Details from court register July 30

WEYMOUTH

ANDREW ALAN PATRICK RUNYEARD, aged 34, of Hereford Road, Weymouth. Admitted at Weymouth 2 x offences of assault by beating on different dates. To pay compensation of £150. Committed to prison for 12 weeks suspended for 2 years with programme requirement and rehabilitation activity requirement. For second offence committed to prison for 12 weeks concurrent suspended for 2 years. The overall length of sentence is 12 weeks.

PORTLAND

MELVIN GLYN WALKER, aged 73, of Courtlands Road, Portland. Admitted at Weymouth assault by beating. Discharged conditionally for 6 months. To pay compensation of £50. To pay costs of £85.

NORTH DORSET

ALAN PHILIP DAVIES, aged 61, of Orchard Street, Blandford. Admitted using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour with intent to cause that person to believe that immediate unlawful violence would be used against them by any person, or to provoke the immediate use of unlawful violence by him whereby that person was likely to believe that such violence would be used, or it was likely that such violence would be provoked. Fined £120 and to pay compensation of £50.