AN ATTACKER who stole beer and groceries from a Hereford supermarket has been fined by a court.

Ashley White appeared before magistrates in Hereford for sentencing in March after entering guilty pleas to three counts of assault and one of theft from a shop at an earlier hearing.

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The court heard from prosecutor Mark Hambling that the 32-year-old had assaulted a man in Hereford on January 25.

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He had assaulted two more men and stole bottles of beer and groceries worth £25 from the Co-operative supermarket in Hereford on January 30, magistrates were told.

White, of West Street in Leominster, Herefordshire, was handed an 18-month community order, fined £50, and ordered to pay compensation of £100 to two of the assault victims, with magistrates saying they had taken his guilty pleas into account when deciding on the penalty.

No order for prosecution costs was made.