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Magistrates issue thousands of pounds worth of fines for lockdown breaches

Published

6 years ago

October 14, 2020

A MAN who travelled from Swansea to Pembrokeshire to buy five sacks of potatoes has been fined for breaching Covid rules.

The 62-year-old was one of 14 people dealt with by magistrates on Tuesday (Oct 13) for breaches of The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (Wales) Regulations 2020.

Other cases included a party-goer, a driver “out for a spin” and a Milford Haven woman, 29-year-old Nikki Shepherd, of Marble Hall Road, who refused to remove others from her home – she was ordered to pay £811.

The potato buyer, Robert John Coleman of Treborth, Swansea was among 14 fined, was ordered to pay £237.

All were caught by Dyfed-Powys Police between March and May, the potato buyer on April 9.

Some of the others ordered to pay £811 included:

• Man, 27, of Wirral, Merseyside, caught at a party in Newton, Powys
• Swansea woman, 22, who said she “just came out for a spin” on the A40 in Carmarthen
• An 18-year-old man from Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, who twice refused a police officer’s instruction to go home when he was with a group of other men
• A 38-year-old Wirral man who went “out for a drive” to Welshpool, Powys.
• A 29-year-old Milford Haven woman who refused a police officer’s order to remove people from her home

The payment is to be made up of £600 fine, £66 surcharge for the victims of crime and £85 costs to the Crown Prosecution Service.

Those also told to pay £237 included:

• A woman, 45, who left her West Midlands home to visit beaches in Borth and Clarach Bay in Ceredigion
• A 20-year-old man from Brecon, Powys, who was told on four consecutive days he was away from his home in the town “without reasonable excuse”

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Hakin motorist banned after driving 14 times over drug limit

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7 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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7 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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7 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.