THE HERALD FRIDAY JANUARY 6 2017


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5 News End of an era as bar closes Trial set for assault accused A FATHER and son accused


of assault and occasioning actual bodily harm pleaded not guilty at Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday (Jan 3). Aubrey William Swan, aged 47,


of Mount Estate, Milford Haven, and Jake Aubrey Swan, aged 26, of Hakin, faced charges of jointly assaulting a


man in Milford Haven on April 13 last year, occasioning him actual bodily harm. A trial was scheduled for February


1 at Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court. Both were granted conditional bail which prevented any contact, either directly or indirectly, with the complainant.


Facebook messages lead to trial A 21-YEAR-OLD man who


appeared before Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday (Jan 3) entered no plea for two charges of sending a communication or article of an indecent or offensive nature and one charge of making indecent photographs or pseudo- photographs of a child. William Taylor Rowe, of Haverfordwest, was charged for


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sending one Facebook message containing indecent photographs and another message containing a threat. He was also charged with making seven category C indecent pseudo- photographs of a person under the age of 16. A trial was scheduled for January


30 at Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court. Rowe was granted unconditional bail.


Custodial sentence for cooker thief A 30-YEAR-OLD man who was


serving a suspended sentence for a previous offence pleaded guilty to theft at Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday (Jan 3). Jonathan Wheelhouse, of Haverfordwest, was charged with stealing an electric cooker of an unknown value from Brite House, Haverfordwest. The court heard how when


Wheelhouse and his former partner broke up, he had been in a rush to move out and get rid of various household appliances.


Wheelhouse’s partner had been


paying Brite House a weekly sum for their cooker; however, had previously decided she no longer wanted it. Brite House subsequently made several attempts to collect it. When


it came to clearing out their home, Wheelhouse sold it for £50. Defending, Mike Kelleher said


how Wheelhouse ‘had nowhere to store anything’. Mr Kelleher added that, in realising


his mistake, Wheelhouse ‘made every effort to get it back’. In his concluding remarks, Mr


Kelleher said how Wheelhouse had ‘not deliberately committed an offence’, describing it as ‘very unusual circumstances’. The court also heard how


Wheelhouse had considerable outstanding court fines totalling over £4,000.


Wheelhouse was sentenced to a


90 day custodial sentence, fined £80 and ordered to pay costs of £85 and a victim surcharge of £30.


have frequented one of Milford Haven’s favourite watering holes over the last decade gathered on New Year’s Day (Jan 1) for a musical entertainment extravaganza to celebrate the last day that their favourite bar was open. Charlie’s Bar on the Docks has


closed its doors for the very last time. The popular venue has been a


regular stop for fisherman, tradesmen and the youth of the town for 10 years and will be sadly missed by many. Drinkers were treated to a night


of musical entertainment headed by The Honeyheads and The Pennysows


– two bands whose members were regular customers at Charlie’s. The bands played emotional last


sets as a large crowd of punters drank the bar dry for the very last time. Revellers posed for a final group


photograph outside the bar and the lead singers of the bands took to the microphone to wish landlord Charles Mathias and his girlfriend, Vicky Cooper, the very best in the future. Such was the popularity of the


bar that some customers frequented the premises nearly every night of the week, including many Herald staff - most notably graphic designer Luke Sinclair, younger brother of The Editor. The talk of the town is what


on Earth will young Sinclair do now on his evenings and weekends? The bar has closed because


business owners Janet and Rob Mathias, Charlie’s parents, have decided to concentrate on their luxury bed and breakfast business at Monk Haven Manor, St Ishmaels. The bar has also seen an increase


in rent from this month which would make it less financially viable. Charlie Mathias, speaking to The Herald, said: “I have enjoyed running this bar for 10 years - that’s a long time. It is now time to do something different. “A big thank you to all of my customers over the years.”


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