A Shropshire man who "lost it" after drinking too much and pushed a woman over in the street has been fined.

Josh Middleton, of Brownlow Road in Ellesmere, appeared at Wrexham Magistrates Court on Tuesday.

The 31-year-old admitted that on April 7 this year, he assaulted a woman named Tracey Jones by beating her.

Prosecutor Justin Espie told the court that at around 3am on the day in question, the victim was standing in King Street in Wrexham.

All of a sudden, an "extremely aggressive" Middleton approached and pushed her, causing her to fall and injure her face and legs.

Mr Espie said the defendant's actions appear to have been "completely random" as there had been no interaction between the two beforehand.

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When he was interviewed by police, he could not recall what had happened and said he was "extremely sorry."

In her victim statement, read to the court by Mr Espie, Ms Jones said: "It was unexpected and I was extremely confused.

"I've never seen him before. This left me feeling anxious and worried to go into the town centre.

"No person has the right to assault me."

Ms Jones also said when she fell, her wedding ring came off.

She didn't realise until afterwards and the items had to be replaced at a cost of £100.

Stephen Edwards, defending, told the court: "He is thoroughly ashamed and even now is struggling to come to terms with how this happened.

"He'd been out that evening and had a lot to drink.

"For the last 12 years, he has been doing very well at Tesco - working his way up to the Welshpool store and now the Broughton store.


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"He's very well thought of and wishes to apologise. It's not the way he normally behaves.

"He's a young man who should have known better."

District Judge Gwyn Jones told the defendant: "This was an extremely unpleasant incident.

"You came out of nowhere and pushed the female onto the floor.

"For whatever reason, you'd lost it.

"You could not cope with the alcohol."

The Judge fined Middleton £500 for the offence and ordered him to pay £85 costs, as well as £600 compensation to his victim (£500 for the pain and suffering he caused and £100 for the replacement of the lost ring."