AN ABUSIVE Herefordshire man has been fined by magistrates after an incident in a county town.

Wayne Rogers was found guilty of one count of using threatening or abusive words or behaviour when he appeared before magistrates in Hereford in March after entering a not guilty plea at an earlier hearing.

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The court heard from the prosecutor that the 31-year-old had used threatening or abusive words or behaviour within the sight or hearing of a person likely to be caused harassment, alarm, or distress in Bromyard on March 17 last year.

Rogers, of Kirkham Gardens, Bromyard, was fined £60 for the offence.

He was also ordered to pay prosecution costs of £200 and a £34 victim surcharge, which is used to help fund services supporting victims of crime.