A COURT has heard how a man spat into the mouths of police officers and threatened to rape their wives, mothers and children after being conveyed to hospital for treatment.

Police were called to Glangwili Hospital on June 1 after paramedics reported that the man they were attempting to treat had become aggressive.

When they arrived, they discovered Christopher Evans lying on the floor, being restrained by several paramedics.

“He kicked out at one of the officers to the chest and told him to f*** off,” Crown Prosecutor Abigail Jackson told Haverfordwest magistrates this week.

“He then spat towards one of the officers, making direct contact with his face.  And some went directly into his mouth.”
Ms Jackson said that Evans, who is of no fixed abode, continued to spit at the officers on three separate occasions.

A victim impact from one of the officers was read out to the court.

“It never crossed my mind that trying to help a person  in need would result in an incident like this,” he said.

“I now live in continuous fear of an illness or a virus that I may have contracted as a result of the spitting.

“This could have an impact on me for the rest of my life.”

Ms Jackson said that Evans’ unacceptable behaviour continued after he was placed inside the police van cage.

“He started kicking out and on several occasions he made threats that he was going to rape the officers’ mothers, wives and children,” she said.

She quoted him as saying to the officers, ‘One day I’ll be standing in your garden to kill you and your family.”

On June 30 Evans was seen to take two sandwiches from Greggs, Carmarthen, and walk out of the store without making any attempt to pay for them.  Officers then received a report from Tesco Extra stating that Evans, who had been banned from entering the store, had taken two bottles of beer from a shelf and was throwing them around the store.  He then left after stealing beer worth £3.18.

Miss Jackson concluded by saying the offences were committed within two days of Evans being granted conditional bail by District Judge Mark Layton at a previous hearing at Llanelli magistrates court.

Evans pleaded guilty to two charges of assaulting emergency workers by beating, two charges of theft and a charge of criminal damage at Tesco Extra, Carmarthen.

He was sentenced to 26 weeks in custody. 

 He was also ordered to pay £200 compensation to each of the police officers, £6.56 compensation to Tesco Extra and £6 compensation to Greggs.  He must also pay £170 costs and a £154 court surcharge.  

A JCB driver has been disqualified by magistrates after being caught driving a Ford transit van through Maes y Frenni, Crymych.

Paul Smith, 48, was stopped by police officers on the morning of December 13.

“When they spoke to the driver, the driver admitted that he’d smoked cannabis the previous day,” Crown Prosecutor Abigail Jackson told Haverfordwest magistrates this week.

A roadside drugs wipe proved positive and further blood samples carried out at the police station confirmed Smith had 3 mcg of tetrahydrocannabinol in his system.  The prescribed legal limit is 2.

Smith, of Pwlldyfarch, Talog, Carmarthen , pleaded guilty to drug-driving.  He was legally represented in court by Mr Mchael Kelleher.

“He told the officers he’d taken the cannabis three days before, not one as was stated by the Crown Prosecution, and he believed this was sufficient time for the drugs to have metabolised from his system.,” he said.

“ He was completely honest with them.”

Mr Kelleher said that Smith is currently employed as a JCB driver.

“The ban is going to affect him considerably and will result in him now having to lose his job,” he said.

Smith was disqualified from driving for 12 months.  He was fined £80 and ordered to pay £85 costs and a £32 surcharge.

A MOTORIST has been disqualified from driving after refusing to provide blood tests for analysis despite telling officers he’d ‘smoked a joint’ earlier that day.

Lee Miskin, 50, was stopped by officers on February 10 as he drove his vehicle along the A477 at Milton.

“Information had been passed to the officers that the defendant had been seen driving,” Crown Prosecutor Abigail Jackson told Haverfordwest magistrates this week.

“When they spoke to the defendant, the officers could see two open containers of alcohol inside the vehicle.

“They could also smell cannabis.”

Miskin was arrested on suspicion of driving over the drink-drive limit, and when he arrived at the police station he consented to provide two breath samples, both of which were below the drink-drive threshold.

“But he refused to provide a drug test,” continued Abigail Jackson. “He said he’d smoked a joint that morning, and he knew he was going to be over the limit.”

Miskin originally denied the charge of failing to provide a specimen for analysis, however he changed his plea to guilty on June 13, which was when his trial was scheduled to take place at Haverfordwest magistrates court.

Miskin, of St David Close, Hubberston, Milford Haven, has nine previous convictions for 16 offences; these include two drink-driving convictions imposed in 2004 and 2008 and being in charge of a vehicle whilst unfit through drugs in 2018.

After considering a probation report, magistrates disqualified Miskin from driving for 24 months. He was also sentenced to an 18-month community order during which he must carry out 20 rehabilitation activity requirement days which will include engagement with the Dyfed Drugs and Alcohol Service. He was fined £108 and ordered to pay £300 prosecution costs and a £114 court surcharge.