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A POLICE officer has been sentenced at Swansea Crown Court after admitting careless driving while on duty during a road traffic collision in the Ammanford area.
PC Phil Thomas received six penalty points on his driving licence, a £275 fine, and a £110 victim surcharge, all to be paid within 28 days.
The incident took place on Monday, September 29, 2024. PC Thomas was originally charged with dangerous driving, a charge he denied. However, he pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of careless driving, which was accepted by the Crown Prosecution Service.
The court heard that PC Thomas, driving a marked police vehicle, was pursuing another vehicle travelling at excess speed when he veered into the opposite carriageway. He struck the offside panel of an oncoming vehicle before colliding with a lamppost. The other driver sustained minor injuries, including cuts and lacerations, and was taken to hospital as a precaution.
Superintendent Phil Rowe, Head of the Professional Standards Department, said: 'PC Thomas is a police response driver and had undertaken training, which included following and attempting to stop vehicles with blue lights illuminated. However, his driving on that day fell below the standard expected of an officer trained in such circumstances. It is only proper that he has been held to account for his actions.'
Since the incident, PC Thomas has been re-deployed from frontline duties. A parallel gross misconduct investigation is underway by the Professional Standards Department. A decision on whether there is a case to answer will be made by the Appropriate Authority in due course. Tweet
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A MAN has been fined more than £600 after he was caught illegally harvesting cockles at a protected fishery in west Wales.
Luke Nigel Burder, aged 26, of Carreg Lwyd Farm, Velindre, appeared before Haverfordwest Magistrates' Court on Thursday (May 1), where he pleaded guilty to breaching the conditions of a marine permit at the Three Rivers Cockle Fishery on October 17, 2024.
The court was told that Burder was found using a net bag to collect cockles, a method explicitly prohibited under the Cockle Fishing Management and Permitting (Specified Area) (Wales) Order 2024.
The case was brought by the Counsel General for Wales, with prosecutors arguing that Burder's actions undermined sustainable fishing practices designed to protect vulnerable coastal ecosystems.
Magistrates imposed a £300 fine, and ordered Burder to pay £200 in prosecution costs and a further £120 victim services surcharge—bringing the total penalty to £620.
The offences were prosecuted under Section 190 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009, which governs access and activity in protected marine areas.
Burder has been given until May 29, 2025, to pay the full amount. Tweet
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FOUR men have admitted being involved in the supply of cocaine and cannabis in Milford Haven.
Kai Bain, Alex Brown, Sam Daines, and Kaleb Thomas appeared at Swansea Crown Court where they pleaded guilty to three charges each — possession of cocaine with intent to supply, possession of cannabis with intent to supply, and possession of criminal property.
The court heard that the group were arrested on April 3 in Milford Haven. Officers discovered both drugs and £2,799.40 in cash during the operation.
Bain and Thomas, both aged 19 and of no fixed address, will have pre-sentence reports prepared.
Judge Paul Thomas KC said the reports would only inform the length of their sentence.
Brown, aged 31, of Chestnut Way, Milford Haven, and Daines, aged 33, of Larch Road, Milford Haven, were also remanded in custody.
All four men will be sentenced on May 30. Tweet
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A 65-YEAR-OLD man from Hakin has appeared before magistrates accused of sexually assaulting a child.
Huw Bridges, of Haven Drive, is alleged to have intentionally touched a 13-year-old girl between October 3, 2020, and New Year's Day, 2021, at an undisclosed location in Milford Haven.
He is also charged with sexually assaulting a female aged 16 or over at Carew on June 2, 2024.
Bridges denied both charges during an appearance at Haverfordwest Magistrates' Court this week.
Magistrates declined jurisdiction and the case has been sent to Swansea Crown Court, where Bridges is due to appear on June 6.
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