Llanelli Magistrates' Court Sentencing Results

Explore 215 verdicts at Llanelli Magistrates' Court (Llanelli). Updated with the latest court outcomes.

April 2024 4 cases

Kristian Jenkins

Speeding *

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.

2 Apr 2024

Lochana Ranasinghe

Driving without a valid licence and without insurance *

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.

2 Apr 2024

Godknows Maphosa

Driving without a licence and without insurance *

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.

2 Apr 2024

Thomas Morris

Assault Occasioning Actual Bodily Harm *

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.

1 Apr 2024

March 2024 21 cases

Daniel Brown

Drug-driving *

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.

28 Mar 2024

David Nicklin

Shoplifting *

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.

28 Mar 2024

Gareth Hallett

Speeding *

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.

26 Mar 2024

John Poulson

Careless Driving *

Sentence

£333 fine, £110 in costs, £133 surcharge, and 5 points added to driving licence

Drove a Nissan Navara on Church Road in Llangadog without due care and attention on November 2, leading to a crash that caused damage to a Ford Fiesta, and failed to stop.

Pleaded guilty to careless driving and failing to stop after a crash.

26 Mar 2024

Tracey Sargeant

Assault by beating *

Sentence

1 year community order, including 9-month alcohol treatment programme and 25 rehabilitation activity requirement days, plus £85 costs and £114 surcharge

Tracey Sargeant, 47, of Marsh Road in Pendine, was charged with assault by beating following a violent incident in Pendine on November 2, where she attacked a man. She pleaded guilty at court.

Pleaded guilty to the charge. Additional details include the requirement to complete the specified programmes.

26 Mar 2024

Thomas Davies

Exceeding a 20mph limit *

Sentence

£80 fine, £110 costs, £32 surcharge, and 5 points on driving licence

Thomas Davies, 68, of Parcmaen Street in Carmarthen, was caught driving at 40mph in a Ford Focus in a 20mph zone on the B4333 at Hermon on September 10.

Pleaded guilty. Aged 68 at the time of the offence.

26 Mar 2024

Samuel Studley

Speeding *

Sentence

28-day driving disqualification, £415 fine, £110 in costs, and £166 surcharge

Caught driving a BMW at 41mph in a 20mph limit on the A482 through Llanwrda on August 31, 2023.

Pleaded guilty to speeding in a 20mph limit.

26 Mar 2024

Rhydian Thomas

Speeding *

Sentence

14-day driving ban, £500 fine, £110 costs, and £200 surcharge

Rhydian Thomas was caught by a manned speed camera driving at 43mph in a Ford Fiesta in a 20mph zone on the B4333 at Hermon on September 17.

Pleaded guilty. Aged 18 at the time of the offence, now 19.

26 Mar 2024

Marcus Lockhart

Criminal Damage *

Sentence

Fined £80 and ordered to pay £85 costs

Marcus Lockhart damaged a CCTV camera lens at an address in Taliaris, Carmarthenshire, on August 6, 2023.

Pleaded guilty to criminal damage.

25 Mar 2024

Sam Holloway

Keeping a vehicle without a valid vehicle licence *

Sentence

£60 fine

Sam Holloway was found guilty of keeping a vehicle where its tax had run out in September 2021.

Pleaded not guilty but found guilty; must pay £140 in costs and £3.34 in vehicle excise back duty.

21 Mar 2024

Dominic Mills

Handling stolen goods *

Sentence

Six-month conditional discharge and £26 surcharge

Dominic Mills dishonestly handled stolen goods, including a Nintendo Wii console and accessories, Nintendo DS, and a mobile phone, and was in possession of two grams of cannabis in Rhydafon on August 26, 2022.

Pleaded guilty to handling stolen goods and cannabis possession. No costs ordered due to significant delay in the case.

20 Mar 2024

Jane Sharp

Driving whilst under the influence of alcohol *

Sentence

18 months driving ban and £200 fine

Jane Sharp was driving an Isuzu D-Max in St Clears on February 5 and recorded 71 micrograms of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath, exceeding the legal limit of 35.

