A THIRTY-six-year-old Carlisle man has been given a community order and unpaid work for assaulting a woman by beating her.

Anthony Wigham committed the offence on June 9, the city’s Rickergate court heard. The one-year order includes 40 hours of unpaid work.

The defendant, of Ashley Street, Carlisle, must pay £85 costs and a £95 victim surcharge.

He was represented by defence lawyer Anthony Wilson.

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