A MAN has been ordered to carry out unpaid work for wounding another man on New Year’s Day.

Police were called to an address in Poole shortly before 1.30am on January 1 to reports of an assault at an address.

Ryan James Hankin, aged 29 and of Wimborne Road East, Ferndown, was charged with unlawfully and maliciously wounding a man.

He pleaded guilty to the single charge at a Poole Magistrates’ Court hearing on May 13.

Hankin was issued with a 12-month community order, with a requirement to carry out 120 hours of unpaid work.

The defendant was ordered to pay £200 compensation, £95 surcharge and £85 costs.

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