Llanelli Magistrates' Court Sentencing Results

Explore 129 verdicts at Llanelli Magistrates' Court (Llanelli). Updated with the latest court outcomes.

Michael Smith

Breach of Suspended Sentence Order

September 12, 2025

Sentence: 14 hours unpaid work and £60 costs

Michael Smith breached a suspended sentence order by failing without reasonable excuse to comply with community requirements, specifically by not attending a planned office visit on 24 June 2025 and unpaid work sessions on 10 August 2025 and 17 August 2025.

Admitted breaching a suspended sentence order imposed by Aberystwyth Magistrates Court on 11 June 2025. The original 16 weeks jail sentence suspended for 12 months will continue.

Sources: cambrian-news.co.uk

Caryl Yana Jones

Driving without due care and attention

September 10, 2025

Sentence: £80 fine and nine points on driving licence, plus £130 costs and £32 surcharge

Caryl Yana Jones was driving a Nissan Qashqai on the A486 near Ffostrasol on 19 May, tailgating a vehicle before overtaking across double white lines, and then driving at an unsafe distance to another vehicle.

Darren Glyn Thomas

Driving without due care and attention

August 20, 2025

Sentence: £687 fine and 7 penalty points, plus £130 costs and £275 surcharge

Darren Glyn Thomas was driving a BMW on the A493 near Gogarth Farm, Pennal on 23 May when he attempted to overtake a vehicle on a bend, forcing an oncoming vehicle to drive closer to the verge to avoid a collision.

Peter Halls

Sending grossly offensive messages

August 11, 2025

Sentence: Community order with 90-day alcohol ban and up to 15 days of rehabilitation activities, £350 costs, and £114 surcharge

Peter Halls, a 42-year-old from Ty Cerrig, Bedw Hirion Farm, sent a message that was grossly offensive or of an indecent, obscene or menacing character in Pencader on 29 June 2025. He appeared in court and changed his plea to guilty at the hearing.

Darren Sedgwick

Driving without due care and attention and failing to stop after a road accident

August 6, 2025

Sentence: Fined £80 and five penalty points on driving licence, plus £130 costs and £32 surcharge

Darren Sedgwick was driving a Seat Altea on Sycamore Street in Newcastle Emlyn on 25 April when he damaged an Alfa Romeo and failed to stop after the road accident.

Elizabeth Jones

Theft

July 15, 2025

Sentence: Fined £80 and ordered to pay £85 in prosecution costs and £17.90 compensation

Elizabeth Jones stole items worth £17.90 from the Home Bargains store on Quay Street, Ammanford on April 15, 2025.

Alexander Williams

Failing to co-operate with roadside breath test

July 11, 2025

Sentence: Banned from driving for 56 days and fined £100, plus £400 in prosecution costs

Alexander Williams failed to co-operate with a roadside breath test when required by police in Llanelli on May 25, 2025.

Nathan Thomas Durose

Dangerous Driving

June 18, 2025

Sentence: £120 fine and three penalty points

Nathan Thomas Durose was driving an Audi A3 on the A487 near the Tesco junction in Cardigan on 12 March 2025. He overtook a vehicle at high speed, crossing over the solid white line and into the white hatched area.

Alisha Stokes

Assault

June 10, 2025

Sentence: 26 weeks imprisonment activated, plus 20 weeks for assault

Alisha Stokes stole meat products worth £119.46 from ASDA in Pembroke Dock on May 1, 2025, and goods worth £149.28 from Home Bargains in Pembroke Dock on June 7, 2025. She also committed two thefts in Swansea on January 22, 2025, from Poundland (£40.75) and Tesco (£81). Additionally, on January 23, 2025, in Bridgend, she resisted a constable and assaulted a police officer by beating. These offences occurred while she was serving a suspended sentence.

Pleaded guilty to theft and assault charges. Sentences for thefts were concurrent to each other but consecutive to the original sentence. Costs of £85 to Crown Prosecution Service.

