June 2019

Schoolgirl sexually assaulted in shop

A Clunderwen man has admitted sexually assaulting a schoolgirl in a shop.

Rhydian Morse, of Prescelly View, pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a female when he appeared at Haverfordwest magistrates court on Tuesday, May 28.

Dennis Davies, prosecuting, said Morse, 33, lifted a schoolgirl’s skirt while in a shop on April 3.

CCTV of the incident was shown to the court.

The 15 year-old, dressed in her school uniform, slapped Morse and left the store when she turned to find him behind her with his hand still on her skirt.

When challenged, Morse stated: “I was not doing anything.”

The girl was shaken by the incident and ran to tell her mother, who contacted the police.

When interviewed, Morse said he had not gone into the store with the intention of committing the offence, and it was ‘not the sort of person’ he was.

He added that the CCTV footage was ‘pretty self-explanatory’, but he could not give a rational explanation for what he did.

Magistrates requested a probation report before sentencing, and Morse will next appear before the bench on June 13.

He was released on bail with the conditions not to approach any females under 18, not to enter the convenience store in question, and not to contact the victim in any way.

June 2019

Man had indecent images of 15-year-old girl

A Pembroke Dock man yesterday, May 31, admitted possessing indecent images of a 15-year-old girl.

Daniel Sallis, aged 24, maintained the photographs were ‘selfies’ taken by the girl herself and sent to him.

Sallis, of London Road, appeared at Swansea crown court today and admitted possessing 11 category C images.

Paul Hobson, prosecuting, said after talks with Sallis’ defence barrister it was agreed the number should be reduced to four as the others were “only borderline.”

He said it was accepted that the girl took the photographs and that she had been close to being 16. But the legal age for such images was 18.

Judge Paul Thomas said he would sentence Sallis on June 21 after a probation officer had prepared a report into his background.

Sallis was granted bail meanwhile but ordered to register with the police as a sex offender before leaving the building.

January 2019

High risk sex offender jailed

A high risk sex offender from Pembroke Dock has been jailed for downloading child sex abuse images.

Sean Aris, aged 35, had been jailed in 2013 for sexually assaulting a two-year-old boy.

As a result, said Ian Wright, prosecuting, he was monitored by police after his release from prison.

On December 19 last year officers went to his home at Old Coronation School, Meyrick Street, and asked him if he had any electronic devices.

He showed them a mobile telephone and a laptop.

When an officer told him they would be examined with the help of specialist software he began to panic and confessed he had been looking at child sex abuse.

The police found two indecent images on his ‘phone and evidence that images had been deleted from the laptop.

Aris admitted he had downloaded about 100 images in each of the three categories of child sex images, including the most serious category A.

Mr Wright said officers also found a text conversation Aris had had with another known high risk offender.

In that message Aris said he was on the beach at Wiseman’s Bridge looking at children and wrote: “I would be locked up if people knew I was getting aroused.”

During interviews Aris said he was attracted to blonde haired boys aged eight or nine.

Judge Keith Thomas said Aris suffered from a compulsion and his sexual interest in children was unabated despite being jailed in 2013 and receiving counselling.

And he had demonstrated that whatever restrictions were placed on him he was willing to flout them.

Aris was jailed for 16 months but told the sentence would be extended so that he would be on licence and liable to be recalled to jail for four years following his release.

He was also made the subject of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order restricting his access to the Internet and laying down other conditions