A Pwllheli man has been handed a community order by magistrates after admitting being drunk and disorderly and assaulting a police officer.

Iwan Jones, of 27 Yr Eifl, appeared before Caernarfon Magistrates’ Court on 4 March.

The 49-year-old pleaded guilty to a charge of being drunk and disorderly in Llanbedrog on 7 January.

Jones also pleaded guilty to assaulting a female police officer and obstructing another police officer on the same day.

Magistrates handed Jones a 12 month community order to include 60 days of alcohol abstinence and monitoring and up to 15 days of rehabilitation activities.

Jones was also ordered to pay £50 in compensation as well as costs to the Crown Prosecution Service of £85.