A MAN has avoided jail for assaulting a police officer at a Bradford pub.

David White, 41, of Sonning Road, Bradford, was committed to prison for 26 weeks, suspended for two years, for assaulting an emergency worker at Turls Green, Bradford, on May 6, 2022.

He was given an alcohol treatment requirement and ordered to carry out 150 hours unpaid work in the community over the next 12 months.

White was ordered to pay £100 compensation, £128 victim surcharge and £85 costs.

He was committed to prison for 12 weeks, suspended for two years, to run consecutively, for a further charge of assault by beating in Bradford on May 6, 2022.

White pleaded guilty to both charges and was sentenced at Bradford & Keighley Magistrates’ Court on July 5, 2022.