6 cases from Llandrindod Magistrates' Court in June 2026

Here is a selection of the latest cases from Llandrindod Wells Magistrates’ Court.

Derek Gibbons

Gibbons, a former volunteer at Knighton Community Centre, admitted fraud, after he used his previous role with the local organisation to buy himself tobacco and a cake.

The 38-year-old used his previous role as a volunteer there to take advantage of a credit agreement with a local supermarket to buy himself goods.

Llandrindod Wells Magistrates’ Court heard on June 16 that the fraud was committed when he was suffering financial worries and he did what he did “out of desperation”.

Gibbons admitted one offence of fraud, which occurred on July 9 last year, at Co-Op, in Knighton, whereby Gibbons purchased goods valued at £37.50.

Magistrates fined Gibbons £80 and told him to pay £85 costs and a £32 surcharge. He must also pay the £37.50 back in compensation to the community centre.

These defendants all appeared at Llandrindod Wells Magistrates’ Court earlier this month. (Image: Matt Jones)

Lennon Hilton

Hilton now has the threat of two prison sentences hanging above his head, after he admitted stealing alcohol from a Llandrindod Wells supermarket and assaulting the manager.

Hilton, 25, stole whiskey and lager from Tesco in the spa town on April 10, before assaulting store manager Glen Warren, after he was challenged about the thefts.

The offences occurred just two months after Hilton, of Lant Avenue, Llandrindod, had been handed a suspended jail sentence for being found in possession of a knife in Brecon in May 2025.

He also admitted that he was in breach of February’s suspended sentence.

Hilton was handed a new 16-week jail sentence, which will be suspended for 12 months and will run alongside the current one.

It also includes 50 hours of unpaid work, with another 50 hours to run concurrently for the assault.

Matthew Plumb

Plumb admitted dragging another driver from his car and assaulting him, following a road rage incident.

Plumb, 47, left Lee Langley with a fractured leg following the incident, which occurred after Plumb had overtaken the complainant’s vehicle on the A470 near Erwood on September 21 last year.

Plumb entered a guilty plea to one charge of assaulting a person, thereby occasioning them actual bodily harm.

The case against Plumb was adjourned as magistrates told him a pre-sentence report was required. He will be sentenced at Merthyr Tydfil Magistrates’ Court on July 14.

Scott Stirling

Young Newtown man Stirling, already behind bars, has been handed an additional prison sentence, after he admitted handling stolen goods.

He was jailed in February after he threatened to cut off the heads of two brothers while brandishing a machete in a Newtown alleyway.

Stirling, 20, of Frolic Street, Newtown, was handed an additional four weeks in prison earlier this month – though he was told this will be served concurrently to his earlier sentence, which means he will serve no additional time.

Stirling, appearing via videolink at the hearing from HMP Berwyn, admitted one offence of handling stolen goods in Newtown on November 20 last year.

The court heard he sold a KTM50 motorbike belonging to Kimberly Jones – a bike likely worth a few thousand pounds, but which he sold for just £260.

Robert Davies

Davies admitted drink driving after he was stopped by police travelling home at 8 miles per hour on his tractor.

Davies, 46, had been attending a tractor event on April 7, after which he had consumed a few alcoholic beverages, along with some food.

He believed he was alright to drive, but when officers pulled him over driving a vintage 1950s blue and orange Fordson tractor around 200 yards from his house, he was found to be over the drink drive limit.

Davies, of Nantiago, Llanfair Waterdine, near Knighton, pleaded guilty to drink driving and was disqualified for 17 months; he can reduce this by completing a drink drive rehabilitation course.

Jonathan Hadley

Hadley admitted one charge of causing serious injury by careless driving, after he swerved t avoid a pedestrian, but then hit someone else, as he was on his way home from a shift at his local fish ‘n’ chip shop.

The victim suffered multiple injuries – including a broken jaw, broken tibia and broken fibula.

Hadley, 25, struck Paul Davies while he was driving his Suzuki Alto on Broad Street, on his way home from a shift at the chip shop in Knighton on December 18, 2024.

Hadley, of Grove Close, Knighton, had swerved to avoid hitting a pedestrian who was walking in the road, but in doing so, hit Mr Davies, causing serious and long-lasting injuries.

Magistrates adjourned the case so that a pre-sentence report can be carried out. They told Hadley to return to court on July 7, when he will be sentenced. He was handed an interim driving ban.