Frustration over a car theft led to a Haverfordwest man threatening to petrol bomb his local police station.

David John Hunt, of Priory Court, pleaded guilty to a making a threat to damage or destroy property when he appeared before Haverfordwest magistrates on Tuesday, November 6.

Sian Vaughan, prosecuting, told the court that Hunt, 32, became aggressive while speaking to a Dyfed-Powys Police call handler on October 18, and threatened to petrol bomb Haverfordwest police station during the conversation.

Miss Vaughan said: “It did cause serious concern and fire-arms officers were dispatched.”

The fire-arms unit found Hunt out walking his dog, and he stated he had lost his temper and had wanted his threat to be taken seriously.

Jonathan Webb, defending, said Hunt’s car was stolen in March, but nothing had been done since he reported the theft to the police.

He added that Hunt, who suffered from mental health issues, had been passed from one officer to another, but was not getting anywhere with his complaint.

“On that day he had had enough and flipped. He is very sorry, he was at the end of his tether.

“He did say it, but did not mean it. He did not intend to endanger life.”

Mr Webb told the court that Hunt was no-where near the police station when he was tracked down by the officers.

Magistrates fined Hunt £100 and ordered her to pay £115 in court costs and a surcharge.

The chairman of the bench said: “If your job is handling emergency calls, what you did was rather alarming.

“At the end of the day that woman felt distressed to the point that she got a fire-arms unit out.”