A man has been fined after he admitted an assault.
Stephan Karl Johnson, 68, pleaded guilty at West Cumbria Magistrates' Court on Friday to assaulting Ian Hall in Whitehaven on May 17 and damaging a metal chain that belonged to him.
Johnson, of Gelert Avenue, Leicester, was fined £100 and ordered to pay £365 compensation, a £30 victim surcharge and £85 costs.
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