A Dol-y-Bont man has been handed a suspended jail sentence for assaulting a man just a month after a restraining order was imposed.

Philip Turner-Wright, of Bryndderwen, appeared for sentencing before Aberystwyth Magistrates’ Court on 22 July.

The 75-year-old pleaded not guilty at a hearing in April to assaulting David Smith in Dol-y-Bont on 8 April but changed his plea to guilty ahead of trial on 2 July.

Turner-Wright also admitted damaging concrete slabs at Mr Smith’s home, as well as breaching a restraining order imposed by Aberystwyth Magistrates’ Court on 4 March.

Magistrates handed Turner-Wright 26 weeks in jail, suspended for 12 months.

He was also given an alcohol abstinence order for 90 days and must pay compensation and £400 costs.