The image showed a girl aged between ten and twelve being raped by an adult male.

While on bail, Lewis added what he believed was a 12-year-old girl on Snapchat on November 10. The account was in fact a decoy operated by police.

The court heard the account told Lewis she was at school and was 12. Lewis claimed he was 20 and sent a photograph of a younger man.

Over the following days, Lewis sent sexual messages, asked for inappropriate photographs and tried to call the account on Snapchat.

During one video call, he exposed himself and masturbated.

After his arrest, officers searched Lewis’ home and were able to match his bathroom and boxer shorts to those seen in the video.

Lewis pleaded guilty to attempted sexual communication with a child, attempted incitement of a child to engage in sexual activity, attempting to cause a child to watch sexual activity, distributing an indecent image of a child, and three offences of making indecent images of children.

Mitigating, Dan Griffiths said Lewis accepted the position he was in and pointed to his early guilty pleas.

Judge Paul Thomas KC described Lewis as “a committed paedophile” and jailed him for five years.

Lewis must sign the sex offenders register for life and was made subject to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order for ten years.

Crime

Man fined after missing probation appointments

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25 minutes ago

June 15, 2026

Court Reporter

A HAVERFORDWEST man has been fined after admitting he breached a community order by missing probation appointments.

Asa Wandelt, aged 37, of Harrier Road, Haverfordwest, appeared before Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court on Monday (Jun 15).

Wandelt admitted failing to comply with the requirements of a community order made by the court on February 23.

The breach related to missed office appointments on April 14 and May 18.

Magistrates ordered the community order to continue and fined Wandelt £80.

He was also ordered to pay £60 costs, bringing the total to £140. The court ordered payments to be made at £24 per month from July 13.

Crime

Man caught with cocaine and bread knife given fresh community order

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26 minutes ago

June 15, 2026

Court Reporter

A HAVERFORDWEST man caught with cocaine and a serrated bread knife in Milford Haven has been handed a fresh community order.

Joshua Rowland, aged 22, of Glebe House, Haverfordwest, appeared before Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court on Monday (Jun 15).

The court heard that a previous community order, imposed in September 2025, was revoked after unpaid work was deemed unsuitable due to medical issues.

Rowland had originally been sentenced for possessing 0.3 grams of cocaine in Milford Haven on Thursday (Jan 2), and for having a serrated bread knife in a public place without good reason or lawful authority on the same date.

A further offence related to Rowland testing positive for Class A drugs while in custody at Haverfordwest Police Station on Tuesday (Jan 14). He was required to attend an initial drugs assessment but failed to do so.

Magistrates imposed a new community order, running until June 14, 2027. The order includes up to ten days of rehabilitation activity, meaning Rowland must attend appointments and take part in activities as directed by probation.

He was also fined £120, to be paid at £24 per month from July 13.