A PEMBROKE man who deliberately and maliciously planted bottles claiming to contain nerve agent Novichok at a tourist attraction in the town has been sentenced after a two-year investigation. John ap Evans, of Northgate Street has today, February 1, been sentenced for five charges under section 114 of the Anti-Terrorism Crime and Security Act. The 67-year-old was charged after placing bottles containing what he claimed to be Novichok at Pembroke Castle on a number of occasions in 2018. Dyfed-Powys Police Detective Inspector Phil Kite said: “Dyfed-Powys Police welcomes today’s sentencing of John ap Evans. At a time of heightened concern across the country, following the Novichok poisonings in Salisbury, Evans deliberately and maliciously planted objects to play on people’s fears in an act of terror.