Llanelli Magistrates' Court Sentencing Results

Explore 151 verdicts at Llanelli Magistrates' Court (Llanelli). Updated with the latest court outcomes.

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.

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.

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 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.

Daniel Davies

Assault occasioning actual bodily harm

May 7, 2024

Sentence: 42 weeks imprisonment

Daniel Davies, 38, of Maes Y Bedol in Garnant, committed an unprovoked assault on a woman on Cwmamman Road on February 22, causing actual bodily harm. The attack was described as serious and unjustified.

Pleaded not guilty but was found guilty of assault. The court deemed the offence serious enough to warrant custody, and he was ordered to pay costs and compensation.

Sources: westerntelegraph.co.uk

Desmond Lacey

Speeding

May 7, 2024

Sentence: £450 fine, £110 costs, £180 surcharge, and five penalty points

Desmond Lacey was driving a Ford Transit on the B4309 Heol Llanelli in Pontyates on October 7, exceeding the 20mph speed limit by driving at 35mph.

Peter Howatson

Assault by beating

May 6, 2024

Sentence: £120 fine, £85 costs, and £48 surcharge

Peter Howatson assaulted a man in Ammanford on April 16, 2024.

Rodney Kendrick

Careless Driving

April 30, 2024

Sentence: £80 fine, £110 costs, £32 surcharge, and 5 points added to licence

Rodney Kendrick was driving on the A478 Providence Hill in Narberth on January 5 when his vehicle crossed over the central white line and crashed into an oncoming Citroen Berlingo, causing whiplash-type injuries, sprains, strains, bruising, and shock to the other driver, as well as damage to the front offside, front, and offside bodywork of the Citroen and the front offside of his vehicle.

Kelly Quill-Lowe

Assault by beating of an emergency worker

April 15, 2024

Sentence: £120 fine

Kelly Quill-Lowe assaulted a police officer by beating in Pontyates on March 24.

Pleaded guilty to the offence. Ordered to pay £85 in costs and a £48 surcharge. The fine was uplifted due to the offence being against an emergency worker.

Sources: southwalesguardian.co.uk

Claire Daly

Assault by beating of an emergency worker

April 15, 2024

Sentence: Six-month conditional discharge

Claire Daly attacked a female police officer by beating in Ammanford on March 27.

Pleaded guilty to the offence. Ordered to pay £85 in costs and a £26 surcharge. The sentence was uplifted due to the offence being against an emergency worker.

Sources: southwalesguardian.co.uk

Carl Rago

Threatening or Abusive Behaviour

April 15, 2024

Sentence: Fined £80, £85 costs, and £32 surcharge

Carl Rago was accused of using threatening or abusive words or behaviour at Travelodge in St Clears on November 9, which was likely to cause harassment, alarm, or distress. He was originally accused of causing a public nuisance after allegedly taking drugs, but that charge was withdrawn.

Pleaded guilty to the charge. Original charge of causing a public nuisance was withdrawn.

Sources: westerntelegraph.co.uk

Hannah Rawlings

Speeding

April 15, 2024

Sentence: £170 fine, £90 costs, £68 surcharge, and 3 points on licence

Hannah Rawlings was caught speeding at 79mph in a 70mph zone on the A48 at Pensarn on October 5 in a BMW.

Saihoba Susso

Keeping an untaxed vehicle

April 11, 2024

Sentence: £40 fine, £100 costs, £40 vehicle excise back duty

Saihoba Susso kept or used an untaxed Vauxhall Corsa on the A40 at Abernant on November 20, when the tax had run out on August 27.

Sonia Gibbon

Using a vehicle without a valid vehicle licence

April 11, 2024

Sentence: £220 fine, £140 costs, and £35 vehicle excise back duty

Sonia Gibbon was found guilty of having a Mitsubishi L200 on College Street in Lampeter on August 23 when its tax had run out on May 31.

Holly Williams

Failing to provide a specimen for analysis

April 10, 2024

Sentence: One-year community order (90 hours unpaid work and 15 rehabilitation activity requirement days), 17 months driving ban, £400 costs, £114 surcharge

Holly Williams was accused of driving without due care and attention in a Mercedes-Benz X-Class on the A477 at Haverfordwest on November 22, and failing to provide a sample for analysis.

