WINCHESTER man has been given a conditional discharge for a minor assault on a policeman.
Nathan Sean Robert William Ward admitted assaulting PC Phipps on December 28.
Magistrates in Basingstoke imposed a 12-month conditional discharge on Ward, 30, of Lisle Court, Stanmore and a £20 victim surcharge.
There was no order for compensation as PC Phipps suffered no physical injury, and no order for costs.
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