A MAN has been convicted of assault after appearing in court.
Steven Rapka, of Sandringham Close in Barrow, was fined £625 for the offence.
A court heard the 40-year-old assaulted Craig Wilson by beating him on July 21 last year.
Having pleaded not guilty, he appeared South Cumbria Magistrates Court and was told to pay £300 in costs and a £63 surcharge on top of the fine.
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