rodmalcolm published Common assault charge for man who stepped in to help girlfriend

Loyal John Fillingham took quick action when abuse was aimed at his girlfriend as she recovered from her eighth heart attack. He swung out at the rude man in a homeless person's hostel and ended up facing magistrates in Nottingham. Fillingham, 39, admitted common assault on March 7. It left him with a £40 fine and ordered to pay prosecution costs of £30. But presiding magistrate Geoffrey Jordan told him: "There will be no compensation because there was no lasting damage and some...