Shropshire Star

Man who assaulted policewoman ordered to pay compensation

A man who assaulted a policewoman has been ordered to pay compensation and do unpaid work.

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Shaun Bufton, who lives in Orleton, near the Shropshire/Herefordshire border, assaulted the officer in Leominster on May 25 this year.

The 37-year-old pleaded guilty at Hereford Magistrates Court to assault by beating of an emergency worker and affray.

Magistrates ordered him to pay £250 in compensation and made him subject of a 12-month community order which includes 100 hours of unpaid work and 10 rehabilitation activity days.

Bufton was also ordered to pay £85 in prosecution costs and a £114 victim surcharge.

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