A Cardigan man who stole three bottles of champagne from a Pembrokeshire supermarket has been handed a suspended jail sentence.

Daniel Saunders, of 56 Golwg Y Castell, appeared before Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court on 13 July.

The 28-year-old pleaded guilty at the hearing to stealing three bottles of champagne worth £86 from the M&S store in Haverfordwest on 17 December last year.

Magistrates sentenced Saunders to nine weeks in jail, suspended for 12 months.

Magistrates said that “only a custodial sentence can be justified” because Saunders has a “flagrant disregard for people and their property”.

The sentence was suspended because there was a realistic prospect of rehabilitation.

Saunders must also undergo six months of drug treatment and pay £85 costs and £86 compensation.