Pleaded guilty; must pay £85 in costs and an £80 surcharge.

13 Mar 2024

Ieuan Jones

Failing to comply with a traffic sign *

Sentence

£40 fine

Ieuan Jones was driving a Citroen Relay van on the A40 near Narberth on October 11 and overtook another vehicle in contravention of a ‘No overtaking’ sign.

Pleaded guilty; must pay £110 in costs and a £16 surcharge.

12 Mar 2024

Richard Mathias

Speeding *

Sentence

£40 fine and 3 points on licence

Richard Mathias was caught speeding on the A40 at Nantyci Showground, exceeding the 60mph speed limit on July 19.

Pleaded guilty; must pay £110 in costs and a £16 surcharge.

12 Mar 2024

Tomos Wood

Criminal Damage *

Sentence

Fined £369 and ordered to pay £85 costs

Tomos Wood damaged a woman's property on multiple occasions at an address in Cross Hands. The incidents included damaging items between December 31, 2023, and February 1, 2024, on two occasions between January 1 and September 30, 2023, and on September 17, 2023, and November 17, 2023.

Admitted five offences of criminal damage.

12 Mar 2024

Steffan Lay-Mcphillips

Failing to comply with sex offender notification requirements *

Sentence

12-month community order, 60 hours of unpaid work, and £85 costs

Steffan Lay-McPhillips failed to complete the annual registration required under the sex offender notification requirements on December 21.

Pleaded guilty to failing to comply with the sex offender notification requirements.

11 Mar 2024

Sam Hutchinson

Blocking footpath with vehicle *

Sentence

£80 fine, £130 costs, £32 surcharge

Sam Hutchinson parked her Renault Kangoo at Maescader on 5 May 2023, completely blocking a footpath and presenting a hazard to pedestrians and other road users.

Pleaded guilty to blocking the footpath and clearly presenting a hazard to pedestrians and other road users.

10 Mar 2024

Phillip Williams

Criminal damage *

Sentence

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

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

Pleaded guilty to criminal damage.

5 Mar 2024

Peter Sands

Failing to provide driver information *

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.

5 Mar 2024

John Jones

Driving without insurance *

Sentence

Fined £384, £110 costs, and 6 penalty points added to licence

John Jones was driving an uninsured Fiat Sedici in Tregaron on June 27.

Offence proved using the single justice procedure.

5 Mar 2024

Lewis Heath

Speeding *

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.

Pleaded guilty to speeding.

5 Mar 2024

February 2024 15 cases

Gethin Thomas

Careless driving *

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.

Found guilty in absence of careless driving.

26 Feb 2024

Thomas Ryan Evans

Drug-driving *

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.

Pleaded guilty to drug-driving.

25 Feb 2024

Benjamin Beasley

Driving with SORN in force *

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.

Pleaded not guilty but found guilty.

21 Feb 2024

Philip Findlay

Drug-Driving *

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.

Pleaded guilty to drug-driving.

18 Feb 2024

Louise Wiltshire

Drunk and disorderly *

Sentence

£40 fine and £85 costs

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

Pleaded guilty to the offence.

13 Feb 2024

Matthew Thomas Walters

Driving Without Insurance *

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.

Pleaded guilty to driving whilst uninsured and failing to stop after a crash.

12 Feb 2024

Jack Alun Thomas

Careless Driving *

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.

12 Feb 2024

Glenn Tudor-Williams

Careless Driving *

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.

Admitted to careless driving and failing to stop after a crash.

12 Feb 2024

Reginald Blowers

Driving without due care and attention *

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.

Pleaded guilty to the offense.

12 Feb 2024

Sorin Noje

Driving without proper supervision *

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.

Offences proved using single justice procedure.

12 Feb 2024

Jason James

Assault occasioning actual bodily harm *

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.

10 Feb 2024

Andrew O’Connell

Theft and Fraud *

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.

7 Feb 2024

Samuel Thomas

Drug driving *

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.