Admitted failing to provide a specimen for analysis; denied careless driving (not guilty verdict).

Sources: westerntelegraph.co.uk

Jamie Watkins

Drink-driving

April 10, 2024

Sentence: 3 years driving ban, £345 fine, £85 costs, £230 surcharge

Jamie Watkins was driving a Ford C-Max on the A484 in Llanelli on August 2, with 71 micrograms of alcohol per 100ml of breath, exceeding the legal limit of 35.

Thomas Williams

Driving whilst under the influence of drugs

April 10, 2024

Sentence: Banned from driving for three years, 12-month community order with 80 hours of unpaid work and 15 rehabilitation activity requirement days

Thomas Williams was driving a Ford Transit at Croeslan on October 16 with 191 micrograms of benzoylecgonine per litre of blood, exceeding the legal limit of 50 micrograms per litre.

Gareth Jones

Driving without due care and attention

April 9, 2024

Sentence: £111 fine, £110 costs, £44 surcharge, and 3 points on driving licence

Gareth Jones was driving a tractor and trailer on the A485 at Llangybi on September 24, where he overtook a cyclist extremely closely without leaving enough room, as captured on the witness's camera, falling well below the standard of a careful and competent driver.

Brennan Findlay

Failing to give information

April 9, 2024

Sentence: £660 fine, £110 costs, £264 surcharge, and 6 points on licence

Brennan Findlay was charged with using a hand-held mobile phone while driving a Citroen Berlingo on the A477 on November 24, driving without insurance on the same date, and failing to give information relating to the identification of the driver.

Found guilty in absence of failing to give information; other charges withdrawn.

Sources: westerntelegraph.co.uk

Alayne Board

Assault by beating

April 9, 2024

Sentence: £519 fine

Alayne Board assaulted a man by beating during a violent incident at an address in Llandybie on October 18.

Denied the offence but was found guilty. Ordered to pay £650 in costs, £50 in compensation, and a £208 surcharge. A one-year restraining order was granted to the victim as it was deemed necessary and proportionate.

Sources: southwalesguardian.co.uk

Liam Bowie

Careless driving

April 9, 2024

Sentence: Fined £80, £110 in costs, £32 surcharge, and 5 points added to his licence

Liam Bowie was driving a Volkswagen Golf on Sheltery Hill in Camrose when he braked suddenly upon spotting an oncoming vehicle, causing the car to lock up, skid across the road, and crash head-on with the other vehicle on September 19, 2023. This resulted in extensive front-end damage to both vehicles and slight injuries, including bruising and shallow cuts, to both drivers.

Bernard Mongan

Fraud by false representation

April 8, 2024

Sentence: One-year community order, 15 rehabilitation activity requirement days, £50 compensation to each business, £85 costs, and £114 surcharge

Bernard Mongan used counterfeit cash at shops in Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire. On May 7, he used it at two businesses on Pensarn Retail Park in Carmarthen and at Marks & Spencer on Red Street in the town. On May 9, he used it at Aldi in Haverfordwest and the former Waterloo garage on the A477 in Pembroke Dock.

Craig Darrell

Assault occasioning actual bodily harm and assault by beating

April 8, 2024

Sentence: One-year community order with 150 hours of unpaid work and 25 rehabilitation activity requirement days

Craig Darrell attacked a man and a woman in Tycroes on September 22. He was charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm against the man and assault by beating against the woman after throwing a mat at her.

Pleaded guilty to both offences. Ordered to pay £85 in costs and a £114 surcharge. Both victims were granted one-year restraining orders.

Sources: southwalesguardian.co.uk

Stephen Mcgann

Breaching a restraining order

April 4, 2024

Sentence: £200 fine and £85 costs

Stephen McGann breached a restraining order by asking a third party at the Saddlers Arms in Cardigan on March 24 to pass a message to the victim, whom he was banned from contacting. This followed an initial assault by beating against a woman on May 1 at an address in St Dogmaels.

