A MAN who caused “mayhem” in a Milford Haven pub on a Sunday evening in March has been jailed for four years at Swansea Crown Court today (Jun 5).
Judge Paul Thomas told Best: “You went berserk for twenty minutes, rampaging like a thug and assaulting five people, some of them more than once. It is not known what sparked it, maybe someone did put cocaine in your drink, that can’t be established one way or the other. The landlady says she had never seen anything like it and neither have I.”
At the time of his arrest, police said that a male suspected of causing “multiple serious injuries” had been detained, but the investigation was ongoing into reports of serious violence. Milford police were assisted by officers from Tenby in tracking down and arresting the suspect.
A witness told The Herald at the time that Best, who was not a regular customer of the premises “went mad” – knocking an older drinker, a gentleman, off his stool – punching the licensee in the head – and breaking the arm of a barmaid.
The witness added: “I saw three or more police vehicles outside The Haven – maybe five officers – there was a lot of confusion. The suspect in the case has already fled, but was later found and arrested – possibly in another pub nearby.”
“I saw one injured person, a female, being treated in an ambulance.”
A police Twitter account posted in March: “Police have responded to an incident last night at around 8.15pm where multiple people received serious injuries. Police were on scene at Hamilton Terrace quickly and the suspect was arrested. The investigation is still ongoing.”
“Code B response team would like to thank PCSOs Brown and Osmolak for staying on duty to assist and also to the attending Tenby police officers for providing resilience.”
They thenp added: “Officers in Milford Haven responded to an incident on Sunday 17 March at around 8.15pm in Hamilton Terrace where 5 people were assaulted. 27 year old Lemmy Best from Milford Haven was arrested at the scene and has since been charged with GBH with intent, two counts of ABH, two counts of common assault and affray.”
