Llanelli Magistrates' Court Sentencing Results

Explore 81 verdicts at Llanelli Magistrates' Court (Llanelli). Updated with the latest court outcomes.

Lewis Heath

Speeding

March 5, 2024

Sentence: £364 fine, £110 costs, £146 surcharge, and six points on licence

Lewis Heath was caught driving a Volkswagen Golf at 96mph on the A4076, which has a 60mph limit, on August 16.

Phillip Williams

Criminal damage

March 5, 2024

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

Phillip Williams damaged a woman’s Samsung mobile phone in Milford Haven on January 28.

Peter Sands

Failing to provide driver information

March 5, 2024

Sentence: 6 penalty points and fined £761, £110 costs, and £304 surcharge

Peter Sands failed to provide information to the police about the driver of a Citroen C4 that was caught on dashcam driving on the wrong side of the road on the A485 near Carmarthen on October 25, nearly causing a head-on collision.

Pleaded guilty to failing to provide information relating to the identity of an alleged careless driver.

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Gethin Thomas

Careless driving

February 26, 2024

Sentence: £220 fine, £110 costs, £88 surcharge, and four points on licence

Gethin Thomas was driving a Ford Ranger on the A40 adjacent to Haverfordwest Airfield on August 16, where he overtook a cyclist at a close and unsafe distance, putting the cyclist’s safety at risk.

Thomas Ryan Evans

Drug-driving

February 25, 2024

Sentence: Disqualified for 17 months, fined £750, £85 costs, and £300 surcharge

Thomas Ryan Evans was driving a Seat Ibiza on the A485 on September 8 and tested positive for 97 micrograms of benzoylecgonine per litre of blood, which exceeded the legal limit of 50 micrograms per litre.

Benjamin Beasley

Driving with SORN in force

February 21, 2024

Sentence: £120 fine, £140 costs, and £138.24 in vehicle excise back duty

Benjamin Beasley was driving an Audi TT on July 3 on Freemens Way in Haverfordwest whilst a Statutory Off Road Notification was in force, as the car’s tax ran out on March 31 of the previous year.

Philip Findlay

Drug-Driving

February 18, 2024

Sentence: Banned from driving for three years and fined £400

PHILIP FINDLAY was driving a Vauxhall Movano on High Street in St Clears on August 16, 2024, when he was found to have benzoylecgonine in his blood above the legal limit of 50 micrograms per litre.

Louise Wiltshire

Drunk and disorderly

February 13, 2024

Sentence: £40 fine and £85 costs

Louise Wiltshire was behaving in a drunk and disorderly manner at Withybush Hospital in Haverfordwest on February 12.

Matthew Thomas Walters

Driving Without Insurance

February 12, 2024

Sentence: Banned from driving for six months, eight penalty points, and fined £461

MATTHEW THOMAS WALTERS was driving a Citroen C4 on Pontyglasier Road in Crymych on July 22, 2024, when he crashed into a Scania heavy goods vehicle and failed to stop. He was driving without a valid insurance policy at the time.

Jack Alun Thomas

Careless Driving

February 12, 2024

Sentence: Banned from driving for six months and fined £200

JACK ALUN THOMAS was driving a Renault Clio on Picton Road in Neyland on July 22, 2024, when he crashed into a BMW 116d while driving without due care and attention. He failed to stop after the crash and was driving without a valid licence or insurance at the time.

Pleaded guilty to driving without due care and attention, failing to stop after a crash, driving without a licence, and no insurance.

Sources: westerntelegraph.co.uk

Reginald Blowers

Driving without due care and attention

February 12, 2024

Sentence: Fined £89, £110 costs, £36 surcharge, and three points added to driving licence

Reginald Blowers was driving a BMW 7 Series on the A40 at Haverfordwest on August 1, where he conducted an unsafe overtake on a cyclist, passing extremely closely and not allowing enough room. The incident was captured on the cyclist's camera, and the prosecution stated that his driving fell below the standard of a careful and competent driver.

Sorin Noje

Driving without proper supervision

February 12, 2024

Sentence: £675 fine and 6 months driving ban

Sorin Noje was driving a Vauxhall Zafira on the A485 at Lampeter on November 4 without proper supervision as a learner driver, and therefore without valid insurance.

