Damian Courtley, 22, of County Road, Swindon pleaded guilty to assaulting a man in Swindon last March.

He also pleaded guilty to possessing a quantity of cannabis, and admitted breaching a conditional discharge and failing to comply with the requirements of a community rehabilitation order.

He was given a 60-hour community punishment order and ordered to pay £60 in costs. Town magistrates ordered that the drugs be forfeited and destroyed.