A MAN has been jailed for 30 weeks following an assault in the city.

Karl Wilkinson, 31, of Ronkswood, was also handed a restraining order, following the assault outside Manchester Terrace in Worcester, when he appeared before Kidderminster Magistrates Court yesterday.

Wilkinson was charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm and assault of an emergency worker following the incident when police were called outside a Manchester Terrace address on Sunday, June 14.

An eyewitness said he saw a couple fighting in a communal car park in the centre of Ronkswood on Sunday evening.

He said: “The guy was throwing her around like a ragdoll.

"It was vicious.

"She was bleeding, he had no top on. I couldn’t believe what I was seeing.”

“The police turned up, and pepper sprayed him. He didn’t even flinch.

"They ended up taking out poles and hitting his legs to try and get him to the floor and he was throwing punches the whole time.

“Before I knew it about four more police cars turned up and they were everywhere.

“He was handcuffed eventually and dragged into the back of a van.

"It was mental.”

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A police spokesman for West Mercia Police said at the time of the arrest: “We were called to reports of an assault outside an address on Manchester Terrace, Worcester, at 6.10pm on Sunday. (June 14).

“A 31 year old man was arrested on suspicion of causing domestic violence assault and resisting arrest.”

Police had appealed for witnesses to come forward following the assault.