No punishment for young man who assaulted police sergeant at Lancaster railway station

He pleaded guilty and was given an absolute discharge (no penalty was imposed).

A charge of being drunk and disorderly was previously discontinued at magistrates court.

BTP Lancashire @BTPLancs tweeted: “#CourtResult - A young man who was #arrested at #Lancaster in May has just been sentenced at Crown Court for assaulting a police sergeant: absolute discharge (guilty, no penalty imposed).

"(A charge of being drunk & disorderly was previously discontinued at Magistrates’ Court).”