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Woman flipped car after consuming ‘large amount of alcohol’

Published

9 years ago

March 22, 2017

A WOMAN from Waterston appeared before magistrates at Haverfordwest Law Court yesterday (Mar 21), after being charged with drink driving.

Christina Jones, aged 35 of Meadow Way, pleaded guilty to driving a Peugeot 207 on March 5 in Neyland whilst above the drink drive limit.

Prosecutor, Vaughan Pritchard-Jones, said: “At 3.57pm on Sunday, March 5, Jones was driving on the A477 by Honeyborough roundabout. She had consumed a large amount of alcohol, and she simply lost control of her car. She drove up the verge, turned the vehicle over and the car landed on its roof.

“She said she swerved to avoid something in the road. We have lots of cases of imaginary dogs in this court: The Crown say she crashed because of the level of alcohol.”

He added: “It is fortunate nothing was coming the other way.”

Defence solicitor, Michael Kelleher, said: “She suffers from post-natal depression, and has unfortunately taken to the use of alohol. What has occurred has been a huge wake up call.”

Magistrates told the court that the offence is ‘serious enough’ for them to make a community order, which will last for 9 months.

The chair of the bench said: “We’re going to disqualify you from driving for 25 months. We are also going to offer you the drink driver course, which will reduce your ban by 25%.”

She must also complete a 15 day rehabilitation activity requirement, and fined her £80. She must also pay £85 prosecution costs and £85 victim surcharge.

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Hakin motorist banned after driving 14 times over drug limit

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11 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

Crime

Begelly man remanded over alleged May Day assault

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11 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.

Crime

Waterston man denies child rape and sexual assault charges

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11 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.