Man admitted offences including £1,525 Haverfordwest theft and £7,664 Carmarthen theft

A MAN who admitted stealing thousands of pounds worth of electrical items from Currys stores, including branches in Haverfordwest and Carmarthen, has been remanded in custody after his sentencing was adjourned.

Ilia Patchkoria, 27, of no fixed abode, Bacup, appeared before Llanelli Magistrates’ Court on Thursday (Jul 2) for a mention hearing.

He had previously indicated guilty pleas to eight theft charges involving Currys stores across Wales and the south west of England.

The court register states that Patchkoria stole electrical items worth £1,525 from Currys PC World in Haverfordwest on May 23.

On the same day, he also stole electrical items worth £7,664.78 from Currys PC World in Carmarthen.

Further offences involved thefts from Currys stores in Torquay, Barnstaple, Penzance, Plymouth and Truro between May 14 and May 18.

The total known value of the stolen goods is at least £17,459.46, with the value of the Truro offence listed as unknown.

Magistrates remanded Patchkoria in custody after the hearing. The court register records the remand basis as including a likelihood of further offending, failure to surrender, the nature and seriousness of the offences, breach of court orders, and the real prospect of a custodial sentence.

The case was adjourned for sentence at Llanelli Magistrates’ Court on July 16.

A HAVERFORDWEST woman is to stand trial after denying two drug-driving allegations.

Sian Brazendale, 48, of Pedwar, Dingle Lane, Crundale, Haverfordwest, appeared before Llanelli Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, July 1.

She is accused of driving a grey Peugeot on West Street, Fishguard, on October 31 last year when the proportion of benzoylecgonine in her blood was allegedly 800ug/L, exceeding the specified legal limit.

Brazendale is also accused of driving the same vehicle on the same road and date when the proportion of cocaine in her blood was allegedly 67ug/L, again exceeding the specified limit.

Both charges are brought under Section 5A of the Road Traffic Act 1988.

The court list records that Brazendale entered not guilty pleas to both charges on March 17.

The case has now been adjourned for trial at Llanelli Magistrates’ Court on September 17. The trial is expected to last three hours.

Brazendale was remanded on unconditional bail.

A TEENAGER has appeared in court accused of a burglary and assault following an incident in Monkton, Pembroke.

The youth, who cannot be named for legal reasons, appeared before Llanelli Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, July 1.

The defendant faces an allegation of burglary of a dwelling with attempted grievous bodily harm, contrary to the Theft Act 1968.

The charge states that on June 23, at Monkton, the defendant is alleged to have entered a dwelling as a trespasser and attempted to inflict grievous bodily harm on a person inside.

The teenager is also charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm, contrary to Section 47 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861, relating to the same date and area.

No pleas were recorded on the court list.

The case was adjourned to Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court for further case management on August 4. A trial has also been listed for August 10.

The defendant was remanded on conditional bail.

Bail conditions include a daily curfew between 8:00pm and 6:00am, a ban on entering specified areas of Monkton, and a condition not to contact two named people either directly or indirectly.

The youth must also comply with intensive supervision by the Youth Justice Team and attend at least two appointments a week as directed.

The defendant cannot be identified because Section 49 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 applies.