Glenn Tudor-Williams

Careless Driving

February 12, 2024

Sentence: Fined £430 and five penalty points

GLENN TUDOR-WILLIAMS was driving a Vauxhall Insignia on the A4076 between Haverfordwest and Johnston on July 7, 2024, when he was involved in a crash with a Vauxhall Vivaro, causing damage, and then drove off while driving without due care and attention.

Jason James

Assault occasioning actual bodily harm

February 10, 2024

Sentence: 12 months imprisonment, suspended for 18 months, plus 90-day alcohol abstinence and monitoring requirement, 80 hours of unpaid work, £800 compensation, £85 costs, and £187 surcharge

Jason James, aged 43, assaulted a woman at Glangwili General Hospital on December 25, 2023. The attack was unprovoked and of a serious nature, with James, who was drunk, using his head as a weapon. The victim was an emergency worker.

Pleaded guilty. Sentence was uplifted from eight months due to the victim being an emergency worker. There is a realistic prospect of rehabilitation due to engagement with outside agencies and the time taken to bring the case to court.

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Andrew O’Connell

Theft and Fraud

February 7, 2024

Sentence: 12 weeks imprisonment, suspended for a year; nine-month drug rehabilitation programme; £300 compensation to Boots; £89.45 compensation; £85 costs

Andrew O’Connell, 37, of Maeshyfryd in St Dogmaels, stole a £22 shirt from The Original Factory Shop, Nike jogging bottoms from FOE Sports shop, and three electric toothbrushes worth a total of £300 from Boots in Cardigan on February 4. He also stole a woman’s iPhone at Cardigan Guildhall on the same date. On February 5, he stole a bank card from a woman on Aberystwyth Road in Cardigan and used it fraudulently to buy £89.45 worth of items from Tesco.

Pleaded guilty to all charges. The court heard that O’Connell had a flagrant disregard for people and their property, and that the number and nature of the offences showed that he was operating as a professional criminal.

Sources: westerntelegraph.co.uk

Samuel Thomas

Drug driving

February 6, 2024

Sentence: One-year community order including 15 rehabilitation activity requirement days, three-year driving ban, £120 fine, £85 costs, and £114 surcharge

Samuel Thomas was driving a Volkswagen Caddy on the M4 at junction 49 on August 31, where he was found to have 11 micrograms of cocaine per litre of blood and 240 micrograms of benzoylecgonine per litre of blood, exceeding the legal limits of 10 micrograms and 50 micrograms respectively.

Julie Sturnham

Failing to Stop at a Red Light

February 5, 2024

Sentence: Fined £100 and three penalty points

JULIE STURNHAM was driving a Kia Sportage on the A4066 at St Clears on August 26, 2024, when she failed to stop at a red traffic light signal.

Daniel Lloyd

Assault by beating

February 5, 2024

Sentence: 12 weeks imprisonment, suspended for 12 weeks, plus £600 compensation and a one-year restraining order

Daniel Lloyd carried out a series of unprovoked and serious assaults on a woman, including attacks on July 31 and August 20 in Carmarthenshire, and on August 16 in Shropshire.

Pleaded guilty to three charges. A restraining order was granted to the victim.

Sources: westerntelegraph.co.uk

Owen Haynes

Possession of a bladed article

January 30, 2024

Sentence: 24 weeks imprisonment, suspended for 18 months

Owen Haynes, 21, of Pwllymeidw, was caught with a throwing knife at Aberystwyth Magistrates’ Court on July 24. On December 11, he smashed the passenger-side wing mirror of a woman’s vehicle on Ridgeway in Cardigan and smeared blood on the passenger-side window and door of her Volkswagen campervan. He also damaged a glass window pane at the Castle Inn in Cardigan on the same date.

Pleaded guilty to possession of a bladed article and criminal damage offences. Must complete a 90-day alcohol abstinence and monitoring requirement and five rehabilitation activity requirement days. Ordered to pay £85 in costs, £154 surcharge, and compensation. A forfeiture and destruction order was made for the throwing knife.

Sources: tivysideadvertiser.co.uk

Thomas Simpson

Keeping an untaxed vehicle

January 24, 2024

Sentence: Fined £220, £140 costs, and £55.84 in vehicle excise back duty

Thomas Simpson was the keeper of an untaxed Nissan Navara on June 22, with the previous tax having expired on March 10.

