A MAN has admitted breaching a restraining order by harassing a woman and a separate charge of assaulting a man.

At South East Northumberland Magistrates’ Court on Monday, Stephen William Davison (41), of Castle Lea, Prudhoe, was made the subject of a 16-month community order.

The court heard he breached a restraining order by harassing a woman in Prudhoe on December 17 and 24. He also admitted a charge of assaulting a man in the town on December 23.