Thug who punched and spat at two people is sent to prison

A man who punched and spat on two people has been jailed for 10 weeks.
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Martin Wilding, 34, of Greenside Close, Standish, stood before Wigan magistrates to admit to the assault of public servants Leon Ashcroft and Aiden Dickinson on April 21.

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The court heard the attacks were aggravated by the fact that they were committed while Wilding was on licence from prison and that he was the subject of a conditional discharge for theft at the time.

He was ordered to pay £100 compensation to his victims.