Wigan addict put into rehab after attack on security guard

A drug addict who assaulted a security guard has been given a community punishment.
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Wigan justices heard that 33-year-old Craig Dean, of Sunderland Place, Wigan, attacked John-Paul Ruttledge on April 23 last year.

Pleading guilty to the single charge of assault by beating of a emergency worker, Dean was put on a nine-month drug rehabilitation programme and ordered to complete 25 days of rehabilitation activities.

He must also pay a fine, compensation, costs and a victim services surcharge totalling £460.