A man has been fined in court after pleading guilty to a drugs offence.

Fifty-four-year-old Andrew Broadhurst, who lives in a caravan in Stepaside, was charged with possessing a class A drug. The drug in question was heroin.

At a hearing at Haverfordwest Magistrates Court on Tuesday, the bench was told that the offence came to light last January when police had been looking for someone unconnected to Mr. Broadhurst.

They went into a property at Grove Way in Pembroke where they discovered the defendant. Mr. Broadhurst was searched and was found to have 0.611g of diamorphine on him.

Magistrates were told that the street value of the drug was £61.

Prosecutor, Sian Vaughan said the defendant made a full admission to the offence during his police interview.

Defending Mr. Broadhurst, solicitor Jonathan Webb said the offence took place when his client was “hanging around with the wrong type of people” and that he was in a “bad place” at the time.

Mr. Webb said the defendant was homeless and was finding it very difficult to find work because of his previous convictions.

However, he did go on say that Mr. Broadhurst was in the process of turning his life around, as he had been offered a place to live in South Pembrokeshire by the local authority.

During sentencing, the chairman of the bench, said: “I hope what has been said today will be the turning point for you in your life.”

The defendant was fined £120, ordered to pay £85 in prosecution costs, as well as a victim surcharge of £30.

A destruction order was also made for the drugs.