A paperboy who attacked staff at a village newsagents during a dispute after quitting his round has been sentenced to unpaid work.

Kyle Warner, 25, picked up and threw a Perspex screen injuring one woman during a furious argument on June 4.

He also assaulted another woman during the incident at Sam’s Local Shopper on the village green in Pulham Market. 

Warner, of Fairstead Close in Pulham Market, previously pleaded guilty to assault by beating and common assault.

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He also admitted two counts of assaulting emergency workers after resisting arrest including throwing a dog bowl at police officers following the incident.

The court had been told he had worked delivering papers for the shop but after a miscommunication he had quit and this had led to the dispute.

He was sentenced at Norwich Magistrates’ Court to a community order with requirement to complete 300 hours unpaid work and 10 rehabilitation days.

He was also ordered to pay costs of £199.

Magistrates declined to award compensation and said an application for a restraining order was not proportionate.