A Pembrokeshire fisherman tried to pin the blame on a dead woman after his car was involved in a collision.
Jake Bowman-Davies, 28, of Trafalgar Road, Haverfordwest admitted offences of failing to provide a specimen for analysis and obstructing a police constable when he recently appeared at Haverfordwest Magistrates' Court.
It is an offence under section 7(6) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 for a person, without reasonable excuse, to fail provide a specimen for analysis when required to do so. The maximum sentence on summary conviction is an unlimited fine and/or 6 months' custody.
Magistrates heard that police attended the single vehicle collision at around midnight on Saturday, 8th August 2026.
Bowman-Davies was at the scene and when the officer asked who had been driving the vehicle, he replied that it had been someone called Elaine.
Unbeknown to the 28-year-old the officer was already aware that Elaine had died sometime earlier.
Having grounds to suspect that Bowman-Davies had in fact been driving, the officer required him to provide a roadside specimen of breath. Bowman-Davies refused to do so without reasonable excuse. He later refused a second request at the hospital.
Tom Lloyd, mitigating, reminded the court that his client was entitled to full credit for his early guilty plea. Furthermore, he had cooperated fully with the Probation Service during the preparation of a pre-sentencer report.
Bowman-Davies had a previous conviction for drug driving from 2021.
Magistrates were of the view that Bowman-Davies' offences were serious enough to merit a community order.
He was made subject to 12-month community order with 90 days' alcohol abstinance monitoring requirement and up to 15 days' rehabilitation requirement.
The 28-year-old was also ordered to pay £114 surcharge and £85 towards prosecution costs.
This being his second relevant offence within a ten year period, he was also disqualified from driving for a period of 3 years.
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