A 76-YEAR-old man has been sentenced for two assaults including one on a police officer. 

As previously reported Philip Bryant, of Cowl Street, Evesham, pleaded guilty to two charges; assault by beating of an emergency worker and assault a person thereby occasioning them actual bodily harm in October. 

Both offences took place on June 9 in Evesham. The emergency worker assaulted was police officer Ryan Boon.

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Bryant appeared at Worcester Magistrates Court when he was fined £216, costs £185 and victim surcharge of £86. 

Bryant was ordered to pay £487 in full within 28 days. 

Tom Wickstead, prosecuted while Judith Kenney, defended, during the hearing at the court on December 14.