Crime
Man charged with sexual penetration of seven-week-old baby in court
CHRISTOPHER PHILLIPS, 33, of Burton, and co-defendant Bryony O’Rourke, 24, of Llangwm appeared at Swansea Crown Court on Friday (Jan 24).
Phillips faces charges including sexual penetration of a seven-week-old baby, assault, ill-treatment, neglect, and abandonment, resulting in serious physical harm. He is also charged with actual bodily harm and four counts of grievous bodily harm with intent, alleged to have occurred between December 27, 2020, and January 12, 2021.
O’Rourke is accused of allowing the child to suffer serious physical harm between December 19, 2020, and January 25, 2021, due to Phillips’ actions. She also faces charges of assault, ill-treatment, neglect, or abandonment leading to unnecessary suffering or injury.
The case was adjourned.
The pair are now set to appear in Swansea Crown Court for a plea and direction hearing on October 25, 2025. The trial is scheduled to commence on November 17, 2025.
Both defendants are on conditional bail. Phillips must reside at his address in Burton, avoid unsupervised contact with minors, and have no contact with O’Rourke or prosecution witnesses. O’Rourke is subject to similar conditions, residing at her Llangwm address and avoiding unsupervised contact with children under 18.
Further updates will follow as the case progresses.
A TEMPLETON woman has admitted making repeated nuisance calls to emergency services and assaulting a police officer.
Ann Gatley, aged 78, of Chapel Hill Lane, appeared before Llanelli Magistrates’ Court charged with two offences following incidents earlier this month.
The court heard that between April 7 and April 9, Gatley persistently misused the public communications network with the intention of causing annoyance, inconvenience or anxiety.
She was also charged with assaulting a female police officer in the Narberth area on April 9.
Gatley pleaded guilty to both offences when she appeared in court on Thursday (Apr 11).
Magistrates adjourned sentencing to allow for a pre-sentence report to be prepared. Gatley is due to appear at Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court on May 6.
She was granted bail until that date, with a condition that she must not contact emergency services unless in a genuine emergency.
A MILFORD HAVEN man is set to stand trial accused of carrying a pocket knife with a blade exceeding the legal limit.
Lee Lock, 37, is alleged to have had the knife hidden beneath a car seat while driving through Honeyborough Industrial Estate, Neyland, on June 5, 2024.
The Crown Prosecution Service claims the blade measured 7.62 centimetres in length—over the 7 cm threshold permitted by law.
Lock appeared before Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court this week via video link from HM Swansea Prison, where he pleaded not guilty to possessing a knife blade in a public place.
His trial has been scheduled for June 9 at Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court.
Lock, of Coombs Road, Milford Haven, was remanded in custody due to concerns he may fail to surrender to bail.
A PEMBROKESHIRE woman is to stand trial accused of crashing an Audi into a wall and failing to stop after allegedly driving under the influence of cocaine.
Ruby Owens, aged 33, of Wayside Close, Simpson Cross, Haverfordwest, was arrested on December 21 following a collision at Prospect Place in Pembroke Dock.
She was later charged with four offences: driving with 22 micrograms of cocaine and 480 micrograms of benzoylecgonine (a cocaine metabolite) in her system, driving without due care and attention, and failing to stop after an accident.
Owens appeared before Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court this week, where she denied all four charges.
Her trial is set to take place at Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court on June 19. She was released on unconditional bail.
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