Oliver Torkington

Careless driving

January 22, 2024

Sentence: 9 weeks imprisonment, £110 costs, £154 surcharge, and 10 points added to driving licence

Oliver Torkington was driving a Seat Leon on the A470 at Talerddig in Powys on July 14, when he failed to negotiate a right-hand bend, crashed through a stone garden wall, and hit the corner of a house, causing structural damage to the walls that extended from the exterior into the interior of the property. He then drove off after the crash.

Regan Boswell

Assault by Beating

January 21, 2024

Sentence: 18 weeks imprisonment

Regan Boswell assaulted a woman in Haverfordwest on November 6, 2023, in an incident that was aggravated by the presence of a baby. He was already serving a prison sentence for a previous attack on October 29, 2023, where he got drunk and attacked his friend with a broom, fracturing her elbow and causing criminal damage.

Found guilty after denying the charge. The offence was aggravated by previous convictions and the presence of a baby during the attack. Additionally, ordered to pay £650 in costs and a two-year restraining order was granted. This sentence runs concurrently with a prior 21-month imprisonment sentence.

Sources: westerntelegraph.co.uk

Steven Barham

Criminal damage

January 21, 2024

Sentence: 18-month community order, including a 90-day alcohol abstinence and monitoring programme, 30 rehabilitation activity requirement days, £85 costs, and £114 surcharge

Steven Barham damaged a woman’s Wi-Fi hub in Saundersfoot on December 29.

Nia Elin Owens

Careless driving

January 15, 2024

Sentence: Fined £174, £110 costs, £70 surcharge, and 4 points on driving licence

Nia Elin Owens was driving a Volkswagen Golf on the B4337 at Talsarn on September 14, where she overtook another vehicle whilst there was an oncoming vehicle, narrowly missing a head-on crash.

Edward Huggins

Driving without due care and attention

December 4, 2023

Sentence: Fined £307, £110 costs, £123 surcharge, and 5 points added to driving licence

Edward Huggins was driving a Scania lorry loaded with logs on the A478 at Crymych on July 4, 2023. He approached another vehicle at an extremely close proximity, making the number plate invisible, and followed for over 25 seconds, intimidating the driver due to the size and weight of his vehicle. The driver pulled into a layby to allow him to pass.

Joanne May Bishop

Failing to identify driver

September 21, 2023

Sentence: £1014 fine

Joanne May Bishop of Richmond Terrace, Carmarthen, appeared before the court on September 21st, 2023, for failing to identify a driver alleged to have been guilty of an offence, which resulted in a financial penalty.

Christopher Truby

Failing to provide information relating to the identification of the driver

September 21, 2023

Sentence: Fined £660, surcharge £264, costs £90, and 6 points on driving record

On 17/04/2023 at a safety camera in Pontypridd, Christopher Truby failed to give information relating to the identification of the driver of a vehicle who was alleged to have been guilty of an offence, contrary to section 172(3) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 and Schedule 2 to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988.

Mitchell Thomas

Speeding

June 18, 2023

Sentence: £40 fine, £90 costs, £16 surcharge, and three points added to his licence

Driving a BMW at 36mph in a 30mph zone on Hendre Road in Llangennech on October 7.

Kye Bradbury

Breaching a restraining order

June 18, 2023

Sentence: One-year community order and 15 rehabilitation activity requirement days, £80 fine, and £85 costs

Breached a restraining order by being in a woman’s company in Pembroke on June 17, after the order was imposed on October 31, 2022, for damaging the woman’s Ring doorbell.

Costel Ionut Neagu

Exceeding the speed limit

July 14, 2022

Sentence: Fined over £800

Costel Ionut Neagu exceeded the speed limit, leading to his appearance in court and a requirement to pay over £800 for the offence.

Andrew Armstrong

Breach of Restraining Order

April 30, 2021

Sentence: 12 weeks imprisonment, suspended for 18 months, £85 costs, nine-month drug rehabilitation order, and 15 rehabilitation activity requirement days

Andrew Armstrong breached a restraining order by being found in the woman’s company on April 29, 2021. The restraining order had been issued on March 30, 2021, at Swansea Crown Court, barring him from contacting the woman.

Pleaded guilty to breaching the restraining order. This was the first breach in less than a month.

Sources: westerntelegraph.co.uk

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