An army reservist from Swansea has been fined in court after admitting stealing personal credit card details from an instructor whilst on a training exercise at Penally camp.

Thirty-one-year-old Kevin Munyua, of Gwynedd Avenue, Townhill, appeared at Haverfordwest Magistrates Court on Tuesday, after pleading guilty to stealing credit card details belonging to Alison Jennings.

Prosecutor Rhys Thomas told magistrates that the incident occurred on July 9, when the complainant, who is an instructor with the Ministry of Defence, who was training cadets at Penally Army Camp, went out to a local bar and got ‘intoxicated’ before walking back to her room with the defendant and others.

“The complainant claims that she later woke up in her room to find the defendant there, and when she asked him what he was doing, he said that he’d bought her some crisps,” explained Mr. Thomas.

“She asked him to leave, then soon after noticed that she’d received a text message from Barclays Bank, but ignored it initially.

“Later on after getting up and returning to sleep with a hangover, Ms Jennings was awoken by someone throwing cards into her room, before noticing that she had received another message from the Barclays Bank fraud department to say that two purchases had been made from her card on Google for £69.99,” continued Mr. Thomas.

The defendant was arrested and made full admissions in a police interview the court heard, admitting that he had purchased credits through Google for a game he played on his mobile ’phone using the complainant’s credit card.

Mr. Munyua’s solicitor, Jonathan Webb, told the court that his client had been an army reservist for the past eight years based in Swansea.

On the night in question, the defendant escorted Ms Jennings back to the camp and at some point she had asked someone to get her purse out.

“Mr. Munyua saw the credit card and tapped the number into his ’phone to purchase credits for his game. It was a moment of madness that took place whilst he was drunk at 3.30-4 am,” said Mr. Webb.

“It was a complete spur of the moment thing for which he is deeply ashamed and apologetic for.

“He does however deny entering the complainant’s room and had nothing to do with throwing cards into the room,” he continued.

“Mr. Munyua is ranked as a Lance Corporal and has an exemplary record in the army, but he may well be discharged depending on the punishment he is given today,” added Mr. Webb.

Magistrates fined the defendant £200 for the offence and ordered him to pay £69.99 compensation to the victim.

Mr. Munyua was also ordered to pay costs of £85, a court charge of £150 and a £20 victim surcharge.