A 61-year-old man was fined after pleading guilty to an assault charge.

David Iain Sanderson, of Ashcroft Close, Braithwaite, Keswick, was fined £40 and ordered to pay £50 compensation by Workington magistrates.

The court heard Sanderson assaulted Harry Machin on October 16 at Braithwaite.

Sanderson must also pay £85 costs and a £32 victim surcharge.