Court issues five-year restraining order

A MAN has been fined £750 after assaulting a woman.

Paul Waites, 36, of Wallisdean Avenue, admitted assault by beating on April 26 in Almondsbury Road.

Portsmouth magistrates imposed a £75 victim surcharge and £250 prosecution costs.

A restraining order bans him from contacting the woman, except under certain circumstances, for five years.