Sources: tenby-today.co.uk

Jordan Howden

Failing to Report a Crash

November 13, 2024

Sentence: Fined £180, £110 costs, £72 surcharge, 7 points on licence, and 6-month driving ban

Jordan Howden was driving a Kia Sorento between Tregaron and Stags Head on February 20, 2024, when he was involved in a crash that caused damage to a bank at the side of the road, which he failed to report. He also left the vehicle in a dangerous position on the road and was driving without a licence or insurance. The offences were proved in his absence and sentenced on November 13, 2024.

Paul Riches

Careless Driving

November 13, 2024

Sentence: Fined £115, £110 costs, £46 surcharge, and 4 points on licence

Paul Riches was driving a Citroen DS4 on the A482 between Ystrad Aeron and Aberaeron on May 17, 2024, when he overtook a cyclist at speed and with an unsafe distance, while another vehicle was approaching. It was also discovered that the vehicle lacked a valid MOT. The offences were admitted and sentenced on November 13, 2024.

Mark Evans

Driving without due care and attention

October 30, 2024

Sentence: £660 fine, £110 costs, £264 surcharge, and 8 points on licence

Mark Evans, a learner driver, was driving a Citroen C4 on Bridge Street in Lampeter on November 15, 2023, without insurance, a valid MOT, or a qualified supervisor, which invalidated his provisional licence. He crashed into the back of a parked car on New Street and was subsequently charged.

Found guilty in absence for offences including driving without due care and attention, without a licence, MOT, or insurance.

Sources: tivysideadvertiser.co.uk

Llyr James

Assault by Beating

October 25, 2024

Sentence: 18-month community order, 200 hours of unpaid work, 20 rehabilitation activity requirement days, £650 in costs, and £114 surcharge

Llyr James, a 31-year-old teacher from Adpar, assaulted his 16-year-old pupil Llyr Davies by beating on March 9 in Newcastle Emlyn. The incident involved physical attack, and James was charged and later convicted at court.

Denied the charge but was found guilty. The victim died in a separate, unrelated incident shortly after the assault.

Sources: tivysideadvertiser.co.uk

David Lewis

Drug-driving

October 10, 2024

Sentence: Banned from driving for a year, fined £450, £650 in costs, and £120 surcharge

David Lewis was driving a Volkswagen Golf in Drefach Felindre on January 16, and tested positive for 3.2 micrograms of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol per litre of blood, exceeding the legal limit of 2 micrograms per litre.

Harry Atherton

Driving without insurance and without a valid licence

October 9, 2024

Sentence: Fined £350, eight points on licence, £110 costs, and £140 surcharge

Harry Atherton, 20, of Stockport Road West in the Bredbury area of Stockport, was driving a Peugeot 208 on North Road in Lampeter on March 28 without insurance and without a valid licence.

Ian Gordon

Driving without insurance

October 9, 2024

Sentence: Fined £576, disqualified from driving for six months, six points on licence, £110 costs, and £230 surcharge

Ian Gordon, 33, of Wind Street in Llandysul, was driving a Volkswagen Golf on Pontfaen Road in Lampeter without insurance on February 4.

Thomas Squire

Driving without insurance

October 9, 2024

Sentence: Fined £244, disqualified from driving for six months, six points on licence, £110 costs, and £98 surcharge

Thomas Squire, 32, of Cwmffrwd, was driving an uninsured BMW on Bridge Street in Llandysul on March 27.

Rio Lawrence

Using a mobile phone whilst driving

October 2, 2024

Sentence: Banned from driving for 28 days, fined £166, £110 in costs, and £66 surcharge

Rio Lawrence was using a mobile phone whilst driving a Renault Master on the A482 at Cwmann on June 20.

Dean Gilpin

Driving without due care and attention

October 2, 2024

Sentence: Fined £184, five points added to driving licence, £110 in costs, and £74 surcharge

Dean Gilpin was driving a Vauxhall Zafira in a line of traffic on the A485 at Pontarsais on April 26, where he crossed double solid white central lines and moved to the opposite side of the road, overtaking one vehicle before braking hard to avoid a vehicle turning right, as captured on dashcam footage.

