A MAN from Verwood has been jailed for six months after pleading guilty to assault by beating and breaching an anti-social behaviour order (ASBO).
Jonathan Edwin Michael Griffiths, 20 was sentenced at Bournemouth Crown Court on May 19 to six months in prison.
The court heard how Griffiths punched a 19-year-old local man at the Tesco Express on Ringwood Road after he was confronted for shoplifting on May 17.
He continued to insult and threaten the victim before throwing a beer can toward the front of the store. Griffiths ran off.
Police arrested Griffiths the following day.
Police Community Support Officer Robin Morgan, of Verwood and Three Legged Cross Safer Neighbourhood Team, said: “This is an excellent result for the residents of Verwood who have been plagued by the behaviour of Jonathan Griffiths over a long period of time.
“This sentence is the culmination of many hours of work by Verwood’s Safer Neighbourhood Team and it sends out a very strong message that crime like this will not be tolerated in Dorset.”
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