A 28-year-old Broadwell man has been jailed for four months for assaulting three people, damaging a fire extinguisher and breaching court orders.

Nicholas Hughes, of Queensway, faced a catalogue of charges including assaults on two women and a man when he appeared before Cheltenham magistrates.

Hughes denied assaulting Rebecca Stafford but was found guilty.

The magistrates also found an assault on Thomas Knowles at the same time proved in his absence.

He also admitted assaulting Holly Lewis on May 2 in Coleford.

The court heard that in August 2020 he had received a community sentence for an earlier assault on Ms Lewis and he admitted being in breach of that order by committing the later offences.

He admitted destroying a fire extinguisher worth £109 owned by Bryn James on August 1 in Coleford and was ordered to pay the full value.

He was also sentenced him for two offences of failing to surrender to court bail.

He was jailed for 42 days for the assaults on Ms Stafford and Mr Knowles, 28 days consecutive for the original assault on Ms Lewis and another 28 days for the later assault on her and seven days consecutive for each of the two breaches of bail - making a total of 112 days.