A WOMAN from Rhyl was handed a community order after assaulting a man in the town last month.

Martine Steele, 38, of Sholing Drive, was accused of assaulting Ian McCarthy in Rhyl on September 25.

She admitted a charge of assault occasioning actual bodily harm at Llandudno Magistrates’ Court on October 3, before being made subject to the community order.

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The terms of this order involve Steele undergoing nine months of alcohol treatment, and a maximum of 15 days’ rehabilitation activity.

Steele is to pay costs of £85 to the Crown Prosecution Service, as well as a surcharge of £114.

This total of £199 is to paid as a full lump sum within 14 days.

An application was made for deductions from her benefits.