A BARROW man who admitted assaulting a woman has been handed a four-month curfew.

22-year-old Curtis McAloone, of Ramsden Dock Road, was brought to South Cumbria Magistrates' Court following the incident in Barrow on November 23.

McAloone will be subject to a four-month electronic curfew meaning he cannot leave his home between 6pm to 6am until April 11 next year.

He was told to pay his victim £250 compensation and £85 court costs.

He will pay the money off at a rate of £50 per week starting on Boxing Day.