Local councillors want stricter action taken against 'boy racers' who continually speed around Tenby. The matter was discussed at Wednesday's meeting of the town council when a letter came before members from local resident Mrs. Julie Llama voicing her concerns on the matter. "We continue to experience late night disturbance from gangs of 'boy racers' using The Green car park adjacent to our caravan park by The Salterns," wrote Mrs. Llama, claiming that the offenders seemed to use the car park as a base for their anti- social activities. "One night there were at least 15 cars in the car park and the noise was intolerable. Not only do these boys practise wheel spins around the car park, but they also have car stereo players blasting out loud music and horns blaring. "We have been in contact with the police since last summer about this matter, but it still continues to cause us serious problems," continued Mrs. Llama. Discussing the matter, Clr. Mike Evans said that the issue could be taken to the next Tenby Neighbourhood Policing Forum. "It's the same cars persistently offending night after night in the town and the same ones that are speeding from the multi-storey car park down Park Road and through the town. "I know that the three-strike rule can be used on serial offenders, where they can have their cars confiscated by the police authorities if they are caught in the same areas, so hopefully the police can keep an eye on the matter," added Clr. Evans. Clr. Mrs Maureen Ward explained that it was well known who the offenders were and that she knew for a fact that they were all aged around 21. "They come out of the multi-storey car park as late as 1.30 am and hurtle down the road into the Salterns and then do a complete circuit of the town," she said. Clr. Trevor Hallett thought that the town's CCTV could be utilised to catch the offenders. Mayor, Clr. John Griffiths revealed that Police Chief Superintendent Dean Richards, divisional commander of Pembrokeshire, had been invited to a meeting of the town council and that he was pencilled in to speak at the first meeting in April. "It would be an ideal opportunity to discuss this matter in depth with the superintendent," said Mayor, Clr. Griffiths.
