A MAN who launched an 'unprovoked' and 'serious' attack on a person on a train in Herefordshire has been jailed after failing to comply with his community order. 

Aiden Docherty entered a guilty plea to one count of failing to comply with the requirements of a community order when he appeared before magistrates in Kidderminster in March.

Hereford Times:

The court heard from the prosecutor that the 20-year-old had failed without reasonable excuse to comply with the requirements of a community order, by failing to attend probation appointments on June 21, 2022, and August 31, 2022.

OTHER NEWS:

He had also failed to provide the required evidence to reasonable excuse his absence within the specified time limit, the court heard.

Hereford Times:

The community order, which was imposed by magistrates in Worcester on December 14, 2021, for assaulting a man by beating on board a train between Leominster and Ludlow stations, was revoked and the original offence resentenced.

Magistrates said the offence was serious as it had been an unprovoked attack of a serious nature.

Docherty, of Bellstone, Shrewsbury, was committed to prison for 20 weeks and ordered to pay costs of £60 and a £128 victim surcharge.