A MAN has admitted assault and using a pool cue as a weapon at a pub.

Robert James, 34, of Pontyates, appeared at Llanelli Magistrates’ Court charged with three offences.

James was accused of possessing an offensive weapon in a public place – relating to a pool cue – and damaging a pool cue at Tafarn-Y-Phoenix in Gorslas on December 12 last year.

He was also charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm against another man on that same date.

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James pleaded guilty to all three charges on October 31.

The case was adjourned for a pre-sentence report to be prepared. James was granted bail, as part of which he was banned from entering Tafarn-Y-Phoenix.

He will next appear in court for sentence on November 21.