AN ABUSIVE man attacked two police officers in Herefordshire, a court has heard.

Lloyd Freeman entered guilty pleas when he appeared before magistrates in Kidderminster.

The court heard the 35-year-old had assaulted a police officer acting in the course of her duties in Bromyard on July 4 and another police officer acting in the course of her duties in Hereford on July 6.

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He had also used threatening or abusive words or behaviour likely to cause alarm, harassment, or distress in Hereford on July 6.

Freeman, of Whitecross Road, Hereford, was ordered to pay compensation of £100 and received a 12-month community order with 80 hours of unpaid work. He must also pay costs of £185 and a £114 victim surcharge,