A RIDSDALE woman has been fined for assaulting a man.
Hazel Whitmore, 54, was found guilty this week (May 9) of assaulting a man by beating him at Ridsdale on December 18 last year following a trial at Newcastle Magistrates' Court.
Whitmore, of Westmacott Street, was fined £450 and ordered to pay court costs of £420 and a victim surcharge of £180.
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