Benjamin Golding

Criminal damage

August 21, 2024

Sentence: £40 fine and £100 compensation

Benjamin Golding damaged a CCTV camera worth £200 in Trelech on January 7, 2023.

Oliver Cook

Speeding

August 20, 2024

Sentence: £146 fine, £130 costs, £58 surcharge, three points added to licence, and banned from driving for three months

Oliver Cook was caught speeding in a Renault Master van at 75mph in a 60mph zone on the A48 near Pensarn on January 16.

Paul Newport

Possession of cannabis

August 20, 2024

Sentence: £80 fine

Paul Newport was found in possession of cannabis at Maescader on April 18.

Pleaded guilty. Must pay £85 in costs and a £32 surcharge, and a forfeiture and destruction order was made for the cannabis.

Sources: tivysideadvertiser.co.uk

Sonya Ablett

Drug-driving

August 20, 2024

Sentence: 1 year driving ban and £120 fine

Sonya Ablett was driving a Skoda Yeti in Llanfihangel-Ar-Arth on February 12 and tested positive for 5.1 micrograms of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol per litre of blood, exceeding the legal limit of 2 micrograms per litre.

Mary Fleming

Driving without due care and attention

August 13, 2024

Sentence: £299 fine, £130 costs, £120 surcharge, and 5 points on licence

Mary Fleming was driving a Hyundai Kona along the A4139 in Penally on April 24, 2024, when she overtook a cyclist at an unsafe distance and inappropriate speed after passing a traffic crossing island, heading towards Tenby.

Pleaded guilty to driving without due care and attention. The court heard that the standard of the defendant’s driving fell well below that of a reasonable and competent driver.

Sources: westerntelegraph.co.uk

Samuel James

Driving without insurance

August 13, 2024

Sentence: £692 fine, £130 costs, £277 surcharge, and six points added to licence

Samuel James was caught driving without insurance on the A478 at Kilgetty on June 6.

Pleaded guilty; avoided disqualification due to impact on employment and family.

Sources: westerntelegraph.co.uk

Christopher Bailey

Failing to comply with a red traffic light

August 13, 2024

Sentence: £266 fine, £130 costs, £106 surcharge, and three points added to licence

Christopher Bailey drove a Volvo lorry through a red light on the A487 outside Tesco in Cardigan on April 2.

Lee Dimmick

Assault

August 13, 2024

Sentence: £200 fine, £85 costs, and £80 surcharge

Lee Dimmick assaulted a woman in Milford Haven on August 10, leading to charges of assault by beating.

Keri Stowell

Speeding

August 8, 2024

Sentence: Fined £40 and ordered to pay £120 in costs, £16 surcharge, and three penalty points

KERI STOWELL was caught speeding in a 20mph limit by a manned speed camera.

Joshua Spicer

Assault by beating of an emergency worker

August 1, 2024

Sentence: 24 weeks imprisonment

Joshua Spicer, 38, of Castle Terrace in Narberth, assaulted two police officers during incidents on June 20 and June 23, 2024. On June 20, he assaulted a police officer at his home address and persistently used a public communications network to cause annoyance, inconvenience, or anxiety. On June 23, he used threatening, abusive, or insulting words or behaviour against three people on High Street in Narberth with intent to cause fear or provoke unlawful violence, and assaulted another police officer.

Pleaded guilty to all six offences. Sentences uplifted due to the assaults being committed against emergency workers. Ordered to pay £85 in costs and £50 in compensation to each of the three people he threatened.

Sources: westerntelegraph.co.uk

Adam Taylor

Driving without licence and insurance

August 1, 2024

Sentence: 6 weeks imprisonment (activated suspended sentence), 4 weeks imprisonment concurrently, £120 fine, £85 costs, 8 points on licence, 6 months disqualification

Adam Taylor, 37, of Bush Street, Pembroke Dock, was caught driving a Vauxhall Astra on London Road and Glenview Avenue on May 7 without a valid licence or insurance and failed to stop when signalled by a police officer. He also failed to surrender to Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court on July 29. This occurred while he was under a suspended sentence for earlier offences, including damaging a woman’s door and a Ford Fiesta, and possession of cannabis on February 23 in Tredegar, Blaenau Gwent.

