A man who sought revenge for an assault by wanting to go after the culprits with a rubber mallet has been jailed for six months.

Wayne Stephen Davies of Water Street, Pembroke Dock, appeared at Haverfordwest Magistrates Court on Tuesday from custody, to plead guilty to a charge of possessing an offensive weapon in a public place on January 18.

He also admitted to further charges of drugs possession charges, after being caught with 0.2 grams of cannabis; and a quantity of tablets of Etizolam on th same date.

Prosecutor Vaughan Pritchard-Jones told the court that Mr. Davies had been arrested again January 27 after being found in possession of a quantity of tablets of the Class C?drug Pregablin in Haverfordwest.

“On January 18 Mr. Davies went into the police station in Pembroke Dock and spoke to the sergeant who noticed he had blood and swelling on his face,” he explained.

“He said that the persons involved in assaulting him had stolen money from him, before telling police that he would ‘sort it out’ himself.”

The police sergeant noticed that Mr. Davies had a rubber mallet sticking out of this trousers, and as he was in an agitated state, it appeared that he had armed himself to seek his own retribution.

“He admitted that the drugs were for his own personal use, but provided police with various accounts of what the mallet was for, saying that it was for work purposes, and then for going camping.

“Mr. Davies explained that he goes fishing when he goes camping and once he’s caught a fish he uses the mallet to kill it, and then sells the fish onto restaurants.

“He totally denied that he had the mallet to use as an offensive weapon, but the indication around this set of circumstances, was that was why he had it in his possession,” added Mr. Pritchard-Jones.

Defence solicitor Jonathan Webb told the court that with Mr. Davies’ antecedent history, with at least one relevant conviction, they would have little option other than to pass a mandatory six month custody sentence.

Magistrates committed Mr. Davies to six months in prison for possessing an offensive weapon, stating that the offence was so serious and aggravated by the defendant’s record of previous offending.

They offered no separate penalty for the drugs charges.

The defendant was also ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £122.

A destruction order was passed for the mallet and the drugs.