Sean Agnew

Driving whilst unfit through drugs

April 3, 2024

Sentence: 3 years driving ban, £180 fine, £400 costs, £72 surcharge

Sean Agnew was driving a Nissan Qashqai on Hywel Way in Pembroke on August 1, with more than 92 micrograms of benzoylecgonine per litre of blood, exceeding the legal limit of 50µg/L.

Kristian Jenkins

Speeding

April 2, 2024

Sentence: £323 fine and five penalty points

Kristian Jenkins was driving a Peugeot Expert panel van on the B4314 Station Road on September 18, exceeding the 20mph speed limit at 34mph.

Admitted speeding and avoided a driving ban due to the impact on his employment and family members.

Sources: westerntelegraph.co.uk

Lochana Ranasinghe

Driving without a valid licence and without insurance

April 2, 2024

Sentence: £323 fine and six penalty points

On December 18, Lochana Ranasinghe, a provisional licence holder, drove a Volkswagen Polo on the A4076 at Pope Hill without appropriate supervision or displaying L plates, rendering his provisional licence and insurance invalid.

Admitted driving otherwise in accordance with a licence and using a vehicle without a valid insurance policy.

Sources: westerntelegraph.co.uk

Oscar James

Speeding

April 2, 2024

Sentence: £300 fine and six penalty points

Oscar James was caught driving at 102mph on the 70mph A40 by Nantyci Showground on October 4.

Godknows Maphosa

Driving without a licence and without insurance

April 2, 2024

Sentence: Fined £370, £110 costs, £148 surcharge, eight penalty points, and disqualified from driving for six months

Godknows Maphosa, a 24-year-old learner driver from North Road in Lampeter, was caught driving a BMW 3 Series without appropriate supervision on the A482 in Lampeter on December 19, violating his provisional licence conditions and invalidating his insurance. He was charged with the offences and appeared in court.

Pleaded guilty to driving otherwise than in accordance with a licence and driving without a valid policy of insurance.

Sources: tivysideadvertiser.co.uk

Thomas Morris

Assault Occasioning Actual Bodily Harm

April 1, 2024

Sentence: 24 weeks imprisonment suspended for 12 months, 200 hours of unpaid work

Attacked his victim at an address in Ammanford on February 12, 2023, and caused £300-worth of damage to a door at a woman’s home in Ammanford.

Found guilty after trial of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and criminal damage. Ordered to pay £500 compensation to the victim, £300 for damage, £650 in costs, and a £154 surcharge, with two-year restraining orders granted.

Sources: southwalesguardian.co.uk

Daniel Brown

Drug-driving

March 28, 2024

Sentence: Banned from driving for 12 months, fined £120, plus £85 costs and £48 surcharge

Daniel Brown, 19, of Chestnut Way in Milford Haven, was caught driving a BMW on the A4067 Steynton Road on October 21 with 5.9 micrograms of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol per litre of blood, exceeding the legal limit of 2 micrograms per litre.

Pleaded guilty to the offence. The case involved driving under the influence of cannabis.

Sources: westerntelegraph.co.uk

David Nicklin

Shoplifting

March 28, 2024

Sentence: jailed for four weeks and ordered to pay £108 in compensation

David Nicklin, 35, of High Street in Ammanford, stole four bottles of spirits worth £108 from Co-op in Ammanford on March 17, 2024. He appeared at court on March 28, pleaded guilty, and was sentenced despite his recent release from prison for similar offences.

Pleaded guilty. Recently released from prison for similar offences and not complying with the probation service.

Sources: southwalesguardian.co.uk

Gareth Hallett

Speeding

March 26, 2024

Sentence: 3 points on driving licence, fined £173, plus £110 costs and £69 surcharge

Gareth Hallett, 58, of Morien Crescent in the Rhydyfelin area of Pontypridd, was caught driving a Mercedes Sprinter van at 57mph on the A477 Llanddowror to Red Roses bypass on May 3, where the speed limit for that vehicle class was 50mph.

Pleaded guilty to the offence. The case involved exceeding the speed limit for the vehicle class.

Sources: westerntelegraph.co.uk

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