AN ABUSIVE man has been fined by magistrates after an incident in Hereford.

Scott Turner entered a guilty plea after previously pleading not guilty when he appeared before magistrates in Hereford.

The court heard the 35-year-old had used threatening, abusive, or insulting words or behaviour with intent to provoke fear that violence would be used towards a woman in Hereford on April 20.

Turner, of Charlton Avenue, Hereford, was fined £300 and must pay costs of £300 and a £34 victim surcharge.