Jury sent home for the night in Natasha Bradbury murder trial

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10 years ago

September 8, 2016

Natasha Bradbury

THE JURY in the Luke Jones murder trial have been sent home for the night having failed to arrive at a verdict despite deliberating for all of today (Sep 8).

The jury will be back at Swansea Crown Court tomorrow (Sep 9) to continue deliberating.

Jones, aged 33, of Haven Drive, Milford Haven, denies murdering Natasha Bradbury at Flat A, Imperial Court, off the High Street, Haverfordwest, in the early hours of February 22.

Swansea Crown Court has heard that she suffered 53 separate, external injuries during a “sustained and severe assault” at her home.

And she lay dying for “one to two hours, hours not minutes” before Jones, her on-off boyfriend, dialled 999 and asked for an ambulance.

By then she was already “freezing cold” and paramedics were unable to revive her.

The prosecution argue he was jealous and possessive and murdered Miss Bradbury, aged 27, just hours after being told she had slept with another man.

Jones, a pipe welder, said Miss Bradbury flew into a rage and accused him of sleeping with Rhiannon Watts, a mutual friend.

Jones said he had been “seeing other girls” but not Miss Watts.

He said Miss Bradbury jumped on him and he pushed her away. But she fell onto a glass coffee table, smashing it, and then into a cabinet and finally onto the floor.

Dr Deryk James, a pathologist, told the jury he did not accept that explanation as her injuries were of the severity seen after road traffic accidents or after a severe and sustained assault.

Jones said he then threw Miss Bradbury’s mobile at a television set and went downstairs without appreciating how badly injured she was.

He said he checked on her a while later and dialled 999 when he realised she was seriously hurt.

“I did not mean to kill her,” he added.

Hakin motorist banned after driving 14 times over drug limit

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4 hours ago

June 9, 2026

Sarah-Jane Absalom

A HAKIN motorist has been banned from driving for three years after being caught behind the wheel with cocaine and benzoylecgonine in his system.

Mark Briskham, 53, of Waterloo Square, Wellington Road, Hakin, was stopped by police on January 5 as he drove a Ford Kuga along Steynton Road, near Milford Haven.

Blood tests carried out at the police station showed he had 800mcg of benzoylecgonine in his system. The legal limit is 50mcg.

He also had 64mcg of cocaine in his system. The legal limit is 10mcg.

Briskham pleaded guilty to two drug-driving charges when he appeared before Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court this week.

Magistrates disqualified him from driving for three years, taking into account a previous drug-drive conviction from 2020.

He was also fined £120 and ordered to pay £85 costs and a £48 surcharge.cr

Begelly man remanded over alleged May Day assault

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4 hours ago

June 9, 2026

Sarah-Jane Absalom

A PEMBROKESHIRE man has been remanded in custody following an alleged May Day assault against a woman in Begelly.

Tomas Baker, 34, of Ty Dee, New Road, Begelly, is accused of assaulting the woman, causing actual bodily harm, at an undisclosed location in Begelly on May 1.

Baker appeared before Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court this week by video link from Swansea Prison.

He pleaded not guilty to the charge.

His trial will take place at Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court on June 22.

Waterston man denies child rape and sexual assault charges

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5 hours ago

June 9, 2026

Tom Sinclair

A WATERSTON man has appeared before magistrates charged with 13 sexual offences against children, including three allegations of raping a girl under the age of 13.

Chaisee Price, 25, of Biggins Hill, Waterston, Milford Haven, appeared before Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court this week.

He faces three charges of raping a girl under 13, eight charges of sexually assaulting girls aged between five and eight, and two charges of intentionally inciting girls under 13 to engage in sexual activity.

The offences are alleged to have taken place between 2014 and 2019.

Price denied all charges.

Because of the seriousness of the allegations, magistrates declined jurisdiction and the case will now proceed to Swansea Crown Court on July 10.

Price was released on conditional bail.

The conditions include a daily electronically monitored curfew between 6:00pm and 6:00am, no contact with the prosecution witness, no unsupervised contact with children under 18, and a requirement to surrender his passport to police.