Wigan assailant ordered to pay his victim compensation and faces a night curfew

A Wigan man who launched an attack has been ordered to pay his victim compensation.
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Carl Collier, 46, of Crossdale Road, Hindley, stood in the dock before borough magistrates to admit to causing David Sammons actual bodily harm on April 5 this year.

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He was given a community punishment which includes a mental health treatment requirement, completing 20 days of rehabilitation activities, observing an electronically-tagged curfew that confines him to his home and garden between 7pm and 7am until February 19.

On top of the £200 in compensation to Mr Sammons, he must also pay court costs and a victim services surcharge bringing the total he must pay out to £380.