A man has been fined by magistrates for assaulting a woman at an Aberystwyth pub.

Dean Sockett, of 124 Green Lane, Coventry, appeared before Aberystwyth Magistrates’ Court on 20 August.

The 37-year-old pleaded guilty to assaulting Martina McIvor at The Vale of Rheidol pub on Terrace Road in Aberystwyth on 1 August.

Magistrates fined Sockett £200 and ordered him to pay £200 compensation.

He must also pay costs of £85 and a surcharge to fund victim services of £80.