THROWING a cup of hot chocolate has cost a Winchester man more than £200.

Daniel Kempster admitting chucking the cup in Basingstoke police station on March 1, the town magistrates court heard.

Kempster, 35, of Staple Gardens, was fined £100 and told to pay a £30 victim surcharge and £85 costs.

Charges that he had assaulted PC Joy Lang and detention officer Jones on the same day at the station were withdrawn.