A MAN has been given a community order for assaulting a woman in Millom.

Robert Michael William Roberton was convicted for assaulting Jessica Chisem on July 28.

The 31-year-old, of Elizabeth Crescent, Newcastle, pleaded guilty at South Cumbria Magistrates' Court on September 21.

He will have to undertake 150 hours of unpaid work and was given a restraining order not to make contact with the woman.

Robertson was also forced to pay an £85 victim surcharge and £85 court costs.