A HEREFORDSHIRE attacker has been handed a community order after causing actual bodily harm in an assault on another man.

Joel Mercer was convicted of one offence when he appeared before magistrates in Hereford.

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The court heard the 44-year-old had assaulted a man, causing actual bodily harm, in Hereford on June 18.

Mercer, on Much Birch, Herefordshire, was handed an 18-month community order with 150 hours of unpaid work. He must also pay costs of £135 and a £114 victim surcharge.