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A Gateshead man has been fined after admitting assaulting a Durham Police officer.
Ryan Bowering, 26, of Cotswold Gardens, Gateshead, pleaded guilty at Newton Aycliffe Magistrates’ Court on September 30, to assaulting a police officer in Stanley on September 26, 2025.
Bowering was fined £276 and ordered to pay £50 compensation to the injured officer, a £110 victim services surcharge and £85 in costs to the Crown Prosecution Service.
He can pay the £521 total in monthly instalments of £50 from October 30, with his guilty plea taken into account.
A separate charge of failing to provide a specimen for analysis was discontinued.