A Whitehaven man has been fined after pleading guilty to assault.

Liam Glaister, 20, of Brakeside Gardens, was fined £110 when he appeared before magistrates in Workington.

The court heard Glaister assaulted Bobbie Blacklock on August 22 in Whitehaven.

A restraining order was also put in place and Glaister has to pay compensation of £50, £250 costs and a £32 victim surcharge.