Haverfordwest Magistrates' Court Sentencing Results

Ashlie Large set off fire alarms and fire extinguishers at Withybush General Hospital on August 24 without lawful excuse, causing criminal damage to property valued up to £4,000. She also admitted further criminal damage to a Dyfed Powys Police cell on August 24, valued at £90. Her guilty plea was taken into account.

On 1 June 2025, Marianne Hunter drove a white Ford Transit van dangerously at a dog show near Narberth and intentionally caused the event organiser racially aggravated harassment, alarm or distress. She was found guilty of dangerous driving and had admitted the racially aggravated offence.

Robert Christopher was fined for being drunk and disorderly in a public place in Jameston on 22 September.

Christopher Marsh applied to have a community order made by Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire Magistrates Court on 20 August revoked because the electronic monitoring tag required could aggravate his health. The original order followed an incident at Skrinkle Haven on 30 July, where he approached a person he was prohibited from contacting under a restraining order imposed on 23 July. The court accepted his application and replaced the previous order with a new community order requiring him to attend a 26-day Building Choices programme and complete 150 hours of unpaid work.

Paul Roberts, 46, admitted failing to comply with the requirements of a community order after failing to attend Probation Office appointments. He was fined £120 and ordered to pay £60 court costs.

James Wilkinson drove an e-scooter on Trafalgar Road on 11 May while disqualified from holding or obtaining a driving licence, without due care and attention, and without valid insurance. On 21 July he attended an address in Pembroke that he was prohibited from attending by a restraining order imposed following a harassment conviction. He was fined £120 and given a further six-month driving ban; for the restraining order breach he received a community order until March 2028 with a 12-month curfew and 18 months of electronic tagging, prohibiting him from entering specified areas of Pembroke and Pembroke Dock.

Carl Rago admitted criminal damage to the inside of a police vehicle and to a mobile phone belonging to Dyfed-Powys Police at Haverfordwest on May 7. He also admitted intentionally strangling a woman at Haverfordwest on May 25 and was remanded in custody for sentencing at Swansea Crown Court.

Ronan Scarlett, 34, was driving a black Volvo on Gwyther Street, Pembroke Dock, on June 22 when a breath test revealed 120 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, more than three times the legal limit. He appeared at Haverfordwest Magistrates Court and was sentenced after pleading guilty.

Samantha Burns drove an Audi Q2 at Tesco's car park, The Parrog, Goodwick, on July 29 after consuming alcohol. She was found to have 98 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, more than twice the legal limit. She pleaded guilty to drink-driving and was also dealt with for using the vehicle without a valid licence or third-party insurance.

Jolene Probert, 49, caused £2,850.35 of criminal damage to a motor vehicle in Pembroke on June 16 and was drunk and disorderly at a service station in Pembroke on May 30. She admitted the offences at Haverfordwest Magistrates Court. No separate penalty was imposed for threatening or abusive language or behaviour at the service station on June 16.

Nicholas Prevett caused £200 worth of criminal damage to a door at a property in Haverfordwest on February 28, intending to destroy or damage the property or being reckless as to whether it would be destroyed or damaged.

James Bevan, aged 53, of Haverfordwest, pursued a course of conduct amounting to stalking between February and May 2026. The behaviour included repeatedly sending messages, attending at the complainant's property without permission, refusing to leave when asked, and waiting outside the address. He also admitted possessing a lock knife in a public place in Haverfordwest on Monday, May 12, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse.

Andrew Ash drove a Honda Civic on Dale Road, Haverfordwest, on 23 May 2026 after consuming so much alcohol that the proportion in his breath was more than twice the legal limit. He was also charged with driving without due care and attention.

On May 25, 2026, Vaughan Beynon drove a motor vehicle on a public road at Kilgetty after consuming excessive alcohol, resulting in a breath test more than three times the legal limit. He also drove without due care and attention.

Cameron Jeffrey kept an XL Bully type dog named Pablo at his home on January 14, contrary to section 1 of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991.

Leighton Barrass, a 55-year-old grandfather from Pembroke Dock, exceeded the 70mph speed limit on the M50 motorway on four separate dates in 2025 while driving his Jaguar. He pleaded guilty to the offences at Haverfordwest Magistrates Court.

Neil Edmundson was caught driving a Range Rover on Lamphey Lodge Lane on May 7, with a breath alcohol reading of 77 micrograms per 100 millilitres, over the legal limit. He was also driving while disqualified and without third party insurance.

Peter Wilson, of Croft Court, drove a Ford Focus along Western Way in Pembroke Dock on May 9 when over the prescribed limit for alcohol. A breath test measured 77 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath.

William Badham, of Kilgetty, failed to provide a breath specimen for analysis at Haverfordwest when required to do so. He appeared before Haverfordwest Magistrates Court on Tuesday, May 19, 2026, and pleaded guilty.

Lennox Evans, of Pembroke Dock, drove a Ford Zetec on the A477 at the Cleddau Bridge on May 4, 2026 with a blood alcohol level of 47 micrograms in 100 millilitres of breath, above the legal limit. He appeared before the court on May 19, 2026 and pleaded guilty to the offence, which carries an obligatory disqualification.

Liam Stevens, of Aberystwyth, appeared before Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court on 19 May 2026. The 26-year-old pleaded guilty to harassment breaching a restraining order made by Aberystwyth Magistrates’ Court on 29 October 2025 by sending a message via Facebook to a woman in Aberystwyth on 25 April 2026.

Ryan O’Sullivan appeared before Haverfordwest Magistrates Court on Thursday, May 14. He pleaded not guilty to two allegations of assaulting a female by beating in 2025 and was found not guilty. He pleaded guilty to using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour on August 13 at Haverhub, Haverfordwest towards a person intending to cause her to believe that immediate unlawful violence would be used against her.

Tania Evans, of Hakin, continuously played loud music and held disruptive parties despite warnings, including a Community Protection Warning (CPW) and subsequent Community Protection Notice (CPN) requiring cessation of noise causing detriment to the community. Behaviour continued, leading to prosecution for six breaches of the CPN.

David Janssens, 38, drove a Fiat Doblo on Ferry Lane, Pembroke Dock on April 6, 2026, while over the alcohol limit (77 micrograms in 100ml breath). He also drove without third party insurance and not in accordance with a licence.

Matthew Millichap, 48, appeared before Haverfordwest Magistrates Court on 20 April 2026, admitting a charge of failing without reasonable excuse to comply with the requirements of a community order. The order had been made on 10 September 2024 for driving with almost three times the legal alcohol limit on the B4332 in Cenarth on 24 August 2024. He breached the order by failing to attend probation appointments on 31 July, 14 August and 5 September 2025. Magistrates fined him £768 for the breach and ordered him to pay £60 prosecution costs.

On February 28, 2026, Thomas Jones, aged 35, of Broad Haven, entered data on the internet which referred, by necessary inference, to a female protected under a restraining order imposed by Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court on May 6, 2025. Jones denied the allegation but was found guilty by magistrates Mrs H Lewis, Mr A Allison, and Mr D England.