A MAN has been fined after assaulting a police officer in Hereford.

David Oseman, of Ash Avenue, Hereford, entered a guilty plea when he appeared before magistrates in Kidderminster on October 30.

Magistrates heard Oseman had assaulted a police officer acting in the course of his duties and resisted a constable in the execution of his duty in an incident in Hereford on October 28.

The 61-year-old was fined a total of £466 and ordered to pay costs of £135 and a £47 victim surcharge.