A 14-YEAR-OLD girl from Milford Haven, is set to appear in court for a first hearing on charges related to burglary and criminal damage.

The case is scheduled for Haverfordwest Youth Court on Wednesday (Oct 3)

The young individual, who cannot be named for legal reasons due to their age, is alleged to have committed the offences on the 3rd of May 2024 at Haverfordwest Railway Station Cafe, Cartlett, Haverfordwest.

The first charge relates to burglary, alleging that the youth entered the railway station cafe as a trespasser and stole bottles of Coca-Cola valued at £6.00.

The second charge involves criminal damage to property. It is claimed that on the same date, the accused caused damage to windows at Haverfordwest Railway Station amounting to £1,008.50, property belonging to Transport for Wales.

Further details about the case are expected to emerge during the court proceedings.

A CONVICTED criminal  in breach of a two-year suspended jail sentence was arrested on Sunday at Hobbs Point, Pembroke Dock, after allegedly sailing a boat across to Pembrokeshire from Ireland in atrocious weather conditions.

John Sturgess, 37, of Chalk Road, Walpole Saint Peter, was arrested on Sunday afternoon after being found to be in breach of his suspended jail sentence.

This week Haverfordwest magistrates were told that in March of this year, Sturgess was sentenced by Norwich Crown Court to 99 weeks in custody suspended for 24 months following a conviction for theft and burglary offences.

However on June 17, he was summoned to attend Lincoln magistrates in relation to a fresh charge of assault by beating. 

His failure to attend resulted in a warrant of his arrest.

This week probation officer Julie Norman told Haverfordwest magistrates that Sturgess was in breach of the suspended sentence by failing to attend any probation engagements since April.  She said that there was evidence that suggested the defendant had left the UK for Ireland in May.

“He was arrested in Pembroke Dock on Sunday when he returned from Ireland In a boat,” she said.  

Ms Norman requested that Sturgess be remanded in custody as a risk of harming others.  Magistrates granted her request, remanding Sturgess in custody until October 8, when he will return toNorwich Crown Court for sentencing.  

A 21-YEAR-OLD man from Haverfordwest who breached a sexual harm prevention order and possessed a burner phone containing indecent images of children has been jailed for 16 months.

Euwyn Draper, of Goat Street, appeared at Swansea Crown Court for sentencing on Thursday, 26th September. This follows his previous conviction for making and distributing indecent images of children. In April, Draper had received a six-month suspended sentence and was ordered to register as a sex offender for 10 years.

As part of his sentence, Draper was also subjected to a 10-year sexual harm prevention order. The order prohibited him from using any internet-enabled devices not registered with the police, deleting internet history or applications, and holding social media accounts under false names.

During his initial registration, Draper informed police that he only owned an Xbox and a mobile phone capable of internet access. However, he was later advised to delete a second Instagram account, which he had registered under an alias, and a Snapchat account due to the app’s auto-deleting messages.

In an earlier hearing, the court was informed that between 5th May and 10th July, the e-safe software on Draper’s registered phone flagged multiple screenshots showing the Snapchat logo. The defendant admitted to having used Snapchat on his phone, despite knowing this was in breach of his prevention order, before deleting the app.

A subsequent police visit to Draper’s home uncovered a second, unregistered phone hidden under his pillow. The accounts on this phone matched those on his registered device. Draper claimed it was an old phone he had “forgotten about” and believed to be non-functional.

Officers discovered a total of eleven indecent images of children across Draper’s devices. Seven of these were classified as the most serious Category A images, three as Category B, and one as Category C. According to Prosecutor Emily Bennett, these images were created in November and December 2023, prior to the imposition of the sexual harm prevention order.

Draper pleaded guilty to three charges of breaching a sexual harm prevention order and four counts of making indecent images of children.

In his defence, it was argued that Draper had not yet had the opportunity to engage in rehabilitation work to address his offending. “He now acknowledges he has an unhealthy interest and a compulsion to view the material,” said defence barrister Dan Griffiths. The court also heard that Draper had spent two months in custody and had been evicted from his home.

On Thursday, Draper was sentenced to 16 months in prison for the breaches of his sexual harm prevention order and for making indecent images of children.