AN ATTACKER has been ordered to carry out unpaid work after assaulting an emergency worker in an incident in Hereford.

Ionut Bora appeared before magistrates in Hereford for sentencing in March after entering guilty pleas to two counts of assaulting an emergency worker by beating at an earlier hearing.

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The court heard from Crown Prosecution Service prosecutor Mark Hambling that the 31-year-old had assaulted an emergency worker, namely a police officer who was acting in the course of her duties, by beating in Hereford on May 16 and 17.

Bora, of Widemarsh Street in Hereford, was handed a 12-month community order with 120 hours of unpaid work for the offence, with magistrates saying they had taken his guilty plea into account.

He was also ordered to pay compensation of £200, prosecution costs of £185, and a £95 victim surcharge.