AN ABERYSTWYTH teenager has been handed 100 hours of unpaid work after admitting assaulting a police officer.

Poppy Holmes, of 38 South Road, pleaded guilty to assaulting PC Rees in Aberystwyth on 27 August as well as a charge of threatening behaviour when she appeared before Aberystwyth magistrates last week.

Holmes, 19, was handed 100 hours unpaid work.

She must pay £100 compensation, costs of £85 and a £114 surcharge.