Pleaded guilty to two charges of drug driving

6 Feb 2024

Daniel Lloyd

Assault by beating *

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.

5 Feb 2024

Julie Sturnham

Failing to Stop at a Red Light *

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.

Pleaded guilty to failing to comply with a red traffic light.

5 Feb 2024

January 2024 6 cases

Owen Haynes

Possession of a bladed article *

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.

30 Jan 2024

Thomas Simpson

Keeping an untaxed vehicle *

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.

Offence proved in absence.

24 Jan 2024

Oliver Torkington

Careless driving *

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.

Pleaded guilty to both offences.

22 Jan 2024

Regan Boswell

Assault by Beating *

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.

21 Jan 2024

Steven Barham

Criminal damage *

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.

Pleaded guilty to the offence.

21 Jan 2024

Nia Elin Owens

Careless driving *

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.

Pleaded guilty to careless driving.

15 Jan 2024

December 2023 4 cases

Dafydd Havard

Racially aggravated harassment *

Sentence

Fined £120, £85 costs, and £48 surcharge

Dafydd Havard committed a racially aggravated offence in Llanelli on September 12, which was likely to cause harassment, alarm, or distress.

Pleaded guilty to a racially aggravated offence.

31 Dec 2023

Jason Herbert

Speeding *

Sentence

Fined £153, four penalty points, £110 costs, and £61 surcharge

Jason Herbert was caught driving at 93mph in a Mercedes-Benz S-Class on the A40 at Abergwili on June 1, exceeding the 70mph speed limit by 23mph.

Pleaded guilty to speeding.

18 Dec 2023

Steven Hunt

Using vehicle with illegally tinted windows *

Sentence

Fined £40, £110 costs, and £16 surcharge

Steven Hunt was driving a BMW in Cellan, just outside Lampeter, on September 25, with front windows that only allowed 20 per cent of light through, below the legal requirement of 70 per cent.

Pleaded guilty to using a motor vehicle with insufficient transmission of light through the windows.

18 Dec 2023

Stephen Barnett

Driving after revocation of driving licence *

Sentence

Fined £125, £110 costs, £61 surcharge, and three penalty points

Stephen Barnett was caught driving a BMW Z4 on the A482 between Lampeter and Pont Creuddyn on October 16, despite his licence being revoked on August 23 due to disability.

Pleaded guilty to driving after revocation of driving licence on account of disability.

18 Dec 2023

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Llanelli Magistrates' Court, located in Llanelli, is a Magistrates' Court that deals with summary offences, some either-way offences, and preliminary hearings for more serious cases. With 215 sentencing records in our database, it serves the Llanelli area and surrounding communities. Magistrates' Courts handle the majority of criminal cases in England and Wales, with cases heard by a bench of magistrates or a district judge.

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Llanelli Magistrates' Court Sentencing Results

Kristian Jenkins

Lochana Ranasinghe

Godknows Maphosa

Thomas Morris

Daniel Brown

David Nicklin

Gareth Hallett

John Poulson

Tracey Sargeant

Thomas Davies

Samuel Studley

Rhydian Thomas

Marcus Lockhart

Sam Holloway

Dominic Mills

Jane Sharp

Ieuan Jones

Richard Mathias

Tomos Wood

Steffan Lay-Mcphillips

Sam Hutchinson

Phillip Williams

Peter Sands

John Jones

Lewis Heath

Gethin Thomas

Thomas Ryan Evans

Benjamin Beasley

Philip Findlay

Louise Wiltshire

Matthew Thomas Walters

Jack Alun Thomas

Glenn Tudor-Williams

Reginald Blowers

Sorin Noje

Jason James

Andrew O’Connell

Samuel Thomas

Daniel Lloyd

Julie Sturnham

Owen Haynes

Thomas Simpson

Oliver Torkington

Regan Boswell

Steven Barham

Nia Elin Owens

Dafydd Havard

Jason Herbert

Steven Hunt

Stephen Barnett

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