Pleaded guilty to all four offences. Was subject to a suspended sentence order from previous convictions.

Sources: westerntelegraph.co.uk

Adrian Wood

Speeding

August 1, 2024

Sentence: Fined £60 and ordered to pay £650 in costs, £24 surcharge, and three points added to his licence

ADRIAN WOOD was caught speeding on the A48 at Pensarn doing 81mph in a Jaguar XF on November 15.

Alan Griffiths

Stalking

August 1, 2024

Sentence: 16 months imprisonment

Alan Griffiths tormented his ex-partner with unwanted messages, calls, social media posts, and appearances around her hometown after their relationship ended around October last year. He violated bail conditions by contacting her and was involved in an unprovoked physical assault where he grabbed her by the hair and dragged her, as well as incidents of harassment including false accusations about her dogs and common assault between June or July last year.

Found guilty of stalking and battery after denying the charges; was subject to a suspended sentence for a previous assault on the same victim.

Sources: westerntelegraph.co.uk

Dion Morgan

Failing to comply with a community protection notice

July 30, 2024

Sentence: Fined £80 and ordered to pay £85 in costs

DION MORGAN failed to adhere to a community protection notice and behaved in a manner that caused a negative effect on persons in the locality on July 28, including shouting, being aggressive, and pushing a man out of her house.

Marc Innes

Threatening and abusive behaviour and criminal damage

July 30, 2024

Sentence: Fined £120 and ordered to pay £85 in costs, £48 surcharge, and £170 in compensation

MARC INNES was being threatening and abusive at Withybush Hospital and spat in the back of a police vehicle and in a cell. He was accused of using threatening and abusive words or behaviour at Withybush Hospital on July 28 which was likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress. He was also charged with criminal damage relating to a police vehicle and a holding cell at Haverfordwest Police Station that same day by spitting in the rear of the police vehicle and on the floor of the cell.

Pleaded guilty to using threatening and abusive words or behaviour and criminal damage.

Sources: westerntelegraph.co.uk

Natalie Lintern

Shoplifting

July 18, 2024

Sentence: six weeks imprisonment, suspended for 12 months, and £85 in costs

Natalie Lintern, 36, of Laugharne Close, Pembroke, stole cake and three sandwiches valued at £13.33 from Bush Hill Service Station in Pembroke on May 8. She was charged with shoplifting, pleaded guilty on July 18, and was sentenced at court.

Phillip Whitney

Speeding

July 16, 2024

Sentence: Fined £115 and three points added to driving licence

Phillip Whitney was driving a Volkswagen Passat in Johnston on December 6, 2023, and was caught by a manned speed camera doing 27mph in a 20mph limit.

Dan Wood

Speeding

July 16, 2024

Sentence: Fined £166 and three points added to driving licence

Dan Wood was driving a Ford Transit on the A40 at Nantyci Showground, caught by a manned speed camera doing 71mph in a 60mph limit for goods vehicles.

Daniel James

Stopping on a pedestrian crossing

July 16, 2024

Sentence: Fined £300 and three points added to driving licence

Daniel James stopped an Isuzu D-Max on the pedestrian crossing outside Mace store in Prendergast in Haverfordwest on March 31, 2024.

Daniel Fairlie

Shoplifting

July 11, 2024

Sentence: 1-year community order including 20 rehabilitation activity requirement days, £40 fine, £85 in costs, £114 surcharge, and £84.95 in compensation

Daniel Fairlie, 30, of Observatory Avenue in Hakin, stole items worth a total of £84.94 from CK Stores in Milford Haven on July 10, 2024.

Tomos Coigley

Drug-driving

July 10, 2024

Sentence: Disqualified from driving for 12 months and fined £180

Tomos Coigley was driving a Ford Fiesta on the A40 at Rudbaxton on October 20, 2023, and tested positive for 5.3 micrograms of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol per litre of blood, exceeding the legal limit of 2µg/L.

