A Pembroke Dock man has been given a community order after admitting being drunk and disorderly in Tenby.

Twenty-seven-year-old Shaun Anthony Coleman, of Old Coronation School, pleaded guilty to the charge when he appeared at Haverfordwest Magistrates Court on Monday.

Prosecutor Ellie Morgan told the court that a police officer on duty at around 5 pm on April 8 was alerted to the fact two men had been seen urinating in a bus shelter on a street that was busy with members of the public.

“The officer tracked the males down to a nearby taxi office. They were both slurring their words and said they planned to get a taxi home, but staff at the office said they wouldn’t provide them a taxi because of the state they were in,” said Ms Morgan.

The officer directed the pair to the railway station so they could catch a train back to Pembroke Dock, but once at the station they began to shout and swear.

“It appeared the men were arguing with each other. The officer saw a family with two small children walk in to the station, and he was worried they might hear the bad language, so he asked the men to calm down and stop swearing.

“The other man apologised and his behaviour improved, but Mr. Coleman became more argumentative and swore at the officer a number of times,” continued Ms Morgan, adding that the defendant had a criminal record and was last in court earlier this year for an harassment charge, for which he was sentenced to a community order.

Magistrates fined Mr. Coleman £80 for the offence and ordered him to pay costs and a victim surcharge totalling £115.