A JOHNSTON man is to appear before magistrates for trial accused of sharing a photograph of of a woman’s bottom on social media.

Keith Lovell, 56, is accused of sharing the photograph on February 29 without consent. 

He is further accused of assaulting Ms Lovell by beating between January 1 and January 31.  The Crown alleges that he put both his hands on the victim and pushed her into a toy, causing her to fall to the floor.

Lovell, of Brookside Avenue, Johnston, denied both charges when he appeared before Haverfordwest magistrates this week. 

The Crown said Lovell claimed the photograph was shared ‘accidentally’.

The case was adjourned to November 18 when Lovell’s trial will take place. 

He was released on conditional bail, the conditions being not to contact Ms Lovell,  not to enter her home address and not put anything in relation to the complainant nor the police investigation on social media.

A COURT has heard how alcohol dependency turned into ‘a third party in the marriage’ after a 36-year-old chef was sentenced for assaulting a woman and of being in charge of a child despite being drunk in a public place,

Ashley Mardon, who is a chef at the Castlemartin Firing Range, admitted two charges of assaulting Deborah Mardon by beating on September 8 and again on July 28.  He also pleaded guilty to being in charge of a child when he was drunk and in a public place and of threatening to cause damage to Ms Mardon’s property in Pembroke Dock.  

“The bruising [as a result of the assaults], was very minor and hard to make out,” his solicitor, Michael Kelleher, told Haverforwest magistrates this week.

“There has been a third party in this marriage all along, and that was alcohol.  Mr Mardon now hopes that things will move forward as a family, but the alcohol first needs to be addressed.  And that’s what this is all about.

“He needs to curb his substance misuse and is under no illusions that things will have to change.”

After considering a lengthy probation report Mardon, of Riverside Avenue, Neyland was sentenced to a 24-month Community Order.  He must carry out 200 hours of unpaid work and 20 rehabilitation activity requirement days which will include engagement with the Dyfed Drugs and Alcohol Service.

He must also pay a £114 court surcharge and £85 court costs.

A PEMBROKE DOCK man has appeared before magistrates accused of grabbing a woman’s ponytail and pulling her head backwards.

Joseph Lewis, 32, of Gloucester Way, Pembroke Dock, is accused of assaulting Laura Cherry by beating, on March 9.

“He grabbed her by her ponytail and pulled her back onto the sofa,” Crown Prosecutor Nia James told Haverfordwest magistrates this week.

Lewis is further accused of harassing Ms Cherry without violence by leaving a note inside her garden shed and by sending her Facebook messages, despite her informing him that she didn’t want any further contact with him.  The harassment is alleged to have taken place between March 10 and April 4.

Lewis denies both charges.

The matter was adjourned until November 11 when his trial will take place at Haverfordwest magistrates court.  He was released on conditional bail, the conditions being not to contact Laura Cherry and not to visit her home address.