A THUG who beat a woman and destroyed her £300 iPhone 6s will carry out 100 hours unpaid work.

Graham Paul Cooper was sentenced during a hearing at South Cumbria Magistrates' Court on Thursday. The 39-year-old, of Biskey Howe Fold, Windermere, committed both offences in Bowness on Thursday January 19.

Cooper was given a 12-month community order and ordered to pay an £85 victim surcharge and £85 court costs.