AN ATTACKER has been ordered to undergo treatment for alcohol dependency after assaulting a woman in Hereford.

Joshua Nicholas Lewis entered a guilty plea when he appeared before magistrates in Hereford.

The court heard Lewis had assaulted a woman by beating in Hereford on July 13.

Lewis, of Conningsby Road, Hereford, was handed a two-year community order and ordered to carry out a six-month alcohol dependency treatment programme. He must also pay compensation of £100 and costs of £100.