Broad Haven defendant fined after court finds internet post referred by necessary inference to protected person

A MAN from Broad Haven has been convicted of breaching a restraining order after making an online reference to a woman he had been banned from mentioning.

Thomas Jones, aged 35, of Croft Road, Broad Haven, appeared for trial before Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday (Apr 16).

The court heard that on February 28, 2026, Jones entered data on the internet which referred, by necessary inference to the female. He had been prohibited from doing so under a restraining order imposed by Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court on May 6, 2025.

Jones denied the allegation when the case was heard, but magistrates found him guilty following trial.

The bench, made up of Mrs H Lewis, Mr A Allison and Mr D England, fined Jones £300.

He was also ordered to pay £650 in prosecution costs.

A victim personal statement from the woman was read to the court by the prosecutor.

Porthcawl pensioner, 89, was discovered after GP raised concerns and asked police to carry out welfare check

A MAN has been charged after the body of his 89-year-old mother was found in a chest freezer at her home in Porthcawl.

South Wales Police discovered the remains of Sylvia Phillips at a property in Poplar Crescent on Monday, February 17, after her GP asked officers to carry out a welfare check.

An inquest at Pontypridd Coroner’s Court heard that the cause of her death is still awaiting further investigation.

Her son, Christopher Phillips, 60, of Porthcawl, has been charged with preventing a lawful and decent burial. He also faces a charge of fraud by false representation.

Phillips has been remanded in custody and was due to appear at Cardiff Crown Court on Thursday (Apr 16).

The hearing was told that a post-mortem examination was carried out on March 2 by Dr Stephen Leadbetter at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff.

Senior Coroner for South Wales Central, Graeme Hughes, adjourned the inquest while further enquiries are carried out.

The court also heard that Sylvia Phillips’ family had requested a cremation certificate, which was granted by the coroner.

Judge allows sale of Tesla shares held through Trading 212 as court seeks to establish what assets can be recovered

A HEARING involving jailed drug dealer Austin Hockey was adjourned at Swansea Crown Court on Monday (Apr 13) as the court considered what assets may be available for recovery following his conviction in a Pembrokeshire drugs case.

The court heard that Hockey did not attend the hearing and had refused to come before the court.

Barristers said the defendant had no known assets apart from Tesla shares held through the Trading 212 investment platform. Counsel told the court that efforts were continuing to confirm both the exact value of the holding and the amount that could realistically be realised from it.

The judge was told enquiries had been made with Trading 212 in an effort to establish what figure should properly be relied upon for the purposes of the proceedings.

Because of the uncertainty over the true obtainable value of the shares, the judge granted permission for them to be sold so that a realisable figure could be confirmed.

The matter was then adjourned while further information is obtained.

Hockey, 32, of Acrebush Close, Bishopsworth, Bristol, previously appeared before Swansea Crown Court after admitting six drug-related offences linked to dealing in Pembrokeshire. The court heard he had been in possession of MDMA, cannabis and 2C-B with intent to supply in west Wales on December 1, 2023, and had also admitted being concerned in the supply of the same drugs between August 1 and December 2, 2023. Judge Huw Rees remanded him in custody for sentence after ordering a pre-sentence report.

He was later jailed for 3 years and 4 months after pleading guilty to being concerned in the supply of class A and B drugs, and possession with intent to supply class A and B drugs. A sentencing summary states he was stopped by police on a roundabout outside Narberth, where officers found cannabis, MDMA tablets and 2C-B tablets, while phones seized in the case contained messages advertising drugs for sale.

The latest Crown Court hearing focused not on Hockey’s guilt or sentence, but on what assets may now be available for confiscation following the Pembrokeshire offences.

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Pembrokeshire drug dealer’s Tesla shares at centre of Swansea Crown Court hearing