Changed plea to guilty for driving whilst under the influence of cannabis. Also ordered to pay £1,200 in costs and a £72 surcharge.

Sources: westerntelegraph.co.uk

Andrew Miller

Failing to identify a driver

July 9, 2024

Sentence: Fined £660, six points added to driving licence, and disqualified from driving for six months

Andrew Miller failed to provide information relating to the identity of the driver of a Mini John Cooper Works suspected of committing a motoring offence.

Jamie Kitching

Drug-driving

July 8, 2024

Sentence: Disqualified from driving for 12 months and fined £120

Jamie Kitching was driving a Citroen Berlingo at Crosshands Industrial Estate in Cross Hands on March 19, 2024, and tested positive for 10 micrograms of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol per litre of blood, exceeding the legal limit of 2µg/L.

Pleaded guilty to driving whilst under the influence of drugs. Also ordered to pay £85 in costs and a £48 surcharge.

Sources: westerntelegraph.co.uk

Dylan Newton

Theft

June 18, 2024

Sentence: 10 weeks imprisonment, and activation of the previous 8 weeks suspended sentence

On June 16, 2024, Dylan Newton returned to Co-op in Pembroke and stole alcohol worth £55, and he also committed a common assault against a man in Pembroke on the same date.

Admitted to the offences and was ordered to pay £55 in compensation to Co-op and £85 in costs.

Sources: westerntelegraph.co.uk

Diana Jones

Using an untaxed HGV without paying levy

May 16, 2024

Sentence: £880 fine, £170 costs, and £175 in vehicle excise back duty

Diana Jones used an untaxed DAF lorry on Dredgman Hill outside Haverfordwest on November 6, which had been declared off the road and without paying the HGV road user levy.

Pleaded not guilty but found guilty in absence of using an untaxed HGV without paying the levy.

Sources: westerntelegraph.co.uk

Steven Butler

Sending offensive, indecent, obscene, or menacing messages

May 16, 2024

Sentence: 17-month community order with 200 hours of unpaid work and 25 rehabilitation activity requirement days, plus £85 costs, £114 surcharge, and an 18-month restraining order

Steven Butler sent offensive, indecent, obscene, or menacing messages to a woman between October 23 and 29, with the intent of causing her distress or anxiety.

Pleaded guilty to sending offensive, indecent, obscene, or menacing messages with intent to cause distress or anxiety.

Sources: westerntelegraph.co.uk

David Thomas

Failing to identify a driver

May 14, 2024

Sentence: £660 fine, £110 costs, £264 surcharge, and 6 points added to his driving licence

A Mercedes-Benz, driven by an unidentified person, overtook four vehicles by crossing the solid white central line on the A40 near the Llanboidy/Whitland roundabout on January 31. David Thomas refused to identify the driver when required.

Found guilty in absence of failing to give information relating to the identification of a driver.

Sources: westerntelegraph.co.uk

Robert Parker

Possession of a bladed article

May 9, 2024

Sentence: 6 months imprisonment

Robert Parker, 42, of no fixed abode, was caught in possession of a kitchen knife with a 20cm blade in public in Pembroke on May 8. He was arrested and charged following the incident.

Pleaded guilty to possessing a bladed article in public. This was his third strike offence, making custody inevitable, and a forfeiture order was made for the knife.

Sources: westerntelegraph.co.uk

Richard Jones

Assault

May 8, 2024

Sentence: Two-year community order including 200 hours of unpaid work, a 56-day alcohol abstinence and monitoring programme, 25 rehabilitation activity requirement days, £85 costs, and £114 surcharge

Richard Jones, 39, from Erw Wen in Pencoed, assaulted a woman and a child at Quay West Holiday Park on May 3, 2024. He also damaged a third person's iPhone on the same date.

James Holmes

Drug-driving

May 8, 2024

Sentence: Banned from driving for 16 months, £250 fine, £85 costs, and £100 surcharge

James Holmes was driving a Ford Fiesta on Bethania Road on March 11, 2024, while under the influence of cannabis, recording 13 micrograms of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol per litre of blood, above the legal limit of 2 micrograms per litre.