Man to be sentenced for stalking and breaching court orders
A FRONT door in Hakin was smashed with a hammer in the early hours of the morning, causing nearly £2,000 worth of damage and leaving a mother and daughter fearing for their safety.
The occupants of the council-owned property were woken shortly before 5:00am on July 24, 2024, by loud banging. Moments later, Kurt Lee, 28, was seen fleeing the scene on a motorbike.
Lee, of Dewsland Street, Milford Haven, caused what the Crown described as 'quite a large amount of damage' to the front door, which was the property of Pembrokeshire County Council. The total cost of the damage was £1,887.95.
In a victim impact statement read to the court, the householder said: 'This incident has left me scared, not only for my own safety, but for that of my mother and young daughter who both live at my home.
'This is a family home, and if someone was behind the door at the time the hammer was used to smash the window, they would have received major injuries.'
Probation officer Julie Norman told the court that text messages had been exchanged between the defendant and the victim in the days before the incident.
'As a result of those messages, the defendant had become annoyed with the victim and he broke the door,' she said. 'He has no idea what came over him.'
Lee pleaded guilty to a charge of criminal damage.
He was ordered to pay £1,887.95 in compensation to Pembrokeshire County Council, along with a £120 fine and £85 in costs, bringing the total to £2,092.95.
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