Crime

Pedlar jailed for selling knives in Pembrokeshire

Published

4 months ago

July 10, 2024

A PEDLAR has been jailed for six months after admitting selling knives and scissors door-to-door in the Saundersfoot area.

Lewis Hill, 32, was seen approaching a property near Pentlepoir on July 4.

“He was seen going around houses selling kitchen utensils,” Crown Prosecutor Abigail Jackson told district judge Mark Layton who was sitting at Haverfordwest magistrates court on Tuesday.

“Police received a call about the defendant, who was claiming to be a salesman. But when one of the residents refused to buy off him, the defendant called him a f****** c***.”

Three more calls were made to the police by other nearby residents. Each reported that the door-do-door pedlar had been behaving in an aggressive and abusive way whenever people refused to buy items from his black holdall.

“He got very aggressive and threatened to knock somebody’s head off,” added Ms Jackson.

When officers subsequently arrested the defendant, they searched his holdall and discovered three pairs of scissors and a kitchen knife.

Ms Jackson said that in January 2023, Hill was sentenced to a Community Order after being convicted of selling items door-to-door in the Thornbury area without an appropriate pedlar’s certificate.

“He sold a packet of cloths to an elderly lady who was vulnerable,” continued Ms Jackson. “But he then became abusive, calling her names such as a slut and a c***.

“He said, ‘If you call the police, this will be the biggest mistake you’ll ever make in your life. You’ll be a dead woman walking.’ Hill then spat into the woman’s face and onto her clothing.”

Hill, who pleaded guilty to four charges of possessing a bladed article in a public place and of peddling without a pedlar’s certificate, has four previous convictions for peddling without a certificate.

This week he was represented in court by solicitor Mr Adam Scott.

“He was going from door-to-door selling the items, but they were not, in any way, to cause fear,” he said.

“He’s done this since the age of 18, where he’s being paid to go from door-to-door selling wares.”

Hill, who currently resides in Middlesbrough, was sentenced to 26 weeks in custody. He must pay a £154 court surcharge and £85 costs upon his release.

Crime

Court hears man exposed his flaccid manhood ‘by accident’

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2 days ago

November 19, 2024

Court Reporter

A 21-YEAR-OLD Pembrokeshire man has appeared before magistrates charged with intentionally exposing his genitals in a public place.

Thomas Jones is accused of carrying out the act at a property in New Moat, Clarbeston Road, on November 9, 2022.

“The defendant knocked on the door of a female and offered his gardening services,” Crown prosecutor Nia James told Haverfordwest magistrates this week.

“She accepted his offer and moved her car so that he could move his van, but when she turned around, she could see his flaccid penis was outside his trousers. When she pointed this out to him, he said he didn’t know that it was exposed.”

Jones denies the charge. He was released on unconditional bail to await his trial at Haverfordwest magistrates court on January 6.

Crime

Regular cocaine user from Milford Haven taken off the road

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2 days ago

November 19, 2024

Sarah Jane Absalom

A MILFORD HAVEN resident who admits to being a regular cocaine user has lost his driving licence after being found behind the wheel when he was 15 times over the legal Benzoylecgonine limit.

Teifion Morse, 41, was stopped by officers just before midnight on May 1 following reports that he was driving his Vauxhall Insignia along the A477 at excessive speeds.

“The vehicle was travelling westwards towards Kilgetty, and Teifion Morse was the driver and the sole occupant, “ Crown Prosecutor Nia James told Haverfordwest magistrates this week.

A roadside drugs wipe proved positive while further blood tests carried out at the police custody suite showed that Morse had 800 mcg of benzoylecgonine in his system (the legal limit is 50), and 20 mcg of cocaine. The legal limit is 10.

Ms James said that when Morse was spoken to by officers, he told them that he knew the readings would be positive. “I’ve done stupid amounts today,” he said.

Morse, of Hawthorn Path, Milford Haven, pleaded guilty to two charges of drug driving. A probation report stated that since leaving the military five and a half years ago, Morse has suffered from mental health issues.

He’s been using cocaine as a coping mechanism,” said the probation officer. “He freely admits that he uses cocaine to help him cope, but it’s spiralled and is getting more and more out of control. He would like support to kick this habit.”

Morse chose to be legally unrepresented when he appeared before magistrates.

“It was my stupid fault and I’m trying to take the correct steps to get on the right path,” he said in mitigation.

Morse was sentenced to an 18-month community order during which he must carry out 15 rehabilitation activity requirement days and 150 hours of unpaid work. He was disqualified from driving for 15 months and must pay a £140 court surcharge and £85 costs.

Crime

Motorist manned from driving after being caught over limit

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2 days ago

November 19, 2024

Court Reporter

A PEMBROKE DOCK motorist has been ordered off the roads after driving through Pembroke town centre when he was over the drink-drive limit.

Just before 1am on October 31, police officers stopped a Vauxhall Zafira that was being driven along South Road by Cameron Sell, 23, who was exceeding the speed limit.

“He was acting erratically when he was speaking to the officer,” Crown Prosecutor Nia James told Haverofrdwest magistrates this week.

A roadside breath test proved positive and subsequent breath tests carried out at the police station showed Sell had 42 mcg of alcohol in his system. The legal limit is 35.

After considering the facts, magistrates fined Sell £300 and ordered him to pay a £120 court surcharge and £85 costs. He was disqualified from driving for 12 months.